Role of biomarkers of inflammation and MRI technique for the early detection of cystinosis-associated myopathy
Background Cystinosis is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by cystine crystals accumulation within lysosomes resulting in multi-organ dysfunction. Infantile nephropathic cystinosis is the most common phenotype of the disease. Cystinosis distal myopathy was first described in 1...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Gazette of the Egyptian Paediatric Association 2024-12, Vol.72 (1), p.72-10, Article 72 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Background
Cystinosis is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by cystine crystals accumulation within lysosomes resulting in multi-organ dysfunction. Infantile nephropathic cystinosis is the most common phenotype of the disease. Cystinosis distal myopathy was first described in 1994 with a 24% prevalence in cystinosis adult patients.
Methods
We prospectively evaluated the clinical, biochemical, and radiological data of 22 nephropathic cystinosis pediatric patients from 19 unrelated families (17 males and 5 females, their ages 105.7 ± 41.5 months) recruited at the cystinosis clinic at Cairo University Children’s Hospital. Biochemical assessment included several inflammatory biomarkers, such as CRP, ESR, chitotriosidase, and galectin-3. We further performed conventional MRI for the muscles of both upper and lower limbs for potential detection of early myopathic involvement. We compared these findings with 44 CKD children as pathological controls and 22 healthy pediatric controls.
Results
Clinically, no evidence of neuromuscular involvement was detected in our cystinosis pediatric cohort. Chitotriosidase was elevated significantly in cystinosis patients compared to CKD controls. Regarding MRI, morphologically, there were no significant differences between the muscles of cystinosis patients and healthy controls.
Conclusion
A significantly higher chitotriosidase activity in cystinosis patients seems to better represent the overall disease burden and cannot be linked to neuromuscular involvement. MRI findings in muscles of the cystinosis cohort are not striking and indicate no early changes at a younger age. Follow-up and further studies for higher age groups are required to accurately elucidate the MRI’s role in assessing cystinosis myopathy. |
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ISSN: | 2090-9942 1110-6638 2090-9942 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s43054-024-00317-8 |