Mucolipidosis I: Studies of sialidase activity and a prenatal diagnosis |
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Authors: | O Thomas Mueller David A Wenger |
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Institution: | The B.F. Stolinsky Research Laboratories, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The characteristics of the sialidase (N-acetyl-α-neuraminidase) of human leukocytes, fibroblasts and amniotic fluid cell cultures were determined with a radioactive assay method utilizing neuramin-3H]actitol as the enzyme substrate. Fibroblast cultures from patients with the inherited sialidase deficiency diseases including mucolipidosis I, sialidosis I and sialidosis II, juvenile type have less than 10% of normal sialidase activity using either this substrate, 2-(3′-methoxyphenyl)-N-acetyl-α-neuraminic acid, or 2′-(4-methylumbelliferyl)-Nacetyl-α-neuraminic acid. The total sialic acid content of fibroblasts and leukocytes from mucolipidosis I and sialidosis I patients is greatly elevated; this parameter is useful in establishing a diagnosis of sialidase deficiency. The sialic acid content of sialidosis II, juvenile type, with coexistent sialidase and β-galactosidase deficiencies, is only slightly elevated above normal levels. A patient with mucolipidosis I has 16% of normal neuramin-3H]lactitol sialidase activity in his peripheral leukocytes. His parents were clearly distinguished from the normal range using leukocyte enzyme levels and a maternal aunt was identified as a possible carrier. The presence of this enzyme in amniotic fluid cell cultures, both fibroblastic and mixed cell type, makes possible the prenatal detection of these diseases. A pregnancy from a family at risk for having a child with mucolipidosis I was monitored by amniocentesis and subsequent sialidase measurement of the amniotic fluid cell culture. |
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