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. 2018 Oct 25;20(10):857–860. [Article in Chinese] doi: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2018.10.015

先天性全身脂肪营养不良一例报道

A case report of congenital generalized lipodystrophy

刘 睿 1,, 谭 卉君 1, 刘 佳佳 1, 宋 元宗 1
PMCID: PMC7389046  PMID: 30369364

患儿,男,25 d,因食欲差2 d就诊。患儿2 d前无明显诱因出现进食量减少,吸吮力差,有时溢奶,不伴发热、腹泻和腹胀等。1 d前出现拒食,伴反应欠佳。患儿系第2胎第2产,足月经阴道分娩出生,出生体重3.1 kg(适于胎龄儿),身长50 cm,出生时无窒息史。生后人工喂养为主,大便性状正常,小便量少,生后25 d体重只增加190 g。曾因高胆红素血症住院治疗,新生儿筛查曾发现促甲状腺激素(TSH)升高。父母体健,非近亲结婚。否认家族类似病史及传染病史。

体格检查:体重3.29 kg,身长54 cm,头围36 cm,腹围32 cm。体温36.7℃,呼吸45次/min,心率160次/min,血压66/41 mm Hg。神志清楚,反应差。全身皮肤干燥,多毛,皮下脂肪菲薄,乳头、阴囊、腋窝等处色素沉着。头颅五官未见畸形。前囟平软,约1.0 cm。双肺呼吸音清,未闻及干湿罗音。心律齐,心音有力,各瓣膜区未闻及病理性杂音。腹部膨隆,未见脐疝,肝右肋下8 cm可扪及,质软、表面光滑,脾肋下未触及,移动性浊音阴性。左右两侧腹股沟区各可触及一大小约1.0 cm×1.0 cm和3.0 cm×3.0 cm包块,质软,可还纳腹腔,肠鸣音正常。四肢关节活动可,未见畸形,肌张力稍高,觅食、吸吮、拥抱、握持等生理反射可引出,双侧布氏、克氏和巴氏征均阴性。

辅助检查:血常规、C反应蛋白、血清淀粉样蛋白A、降钙素原及血培养未见异常。生化:丙氨酸氨基转移酶(ALT)80 U/L(参考值:5~ 40 U/L),总胆汁酸(TBA)31.3 μmol/L(参考值:0~10 μmol/L),白蛋白(Alb) 29.7 g/L(参考值:40~55 g/L),甘油三酯(TG)3.52 mmol/L(参考值:0.56~1.7 mmol/L),胆固醇(CHOL)2.28 mmol/L (参考值:3.1~5.7 mmol/L)、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL-C)0.9 mmol/L(参考值:1.57~3.76 mmol/L)、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(HDL-C)0.42 mmol/L(参考值:0.91~2.05 mmol/L)。血糖10.2 mmol/L(参考值:3.9~6.1 mmol/L),其余指标基本正常(表 1)。进食前血清胰岛素47.18 mlU/L(参考值:1.87~ 23.13 mIU/L)、C-肽正常,餐后1 h血清胰岛素正常、C-肽5.22 ng/mL(参考值:0.78~5.19 ng/mL),餐后2 h血清胰岛素1.39 mIU/L(参考值:1.87~ 23.13 mIU/L)、C-肽正常。TSH 6.4 mIU/L(参考值:0.49~4.91 mIU/L),总三碘甲状腺原氨酸、游离三碘甲状腺原氨酸、总甲状腺素及游离甲状腺素均正常。8am促肾上腺素皮质激素、皮质醇、睾酮未见异常。多次尿糖阳性。25-羟维生素D 14.0 ng/mL(参考值:30~100 ng/mL)。头颅MRI未见明显异常。腹部彩超:肝左叶厚度43 mm,肝右叶最大斜径75 mm,肋下58 mm,肝下缘达盆腔,未见明显占位病变;脾厚22 mm,上下径54 mm,脾脏形态增大,未见占位病变。彩超示双侧睾丸鞘膜积液,双侧腹股沟区无回声暗区,其体积随腹压增减变化,左侧最大时约45 mm×8 mm,右侧最大时约45 mm×6 mm,均未降入阴囊,考虑疝囊可能。脑电图提示中度异常(连续正常电压,成熟睡眠-觉醒周期,无惊厥活动,可见少量不成熟额颞区尖波及δ刷,左侧颞区可见δ节律)。

