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Metachromatic leukodystrophy, adult type

MedGen UID:
199625
•Concept ID:
C0751279
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Metachromatic leukodystrophy, adult form
SNOMED CT: Adult metachromatic leucodystrophy (24326000); Adult metachromatic leukodystrophy (24326000); Metachromatic leukodystrophy, adult type (24326000)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0017730
OMIM®: 250100; 607574
Orphanet: ORPHA309271

Definition

A subtype of Metachromatic leukodystrophy characterized by progressive psychomotor regression with an insidious onset after the age of 16 years, most often beginning with intellectual and behavioral changes, such as memory deficits or emotional instability. The clinical picture is dominated by gradual cognitive, later also motor, decline, taking a protracted course with periods of waxing and waning. Decerebration and death occur within decades after disease onset. [from ORDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMetachromatic leukodystrophy, adult type
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Professional guidelines

PubMed

New Gene Therapy Changes Treatment Landscape for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy.
Am J Med Genet A 2024 Jul;194(7):e63276. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63276. PMID: 38848097
Consensus guidelines for the monitoring and management of metachromatic leukodystrophy in the United States.
Adang LA, Bonkowsky JL, Boelens JJ, Mallack E, Ahrens-Nicklas R, Bernat JA, Bley A, Burton B, Darling A, Eichler F, Eklund E, Emrick L, Escolar M, Fatemi A, Fraser JL, Gaviglio A, Keller S, Patterson MC, Orchard P, Orthmann-Murphy J, Santoro JD, Schöls L, Sevin C, Srivastava IN, Rajan D, Rubin JP, Van Haren K, Wasserstein M, Zerem A, Fumagalli F, Laugwitz L, Vanderver A
Cytotherapy 2024 Jul;26(7):739-748. Epub 2024 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2024.03.487. PMID: 38613540Free PMC Article
Newborn screening in metachromatic leukodystrophy - European consensus-based recommendations on clinical management.
Laugwitz L, Schoenmakers DH, Adang LA, Beck-Woedl S, Bergner C, Bernard G, Bley A, Boyer A, Calbi V, Dekker H, Eichler F, Eklund E, Fumagalli F, Gavazzi F, Grønborg SW, van Hasselt P, Langeveld M, Lindemans C, Mochel F, Oberg A, Ram D, Saunier-Vivar E, Schöls L, Scholz M, Sevin C, Zerem A, Wolf NI, Groeschel S
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2024 Mar;49:141-154. Epub 2024 Mar 9 doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2024.03.003. PMID: 38554683

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Leukodystrophy Imaging: Insights for Diagnostic Dilemmas.
Thakkar RN, Patel D, Kioutchoukova IP, Al-Bahou R, Reddy P, Foster DT, Lucke-Wold B
Med Sci (Basel) 2024 Jan 25;12(1) doi: 10.3390/medsci12010007. PMID: 38390857Free PMC Article
Gene Therapy of Sphingolipid Metabolic Disorders.
Shaimardanova AA, Solovyeva VV, Issa SS, Rizvanov AA
Int J Mol Sci 2023 Feb 11;24(4) doi: 10.3390/ijms24043627. PMID: 36835039Free PMC Article
Lysosomal storage diseases.
Platt FM, d'Azzo A, Davidson BL, Neufeld EF, Tifft CJ
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2018 Oct 1;4(1):27. doi: 10.1038/s41572-018-0025-4. PMID: 30275469
Adulthood leukodystrophies.
Köhler W, Curiel J, Vanderver A
Nat Rev Neurol 2018 Feb;14(2):94-105. Epub 2018 Jan 5 doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2017.175. PMID: 29302065Free PMC Article
Gene therapy for leukodystrophies.
Biffi A, Aubourg P, Cartier N
Hum Mol Genet 2011 Apr 15;20(R1):R42-53. Epub 2011 Mar 31 doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddr142. PMID: 21459776

