Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 143, 975-980, Copyright © 1976 by Rockefeller University Press

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Acid hydrolases in leukocytes and platelets of normal subjects and in patients with Gaucher's and Fabry's disease

E Beutler, W Kuhl, F Matsumoto and G Pangalis

Lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophilic granulocytes and platelets were each separated to greater than 95% purity from six normal subjects, three patients with Gaucher's disease, two heterozygotes for Gaucher's disease, and one patient with Fabry's disease. Activities of the following acid hydrolases were determined: "acid" (pH 4.0) beta- glucosidase, pH 5.0 beta-glucosidase, alpha-galactosidase, alpha- arabinosidase, alpha-mannosidase, alpha-glucosidase, beta- glucuronidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-hexosaminidase, and acid phosphatase. Enzymatic activity varied greatly with cell type and the enzyme being measured; the importance of assaying pure preparations especially for heterozygote detection is emphasized. Gaucher's disease patients' cells were found to be deficient in the pH 4.0 acid beta- glucosidase, variable in the pH 5.0 beta-glucosidase, and normal in all other acid hydrolases tested, including acid phosphatase, the activity of which is known to be elevated in plasma. Blood cells of a patient with Fabry's disease were deficient in alpha-galactosidase and normal in all other acid hydrolases tested.
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