Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs; /ˌlaɪsəˈsoʊməl/) are a group of about 50 rare inherited metabolic disorders that result from defects in lysosomal function. Lysosomes are sacs of enzymes within cells that digest large molecules and pass the fragments on to other parts of the cell for recycling. This process requires several critical enzymes. If one of these enzymes is defective, because of a mutation, the large molecules accumulate within the cell, eventually killing it. Lysosomal storage disorders are caused by lysosomal dysfunction usually as a consequence of deficiency of a single enzyme required for the metabolism of lipids, glycoproteins (sugar-containing proteins), or so-called mucopolysaccharides. Individually, LSDs occur with incidences of less than 1:100,000; however, as a group, the incidence is about 1:5,000 - 1:10,000. Most of these disorders are autosomal recessively inherited such as Niemann-Pick disease, type C, but a few are X-linked recessively inherited, such as Fabry ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Lysosomal storage disorder 4+1 multiplex assay for newborn screening using tandem mass spectrometry. T2 - Application to a small-scale population study for five lysosomal storage disorders. AU - Orsini, Joseph J.. AU - Martin, Monica M.. AU - Showers, Amanda L.. AU - Bodamer, Olaf A.. AU - Zhang, X. Kate. AU - Gelb, Michael H.. AU - Caggana, Michele. PY - 2012/8/16. Y1 - 2012/8/16. N2 - Background: We sought to modify a previously published tandem mass spectrometry method of screening for 5 lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) in order to make it better suited for high-throughput newborn screening. Methods: Two 3-mm dried blood spot (DBS) punches were incubated, each with a different assay solution. The quadruplex solution was used for screening for Gaucher, Pompe, Krabbe and Fabry diseases, while a separate solution was used for Niemann-Pick A/B disease. Results: The mean activities of acid-β-glucocerebrosidase (ABG), acid sphingomyelinase (ASM), acid glucosidase (GAA), ...

Lysosomes are heterogeneous subcellular organelles containing specific hydrolyses that allow selective processing or degradation of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids. There are >40 different lysosomal storage diseases, classified based on the nature of the stored material (Table 361-1). Several of the most prevalent disorders are reviewed here, including Tay-Sachs disease, Fabrys disease, Gauchers disease, Niemann-Pick disease, the mucopolysaccharidosis, and Pompes disease. Lysosomal storage diseases should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with neurologic, renal, or muscular degeneration and/or unexplained hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, cardiomyopathy, or skeletal dysplasias and deformations. Physical findings are disease-specific, and ...

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Title: Cellular Therapy of Lysosomal Storage Disorders: Current Status and Future Prospects. VOLUME: 5 ISSUE: 3. Author(s):Robert F. Wynn, Matthew Stubbs, Nurdan Ozyilmaz, J. Ed Wraith and Brian Bigger. Affiliation:Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital, Hospital Road, Pendlebury, Manchester, M27 4HA, UK.. Abstract: Lysosomal storage disorders (LSD) arise from genetic deficiency of a lysosomal enzyme (or its transport) and from subsequent accumulation of the enzyme substrates. Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) therapy for LSD corrects disease through cross correction of enzyme deficiency in recipient cells by enzyme secreted from engrafted, donor blood cells. The process of such transplant, its efficacy and its inherent risks are central in defining its current place in therapy. Two decades of HSCT have seen dramatically improving results as well as an improved understanding of the factors that affect outcome in both the short and long term. With improving survival figures transplant might ...

Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) is a term used to describe a group of diseases caused by a defect in lysosome enzymes. Lysosomes act as the recycling center of each cell, breaking down unwanted materials into simple waste products. The lack of certain lysosomal enzymes causes a buildup of waste products in many cells of the body.. The clinical symptoms depend on the cells and tissues that use the deficient enzyme and if any working amount of enzyme is present. The types of LSDs are named for the substance that builds up in the cells.. Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) disorders are the most common (1 in 25,000 births) of the LSDs. There are more than 40 known types, including those known by the common names listed below:. ...