Diagnosis

Consensus guidelines for the monitoring and management of metachromatic leukodystrophy in the United States.
Adang LA, Bonkowsky JL, Boelens JJ, Mallack E, Ahrens-Nicklas R, Bernat JA, Bley A, Burton B, Darling A, Eichler F, Eklund E, Emrick L, Escolar M, Fatemi A, Fraser JL, Gaviglio A, Keller S, Patterson MC, Orchard P, Orthmann-Murphy J, Santoro JD, Schöls L, Sevin C, Srivastava IN, Rajan D, Rubin JP, Van Haren K, Wasserstein M, Zerem A, Fumagalli F, Laugwitz L, Vanderver A
Cytotherapy 2024 Jul;26(7):739-748. Epub 2024 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2024.03.487. PMID: 38613540Free PMC Article
Leukodystrophy Imaging: Insights for Diagnostic Dilemmas.
Thakkar RN, Patel D, Kioutchoukova IP, Al-Bahou R, Reddy P, Foster DT, Lucke-Wold B
Med Sci (Basel) 2024 Jan 25;12(1) doi: 10.3390/medsci12010007. PMID: 38390857Free PMC Article
Predicting disease severity in metachromatic leukodystrophy using protein activity and a patient phenotype matrix.
Trinidad M, Hong X, Froelich S, Daiker J, Sacco J, Nguyen HP, Campagna M, Suhr D, Suhr T, LeBowitz JH, Gelb MH, Clark WT
Genome Biol 2023 Jul 21;24(1):172. doi: 10.1186/s13059-023-03001-z. PMID: 37480112Free PMC Article
Adult Leukodystrophies: A Step-by-Step Diagnostic Approach.
Resende LL, de Paiva ARB, Kok F, da Costa Leite C, Lucato LT
Radiographics 2019 Jan-Feb;39(1):153-168. doi: 10.1148/rg.2019180081. PMID: 30620693
Mutation Update of ARSA and PSAP Genes Causing Metachromatic Leukodystrophy.
Cesani M, Lorioli L, Grossi S, Amico G, Fumagalli F, Spiga I, Filocamo M, Biffi A
Hum Mutat 2016 Jan;37(1):16-27. Epub 2015 Nov 4 doi: 10.1002/humu.22919. PMID: 26462614

Therapy

Lentiviral haematopoietic stem-cell gene therapy for early-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy: long-term results from a non-randomised, open-label, phase 1/2 trial and expanded access.
Fumagalli F, Calbi V, Natali Sora MG, Sessa M, Baldoli C, Rancoita PMV, Ciotti F, Sarzana M, Fraschini M, Zambon AA, Acquati S, Redaelli D, Attanasio V, Miglietta S, De Mattia F, Barzaghi F, Ferrua F, Migliavacca M, Tucci F, Gallo V, Del Carro U, Canale S, Spiga I, Lorioli L, Recupero S, Fratini ES, Morena F, Silvani P, Calvi MR, Facchini M, Locatelli S, Corti A, Zancan S, Antonioli G, Farinelli G, Gabaldo M, Garcia-Segovia J, Schwab LC, Downey GF, Filippi M, Cicalese MP, Martino S, Di Serio C, Ciceri F, Bernardo ME, Naldini L, Biffi A, Aiuti A
Lancet 2022 Jan 22;399(10322):372-383. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02017-1. PMID: 35065785Free PMC Article
Lentiviral hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy benefits metachromatic leukodystrophy.
Biffi A, Montini E, Lorioli L, Cesani M, Fumagalli F, Plati T, Baldoli C, Martino S, Calabria A, Canale S, Benedicenti F, Vallanti G, Biasco L, Leo S, Kabbara N, Zanetti G, Rizzo WB, Mehta NA, Cicalese MP, Casiraghi M, Boelens JJ, Del Carro U, Dow DJ, Schmidt M, Assanelli A, Neduva V, Di Serio C, Stupka E, Gardner J, von Kalle C, Bordignon C, Ciceri F, Rovelli A, Roncarolo MG, Aiuti A, Sessa M, Naldini L
Science 2013 Aug 23;341(6148):1233158. Epub 2013 Jul 11 doi: 10.1126/science.1233158. PMID: 23845948
Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy in Hurler syndrome, globoid cell leukodystrophy, metachromatic leukodystrophy and X-adrenoleukodystrophy.
Cartier N, Aubourg P
Curr Opin Mol Ther 2008 Oct;10(5):471-8. PMID: 18830923
Electroencephalography in diffuse encephalopathies.
Markand ON
J Clin Neurophysiol 1984 Oct;1(4):357-407. PMID: 6242404
Metachromatic leukodystrophy. Treatment with arylsulfatase-A.
Greene HL, Hug G, Schubert WK
Arch Neurol 1969 Feb;20(2):147-53. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1969.00480080047005. PMID: 5818425

Prognosis

Predicting disease severity in metachromatic leukodystrophy using protein activity and a patient phenotype matrix.
Trinidad M, Hong X, Froelich S, Daiker J, Sacco J, Nguyen HP, Campagna M, Suhr D, Suhr T, LeBowitz JH, Gelb MH, Clark WT
Genome Biol 2023 Jul 21;24(1):172. doi: 10.1186/s13059-023-03001-z. PMID: 37480112Free PMC Article
Lyso-glycosphingolipids: presence and consequences.
van Eijk M, Ferraz MJ, Boot RG, Aerts JMFG
Essays Biochem 2020 Sep 23;64(3):565-578. doi: 10.1042/EBC20190090. PMID: 32808655Free PMC Article
Lysosomal storage diseases.
Platt FM, d'Azzo A, Davidson BL, Neufeld EF, Tifft CJ
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2018 Oct 1;4(1):27. doi: 10.1038/s41572-018-0025-4. PMID: 30275469
Adulthood leukodystrophies.
Köhler W, Curiel J, Vanderver A
Nat Rev Neurol 2018 Feb;14(2):94-105. Epub 2018 Jan 5 doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2017.175. PMID: 29302065Free PMC Article
Leukodystrophies.
Perlman SJ, Mar S
Adv Exp Med Biol 2012;724:154-71. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0653-2_13. PMID: 22411242

