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  • 1
    ISSN: 1573-4927
    Keywords: specific activity ; α-l-fucosidase ; serum polymorphism ; fucosidosis ; enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA)
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The quantity of α-l-fucosidase activity in human serum is determined by heredity. An individual may inherit either low, intermediate, or high serum enzyme activity. An enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay has been developed that can detect 0.3 ng of α-l-fucosidase protein. Enzyme protein in serum of 102 individuals ranged from 20 to 835 ng/ml. The group included individuals with low, intermediate, and high enzyme activity. The specific activity of α-l-fucosidase within this group was statistically the same (mean±SD=11,002±1051 U/mg). Thus, individuals with low and intermediate enzyme activity in serum had lower amounts of enzyme protein with the same specific activity as in individuals with high enzyme activity. Fucosidosis is a rare inherited disease in which α-l-fucosidase activity in tissues and body fluids is low or absent. The concentrations of enzyme protein in sera of a fucosidosis patient and parents were 76, 565, and 604 ng/ml, respectively, and the specific activities of enzyme were 1316, 8938, and 8858 U/mg, respectively. Thus, the fucosidosis serum probably contained a structurally altered enzyme with reduced catalytic activity. The somewhat low specific activities in the parents suggested that their sera contained both structurally altered and normal protein.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1573-4927
    Keywords: α-l-fucosidase ; lymphoid cells ; fucosidosis ; serum polymorphism
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract In humans, the quantity of α-l-fucosidase in serum is determined by heredity. The mechanism controlling levels of the enzyme in serum is unknown. Lymphoid cell lines derived from individuals with either low, intermediate, or high α-l-fucosidase in serum were established. Steady-state levels of intracellular and extracellular α-l-fucosidase as well as rates of synthesis and secretion of enzyme overlapped among the cell lines. Thus,vivo} serum phenotypes were not expressed in this system. No appreciable differences in the qualitative processing of newly made α-l-fucosidase were observed among these lymphoid cell lines. Cells pulse-labeled with35S-methionine from 0.25 to 2 hr had an intracellular form of enzyme with aM r=58,000. Cells pulsed for 1.5 hr and chased for 21 hr with unlabeled methionine had an intracellular form ofM r=60,000 and an extracellular form ofM r=62,000. All three enzyme forms were glycoproteins with a common polypeptide chain ofM r=52,000 but with different carbohydrate moieties. No evidence for a high molecular mass precursor form of α-l-fucosidase was found. Fucosidosis is a rare, inherited disease in which α-l-fucosidase activity in tissues and body fluids is low or absent. The mutations for fucosidosis and the serum polymorphism map separately. Lymphoid cells from two siblings with fucosidosis had 8-fold to 341-fold less intracellular α-l-fucosidase protein with 11-fold to 56-fold lower specific activities than control cells. Residual mutant enzyme was a glycoprotein with a polypeptide chain virtually the same size (M r=52,000) as control enzyme. However, residual mutant enzyme was hypoglycosylated and hypersecreted as compared to control enzyme.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1573-4927
    Keywords: α-l-fucosidase ; lymphoid cells ; fucosidosis ; serum polymorphism
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract In humans, the quantity of α-l-fucosidase in serum is determined by heredity. The mechanism controlling levels of the enzyme in serum is unknown. Lymphoid cell lines derived from individuals with either low, intermediate, or high α-l-fucosidase in serum were established. Steady-state levels of intracellular and extracellular α-l-fucosidase as well as rates of synthesis and secretion of enzyme overlapped among the cell lines. Thus,vivo} serum phenotypes were not expressed in this system. No appreciable differences in the qualitative processing of newly made α-l-fucosidase were observed among these lymphoid cell lines. Cells pulse-labeled with35S-methionine from 0.25 to 2 hr had an intracellular form of enzyme with aM r=58,000. Cells pulsed for 1.5 hr and chased for 21 hr with unlabeled methionine had an intracellular form ofM r=60,000 and an extracellular form ofM r=62,000. All three enzyme forms were glycoproteins with a common polypeptide chain ofM r=52,000 but with different carbohydrate moieties. No evidence for a high molecular mass precursor form of α-l-fucosidase was found. Fucosidosis is a rare, inherited disease in which α-l-fucosidase activity in tissues and body fluids is low or absent. The mutations for fucosidosis and the serum polymorphism map separately. Lymphoid cells from two siblings with fucosidosis had 8-fold to 341-fold less intracellular α-l-fucosidase protein with 11-fold to 56-fold lower specific activities than control cells. Residual mutant enzyme was a glycoprotein with a polypeptide chain virtually the same size (M r=52,000) as control enzyme. However, residual mutant enzyme was hypoglycosylated and hypersecreted as compared to control enzyme.
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