Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:2.6.1.1 (aspartate aminotransferase)
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Eight mutations of the alpha subunit of beta-hexosaminidase A gene ( HEXA) were identified in eight patients with GM2 gangliosidosis variant B. They were five missense mutations, two splice-site mutations, and one two-base deletion. Five of them, R252L (CGT-->CTT), N295S (AAT-->AAC), W420C (TGG-->TGT), IVS 13, +2A-->C, and del 265-266AC (exon 2), were novel mutations responsible for infantile acute form of GM2 gangliosidosis. Two missense mutations, R499H and R499C, were found in one allele of two patients with attenuated phenotypes. The patient with R499C showed a late infantile form, and the other patient with R499H showed a juvenile form. These two mutations have been reported previously in the patients of other ethnic groups, and they have been known to cause attenuated phenotypes. The milder phenotypes of GM2 gangliosidosis variant B, different from the infantile acute form, have not been reported so far in Japan, and this is the first report of Japanese patients with attenuated phenotypes and their molecular analysis.
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PMID:Different attenuated phenotypes of GM2 gangliosidosis variant B in Japanese patients with HEXA mutations at codon 499, and five novel mutations responsible for infantile acute form. 1456 83

Gangliosidoses (GM1 and GM2 gangliosidosis) are rare, autosomal recessive progressive neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorders caused by defects in the degradation of glycosphingolipids. We aimed to investigate clinical, biochemical and molecular genetic spectrum of Turkish patients with infantile gangliosidoses and examined the potential role of serum aspartate transaminase levels as a biomarker. We confirmed the diagnosis of GM1 and GM2 gangliosidosis based on clinical findings with specific enzyme and/or molecular analyses. We retrospectively reviewed serum aspartate transaminase levels of patients with other biochemical parameters. Serum aspartate transaminase level was elevated in all GM1 and GM2 gangliosidosis patients in whom the test was performed, along with normal alanine transaminase. Aspartate transaminase can be a biochemical diagnostic clue for infantile gangliosidoses. It might be a simple but important biomarker for diagnosis, follow up, prognosis and monitoring of the response for the future therapies in these patients.
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PMID:A possible biomarker of neurocytolysis in infantile gangliosidoses: aspartate transaminase. 3071 35