Síndrome de prader willi: o que o pediatra geral deve fazer - uma revisão / Prader-willi syndrome: what is the general pediatrician supposed to do? - a review

RESUMO Objetivo: Realizar uma revisão sobre a Síndrome de Prader-Willi (SPW) com base nas publicações mais recentes e fornecer recomendações ao pediatra geral para diagnóstico precoce e seguimento. Fonte de dados: Artigos publicados nas bases Pubmed e SciELO. A pesquisa não foi limitada a um período e incluiu todos os artigos das bases de dados. Síntese dos dados: A SPW é uma síndrome genética rara, resultante da perda do imprinting gênico expresso no cromossomo paterno 15q11-q13, sendo caracterizada por alterações endocrinológicas, como deficiência de hormônio de crescimento, obesidade, insuficiência adrenal central, hipotireoidismo, hipogonadismo, além de alterações comportamentais e déficit intelectual. Há outras comorbidades associadas, como distúrbios de sono, escoliose, constipação, problemas dentários e alterações de coagulação. O protocolo de seguimento da SPW do Instituto da Criança da Universidade de São Paulo se baseia em quarto pilares principais: dieta, exercício físico, terapia com hormônio de crescimento humano recombinante (rhGH) e manejo comportamental e cognitivo. A dieta deve ser restrita a 900 kcal/dia, de acordo com a Pirâmide Alimentar do Prader-Willi, e o exercício físico deve ser diário, aeróbico e postural. A terapia com rhGH é fortemente recomendada pela literatura científica internacional e deve ser iniciada assim que for realizado o diagnóstico da síndrome. O manejo do comportamento é realizado com estratégias para estabelecer rotina e regras. Conclusões: Se a SPW se tornar mais familiar ao pediatra geral, o diagnóstico e o tratamento começarão mais precocemente, o que irá melhorar a qualidade de vida e os cuidados desses pacientes.

ABSTRACT Objective: To carry out a review about Prader-Willi Syndrome based on the most recent data about the subject and to give recommendation for the general pediatricians for early diagnoses and follow-up. Data sources: Scientific articles in the PubMed and SciELO databases. The research was not limited to a specific time period and included all articles in such databases. Data synthesis: The Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder resulting from the loss of imprinted gene expression within the paternal chromosome 15q11-q13. PWS is characterized by endocrine abnormalities, such as growth hormone (GH) deficiency, obesity, central adrenal insufficiency, hypothyroidism, hypogonadism and complex behavioral and intellectual difficulties. PWS individuals also may present other comorbidities, such as sleep disorders, scoliosis, constipation, dental issues and coagulation disorders. The follow-up protocol of the Children's Institute at Universidade de São Paulo is based on four main pillars: diet, exercise, recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy and behavioral and cognitive issues. The diet must include a caloric restriction of 900 kcal/day, according to the Prader-Willi Eating Pyramid and exercise plan is focused on daily aerobic exercises and postural therapy. The rhGH therapy is highly recommended by the international scientific literature and must be started as soon as the diagnostic is made. The management of behavioral issues is based on strategies to establish routine and rules. Conclusions: If the general pediatrician becomes more familiar with PWS, the diagnosis and treatment will start earlier, which is essential to improve the quality of life and care for these individuals.

A clinical follow-up of 35 Brazilian patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome

