Infant With a Severe Form of <i>GLRX5</i> -Related Atypical Hyperglycinemia Exhibiting Novel Cardiac and Neurologic Disease Manifestations at Autopsy
Glutaredoxin 5 (GLRX5) is a mitochondrial protein encoded by the GLRX5 gene, which is essential for cellular redox homoeostasis, lipoic acid synthesis, and iron-sulfur cluster transfer. Rare cases of pathogenic GLRX5 mutations have been associated with sideroblastic anemia and non-ketotic hyperglycinemia with progressive spasticity and cavitating leukoencephalopathy. We report an 11-month-old child, who died following aspiration, with severe cardiomyocyte mitochondrial abnormalities and cerebral white matter degeneration in the context of a homozygous GLRX5 variant (c.208A>G, p.S70G).
Authors
- Marc R. Del Bigio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8366-0394)
- Jason Morín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7812-0657)
- Elizabeth O. Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8659-4919)
- Patrick Frosk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9673-795X)
Institutions
- University of Manitoba (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric and Developmental Pathology
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10935266251335065
- Primary Topic
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba