scholarly journals Oral Ganglioside Supplement Improves Growth and Development in Patients with Ganglioside GM3 Synthase Deficiency

Author(s):  
Heng Wang ◽  
Valerie Sency ◽  
Paul McJarrow ◽  
Alicia Bright ◽  
Qianyang Huang ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 625-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Wang ◽  
A. Wang ◽  
D. Wang ◽  
A. Bright ◽  
V. Sency ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 106 (23) ◽  
pp. 9483-9488 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Yoshikawa ◽  
S. Go ◽  
K. Takasaki ◽  
Y. Kakazu ◽  
M. Ohashi ◽  
...  

Biochemistry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (12) ◽  
pp. 1242-1251
Author(s):  
Kenji Yamanaka ◽  
Yu Takahashi ◽  
Yuya Azuma ◽  
Yoshiji Hantani

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (13) ◽  
pp. 825-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliza Gordon-Lipkin ◽  
Julie S. Cohen ◽  
Siddharth Srivastava ◽  
Bruno P. Soares ◽  
Eric Levey ◽  
...  

GM3 synthase deficiency is due to biallelic pathogenic variants in ST3GAL5, which encodes a sialyltransferase that synthesizes ganglioside GM3. Key features of this rare autosomal recessive condition include profound intellectual disability, failure to thrive and infantile onset epilepsy. We expand the phenotypic spectrum with 3 siblings who were found by whole exome sequencing to have a homozygous pathogenic variant in ST3GAL5, and we compare these cases to those previously described in the literature. The siblings had normal birth history, subsequent developmental stagnation, profound intellectual disability, choreoathetosis, failure to thrive, and visual and hearing impairment. Ichthyosis and self-injurious behavior are newly described in our patients and may influence clinical management. We conclude that GM3 synthase deficiency is a neurodevelopmental disorder with consistent features of profound intellectual disability, choreoathetosis, and deafness. Other phenotypic features have variable expressivity, including failure to thrive, epilepsy, regression, vision impairment, and skin findings. Our analysis demonstrates a broader phenotypic range of this potentially under-recognized disorder.


2012 ◽  
Vol 449 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seok-Jo Kim ◽  
Tae-Wook Chung ◽  
Hee-Jung Choi ◽  
Choong-Hwan Kwak ◽  
Kwon-Ho Song ◽  
...  

TGF-β (transforming growth factor-β)-induced EMT (epithelial–mesenchymal transition) induces the proliferation and migration of the HLE (human lens epithelial) cells. Ganglioside GM3, simple sialic-acid-containing glycosphingolipids on mammalian cell membranes, regulates various pathological phenomena such as insulin resistance and tumour progression. However, the relationship between ganglioside GM3 and TGF-β-induced EMT in the HLE B-3 cells is poorly understood. In the present study we demonstrated that ganglioside GM3 was involved in TGF-β1-induced EMT in HLE B-3 cells. Our results indicated that the expression of ganglioside GM3 and GM3 synthase mRNA were significantly increased in TGF-β1-induced HLE B-3 cells. Reporter gene analysis also demonstrated that transcriptional activation of the GM3 synthase gene was regulated by Sp1 (specificity protein 1) in HLE B-3 cells upon TGF-β1 stimulation. Interestingly, the inhibition of ganglioside GM3 expression by d-PDMP [d-threo-1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol] and GM3 synthase shRNA (short hairpin RNA) resulted significantly in the suppression of cell migration and EMT-related signalling in HLE B-3 cells stimulated by TGF-β. Furthermore, exogenous treatment of ganglioside GM3 rescued the expression of EMT molecules and cell migration suppressed by the depletion of ganglioside GM3 in TGF-β1-induced HLE B-3 cells. We also found that ganglioside GM3 interacted with TGFβRs (TGF-β receptors) in TGF-β1-induced HLE B-3 cells. Taken together, these results suggest that ganglioside GM3 induced by TGF-β1 regulates EMT by potential interaction with TGFβRs.


ASN NEURO ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 175909142093817
Author(s):  
Fu-Lei Tang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Yukata Itokazu ◽  
Robert K. Yu

Ganglioside GM3 synthase (α-2,3-sialyltransferase, ST3GAL5, GM3S) is a key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of gangliosides. ST3GAL5 deficiency causes an absence of GM3 and all downstream biosynthetic derivatives. The affected individuals manifest deafness, severe irritability, intractable seizures, and profound intellectual disability. To investigate whether deficiency of GM3 is involved in seizure susceptibility, we induced seizures with different chemoconvulsants in ST3GAL5 knockout mice. We report here that ST3GAL5 knockout mice are hyperactive and more susceptible to seizures induced by chemoconvulsants, including kainate and pilocarpine, compared with normal controls. In the hippocampal dentate gyrus, loss of GM3 aggravates seizure-induced aberrant neurogenesis. These data indicate that GM3 and gangliosides derived from GM3 may serve as important regulators of epilepsy and may play an important role in aberrant neurogenesis associated with seizures.


2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahhad Farukhi ◽  
Claudia Dakkouri ◽  
Heng Wang ◽  
Max Wiztnitzer ◽  
Elias I. Traboulsi

2013 ◽  
Vol 161 (4) ◽  
pp. 875-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng Wang ◽  
Alicia Bright ◽  
Baozhong Xin ◽  
J.R. Bockoven ◽  
Amy S. Paller
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ChemBioChem ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noriko Nagahori ◽  
Tadashi Yamashita ◽  
Maho Amano ◽  
Shin-Ichiro Nishimura

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