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GM1 gangliosidosis and Morquio B disease: an update on genetic alterations and clinical findings.


ABSTRACT: GM1 gangliosidosis and Morquio B syndrome, both arising from beta-galactosidase (GLB1) deficiency, are very rare lysosomal storage diseases with an incidence of about 1:100,000-1:200,000 live births worldwide. Here we report the beta-galactosidase gene (GLB1) mutation analysis of 21 unrelated GM1 gangliosidosis patients, and of 4 Morquio B patients, of whom two are brothers. Clinical features of the patients were collected and compared with those in literature. In silico analyses were performed by standard alignments tools and by an improved version of GLB1 three-dimensional models. The analysed cohort includes remarkable cases. One patient with GM1 gangliosidosis had a triple X syndrome. One patient with juvenile GM1 gangliosidosis was homozygous for a mutation previously identified in Morquio type B. A patient with infantile GM1 gangliosidosis carried a complex GLB1 allele harbouring two genetic variants leading to p.R68W and p.R109W amino acid changes, in trans with the known p.R148C mutation. Molecular analysis showed 27 mutations, 9 of which are new: 5 missense, 3 microdeletions and a nonsense mutation. We also identified four new genetic variants with a predicted polymorphic nature that was further investigated by in silico analyses. Three-dimensional structural analysis of GLB1 homology models including the new missense mutations and the p.R68W and p.R109W amino acid changes showed that all the amino acid replacements affected the resulting protein structures in different ways, from changes in polarity to folding alterations. Genetic and clinical associations led us to undertake a critical review of the classifications of late-onset GM1 gangliosidosis and Morquio B disease.

SUBMITTER: Caciotti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3210552 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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GM1 gangliosidosis and Morquio B disease: an update on genetic alterations and clinical findings.

Caciotti Anna A   Garman Scott C SC   Rivera-Colón Yadilette Y   Procopio Elena E   Catarzi Serena S   Ferri Lorenzo L   Guido Carmen C   Martelli Paola P   Parini Rossella R   Antuzzi Daniela D   Battini Roberta R   Sibilio Michela M   Simonati Alessandro A   Fontana Elena E   Salviati Alessandro A   Akinci Gulcin G   Cereda Cristina C   Dionisi-Vici Carlo C   Deodato Francesca F   d'Amico Adele A   d'Azzo Alessandra A   Bertini Enrico E   Filocamo Mirella M   Scarpa Maurizio M   di Rocco Maja M   Tifft Cynthia J CJ   Ciani Federica F   Gasperini Serena S   Pasquini Elisabetta E   Guerrini Renzo R   Donati Maria Alice MA   Morrone Amelia A  

Biochimica et biophysica acta 20110407 7


GM1 gangliosidosis and Morquio B syndrome, both arising from beta-galactosidase (GLB1) deficiency, are very rare lysosomal storage diseases with an incidence of about 1:100,000-1:200,000 live births worldwide. Here we report the beta-galactosidase gene (GLB1) mutation analysis of 21 unrelated GM1 gangliosidosis patients, and of 4 Morquio B patients, of whom two are brothers. Clinical features of the patients were collected and compared with those in literature. In silico analyses were performed  ...[more]

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