OBJECTIVE: Prader-Willi Syndrome is a common etiology of syndromic obesity that is typically caused by either a paternal microdeletion of a region in chromosome 15 (microdeletions) or a maternal uniparental disomy of this chromosome. The purpose of this study was to describe the most significant clinical features of 35 Brazilian patients with molecularly confirmed Prader-Willi syndrome and to determine the effects of growth hormone treatment on clinical outcomes. METHODS: A retrospective study was performed based on the medical records of a cohort of 35 patients diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. The main clinical characteristics were compared between the group of patients presenting with microdeletions and the group presenting with maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 15. Curves for height/length, weight and body mass index were constructed and compared between Prader-Willi syndrome patients treated with and without growth hormone to determine how growth hormone treatment affected body composition. The curves for these patient groups were also compared with curves for the normal population. RESULTS: No significant differences were identified between patients with microdeletions and patients with maternal uniparental disomy for any of the clinical parameters measured. Growth hormone treatment considerably improved the control of weight gain and body mass index for female patients but had no effect on either parameter in male patients. Growth hormone treatment did not affect height/length in either gender. CONCLUSION: The prevalence rates of several clinical features in this study are in agreement with the rates reported in the literature. Additionally, we found modest benefits of growth hormone treatment but failed to demonstrate differences between patients with microdeletions and those with maternal uniparental disomy. The control of weight gain in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome is complex and does not depend exclusively on growth hormone treatment.

Synteny of human chromosomes 14 and 15 in the platyrrhines (Primates, Platyrrhini)

In order to study the intra- and interspecific variability of the 14/15 association in Platyrrhini, we analyzed 15 species from 13 genera, including species that had not been described yet. The DNA libraries of human chromosomes 14 and 15 were hybridized to metaphases of Alouatta guariba clamitans, A. caraya, A. sara, Ateles paniscus chamek, Lagothrix lagothricha, Brachyteles arachnoides, Saguinus midas midas, Leontopithecus chrysomelas, Callimico goeldii, Callithrix sp., Cebus apella, Aotus nigriceps, Cacajao melanocephalus, Chiropotes satanas and Callicebus caligatus. The 14/15 hybridization pattern was present in 13 species, but not in Alouatta sara that showed a 14/15/14 pattern and Aotus nigriceps that showed a 15/14/15/14 pattern. In the majority of the species, the HSA 14 homologue retained synteny for the entire chromosome, whereas the HSA 15 homologue displayed fragmented segments. Within primates, the New World monkeys represent the taxon with the highest variability in chromosome number (2n = 16 to 62). The presence of the HSA 14/15 association in all species and subspecies studied herein confirms that this association is the ancestral condition for platyrrhines and that this association has been retained in most platyrrhines, despite the occurrence of extensive inter- and intrachromosomal rearrangements in this infraorder of Primates.

Trissomia, Tetrassomia e pentassomia do cromossomo X: relato de 11 casos / X chromosome trisomy, tetrasomy, pentasomy: report of 11 cases

Objetivo: apresentar o quadro clínico de pacientes com trissomia, tetrassomia e pentassomia do cromossomo X...

Objective: to present the clinical findings featured by patients bearing chromossome X trisomy, tetrasomy and pentasomy...

Anormalidades cromossômicas nos pacientes atendidos em serviço de genética / Chromosomal abnormalities in patients assisted at a genetics service

Objetivo: avaliar a frequência das aberrações cromossômicas encontradas nos pacientes atendidos em um serviço de genética. Casuística e métodos: foi realizado estudo retrospectivo dos registros de cariótipos de pacientes atendidos no Instituto da Criança no período de 1992-2002...

Objective: to access the frequency of chromosomal abnormalities observed in patients assisted at a genetics service. Patients and methods: a retrospective study was carried out regarding the recorded karyotype of patients assisted at Instituto da Criança within the period of 1992-2002...

Phenotypic and behavioral variability within Angelman Syndrome group with UPD

The Angelman syndrome (AS) (developmental delay, mental retardation, speech impairment, ataxia, outbursts of laughter, seizures) can result either from a 15q11-q13 deletion, or from paternal uniparental disomy (UPD), imprinting, or UBE3A mutations. We describe here the phenotypic and behavioral variability detected in eight UPD patients out of a group of 58 AS patients studied. All of them presented developmental delay, mental retardation, ataxia, speech impairment, and frequent drooling. Only one had microcephaly, whereas in two of them the OFC (head circumference) was above the 98th percentile. The weight of all patients was above the 50th percentile, and in three of them the height was above the 90th percentile. Three were able to say a few words and to communicate by gestures. Two patients presented hyperphagia, and three presented skin picking, common features in the Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). Four patients (4/7) had wide-spaced teeth. Five presented seizures, and two others did not manifest frequent laughter. One patient was very different from the others, as he showed a better understanding and abilities to communicate, to play video games and to draw. We suggest here that there seems to be an extreme phenotypic and behavioral variability within the UPD group, and that both typical patients and those with mental retardation, language impairment, happy disposition, and hyperactivity should be tested for AS