Lysosomal storage diseases are inborn errors of metabolism, the hallmark of which is the accumulation, or storage, of macromolecules in the late endocytic system. They are monogenic disorders that occur at a collective frequency of 1 in 5,000 live births and are caused by inherited defects in genes that mainly encode lysosomal proteins, most commonly lysosomal enzymes. A subgroup of these diseases involves the lysosomal storage of glycosphingolipids. Through our understanding of the genetics, biochemistry and, more recently, cellular aspects of sphingolipid storage disorders, we have gained insights into fundamental aspects of cell biology that would otherwise have remained opaque. In addition, study of these disorders has led to significant progress in the development of therapies, several of which are now in routine clinical use. Emerging mechanistic links with more common diseases suggest we need to rethink our current concept of disease boundaries.

Over 30 different lysosomal storage diseases, each associated with deficiency of a specific lysosomal enzyme, have been described in man (Gieselmann 1995). Because of the ubiquitous presence of...

Gaucher disease (GD) is a recessively inherited autosomal lysosomal storage disease, the most severe of which is type 2, an acute neuronopathic form. We report an affected infant who inherited one mutant allele, Arg257Gln (c.887G,A; p.Arg296Gln) from his father, while the second, Gly202Arg (c.721G,A; p.Gly241Arg) arose by either maternal germline mosaicism or as a de novo mutation. This is the first time mutation Gly202Arg has been reported to be inherited non-traditionally. This report is part of a growing literature suggesting that GD can be inherited via germline or de novo mutations, and emphasizes that it is critical for clinicians to consider such inheritance when making diagnostic decisions or providing genetic counseling ...

The major goal of the proposed research is to understand the molecular basis of lysosomal storage diseases, a collection of more than 40 inherited metabolic dis...

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Diagnosed with a Lysosomal Storage Disorder called Niemann Pick Type A at seven months, we learned we had only three years to live.. ...

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how for Gods sake do we memorize all the lysosomal storage diseases in First Aid, are they tested very often? and if so what exactly do they ask like the...

Intact lysosomal function is critical for normal neuronal functioning and survival (Nixon and Cataldo, 1995). In humans, this is most readily illustrated by a group of inherited childhood diseases called lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) (Neufeld, 1991), in which neuronal brain degeneration is a frequent pathological feature (Walkley, 1998). In preadulthood, lysosomal storage, mainly in the form of lipofuscinosis, is the most common cause of neurodegeneration (Cooper, 2003). In LSDs, lysosomes increase in number and size through the gradual intra-lysosomal build up of storage material. In most cases, substrates accumulate due to the loss of lysosomal hydrolytic enzyme activity, although other causes, such as defective efflux of normally degraded constituents by lysosomal transporters, are also known (Eskelinen et al., 2003). Although studies of LSDs have provided tremendous insights into the biochemical details of lysosomal hydrolytic degradation and although the role of sphingolipid ...

Global Markets Directs, Lysosomal Storage Disorder - Pipeline Review, H2 2015, provides an overview of the Lysosomal Storage Disorders therapeutic pipeline.. This report provides comprehensive information on the therapeutic development for Lysosomal Storage Disorder, complete with comparative analysis at various stages, therapeutics assessment by drug target, mechanism of action (MoA), route of administration (RoA) and molecule type, along with latest updates, and featured news and press releases. It also reviews key players involved in the therapeutic development for Lysosomal Storage Disorder and special features on late-stage and discontinued projects.. Global Markets Directs report features investigational drugs from across globe covering over 20 therapy areas and nearly 3,000 indications. The report is built using data and information sourced from Global Markets Directs proprietary databases, Company/University websites, SEC filings, investor presentations and featured press releases ...

The mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) kinase promotes cell growth by activating biosynthetic pathways and suppressing catabolic pathways, particularly that of macroautophagy. A prerequisite for mTORC1 activation is its translocation to the lysosomal surface. Deregulation of mTORC1 has been associated with the pathogenesis of several diseases, but its role in skeletal disorders is largely unknown. Here, we show that enhanced mTORC1 signaling arrests bone growth in lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). We found that lysosomal dysfunction induces a constitutive lysosomal association and consequent activation of mTORC1 in chondrocytes, the cells devoted to bone elongation. mTORC1 hyperphosphorylates the protein UV radiation resistance-associated gene (UVRAG), reducing the activity of the associated Beclin 1-Vps34 complex and thereby inhibiting phosphoinositide production. Limiting phosphoinositide production leads to a blockage of the autophagy flux in LSD chondrocytes. As a ...

The lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) are a group of conditions in which certain substances or substrates build up in compartments of the bodys cells called lysosomes. Lysosomes contain enzymes that allow cells to digest and recycle the bodys substrates or macromolecules.. LSDs are caused by missing or poorly functioning enzymes that are unable to perform their normal activities. Over time, excessive amounts of the substrates accumulate and cause damage to the involved systems and organs in the body. In some cases, the diagnosis of an LSD is mistaken for another disorder.. If youre a healthcare provider, please print our diagnostic information page.. ...

Global Discovery Chemistry. Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Our general research interest is in building chemical and genetic tools to enable a biological pathway-based approach to gain mechanistic understanding of disease. While genetics has provided us the parts list for biology, additional approaches are needed to understand how these parts work together in healthy or diseased states. Chemical genetics allows us to fill in some of these knowledge gaps and help identify novel entry points for therapeutic intervention.. A current area of research focus is in the development of chemical and genetic tools in order to elucidate biological pathways of lysosomal storage disorders. Lysosomal storage diseases are a group of ~50 inherited metabolic disorders that result in from defects in lysosomal function. Most disorders are the consequence of a deficiency of a single enzyme required for the catabolism of lipids, glycoproteins, or mucopolysaccharides. Although most of the responsible genes ...

In the version of the article originally published, in Figure 2 and the accompanying legend, LIMP 2 was incorrectly referred to as LIMP 1. The article has now been corrected.

Cystic fibrosis- The most common congenital disease, in which the childs lungs, intestines and pancreas fill up with think mucus.Dysmorphology - The study of physical characteristics to diagnose disorders.Krabbe disease - A degenerative disorder that affects the nervous system, and is a lysosomal storage disorder.Lysosomal storage diseases - A group of about 40 rare inherited metabolic disorders.

Lysosomal Storage Diseases are severe inherited metabolic disorders caused by loss of function mutations in specific lysosomal hydrolases with the consequent accumulation of uncatabolized substrates. Elucidating the molecular mechanism connecting lysosomal impairment with the onset of cell damage occurring in these pathologies remains one of the most important challenges in the field. In my talk I would like to discuss the new insight that we obtained at this regard. In particular, using a simple but reliable in-vitro model of lysosomal storage disorders represented by human fibroblasts loaded with sucrose, we described the existence of a lysosome-plasma membrane axis responsible for the onset of cell damage upon the aberrant accumulation of uncatabolized material in the lysosomes. In addition, recent data elucidated the role of β-glucocerebrosidase deficiency in the onset of cell damage, typical feature of Gaucher and GBA-related Parkinsons disease. We developed an in-vitro model of the ...

One of the rare genes is ATP13A2, known to cause Kufor-Rakeb syndrome (KRS), a form of autosomal recessive hereditary parkinsonism with dementia and juvenile onset. Although little is known about the function of this gene, it is suspected to act in the lysosomal membrane, and to be responsible for the maintenance of lysosomal pH. The lysosomal pathway has, in the last few years, attracted interest as a novel mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of PD, following not only the identification of ATP13A2 mutations, but also the risk conferred by GBA mutations for the development of this disorder ...

