Inherited disorders of glycoprotein synthesis: cell biological insights

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
G McDowell, W A Gahl

Abstract

Disorders of glycoprotein synthesis have been described only recently, and few have been studied extensively at both the clinical and biochemical level. The identification and characterization of these rare diseases are important, not only for the patients and their families, but because they offer enormous insight into biological processes. For example, the targeting of acid hydrolases to lysosomes by mannose-6-phosphate was discovered as a direct result of the elucidation of the defect in I-cell disease. The notion of carbohydrates as targeting agents continues to have ramifications today, with the success of macrophage-targeted enzyme replacement therapy for Gaucher disease. Likewise, confirmation of the in vivo role of fucose-containing glycans and selectins in neutrophil function came from studies using specimens from patients with leucocyte adhesion deficiency type II due to reduced availability of GDP-fucose. Identification of the in vivo ligands of selectins also has implications for anti-inflammatory therapies. Macular corneal dystrophy and spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda offer an opportunity to investigate the number of different sulfotransferases in cells, their substrates, and their tissue expression. The Ehlers-...Continue Reading

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