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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (alpha-NAGA) deficiency with angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (AKCD) is one of the lysosomal storage diseases. GalNAc(alpha))1-O-Ser/Thr (Tn) is theoretically deposited in lysosomes, but substances with attached galactose and neuraminic (sialic) acid (T and sialosyl Tn, respectively) are excreted in patients' urine. In this study, in two Japanese cases we analyzed the material accumulated in lysosomes using immunoelectron microscopy with mouse antibodies to Tn, sialosyl Tn and T (Thomsen-Friedenreich) antigens in order to find out what substance(s) is really deposited in lysosomes. We found that only GalNAc(alpha)1-O-Ser/Thr (Tn) was actually accumulated in vacuolated lysosomes of vascular endothelial cells, eccrine sweat gland cells, fibroblasts and pericytes. Galactosylation and sialylation of Tn appears to occur in cells other than those in the skin. The results suggest that this disease is caused by a single enzyme deficiency.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0923-1811
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
42-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunoelectron microscopic analysis of lysosomal deposits in alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase deficiency with angiokeratoma corporis diffusum.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan. dngr@f2.dion.ne.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article