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患儿生化检查汇总

指标(参考值) 年龄
2 da 25 db 27 d 1个月
2 d
1个月
4 d
1个月
6 d
1个月
11 d
1个月
16 d
1个月
23 d
2个月
19 d
注:a示我院首诊时年龄;b示第二次入院时年龄;[ALT]丙氨酸氨基转移酶;[AST]门冬氨酸氨基转移酶;[GGT] γ-谷氨酰转肽酶;[TBA]总胆汁酸;[TP]总蛋白;[ALB]白蛋白;[TG]甘油三酯;[TC]总胆固醇;[HDL-C]高密度脂蛋白胆固醇;[LDL-C]低密度脂蛋白胆固醇;[FPG]空腹血糖;[Testosterone]睾酮;[Cortisol]皮质醇;[ACTH]促肾上腺皮质激素;[TSH]促甲状腺激素。
ALT(5~40 U/L) 28 80 132 89 - 38 31 28 36 -
AST(8~40 U/L) 56 30 47 46 - 29 28 28 44 -
TBA(0~10 μmol/L) 14.2 31.3 32.6 61.1 - 51.8 22.8 46.3 16.8 -
GGT(7~50 U/L) 25 17 - 68 - - 62 - - -
TP(65~85 g/L) 51.3 44.7 - 37.4 - - 44.6 - - -
ALB(40~55 g/L) 32.6 29.7 29.5 26.2 - - 26.8 29 31.2 -
TG(0.56~1.7 mmol/L) 0.37 3.52 - 34.54 26.52 13.87 10.76 8.89 6.13 3.21
TC(3.1~5.7 mmol/L) 2.39 2.28 - 4.47 4.3 3.61 3.34 3.13 3.17 3.31
HDL-C(0.91~2.05 mmol/L) 0.8 0.42 - 1.98 0.2 0.63 0.35 0.69 0.42 0.62
LDL-C(1.57~3.76 mmol/L) 1.1 0.9 - 0.3 1.92 1.02 1.67 1.2 2.03 2.09
FPG(3.89~6.11 mmol/L) 2.94 10.21 10.0 11.60 - 10.07 7.69 10.70 4.97 6.09
Testosterone(1.75~7.81 ng/mL) - - - 1.24 - - - - - -
Cortisol(85.3~459.6 nmol/L) - - - 88.59 - - - - - -
ACTH(0~46 pg/mL) - - - 37.8 - - - - - -
TSH(0.49~4.91 mIU/L) 16.13 6.4 - 6.44 - 6.2 - 1.92 2.93 0.07

患儿为25 d龄男婴,皮下脂肪菲薄、肝脾肿大、双侧腹股沟疝,并有显著的高血糖、高甘油三酯血症及高TSH血症,呈现多脏器/系统受累临床特点,难以用单一病因解释。为排除遗传性疾病,留取标本送全外显子组高通量测序。给予强化中链甘油三酯奶粉喂养,规律口服优甲乐(每日50 μg)、维生素AD滴剂(每日1粒)治疗。53 d龄复查血糖、尿糖、甲状腺功能均正常,甘油三酯较入院时有改善(表 1)。58 d龄出院时体重4.24 kg。随访至2个月19 d,患儿血甘油三酯呈下降趋势(表 1),但仍高于正常范围。78 d龄全外显子组测序结果回报并经Sanger测序验证(图 1),确认患儿系BSCL2基因突变c.974dupG(p.Ile326fs)的纯合子,其父母均为携带者,从而确诊先天性全身脂肪营养不良。

