Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Petry, K; Greinix, HT; Nudelman, E; Eisen, H; Hakomori, S; Levy, HL; Reichardt, JK.
Characterization of a novel biochemical abnormality in galactosemia: deficiency of glycolipids containing galactose or N-acetylgalactosamine and accumulation of precursors in brain and lymphocytes.
Biochem Med Metab Biol. 1991; 46(1):93-104
Doi: 10.1016/0885-4505(91)90054-O
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- Greinix Hildegard
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- Abstract:
- Classic galactosemia, an inborn error of human galactose metabolism, is characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT). The current model for the pathophysiology of this disease ascribes most of its symptoms to the toxicity of intracellular galactose-1-phosphate (Gal-1-P), one of the substrates of GALT which accumulates in the untreated disease state. Recently, a reduction in the intracellular concentration of UDP-Gal (uridine diphosphogalactose), one of the products of GALT, has been described in treated galactosemic patients. We investigated whether galactosemic patients might also have reduced amounts of those macromolecules that depend on UDP-Gal for their biosynthesis. We report a reduction in glycolipids that contain either galactose or its derivative N-acetylgalactosamine and an accumulation of the precursors to these compounds in the brain of a neonate with galactosemia. We also found an imbalance in glycolipids in galactosemic lymphoblasts. This novel biochemical abnormality observed in galactosemic patients is not addressed by dietary galactose-restriction therapy and could explain some of the chronic neurologic and other complications of galactosemia.
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- Acetylgalactosamine - metabolism
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- Galactose - metabolism
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- Gangliosides - metabolism
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- Lymphocytes - metabolism
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