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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Cloning of the sulphamidase gene and identification of mutations in Sanfilippo A syndrome |
Author: | Scott, H. Blanch, L. Guo, X.H. Freeman, C. Orsborn, A. Baker, E. Sutherland, G. Morris, C. Hopwood, J. |
Citation: | Nature Genetics, 1995; 11(4):465-467 |
Publisher: | Nature Pub. Co. |
Issue Date: | 1995 |
ISSN: | 1061-4036 1546-1718 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Hamish S. Scott ; Lianne Blanch ; Xiao-hui Guo ; Craig Freeman ; Annette Orsborn ; Elizabeth Baker ; Grant R. Sutherland ; C. Phillip Morris ; John J. Hopwood |
Abstract: | Sanfilippo A syndrome is one of four recognised Sanfilippo sub-types (A, B, C and D) that result from deficiencies of different enzymes involved in the lysosomal degradation of heparan sulphate; patients suffer from severe neurological disorders. The Sanfilippo syndrome sub-types are also known as mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) type III (MPS-IIIA, B, C and D), and are part of the large group of lysosomal storage disorders. Each of the MPS-III types is inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder with considerable variation in severity of clinical phenotype. The incidence of Sanfilippo syndrome has been estimated at 1:24,000 in The Netherlands with MPS IIIA (MIM #252900) the most common. MPS-IIIA is the predominant MPS-III in the United Kingdom, and has a similar high incidence to that found in The Netherlands (E. Wraith, personal communication). There is a particularly high incidence of a clinically severe form of MPS-IIIA in the Cayman Islands with a carrier frequency of 0.1 (ref. 4). Due to the mild somatic disease compared to other MPS disorders there is difficulty in diagnosing mild cases of MPS-III, hence Sanfilippo syndrome may be underdiagnosed, especially in patients with mild mental retardation. Here, we report the isolation, sequence and expression of cDNA clones encoding the enzyme sulphamidase (EC 3.10.1.1). In addition, we report the chromosomal localisation of the sulphamidase gene as being 17q25.3. An 11-bp deletion, present in sulphamidase cDNA from two unrelated Sanfilippo A patients, is described. |
Keywords: | Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17 Fibroblasts Humans Mucopolysaccharidosis III Hydrolases DNA, Complementary RNA, Messenger Chromosome Mapping Cloning, Molecular Sequence Analysis, DNA DNA Mutational Analysis Organ Specificity Sequence Deletion Amino Acid Sequence Base Sequence Genes Molecular Sequence Data |
DOI: | 10.1038/ng1295-465 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng1295-465 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Paediatrics publications |
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