Glycosyltransferase (GT) enzymes are incredibly diverse in their abilities to catalyze the transfer of sugar molecules to protein, carbohydrate, and lipid substrates. GTs have various metabolic and regulatory roles in biology. Glycosyltransferase targets provide different areas of therapeutic potential in a wide array of disease, including cancer, metabolic disorders, and infectious disease. A glycosyltransferase ...

Diagnosis of lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) is mainly based on specific enzyme assays in leucocytes. Dried blood spots have also been used as sample for the enzyme assays. However, some lysosomal enzymes such as heparan-N-sulfamidase (HNS) and others cannot be assayed by this material. We developed an assay for HNS using dried leukocytes impregnated in filter paper (DLFP) as source of enzyme, and the results allowed the correct identification of Mucopolisaccharidosis IIIA. From this proof of concept we predict that the assay of lysosomal enzymes in DLFP samples, which still needs further development, could be a useful tool for the diagnosis of LSDs, especially in regions where transportation of liquid blood samples in appropriate conditions for long distances and/or across country borders is challenging. © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.. ...

Xu M, Liu K, Swaroop M, Sun W, Dehdashti SJ, McKew JC, Zheng W, A phenotypic compound screening assay for lysosomal storage diseases Journal of biomolecular screening19:168-75 ...

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and Spark Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCE) (Spark) today announced the completion of the acquisition following the receipt of regulatory approval from all government authorities required by the merger agreement. Commenting on this important step forward, Severin Schwan, CEO of Roche, said, We are excited about this important milestone because we believe that together, Roche and Spark will be able to significantly improve the lives of patients through innovative gene therapies. This acquisition supports our long-lasting commitment to bringing transformational therapies and innovative approaches to people around the world with serious diseases. Spark Therapeutics, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a fully integrated, commercial company committed to discovering, developing and delivering gene therapies for genetic diseases, including blindness, haemophilia, lysosomal storage disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. Spark Therapeutics will continue to ...

Hebbar S, Khandelwal A, Jayashree R, Hindle SJ, Chiang YNing, Yew JY, Sweeney ST, Schwudke D. 2017. Lipid metabolic perturbation is an early-onset phenotype in adult spinster mutants: a Drosophila model for lysosomal storage disorders.. Mol Biol Cell. 28(26):3728-3740. ...

Hebbar S, Khandelwal A, Jayashree R, Hindle SJ, Chiang YNing, Yew JY, Sweeney ST, Schwudke D. 2017. Lipid metabolic perturbation is an early-onset phenotype in adult spinster mutants: a Drosophila model for lysosomal storage disorders.. Mol Biol Cell. 28(26):3728-3740. ...

University of Texas MD describes symptoms, treatment, and prognosis for patients suffering with this rare but severe lysosomal disorder. ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Treatment of lysosomal storage disorders. T2 - Focus on the neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses. AU - Pierret, Chris. AU - Morrison, Jason A.. AU - Kirk, Mark D.. PY - 2008/10/6. Y1 - 2008/10/6. N2 - Recent advances in our understanding of lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) may lead to new therapies to treat the neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses (NCLs). In this review, enzyme replacement therapy, gene therapy, cell-mediated therapy and pharmaceutical treatments are considered across the LSDs and extended to therapies for the NCLs. It is likely that a combination of approaches will produce the most beneficial clinical outcome for treatment of pathologies displayed by the NCLs.. AB - Recent advances in our understanding of lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) may lead to new therapies to treat the neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinoses (NCLs). In this review, enzyme replacement therapy, gene therapy, cell-mediated therapy and pharmaceutical treatments are considered across the LSDs and extended to ...

Lysosomes are intracellular organelles that contain hydrolytic enzymes that degrade a variety of macromolecules. Lysosomal storage disorders are a diverse group of inherited diseases characterized by the intracellular accumulation of macromolecules due to defects in their transport mechanisms across the lysosomal membrane or due to defective lysosomal enzyme function. The accumulation of these macromolecules leads to cell damage and, eventually, organ dysfunction. More than 40 lysosomal storage disorders have been described with a wide phenotypic spectrum.. Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme, beta-glucosidase. Beta-glucosidase facilitates the lysosomal degradation of glucosylceramide (glucocerebroside) and glucopsychosine (glucosylsphingosine). Gaucher disease is caused by mutations in the GBA gene. There are 3 described types of Gaucher disease with varying clinical presentations and age of onset from a perinatal lethal ...

