ISSN:
1432-1440
Keywords:
A1 activator deficiency
;
Glucosylceramide
;
Neuronopathic Gaucher's disease
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary A report is presented based on the biochemical and immunochemical studies of various tissues from a 15-year-old boy with a neuronopathic form of Gaucher's disease. Qualitative and quantitative lipid analyses revealed a storage of glucosylceramide. The striking feature was that, employing the usual assay methods, a normal activity of the lysosomal enzyme glucosylceramidase was revealed, despite massive lipid accumulation. Immunochemical assays of hepatic and splenic tissue extracts from this atypical Gaucher's patient disclosed the absence of A1 activator protein, which is necessary for the enzymic degradation of glucosylceramide in vivo. This is the second documented case of a patient presenting with glucosylceramide activator protein deficiency.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01716064
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