Autonomic skin responses in females with Fabry disease

Anette Torvin Møller; Flemming W. Bach; Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen; Ase K Rasmussen; Lis Hasholt; Claudia Sommer; Steen Kølvraa; Troels Staehelin Jensen

doi:10.1111/j.1529-8027.2009.00227.x

Autonomic skin responses in females with Fabry disease

Anette Torvin Møller, Flemming W. Bach, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, Ase K Rasmussen, Lis Hasholt, Claudia Sommer, Steen Kølvraa, Troels Staehelin Jensen

Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

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Abstract

Fabry disease is a genetic lysosomal disorder with dysfunction of the lysosomal enzyme alpha-galactosidase A causing accumulation of glycolipids in multiple organs including the nervous system and with neuropathy as a prominent manifestation. Neurological symptoms include pain and autonomic dysfunction. This study examined peripheral autonomic nerve function in 19 female patients with Fabry disease and 19 sex and age-matched controls by measuring (1) sweat production following acetylcholine challenge; (2) the sympathetically mediated vasoconstrictor responses to inspiratory gasp, stress, and the cold pressor test; and (3) cutaneous blood flow following capsaicin. The vasoconstrictor response to inspiratory gasp was increased in Fabry patients compared to controls (p = 0.03), while the response to cold and mental stress did not change. Female patients with Fabry disease had a reduced sweat response to iontophoresis of acetylcholine (p = 0.04) and a smaller capsaicin-induced flare compared to controls. These findings suggest that female patients both have an impaired C-fiber function and local abnormalities in blood vessels and sweat glands.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System Online
Volume	14
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	159-64
Number of pages	6
ISSN	1529-8027
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8027.2009.00227.x
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2009

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