The Lysosomal Disease Network (LDN), a consortium organized under the NIH Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network program, aims to improve the treatment of lysosomal diseases by learning more about each of these conditions by funding a variety of projects including 1-year pilot studies. LDN intends to fund 1-2 pilot projects, on an overlapping annual basis, that promote innovative research at the forefront of new therapies/technologies/advancements for lysosomal disease. Pilot studies must be clinical in nature (either through the use of human subjects or human specimens) and push forward the overarching themes of the LDN: advances in clinical trial readiness, newborn screening, long-term outcomes, and global reach.. Complete application information and dates can be found here.. ...

Definition of Salla disease in the Legal Dictionary - by Free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. What is Salla disease? Meaning of Salla disease as a legal term. What does Salla disease mean in law?

Galactosialidosis is a condition that affects many areas of the body. The three forms of galactosialidosis are distinguished by the age at which symptoms develop and the pattern of features.. The early infantile form of galactosialidosis is associated with extensive swelling caused by fluid accumulation before birth (hydrops fetalis), a soft out-pouching in the lower abdomen (an inguinal hernia), and an enlarged liver and spleen (hepatosplenomegaly). Additional features of this form include abnormal bone development (dysostosis multiplex) and distinctive facial features that are often described as coarse. Some infants have an enlarged heart (cardiomegaly); an eye abnormality called a cherry-red spot, which can be identified with an eye examination; and kidney disease that can progress to kidney failure. Infants with this form usually are diagnosed between birth and 3 months; they typically live into late infancy.. The late infantile form of galactosialidosis shares some features with the early ...

Lysosomes are intracellular organelles that contain hydrolytic enzymes to degrade a variety of macromolecules. Lysosomal storage disorders are a diverse group of inherited diseases where macromolecules accumulate due to defects in their transport mechanisms across the lysosomal membrane or due to defective lysosomal enzyme function. Accumulation of these macromolecules in the lysosomes leads to cell damage and, eventually, organ dysfunction. More than 40 lysosomal storage disorders have been described with a wide phenotypic spectrum.. Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency of acid beta-glucosidase (glucocerebrosidase: GBA) resulting in increased storage of glucocerebroside (D-glucosylceramide). The deposition of glucocerebroside in macrophages of the reticuloendothelial system (Gaucher cells) causes organ dysfunction and organomegaly. Gaucher cells, found in the spleen, bone marrow, lung, lymph nodes, and liver, are characteristic of the ...

Infantile sialic acid storage disorder (ISSD) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorders resulting from increased lysosomal storage of free sialic acid. The clinical picture is characterized by severe developmental delay, coarse facial features, hepatosplenomegaly, and cardiomegaly. Death usually occurs in early childhood.. ...

Amicus Therapeutics is New Jersey-based biotechnology company dealing with coming up with therapies to treat rare or orphan diseases. The company uses a unique combination of technologies and medications to ensure people living with rare and devastating diseases are cured. Such conditions include Pompe disease, Lysosomal Storage Disorders Fabry, and Epidermolysis Bullosa (http://releasefact.com/2017/08/amicus-therapeutics-funds-its-ground-breaking-new-treatment/). To treat Fabry disease, Amicus Therapeutics has come up with migalastat HCI which is a small molecule that can be used as monotherapy together with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for useful results. They have again come up with SD-101, an effective medicine for treating Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare connective tissues disorder.. To come up with ERT solutions for Pompe disease, Fabry disease, and potentially other lysosomal storage disorders (LSD, Amicus Therapeutics uses Chaperone-Advanced Replacement Therapy (CHART) technological ...

