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. 2020 Dec 17;21(24):9621. doi: 10.3390/ijms21249621

Table 1.

List of the different GSD. Four of the GSD (GSD-IX, X, XII and XIII) do not have any animal model [17,18,19]. The different GSD types are in bold.

GSD Type/Name Affected Tissue/Cells Enzyme Deficiency Gene Defect Clinical Features Animal Model References
0a Liver Liver Glycogen synthase GYS2 Postprandial hyperglycaemia, fasting hypoglycemia, hyperketonemia. Yes [12,16,20]
0b Muscle Muscle glycogen synthase GYS1 Cardiomyopathy, exercise intolerance. Yes [21,22]
Ia/Von Gierke disease Liver, kidney Glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) G6PC Fasting hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly, lactic acidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperuricemia and growth retardation. Yes [15,23,24,25,26,27,28]
Ib Liver, kidney, leukocytes Glucose-6-phosphate transporter T1 (G6PT) SLC37A4 In addition of Ia: neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunction that predispose to recurrent infections. Kidney and renal disease, splenomegaly and hepatocellular adenoma. Yes [12,16,29,30]
II/Pompe disease All (Liver, skeletal muscle, leukocytes, fibroblast, amniocytes) α-1-4-glucosidase (Acid maltase/GAA) GAA Lysosomal storage disease. Cardiomyopathy, respiratory failure, muscular weakness, hypotonia. Yes [12,13,16,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48]
IIIa/Cori disease Liver, skeletal and cardiac muscle Glycogen debranching enzyme (GDE) AGL Hepatomegaly, fasting hypoglycemia, hyperlipidemia, muscle weakness, growth retardation, myopathy and cardiomyopathy. Osteoporosis and polycystic ovaries. Yes [49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65]
IIIb Liver Glycogen debranching enzyme (GDE) AGL As type IIIa but no muscle weakness. Yes
IIIc Liver, skeletal and cardiac muscle Glycogen debranching enzyme (GDE) AGL Selective loss of glucosidase. Yes
IIId Liver, skeletal and cardiac muscle Glycogen debranching enzyme (GDE) AGL Selective loss of transferase. Yes
IV/Andersen disease Liver, skeletal muscle Glycogen branching enzyme (GBE) Gbe1 Altered growth, cognitive impairment, portal hypertension, hepatosplenomegaly and progressive liver cirrhosis. Myopathy resembling muscular dystrophy with difficulty walking and proximal limb weakness. Yes [16,23,66]
V/McArdle disease Skeletal muscle Muscle glycogen phosphorylase enzyme PYGM Exercise intolerance, muscle cramps, pain, crisis of early fatigue and contracures. Rhabdomyolysis (50% of cases), hyperckemia, myoglobinuria may lead to acute renal failure. Second-wind phenomenon. Yes [67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85]
VI/Hers disease Liver Liver Glycogen phosphorylase PYGL Hepatomegaly, growth retardation, hypoglycemia, ketosis as well as liver fibrosis. Yes [86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93]
VII/Tarui disease Skeletal muscle, leukocytes Muscle Phosphofructo-1-kinase enzyme PFKM Exercise intolerance, muscle cramps, pain, nausea and vomiting. Hyperckemia, hyperuricaemia, reticulocytosis, and increased serum bilirubin. Haemolytic anemia. Yes [56,94,95,96,97,98,99,100]
IX Liver, Muscle Phosphorylase-b-kinase PHKA, PHKA2, PHKAB, PHKAG1, PHKG2, PHKD Growth retardation, hepatomegaly. Mild hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, and elevated serum transaminase levels may be present. No [12,14]
X Skeletal muscle Muscle phosphoglycerate mutase PGAM2 Muscle cramping, rhabdomyolysis, and myoglobinuria No [17]
XII Skeletal muscle and leukocytes Aldolase A ALDOA Hemolytic anemia, rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuria. No [18]
XIII Skeletal muscle β-enolase ENO3 Exercise intolerance, myalgias and mildly hyperckemia. No [19]
XV Skeletal and cardiac muscle glycogenin-1 GYG1 Muscle weakness and wasting and cardiac arryhthmias associated with PG accumulation. Yes [101,102,103,104,105]