Block 1 Flashcards
Generalized ganliosidosis
B-galactosidase, GM1 accumulates
Tay-Sachs disease
Hexosaminidase A, GM2 accumulates
Sandhoff’s disease
Hexosaminidase A and B, Globoside accumulates
Fabry’s disease
a-galactosidase A, Ceramide-Glu-Gal-Gal
Gaucher’s disease
glucocerebrosidase, Ceramide-Glu accumulates
Niemann-Pick disease
Spingomyelinase, sphingomyelin accumulates
MPS I
(Hurler) alpha-iduronidase, Heparan sulfate / dermatan sulfate accumulate
MPS II
(Hunter) iduronate sulfatase, Heparan sulfate / dermatan sulfate accumulate
Corneal clouding, coarse face, boney spine changes (dystosis multiplex), leaky heart valves
MPS1
No corneal clouding, coarse face, hearing problems, frontal bossing
MPSII
Pompe
alpha-1,4-glucosidase, lysosomal glycogen accumulates
Hypotonia, cardiomyopathy, macroglossia, can’t hold head up
Pompe
ischemic disease, burning pains in hand and feet, angiokeratomas
Fabry’s
Anemia, low platelets (thrombocytopenia), huge hepatosplenomegaly,
bone diseases
Gaucher’s
Child loose milestones of development (initially learns, but later regression starting at 6-8months), hypersensitive to sound ie hyperacusis; eventually blindness; seizures.
Tay-Sachs