Abstract:
:Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSAD) is an enzyme involved in the turnover of the neurotransmitter 4-aminobutyrate (GABA). Deficiency of SSAD results in developmental delay, ataxia, seizures and 4-hydroxybutyric aciduria. We have developed a simple fluorimetric assay for the enzyme and applied it to measurement of SSAD activity in a range of cell types often used for prenatal and postnatal diagnosis of enzyme defects. Lymphocytes from children with SSAD deficiency were found to have < 5% of the activity found in lymphocytes from normal children. Heterozygotes are asymptomatic and have intermediate enzyme activities. Although SSAD activity has been detected previously in uncultured chorionic villi, we found that SSAD was not expressed in cultured chorionic villus cells nor in some fibroblast-like amniocytes from control fetuses. Lymphocytes from fetal blood and non-fibroblastic amniocytes have high SSAD activities, and should be suitable for prenatal diagnosis of SSAD deficiency.
journal_name
J Inherit Metab Disjournal_title
Journal of inherited metabolic diseaseauthors
Thorburn DR,Thompson GN,Howells DWdoi
10.1007/BF00711509subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-01-01 00:00:00pages
942-9issue
6eissn
0141-8955issn
1573-2665journal_volume
16pub_type
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更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of inherited metabolic disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of inherited metabolic disease
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journal_title:Journal of inherited metabolic disease
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更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of inherited metabolic disease
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更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of inherited metabolic disease
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journal_title:Journal of inherited metabolic disease
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journal_title:Journal of inherited metabolic disease
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更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
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