Sialic acid storage disease, also known as Salla disease, is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by defective transport of lysosomal degradation product, free sialic acid, across the lysosomal membrane. Functional consequences come only from central nervous system presenting slowly progressive mental retardation associated with ataxia and some other neurological manifestations. Affected infants present first signs of the disease already at 3 to 9 months of age as muscular hypotonia, truncal and limb ataxia, often transient nystagmus and delayed motor development. Developmental profile of SD patients is characterized by slowly progressive general handicap with motor performance more severely and earlier affected than cognitive skills. All patients are severely mentally retarded from third decade on. Life span of affected patients is close to normal.

Lysosomal diseases are inherited metabolic disorders caused by defects in a wide spectrum of lysosomal and a few non-lysosomal proteins. In most cases a single type of primary storage material is identified, which has been used to name and classify the disorders: hence the terms sphingolipidoses, ga …

There is great variability in the clinical features of these diseases. Depending on the condition, symptoms can begin anytime from before birth until late in adulthood. Some patients with lysosomal storage diseases present in childhood with developmental delay or regression of learned skills, while others present with evidence of liver and/or spleen enlargement, bone or eye abnormalities, skin lesions, or facial coarsening, with/without a neurological component. In other diseases, adolescent and adult patients will present with weakness, psychosis, and mental deterioration. Most lysosomal storage disorders are autosomal recessively inherited; however, a few are X-linked, such as Fabry Disease and Hunter Syndrome (MPS II ...

or. symbol for a residue (or molecule) of N‐acetylneuraminic acid (i.e. sialic acid). It accumulates in lysosomes in Salla disease and infantile sialic acid storage disease, and in cell cytosol in sialuria.. [...] ...

Lysosomal storage diseases are caused by mutated genes that express defective lysosomal proteins, such as essential enzymes. For example, cystinosis is a metabolic disease caused by a defective gene that encodes cystinosin, an exporter protein (Figure 1). Avrobio develops gene therapies to treat lysosomal storage diseases. On 8 October 2019, the company announced that its first patient had been dosed in the AVR-RD-04 investigational gene therapy program, which involves genetic modification of the patients own hematopoietic stem cells to treat cystinosis.…. ...

by Ethan Perlstein , Sep 21, 2017 , Niemann-Pick Type A , 0 comments. By Taryn Sumabat This summer at Perlara, we ramped up our efforts to develop a Drosophila model of Niemann-Pick Type A (NPA). NPA is a rare lysosomal storage disease caused by mutations in the gene Smpd1, which encodes an enzyme called acid sphingomyelinase (ASM ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ - Vtesse, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its drug candidate, VTS-270 for treatment of Niemann-Pick Type C1 Disease (NPC), Breakthrough Therapy designation status. Both the FDA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had previously granted Orphan Drug status …. Read More » ...

Presented by the National MPS Society and the University of Minnesota Division of Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience, designed for doctoral-level psychologists, trainees, and psychometrists seeing MPS patients in clinical trials, this comprehensive course will provide a robust understanding and increased site readiness in response to the growing number of MPS trials.

The two main goals in my laboratory are to better understand the underlying pathophysiology of lysosomal storage diseases (LSD) and to develop effective therapies for this class of inherited metabolic disorder. Since many LSDs are rare, it has been difficult to determine the natural history of these diseases. Therefore, we use murine models to study the progression of these diseases. This information has helped us to both develop more rational approaches to therapy and to identify additional therapeutic targets. We use a combination of molecular, biochemical, immunologic, electrophysiologic, histologic and behavioral assays to fully understand the pathogenesis of these diseases. With respect to the second major goal of my lab, we have developed and evaluated a number of therapeutic approaches that have shown varying degrees of efficacy in our murine models of disease. These include: 1) direct protein replacement therapy with recombinant enzyme, 2) bone marrow transplantation and 3) ex vivo and ...

