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  • Title: [A case of middle-aged onset sialidosis type I].
    Author: Sakazume Y, Tanaka M, Isobe I, Tominaga R, Nanba E, Okamoto K.
    Journal: Rinsho Shinkeigaku; 2004 Aug; 44(8):541-4. PubMed ID: 15471091.
    Abstract:
    We reported a patient with middle-aged onset sialidosis type I. A 52-year-old Japanese man was referred to our hospital because of dysarthria, involuntary movement of his extremities and gait disturbance since the age of 46 years. On admission, neurological examination revealed scanning speech, action myoclonus, cerebellar ataxia and cherry-red spots. Vacuolated lymphocytes were found in peripheral blood. Brain 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) showed decreased glucose metabolism in the cerebellum. Enzymological analysis using his skin fibroblasts revealed primary deficiency of sialidase activity. Sialidase gene analysis identified compound heterozygotes for base substitusions of 239T-to-C and 649G-to-A, which resulted in amino acid alterations of P80L and V217M, respectively. These mutations have been reported in Japanese sialidosis type II (P80L) and I (V217M). Further studies are required to reveal effects of gene mutations on residual enzyme activities and phenotypes.
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