Outcome of creatine supplementation therapy in phosphoglucomutase-1 deficiency associated congenital disorders of glycosylation: Novel insights.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to determine if creatine supplementation could improve fatigue and exercise intolerance in a patient with PGM1-CDG.
Results Summary
Creatine supplementation led to decreased daytime sleeping, increased exercise capacity, and improvements in fatigue and exercise intolerance, as measured by NPCRS and FACIT-F scales. Plasma guanidinoacetate was low, suggesting altered creatine metabolism.
Population
A 29-year-old female with PGM1-CDG.
Effective Dosage
Not specified
Duration
2 years (started at age 27)
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D-galactose therapy | increase | clinical and biochemical improvements | patients with PGM1-CDG | - | results in clinical and biochemical improvements | #1 |
D-galactose therapy | no change | fatigue and exercise intolerance | 29-year-old female with PGM1-CDG | - | did not improve | #2 |
creatine supplementation therapy | decrease | daytime sleeping | 29-year-old female with PGM1-CDG | - | led to decreased | #3 |
creatine supplementation therapy | increase | exercise capacity | 29-year-old female with PGM1-CDG | - | led to increased | #4 |
creatine supplementation therapy | increase | NPCRS | 29-year-old female with PGM1-CDG | - | led to improvements in | #5 |
creatine supplementation therapy | increase | FACIT-F | 29-year-old female with PGM1-CDG | - | led to improvements in | #6 |
- | decrease | plasma guanidinoacetate | 29-year-old female with PGM1-CDG | - | was low | #7 |
D-galactose therapy | increase | urine galactitol | 29-year-old female with PGM1-CDG | - | had elevated | #8 |
creatine supplementation therapy | increase | myopathy | patients with mitochondrial cytopathies | - | improves myopathy | #9 |
creatine supplementation therapy | increase | fatigue and exercise intolerance | 29-year-old female with PGM1-CDG | - | coincided with improvements in | #10 |
BACKGROUND: Biallelic pathogenic variants in PGM1 result in phosphoglucomutase 1 (PGM1) deficiency that is one of the congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) (PGM1-CDG). Phenotypic spectrum includes congenital malformations, and muscular, cardiac, hepatic, endocrine and hematologic phenotypes. Current treatment consists of D-galactose therapy that results in clinical and biochemical improvements. To improve fatigue, and exercise intolerance, we started creatine supplementation therapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We reviewed electronic patient chart. We applied Nijmegen Pediatric CDG Rating Scale (NPCRS) and The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Fatigue scale (FACIT-F). We measured creatine metabolism biomarkers. RESULTS: This is a 29-year-old female with PGM1-CDG, confirmed diagnosis by clinical exome sequencing. She has been treated with D-galactose therapy which did not improve her fatigue and exercise intolerance. She was started on creatine supplementation therapy at the age of 27 years which led to decreased daytime sleeping, increased exercise capacity and improvements in her NPCRS, and FACIT-F. Her plasma guanidinoacetate was low. She had elevated urine galactitol on D-galactose therapy. DISCUSSION: PGM1-CDG associated myopathy is likely due to combination of several factors including abnormal muscle carbohydrate metabolism, abnormal N-glycosylation of proteins involved in the muscle functions and creatine transport and altered muscle energy homeostasis. It was previously shown that creatine supplementation therapy improves myopathy in patients with mitochondrial cytopathies. We think that the use of creatine supplementation therapy coincided with improvements in fatigue and exercise intolerance subjectively and objectively in our patient.