Article
Overexpression of arylsulfatase A gene in fibroblasts from metachromatic leukodystrophy patients does not induce a new phenotype.
Gene therapy - 1 Aug 1995
Ohashi T, Matalon R, Barranger J A, Eto Y
Abstract excerpt
We tested the influence of overexpression of arylsulfatase A (ASA) on the activity of other sulfatases in fibroblasts from patients with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). We demonstrated that the overexpression of ASA reduces the activity of various sulfatases by a small amount but does not induce an accumulation of glycosaminoglycan. Our results indicate that influence of ASA overexpression on other sulfatases...
Topics
- Cells, Cultured
- Cerebroside-Sulfatase
- Fibroblasts
- Gene Expression
- Genetic Vectors
- Glycosaminoglycans
- Humans
- Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic
- Lysosomes
- Phenotype
- Retroviridae