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患儿及其父母BSCL2基因变异的Sanger测序验证图

患儿BSCL2基因存在c.974dupG(p.IIe326fs)纯合突变,患儿父母均为c.974dupG携带者。方框内示c.974G的重复。

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讨论:先天性全身脂肪营养不良(congenial generalized lipodystrophy, CGL)亦称Berardinelli-Seip综合征,于1954年由Berardineli首先报道,是一种极为罕见的常染色体隐性遗传病,目前已知AGPAT2、BSCL2、CAV1和PTRF等四个基因分别导致CGL 1-4型[1]。据推测,本病在全球人群中发病率约为1/1 000万[2],但缺乏国内的流行病学数据。检索Pubmed和CNKI、万方医学文献数据库,2000年1月至2018年6月国内文献报道CGL患者共17例,其中基因诊断明确的13例,全部为BSCL2基因突变所致的CGL2型患者[3-13];国外文献报道CGL患者31例,基因诊断明确的28例中AGPAT2突变所致的CGL1型患者5例、BSCL2突变所致的CGL2型患者21例、CAV1突变所致的CGL3型患者1例、PTRF突变所致的CGL4型患者1例[14-23];国内外报道的48例中诊断年龄最小的2个月,最大的32岁,儿童患者42例,无新生儿患者报道。

BSCL 2基因位于11q13染色体,编码seipin蛋白。seipin蛋白含389个氨基酸残基,属于内质网固有蛋白,在脂肪组织、神经系统及睾丸高表达,其主要功能可能是作为其他蛋白的支撑分子,或在改变细胞膜弯曲度和/或出芽过程中发挥结构蛋白的作用,该分子也可能参与脂肪细胞分化和脂滴形成,并参与维持脂滴形态[24-26]。CGL患者临床表现为全身脂肪组织消失,多有严重的糖代谢和脂代谢异常,脂肪异位沉积于肝脏导致肝大、脂肪肝、胰岛素抵抗和糖尿病等严重并发症;幼年期可出现黑棘皮征,食欲旺盛、生长加速;儿童期女童可有多毛、阴蒂肥大;青春期女孩有月经不规律等多囊卵巢的表现[27]。本研究患儿于新生儿期起病,表现为皮下脂肪菲薄、肝脾肿大,以及甘油三酯、餐前胰岛素、血糖和尿糖增高,临床特点与文献相符,其高TSH血症是否与CGL有关有待进一步研究。遗传学分析发现患儿为BSCL2基因c.974dupG(p.IIe326fs)变异的纯合子,而该变异是已报道的CGL致病性变异[24],因此可确诊为CGL2型。患儿全身脂肪组织缺失可导致腹壁薄弱,斜疝可能与之有关。

CGL目前尚无特效治疗方法。糖尿病、高脂血症和脂肪肝是CGL治疗的难点。早期饮食控制是最重要的治疗手段。低脂、低热量饮食、限制饱和脂肪酸摄入、增加中链三酰甘油和鱼油的摄入,有助于控制血脂和改善肝功能,延缓糖尿病的发生, 对于严重高甘油三酯血症的患儿可加用苯氧酸类药物控制血脂。当CGL患儿出现胰岛素抵抗性糖尿病,二甲双胍为首选用药,但仍有部分患儿需要使用大剂量胰岛素才能控制血糖[2, 28]。近年来,美国国立卫生研究院推荐使用美曲普汀(重组人瘦素类似物)改善CGL患儿胰岛素敏感性,降低甘油三酯,减少肝脏脂肪沉积[29]。本例患儿高血糖症及高甘油三酯血症比较突出,同时伴有进食前高胰岛素血症,但历次检查C肽水平及餐后胰岛素水平均正常,且改用强化中链甘油三酯奶粉喂养后,血甘油三酯水平逐渐改善,血糖也逐渐恢复正常,不符合胰岛素抵抗特点。另外,针对该患儿出现的甲状腺功能减退症,及时补充甲状腺素后高TSH血症逐渐得到纠正。本病预后不佳,多因肝硬化食道静脉曲张破裂出血、肝肾功能衰竭及心脏骤停而死亡[29]。本文患儿远期结局如何,有待长期随访观察。

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