Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases are lysosomal storage disorders that result from an inherited deficiency of beta-hexosaminidase A (alphabeta). Whereas the acute forms are associated with a total absence of hexosaminidase A and early death, the chronic adult forms exist with activity and protein levels of approximately 5%, and unaffected individuals have been found with only 10% of normal levels...

The GM2 gangliosidoses are fatal lysosomal storage diseases principally affecting the brain. Absence of β-hexosaminidase A and B activities in the Sandhoff mouse causes neurological dysfunction and recapitulates the acute Tay-Sachs (TSD) and Sandhoff diseases (SD) in infants. Intracranial coinjection of recombinant adeno-associated viral vectors (rAAV), serotype 2/1, expressing human β-hexosami...

Sandhoff disease is a recessively inherited lysosomal storage disease resulting from a deficiency of beta-hexosaminidase activity. The enzyme occurs in two major forms, beta-hexosaminidase A, composed of an alpha- and beta-subunit and beta-hexosaminidase B, composed of two beta-subunits. Both isozyme activities are deficient in Sandhoff disease, owing to mutations of the HEXB gene encoding the ...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, jafari n, nejad biglari h, jabbeh dari s, ahmad abadi f, alaee mr, nemati h, saket s, tonekaboni sh, taghdiri mm, ghofrani m. gm2-gangliosidosis (sandhoff and tay sachs disease): diagnosis and neuroimaging findings (an iranian pediatric case series) iran j child neurol. 2014 summer;8(3): 55-60.   abstract objective gm2-gangliosidosis disease is a rare aut...

p-Hexosaminidase (EC 3.2.1.30) is markedly increased in human serum in liver disease, chronic alcoholism, and pregnancy. Knowledge of the clearance rate of plasma! serum #{237}3-hexosaminidase is n cessary to evaluate this increase. We studied the plasma clearance of p3-hexosaminidase isoenzymes (purified from human serum and placenta) after their infusion into rat circulation. A recently devel...

Three siblings in their sixth and seventh decade with hexosaminidase A and B deficiency (adult form of GM2-gangliosidosis, variant O) developed early and severe sensory loss in addition to chronic motor neuron disease and cerebellar ataxia. Prominent mechanoallodynia was a manifesting symptom in two siblings. It is suggested that sensory deficits are due to a central-peripheral dying back axono...

symmetric changes, and lack of symptoms, we suspected a metabolic storage disorder. Laboratory test results showed normal levels of -galactosidase, arylsulfatase A, hexosaminidase A and B, and -galactocerebrosidase.However, sialic acid levelswere elevated in the urine. Examination results of a skin biopsy specimen revealed a fibroblast -neuraminidase level of 0.5 nmoles/h per milligram of prote...

Two new farnesane-type sesquiterpenes, hedychiols A and B 8,9-diacetate, were isolated from the methanolic extract of the fresh rhizome of Hedychium coronarium KOEN. cultivated in Japan. Their stereostructures were elucidated on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence. The inhibitory effects of isolated constituents on the release of beta-hexosaminidase from RBL-2H3 cells were examin...

Lithium and nickel present low toxicity, but are able to cause alterations in different tissues. The toxic effects of lithium and nickel at different cellular levels were assessed using two inorganic chemical species: lithium chloride and nickel(II) chloride. Mouse neuroblastoma cell cultures (Neuro-2a) were exposed to both compounds for 24 h. The cytotoxic effects evaluated were cell prolifera...