Clinical prediction guides

Higher precision, first tier newborn screening for metachromatic leukodystrophy using 16:1-OH-sulfatide.
Bekri S, Bley A, Brown HA, Chanson C, Church HJ, Gelb MH, Hong X, Janzen N, Kasper DC, Mechtler T, Morton G, Murko S, Oliva P, Tebani A, Wu THY
Mol Genet Metab 2024 May;142(1):108436. Epub 2024 Mar 22 doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2024.108436. PMID: 38552449
Predicting disease severity in metachromatic leukodystrophy using protein activity and a patient phenotype matrix.
Trinidad M, Hong X, Froelich S, Daiker J, Sacco J, Nguyen HP, Campagna M, Suhr D, Suhr T, LeBowitz JH, Gelb MH, Clark WT
Genome Biol 2023 Jul 21;24(1):172. doi: 10.1186/s13059-023-03001-z. PMID: 37480112Free PMC Article
Lentiviral haematopoietic stem-cell gene therapy for early-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy: long-term results from a non-randomised, open-label, phase 1/2 trial and expanded access.
Fumagalli F, Calbi V, Natali Sora MG, Sessa M, Baldoli C, Rancoita PMV, Ciotti F, Sarzana M, Fraschini M, Zambon AA, Acquati S, Redaelli D, Attanasio V, Miglietta S, De Mattia F, Barzaghi F, Ferrua F, Migliavacca M, Tucci F, Gallo V, Del Carro U, Canale S, Spiga I, Lorioli L, Recupero S, Fratini ES, Morena F, Silvani P, Calvi MR, Facchini M, Locatelli S, Corti A, Zancan S, Antonioli G, Farinelli G, Gabaldo M, Garcia-Segovia J, Schwab LC, Downey GF, Filippi M, Cicalese MP, Martino S, Di Serio C, Ciceri F, Bernardo ME, Naldini L, Biffi A, Aiuti A
Lancet 2022 Jan 22;399(10322):372-383. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02017-1. PMID: 35065785Free PMC Article
Adult Leukodystrophies: A Step-by-Step Diagnostic Approach.
Resende LL, de Paiva ARB, Kok F, da Costa Leite C, Lucato LT
Radiographics 2019 Jan-Feb;39(1):153-168. doi: 10.1148/rg.2019180081. PMID: 30620693
Lentiviral hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy benefits metachromatic leukodystrophy.
Biffi A, Montini E, Lorioli L, Cesani M, Fumagalli F, Plati T, Baldoli C, Martino S, Calabria A, Canale S, Benedicenti F, Vallanti G, Biasco L, Leo S, Kabbara N, Zanetti G, Rizzo WB, Mehta NA, Cicalese MP, Casiraghi M, Boelens JJ, Del Carro U, Dow DJ, Schmidt M, Assanelli A, Neduva V, Di Serio C, Stupka E, Gardner J, von Kalle C, Bordignon C, Ciceri F, Rovelli A, Roncarolo MG, Aiuti A, Sessa M, Naldini L
Science 2013 Aug 23;341(6148):1233158. Epub 2013 Jul 11 doi: 10.1126/science.1233158. PMID: 23845948

Recent systematic reviews

Experiences of patients with metachromatic leukodystrophy, adrenoleukodystrophy, or Krabbe disease and the experiences of their family members: a qualitative systematic review.
Koto Y, Ueki S, Yamakawa M, Sakai N
JBI Evid Synth 2024 Jul 1;22(7):1262-1302. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-23-00303. PMID: 38533650Free PMC Article
The natural history and burden of illness of metachromatic leukodystrophy: a systematic literature review.
Chang SC, Eichinger CS, Field P
Eur J Med Res 2024 Mar 18;29(1):181. doi: 10.1186/s40001-024-01771-1. PMID: 38494502Free PMC Article
A systematic review on the birth prevalence of metachromatic leukodystrophy.
Chang SC, Bergamasco A, Bonnin M, Bisonó TA, Moride Y
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2024 Feb 21;19(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s13023-024-03044-w. PMID: 38383398Free PMC Article
A systematic review of clinical effectiveness and safety for historical and current treatment options for metachromatic leukodystrophy in children, including atidarsagene autotemcel.
Armstrong N, Olaye A, Noake C, Pang F
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2023 Aug 29;18(1):248. doi: 10.1186/s13023-023-02814-2. PMID: 37644601Free PMC Article
Neuropsychiatric decompensation in adolescents and adults with Phelan-McDermid syndrome: a systematic review of the literature.
Kolevzon A, Delaby E, Berry-Kravis E, Buxbaum JD, Betancur C
Mol Autism 2019;10:50. Epub 2019 Dec 24 doi: 10.1186/s13229-019-0291-3. PMID: 31879555Free PMC Article

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