Mol Genet Metab. 2005 Feb;84(2):160-6.

A mutation in the saposin A coding region of the prosaposin gene in an infant presenting as Krabbe disease: first report of saposin A deficiency in humans.

Spiegel R, Bach G, Sury V, Mengistu G, Meidan B, Shalev S, Shneor Y, Mandel H, Zeigler M.

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Department of Pediatrics, HaEmek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.

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A six-month-old infant girl presenting with progressive encephalopathy and abnormal myelination in the cerebral white matter was originally diagnosed as suffering from Krabbe disease. The diagnosis was based on a deficiency of galactocerebrosidase activity found in leukocytes isolated from whole blood. When cultured skin fibroblasts did not show a similar enzyme deficiency and sulphatide (stearoyl-1-14C) uptake indicated an abnormal storage of galactosylceramide, a deficiency of an activator was implied. A three base pair deletion was found in the saposin A coding sequence of the prosaposin gene leading to the deletion of a conserved valine at amino acid number 11 of the saposin A protein. This deletion in saposin A is proposed as the cause for the abnormal galactosylceramide metabolism in this infant. This is the first report of a saposin A mutation in humans leading to pathological consequences.

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