Diagnosis of patients with Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes: the importance of an overall investigation

Seventy-two patients with clinical diagnoses of Prader-Willi (PWS; n = 28 patients) or Angelman syndromes (AS; n = 44 patients) were submitted to chromosome analysis, SNRPN-SNURF exon 1 methylation assay, and microsatellite genotyping. Analysis of the methylation pattern confirmed the PWS diagnosis in 18 out of 28 patients and the AS diagnosis in 20 out of 44 patients. FISH and microsatellite analysis detected a deletion in 30 patients (14 PWS and 16 AS). Eight patients had normal FISH results (4 PWS and 4 AS); microsatellite markers showed that these patients had a uniparental disomy (UPD). Based on this study, we propose a strategy for the routine diagnosis of these syndromes that consists of the following steps: 1) methylation analysis, which does not require parental samples; 2) microsatellite genotyping of patient and parents to differentiate deletions, UPD and imprinting mutations; and 3) FISH for otherwise uninformative cases, and whenever parental samples are not available. Of the 34 patients whose PWS or AS diagnoses were not confirmed by laboratory tests, five presented a small extra marker chromosome, identified in three of them as an inv dup(15). One AS patient carried a balanced t(15;15) translocation associated with paternal UPD. Therefore G-banded chromosome analysis should be performed on all such patients, to detect possible structural rearrangements

Genomic imprinting: genetic mechanisms and phenotypic consequences in Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes

O segmento cromossômico 15q11-q13 é de grande interesse em Genética Humana uma vez que diversos rearranjos estruturais têm sido descritos nessa regiäo (deleçöes, duplicaçöes e translocaçöes) resultando em fenótipos diferentes como os das síndromes de Prader-Willi (PWS) e Angelman (AS), que foram as primeiras doenças humanas a serem relacionadas com a expressäo diferencial de alelos parentais (imprinting genômico). Contrário às leis de Mendel onde a herança parental da informaçäo genética näo influencia a expressäo gênica, o imprinting genômico é caracterizado por modificaçöes no DNA que produzem diferentes fenótipos dependendo da origem parental da mutaçäo. A manifestaçäo clínica da PWS aparece quando ocorre a perda de genes com expressäo exclusivamente paterna, e a AS resulta da perda do gene com expressäo exclusivamente materna. Diferentes mecanismos genéticos podem resultar em PWS ou AS como deleçöes, dissomia uniparental ou mutaçöes no processo de imprinting. Em pacientes com AS existe uma classe adicional de pacientes com mutaçäo no gene UBE3A. Estudos de pacientes com PWS e AS podem ajudar no entendimento do processo de imprinting e, assim, outras regiöes do genoma com características similares podem ser localizadas, e diferentes síndromes podem ter seus mecanismos genéticos elucidados.

Síndrome de Edwards com aplasia radial - relato de dois casos e revisäo das anomalias esqueléticas na síndrome / Edward's syndrome with radial aplasia - report of two cases and review of skeletal abnormalities associated with this syndrome

A síndrome de Edwards ou trissomia do cromossomo 18 é a segunda trissomia autossômica mais freqüente entre os nativivos. Os pacientes afetados apresentam múltiplas malformaçöes, atraso grave de crescimento e desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor e prognóstico reservado. A aplasia radial é uma anomalia esquelética raramente descrita na literatura. Os autores estudaram dois pacientes com trissomia 18 associada à aplasia radial e descrevem os achados clínicos e radiológicos e os diagnósticos diferenciais, com revisäo das anomalias esqueléticas na síndrome de Edwards.

