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4-Methylumbelliferyl alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase activity for diagnosis of Sanfilippo B disease. 1985

J Marsh, and A H Fensom

Conditions for assay of alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase activity in human cultured fibroblasts, cultured amniotic fluid cells, leucocytes, serum, plasma and chorionic villi were studied using the fluorogenic substrate 4-methylumbelliferyl-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranoside. The substrate was found to have advantage both in terms of sensitivity and ease of use over previously-used colorimetric substrates for assay of the enzyme in these tissues, and for diagnosis of Sanfilippo B disease and identification of carriers. It should have particular application in first trimester prenatal diagnosis using chorionic villus biopsies.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009083	Mucopolysaccharidoses	Group of lysosomal storage diseases each caused by an inherited deficiency of an enzyme involved in the degradation of glycosaminoglycans (mucopolysaccharides). The diseases are progressive and often display a wide spectrum of clinical severity within one enzyme deficiency.	Mucopolysaccharidosis
D009084	Mucopolysaccharidosis III	Mucopolysaccharidosis characterized by heparitin sulfate in the urine, progressive mental retardation, mild dwarfism, and other skeletal disorders. There are four clinically indistinguishable but biochemically distinct forms, each due to a deficiency of a different enzyme.	Polydystrophic Oligophrenia,Sanfilippo's Syndrome,Acetyl-CoA:alpha-Glucosaminide N-Acetyltransferase Deficiency,Heparan Sulfate Sulfatase Deficiency,MPS 3 A,MPS 3 B,MPS 3 C,MPS 3 D,MPS III A,MPS III B,MPS III C,MPS III D,MPS IIIA,MPS IIIB,MPS IIIC,MPS IIID,MPS3A,MPS3B,MPS3C,Mucopolysaccharidosis 3,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 A,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 A Sanfilippo Syndrome,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 B,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 C,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 3 D,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIA,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIC,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIID,N-Acetyl-alpha-D-Glucosaminidase Deficiency,N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfatase Deficiency,N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfate Sulfatase Deficiency,NAGLU Deficiency,San Filippo's Syndrome,Sanfilippo Syndrome,Sanfilippo Syndrome A,Sanfilippo Syndrome B,Sanfilippo Syndrome C,Sanfilippo Syndrome D,Sulfamidase Deficiency,Acetyl CoA:alpha Glucosaminide N Acetyltransferase Deficiency,Acetyl-CoA:alpha-Glucosaminide N-Acetyltransferase Deficiencies,Deficiencies, Acetyl-CoA:alpha-Glucosaminide N-Acetyltransferase,Deficiencies, N-Acetyl-alpha-D-Glucosaminidase,Deficiencies, N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfatase,Deficiencies, N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfate Sulfatase,Deficiencies, NAGLU,Deficiencies, Sulfamidase,Deficiency, Acetyl-CoA:alpha-Glucosaminide N-Acetyltransferase,Deficiency, N-Acetyl-alpha-D-Glucosaminidase,Deficiency, N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfatase,Deficiency, N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfate Sulfatase,Deficiency, NAGLU,Deficiency, Sulfamidase,MPS IIIDs,Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIs,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIAs,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIBs,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIICs,Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIDs,N Acetyl alpha D Glucosaminidase Deficiency,N Acetylglucosamine 6 Sulfatase Deficiency,N Acetylglucosamine 6 Sulfate Sulfatase Deficiency,N-Acetyl-alpha-D-Glucosaminidase Deficiencies,N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfatase Deficiencies,N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfate Sulfatase Deficiencies,N-Acetyltransferase Deficiencies, Acetyl-CoA:alpha-Glucosaminide,N-Acetyltransferase Deficiency, Acetyl-CoA:alpha-Glucosaminide,NAGLU Deficiencies,Oligophrenia, Polydystrophic,Oligophrenias, Polydystrophic,Polydystrophic Oligophrenias,San Filippo Syndrome,San Filippos Syndrome,Sanfilippo Syndromes,Sanfilippos Syndrome,Sulfamidase Deficiencies,Sulfatase Deficiencies, N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfate,Sulfatase Deficiency, N-Acetylglucosamine-6-Sulfate,Syndrome, San Filippo's,Syndrome, Sanfilippo,Syndrome, Sanfilippo's,Syndromes, Sanfilippo
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D011296	Prenatal Diagnosis	Determination of the nature of a pathological condition or disease in the postimplantation EMBRYO; FETUS; or pregnant female before birth.	Diagnosis, Prenatal,Fetal Diagnosis,Fetal Imaging,Fetal Screening,Intrauterine Diagnosis,Antenatal Diagnosis,Antenatal Screening,Diagnosis, Antenatal,Diagnosis, Intrauterine,Prenatal Screening,Antenatal Diagnoses,Antenatal Screenings,Diagnosis, Fetal,Fetal Diagnoses,Fetal Imagings,Fetal Screenings,Imaging, Fetal,Intrauterine Diagnoses,Prenatal Diagnoses,Prenatal Screenings,Screening, Antenatal,Screening, Fetal,Screening, Prenatal
D002824	Chorionic Villi	Threadlike vascular projections of the chorion. Chorionic villi may be free or embedded within the DECIDUA forming the site for exchange of substances between fetal and maternal blood (PLACENTA).	Placental Villi,Labyrinth of the Placenta,Labyrinthine Placenta,Placental Labyrinth Layer,Chorionic Villus,Labyrinth Layer, Placental,Placental Labyrinth Layers,Placental Villus,Villi, Chorionic,Villi, Placental,Villus, Chorionic,Villus, Placental
D004796	Clinical Enzyme Tests	Analyses for a specific enzyme activity, or of the level of a specific enzyme that is used to assess health and disease risk, for early detection of disease or disease prediction, diagnosis, and change in disease status.	Enzyme Tests, Clinical,Clinical Enzyme Test,Enzyme Test, Clinical,Test, Clinical Enzyme,Tests, Clinical Enzyme
D005260	Female		Females
D005347	Fibroblasts	Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules.	Fibroblast
D005944	Glucosamine		2-Amino-2-Deoxyglucose,Dona,Dona S,Glucosamine Sulfate,Hespercorbin,Xicil,2 Amino 2 Deoxyglucose,Sulfate, Glucosamine
D006596	Hexosaminidases	Enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of N-acylhexosamine residues in N-acylhexosamides. Hexosaminidases also act on GLUCOSIDES; GALACTOSIDES; and several OLIGOSACCHARIDES.	Galactosaminidases,Hexosaminidase,Galactosaminidase,Glucosaminidase,Glucosaminidases