Central drive and ventilatory failure in late-onset Pompe disease: At the gates of a new phenotype

•Hypercapnia in Pompe disease can be caused by blunted respiratory drive.•This new phenotype may have therapeutic implications.•Enzyme therapy might affect differently patients with blunted respiratory drive. Subjects with late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) typically present as slowly progressive proxi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neuromuscular disorders : NMD 2019-06, Vol.29 (6), p.444-447
Hauptverfasser: De Vito, EL, Arce, SC, Monteiro, SG, Vaca Ruiz, GA
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Zusammenfassung:•Hypercapnia in Pompe disease can be caused by blunted respiratory drive.•This new phenotype may have therapeutic implications.•Enzyme therapy might affect differently patients with blunted respiratory drive. Subjects with late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) typically present as slowly progressive proximal muscle weakness. Respiratory muscle weakness and diaphragmatic paralysis are common features, and may be the initial manifestation of the disease. There is often a poor correlation between the severity of limb and respiratory muscle weakness. Early clinical observations about disproportionate hypercapnia to the respiratory muscular weakness in late-onset Pompe disease were recognized and will be discussed with special reference to blunted respiratory drive, and the connections between early clinical observations, respiratory functional studies and anatomical findings. According to new evidence about blunted respiratory drive in Pompe disease, it is necessary to rethink what is meant by “asymptomatic Pompe disease” and propose a new phenotype with its therapeutic implications. The conceptual model of the mechanisms leading to respiratory failure in this disease could be considered according to these new findings. It may broaden the diagnostic spectrum of the adult forms and warrants a closer interaction between neurologists and pulmonologists. The recognition of this new phenotype of predominant central alveolar hypoventilation in Pompe disease will improve the understanding of the underlying mechanisms of ventilatory failure and could lead to improved future therapeutic strategies.
ISSN:0960-8966
1873-2364
DOI:10.1016/j.nmd.2019.03.008