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  • Title: Subcellular fractionation studies on hepatic tissue from a patient with Pompe's disease (type II glycogen-storage disease).
    Author: Peters TJ, Jenkins W, Dubowitz V.
    Journal: Clin Sci (Lond); 1980 Jul; 59(1):7-12. PubMed ID: 7009026.
    Abstract:
    1. An homogenate of liver biopsy taken from a patient with Pompe's disease (type II glycogen-storage disease) was analysed by enzyme microassay and subcellular fractionation by sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation. 2. A strikingly low activity of lysosomal acid alpha-D-glucosidase was noted but there was also increased activity of neutral alpha-D-glucosidase (found in endoplasmic reticulum). 3. Activities of the acid hydrolases, acid phosphatase and beta-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminidase, were elevated compared with those of controls. Measurement of latent beta-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminidase activity and results of subcellular fractionation experiments, indicated a marked fragility of certain populations of lysosomes. Lysosomes containing predominantly acid phosphatase and beta-D-glucuronidase activities appeared to have normal integrity. 4. Assessment of organelle pathology by enzyme microassay indicated low mitochondrial and peroxisomal enzyme activities. In addition there was evidence of mitochondrial damage as reflected by increased sucrose permeability and by ultrastructural studies.
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