Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:3.1.6.1 (sulfatase)
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Sphingolipidoses are an heterogeneous group of inherited disorders of lipid metabolism affecting primarily the central nervous system. These disorders occur chiefly in the pediatric population, and the degenerative nature of the disease processes is generally characterized by diffuse and progressive involvement of neurones (gray matter) with psychomotor retardation and myoclonus or of fiber tracts (white matter) with weakness and spasticity. Biochemical research has identified the defects in the sphingolipidoses to specific lysosomal enzymes. For example, Niemann-Pick disease lacks sphingomyelinase; Krabbe's disease lacks galactocerebrosidase; Gaucher's disease lacks beta-D-glucosidase; metachromatic leukodystrophy lacks sulfatase; Tay-Sachs disease lacks hexosaminidase A; and generalized gangliosidosis lacks beta-galactosidase. Although there are no currently available modes of rendering corrective therapy in these disorders, a definitive diagnosis is possible both antepartum as well as postpartum. This information provides a sound and accurate basis for genetic counseling.
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PMID:Sphingolipidoses. 555 2

Since age 12 years, a 25-year-old woman had a syndrome with myoclonic epilepsy, cerebellar signs, and spontaneous myoclonus. Skin biopsy showed typical Lafora bodies (LB), but she lacked a progressive course and mental impairment, hallmarks of Lafora disease. Lysosomal enzyme assays showed low level arylsulfatase A (ASA) activity. DNA study disclosed a homozygous ASA Pd genotype. Both parents carried one Pd allele. The still-unknown relationship between the pathologic level of ASA activity and myoclonic epilepsies suggests introduction of ASA assays in patients with PME.
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PMID:Arylsulfatase A pseudodeficiency and Lafora bodies in a patient with progressive myoclonic epilepsy. 790 74

A retrospective clinical and biochemical analysis of 41 pediatric patients with cerebral lipidoses seen between 1995 to 2003 was performed at a tertiary referral center for neurologic disorders in southern India. Enzyme assays in serum and leukocytes, including histopathology, neuroimaging, and neurophysiology studies, were performed. There were 20 cases of metachromatic leukodystrophy (infantile,14; juvenile, 6), 12 cases of Tay-Sachs disease (infantile, 9; late G(M2-M3) gangliosidoses, 3), 8 cases of Sandhoff's disease, and 1 male case with multiple sulfatase deficiency. Consanguinity was present in 51.2% of cases. The male-to-female ratio was 23:17. Similar illness in the families was noted in 24.4%. The prominent clinical features in sulfatide lipidoses were regression of motor and mental milestones, seizures, and speech impairment, and in G(M2) gangliosidoses, the features were delayed milestones, startle myoclonus, seizures, and the presence of cherry-red spots. The case with multiple sulfatase deficiency had low levels of arylsulfatase A and B. This study indicates that these autosomal recessive inherited disorders are indeed prevalent in India.
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PMID:Cerebral glycolipidoses: clinical characteristics of 41 pediatric patients. 1544 95