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Sphingolipidoses
Neuro Module
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Medical
Graduate
11/16/2009

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Term
What two molecules make up ceramide?
Definition
sphingosine and fatty acid
Term
What element is added to ceramide to make it a sphingomyelin?
Definition
Phosphate and chloride
Term
What is added to ceramide to make cerebroside?
Definition
glucose/galactose
Term
What is added to ceramide to make gangliosidase?
Definition
sailic acid
Term
What enzyme is deficient in GM1 gangliosidosis?
Definition
B galactosidase
Term
What lysosomal storage disease is due to deficency in hexosaminidase A only?
Definition
Tay Sachs
Term
What part of Hexosaminidase is mutated in Sandoff Disease?
Definition
the B subunit b/c Hex A is ab and Hex B is BB
Term
What happens to the levels of Hex A and Hex B in Tay Sachs?
Definition
hex A goes down, hex B goes up
Term
What disease is due to a deficiency in arylsufatidase A?
Definition
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Term
What is the enzyme deficiency in Krabbe?
Definition
B galactosidase
Term
What enzyme is deficient in Niemann Pick?
Definition
sphingomyelinase
Term
What disorder is due to a deficiency in B-glucosidase?
Definition
Gaucher
Term
What molecule builds up in Krabbe disease?
Definition
psychosine
Term
What does psycosine inhibit?
Definition
cytokinesis
Term
What molecule builds up in Sandoff?
Definition
globoside
Term
What molecule builds up in Gaucher?
Definition
glucocerebroside
Term
What molecule builds up in metachromatic leukodystrophy?
Definition
sulfatide
Term
What is the inheritance pattern of all the lysosomal storage diseases except fabrys?
Definition

AR

 

 

fabrys is X linked

Term
What cell does GM1 gangliosidosis accumulate its backed up product into?
Definition
neuron and astrocyte
Term
Which lysosomal storage diseases have build up of molecule in a neuron and a macrophage? (3)
Definition

sandoff

type A niemann pick

metachromatic leukodystrophy

Term
What particular cell in the eye does the lysosomal storage occur in Tay Sachs?
Definition
ganglion cell of the retina
Term
What disease presents with widening of the long bones and cherry red spot in an infant?
Definition
GM1 gangliosidosis
Term
What lysosomal storage disease can result in ganglion cells in the intestine?
Definition
GM1 gangliosidosis
Term
WHen does GM1 gangliosidosis present in the patient?
Definition
at birth
Term
What is the difference between Sandoff and Tay Sachs with regard to clinical presentation?
Definition
Sandoff will have organomegaly in addition to the clinical findings of Tay Sachs
Term
What three ethnic groups is Tay Sachs common in?
Definition

Eastern Europeans

Ashkenazis

French Canadian

Term
What two lysosomal disorders are common in Ashkenazis?
Definition
Gaucher and Tay Sachs
Term
Which ethnic groups is Sandoff common in?
Definition
trick question: no ethnic group
Term
What three lysosomal disorders present with cherry red spots?
Definition

GM1 gangliosidosis

Tay Sachs

Neimann Pick

Term
What disease presents with megencephaly?
Definition
tay sachs
Term
What is megencephaly?
Definition
large brain
Term
What disease presents with hyperacusis?
Definition
Tay Sacks
Term
What is the characteristic cell of Gaucher (in other words describe the Gaucher cell)?
Definition
a macrophage (histocyte) with wrinkled tissue paper type cytoplasm and an eccentric nucleus
Term
Which disease shows membrane bound tubules in EM?
Definition
Gaucher
Term
In adult type Gaucher, what organs are typically involved?
Definition

spleen and liver

 

NOT THE CNS

Term
Which lysosomal storage disorder presents with no CNS involvment?
Definition
Gaucher Adult type
Term
What is the different between adult and infantile type gaucher other than age?
Definition
infantile presents with CNS involvement whereas adult type typically doesn't
Term
What disease can present with lytic bone lesions?
Definition
Gaucher Disease
Term
What diseases present with myelin like inclusions on EM that look like an onion?
Definition
Tay Sachs and Niemann Pick
Term
What disesae presents with lamellar inclusions?
Definition
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Term
What part of the white matter does metachromatic leukodystrophy spare?
Definition
U fibers
Term
What disease presents with bubbly sea blue macrophages on LM?
Definition
niemann pick
Term
What are the motor symptoms of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy? (3)
Definition

hypotonia

weakness

gait disturbance

Term
What is meganeurites and what disease presents with it?
Definition
it is swollen neurons with foamy cytoplasm  and Tay Sachs has it
Term
Which lysosomal storage disease has better prognosis?
Definition
gaucher
Term
What disease presents with motor symptoms and peripheral neuropathy?
Definition
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Term
What disease presents with a fever, psychomotor retardation in a progressive manner?
Definition
Krabbe
Term
What disease has globoid cells and where are they found in histologic section?
Definition
Krabbe has globoid cells and they are found around blood vessels
Term

What is the DX?

 

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Definition
Gaucher
Term

What is the DX?

 

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Definition
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy.  These are gitter cells w/ metachormatic stain
Term

What is the DX? Focus on C.

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Definition
metachromatic leukodystrophy with lamellar inclusions in this EM sample.
Term

What is the DX?  Look closely.

 

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Definition
Niemann Pick with bubbly sea blue macs
Term

What is the DX?  What are the cells labeled by the arrow called?

 

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Definition
it is Krabbe and the cells are glomoid cells
Term
What lysosomal storage disease accumulates in the astrocyte and neuron?
Definition
GM1 gangliosidosis
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