There are lots of proteins involved in amino acid storage in the plant kingdom. Take a look at seed storage proteins which are proteins in seeds which store amino acids for the young plant. I do not know but should not be surprised to learn that spore-forming microbes also have some mechanism for storing amino acids. peter sibbald ...

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To address these questions, our lab uses a multidisciplinary approach to study the biochemical functions of the lysosome in vitro and in vivo. Lysosomes are membrane-bound compartments that degrade macromolecules and clear damaged organelles to enable cellular adaptation to various metabolic states. Lysosomal function is critical for organismal homeostasis-mutations in genes encoding lysosomal proteins cause severe human disorders known as lysosomal storage diseases, and lysosome dysfunction is implicated in age-associated diseases including cancer, neurodegeneration and metabolic syndrome ...

The protein encoded by this gene is a lysosomal enzyme that cleaves terminal sialic acid residues from substrates such as glycoproteins and glycolipids. In the lysosome, this enzyme is part of a heterotrimeric complex together with beta-galactosidase and cathepsin A (the latter is also referred to as protective protein). Mutations in this gene can lead to sialidosis, a lysosomal storage disease that can be type 1 (cherry red spot-myoclonus syndrome or normosomatic type), which is late-onset, or type 2 (the dysmorphic type), which occurs at an earlier age with increased severity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008 ...

6:30 pm Reception and Dinner and Remarks by APMRF. June 5, 2017 8:00 am Breakfast. Presentations. There will be opportunities to submit abstracts for talks and the poster session. All submissions are due by April 1, 2017.. Speakers include:. Keynote address by Dr. Thijn Brummelkamp, Genetic studies on the function of NPC1 in pathogen entry and cholesterol trafficking. Dr. Roberto Zonco, Mechanisms of cholesterol sensing by the master growth regulator mTORC1 kinase. Dr. Wei Zheng, Therapeutic development for treatment of NPC: beyond cyclodextrin. Dr. Arun Radikrishnan, Intracellular trafficking routes of cholesterol. Dr. Kenji Ohgane, Identification of Chaperone Drugs for NPC through Drug Repurposing Screening. Dr. Yiannis Loannou, Targeting the Mitochondria-ER-Lysosome axis for the treatment of multiple lysosomal storage diseases. Dr. Charles Vite, Gene therapy in the CNS in large animal models. Dr. Xuntian Jiang, Biomarker discovery and development of diagnostics for early detection of NPC ...

Whether you are a loved one searching for tools and hope, a researcher, doctor, or biomedical specialist, or if you simply care about the thousands of children and families who often feel abandoned by the medical community, you can help.. Join us in the fight. Connect with us. Spread the word. Donate. Be a warrior. We can and will win against lysosomal storage diseases.. Wylder Nation Foundation is always interested in passionate volunteers. In you are interested and want to get involved in this movement contact Steven Laffoon at [email protected] ...

Department: Biology. Reports to: Scientist, Biology. Location: Cambridge, MA. Casma Overview. Casma Therapeutics is harnessing the natural cellular process of autophagy to open vast new target areas for drug discovery and development that will profoundly impact the lives of patients. Autophagy is a conserved cellular process that contributes to overall organismal health. Inefficient autophagy flux or defects in lysosomal homeostasis are observed in numerous pathologies, e.g., neurodegeneration, metabolic disorders, inflammation, and muscle degeneration. Casma uses several approaches to intervene at strategic points throughout the autophagy-lysosome system to improve the cellular process of clearing out unwanted proteins, organelles and invading pathogens. By boosting autophagy, Casma expects to be able to arrest or reverse the progression of lysosomal storage disorders, muscle disorders, inflammatory disorders and neurodegeneration, among other indications. Casma was launched in 2018 by Third ...

By identifying and optimizing allosteric binding sites that have never before been targeted, Gain is unlocking new treatment options for difficult-to-treat disorders characterized by protein misfolding, including lysosomal storage disorders.

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ABO-102 results presented at WORLDSymposium for Lysosomal Diseases show significant time- and dose-dependent reduction of underlying disease pathology,...

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