Estudo genetico-clinico de 20 pacientes com trissomia 13 (sindrome de Patau) / Clinical and genetic study of 20 pacients with trisomy 13 (Pataus syndrome)

A trissomia 13 e a terceira trissomia autossomica mais frequente entre os nativivos. Os pacientes afetados apresentam malformacoes multiplas, atraso grave de crescimento e desenvolvimento e prognostico reservado. Objetivos: caracterizar os aspectos clinicos e citogeneticos de 20 pacientes...

Historia natural de 24 pacientes com trissomia 18 (sindrome de Edwards) e de 20 pacientes com trissomia 13 (sindrome de Patau) / Natural history of 24 patients with trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) and 20 patients with trisomy 13 (Pataus syndrome)

As trissomias 18 e 13 constituem a segunda e a terceira trissomia autossomica mais frequentes entre os nativivos. Os pacientes afetados cursam com multiplas malformacoes, atraso grave de crescimento e desenvolvimento e prognostico...

Síndrome de Angelman: causa frequentemente näo reconhecida de deficiência mental e epilepsia: relato de caso / Angelman syndrome: a frequently undiagnosed cause of mental retardation and epilepsy. Case report

Os autores descrevem um caso típico de síndrome de Angelman. A paciente apresenta atraso de desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor, deficiência mental, macrostomia, dentes espaçados, convulsöes, ausência de fala, andar com a base alargada e instável, crises de risos. Os estudos citogenéticos e moleculares revelaram deleçäo do segmento 15q11q13 de origem materna, confirmando o diagnóstico clínico de síndrome de Angelman.

Hipertermia materna como provavel fator tetarogenico / Maternal hipertemy like provable factor tetarogenic

Estudos experimentais em animais tem demonstrado que a hipertermia no primeiro terco da gestacao induz a erros no fechamento do tubo neural e disrupcao do desenvolvimento do macico facial. Na especie humana o mesmo espectro malformativo tem sido relatado em neonatos cujas maes tem historico positivo de hipertermia no inicio da gestacao. Diferentes fatores podem ser responsaveis pela hipertermia materna: doencas infecciosas, banhos de sauna e banhos de imersao prolongados e muito quentes. O proposito estudado neste trabalho apresenta labio leporino bilateral e palato fendido, microftalmia, coloboma de iris, apendices auriculares bilaterais, pavilhao auditivo de implantacao anomala, lesao isodensa supra-selar e historico gestacional de febre alta no inicio da gravidez.Estas caracteristicas sao interpretadas como disrupcao do desenvolvimento da linha media da face, dos primeiros e segundo arcos branquiais, e heteropatias neuronias, compativeis com o diagnostico de disrupcao do desenvolvimento por hipertermia materna. A febre alta materna foi causada provavelmente pelo Dengue .

Macrossomia, macrocrania e incoordenaçäo motora da infância: síndrome de sotos (McKusick 11755); Estudo de 7 casos e revisäo de aspectos clínicos de 198 casos publicados / Macrosomia, macrocrania and motor disordes in childhood: sotos syndrome (McKusick 11755), report of 7 cases and review of clinical aspects of 198 report cases

Crianças com síndrome de Sotos apresentam aceleraçäo do crescimento, macrocrania, padröes acromegalóides e dificuldades iniciais no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor. A delineaçäo da síndrome e o diagnóstico diferencial estäo baseados na avaliaçäo das características clínicas e no histórico evolutivo desses pacientes. Sete pacientes com síndrome de Sotos säo descritos, bem como revistas as características clínicas presentes em 198 pacientes da literatura. As dificuldades motoras presentes durante a primeira infância nos pacientes com síndrome de Sotos säo responsáveis pelo mau desempenho destas crianças nos testes de QI. A estimulaçäo especializada deve ser encorajada para ajustar os afetados a superarem suas dificuldades iniciais