title: Hypersialyloligosacchariduria in mucolipidoses: a method for diagnosis.
abstract: A method is described for the detection of abnormal oligosaccharides in a small (5 ml) volume of urine, employing filtration on a Bio Gel P-6 column, determination of neutral sugar and bound sialic acid, and determination of creatinine content. With this method increased urinary excretion of sialic acid-rich oligosaccharides has been detected in nine patients with mucolipidoses (five cases of mucolipidosis II and four patients of mucolipidosis, with beta-galactosidase deficiency). The filtration patterns of oligosaccharides in mucolipidoses were clearly distinguishable from those in other inborn errors of metabolism. Total excreted oligosaccharides were increased 5--30-fold in these patients; mucolipidosis II, 640--1350 microgram neutral sugar/mg creatinine; control 54 +/- 20 microgram neutral sugar/mg creatinine. The oligosaccharides consisted of three sialic acid-rich fractions and were common in both types of mucolipidosis. Our data indicate that hypersialyoligosacchariduria is the main biochemical feature of both types of mucolipidosis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007787:Lactose Intolerance; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D009081:Mucolipidoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000652:urine*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000652:urine*; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; D012794:Sialic Acids