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lüll Novel mutation and the first prenatal screening of cathepsin D deficiency (CLN10) Fritchie K; Siintola E; Armao D; Lehesjoki AE; Marino T; Powell C; Tennison M; Booker JM; Koch S; Partanen S; Suzuki K; Tyynela J; Thorne LBActa Neuropathol 2009[Feb]; 117 (2): 201-8The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are autosomal recessively inherited disorders collectively considered to be one among the most common pediatric neurodegenerative lysosomal storage diseases. Four main clinical subtypes have been described based on the age at presentation: infantile, late infantile, juvenile and adult types. In addition, rare congenital cases of NCL have been reported in the literature. Previously, a homozygous mutation in the cathepsin D gene has been shown to cause congenital NCL in a patient of Pakistani origin. We report a case of a 39-week estimated gestational age female infant with severe microcephaly and hypertonia, whereas MRI showed generalized hypoplasia of the cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres. The infant died on day two after birth. Postmortem examination revealed a small, firm brain with extensive neuronal loss and gliosis. Remaining neurons, astrocytes and macrophages contained PAS-positive storage material with granular ultrastructure and immunoreactivity against sphingolipid activator protein D. A diagnosis of congenital NCL was rendered with a novel mutation, c.299C > T (p.Ser100Phe) in exon 3 of the cathepsin D gene. In the patient fibroblasts, cathepsin D activity was marginal, but the protein appeared stable and normally processed. This was confirmed in overexpression studies. Importantly, by identification of the mutation in the family, we were able to confirm the first prenatal diagnosis excluding cathepsin D deficiency in the younger sibling of the patient.|*Chorionic Villi Sampling[MESH]|Adult[MESH]|Astrocytes/chemistry/ultrastructure[MESH]|Brain Chemistry[MESH]|Brain/pathology[MESH]|Cathepsin D/*deficiency/*genetics[MESH]|Cell Death[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Fibroblasts/enzymology[MESH]|Gliosis/genetics/pathology[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Infant, Newborn[MESH]|Macrophages/chemistry/ultrastructure[MESH]|Microcephaly/genetics[MESH]|Muscle Hypertonia/genetics[MESH]|Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses/diagnosis/enzymology/*genetics/pathology[MESH]|Neurons/ultrastructure[MESH]|Point Mutation[MESH]|Pregnancy[MESH]|Sphingolipid Activator Proteins/analysis[MESH] |