mul·ti·ple sul·fa·tase de·fi·cien·cy

[MIM*272200]

an inherited disorder (autosomal recessive) in which there is a failure to hydrolyze sulfatides and sulfated mucopolysaccharides; this failure leads to their accumulation in neural and extraneural tissues, causing disorders such as demyelination and facial and skeletal dysmorphism.

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multiple sulfatase deficiency

A clinically and biochemically heterogeneous autosomal recessive disorder (OMIM:272200) caused by the simultaneous impairment of all sulfatases, due to defective post-translational modification and activation.

Clinical findings
Combined features of individual sulfatase deficiencies, such as metachromatic leukodystrophy, mucopolysaccharidosis, chondrodysplasia punctata, hydrocephalus, ichthyosis, neurologic deterioration and developmental delay.

Molecular pathology
Arylsulfatase A activity is impaired in multiple sulfatase deficiency due to mutations in SUMF1, which result in defective post-translational modification of ARSA at residue Cys-69 that is not converted to 3-oxoalanin.

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A drop in activity of 3 sulfatases measured in the multiplex assay would suggest the possibility of multiple sulfatase deficiency (16), but we have not tested this with DBS from appropriate patients.

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The multiple sulfatase deficiency gene encodes an essential and limiting factor for the activity of sulfatases.

Multiple sulfatase deficiency is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the human C(alpha)-formylglycine generating enzyme.

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There are about 40 different lysosomal storage disorders, like multiple sulfatase deficiency suffered by Pavan Tailor.

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My two daughters, ages 8 and 5, have multiple sulfatase deficiency (an extremely rare genetic disorder involving severe neurologic and skeletal abnormalities).

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The analysis of these proteins from blood spots allowed the detection of all patients with the following disorders: MPS I ([alpha]-t-iduronidase), MPS II (iduronate-2-sulfatase), MPS IIIA (sulfamidase), MPS VI (4-sulfatase), metachromatic leukodystrophy (arylsulfatase A), Niemann-Pick disease types A and B (acid sphingomyelinase), and multiple sulfatase deficiency. It also allowed the detection of most Fabry (agalactosidase), Pompe ([beta]-glucosidase), and Gaucher disease ([beta]-glucocerebrosidase) patients, as well as patients with I-cell disease.

Immunochemistry of lysosomal storage disorders

Multiple sulfatase deficiency and the nature of the sulfatase family.

Detection of mucopolysaccharidosis type II by measurement of iduronate-2-sulfatase in dried blood spots and plasma samples

(b) %RA, mean residual activity expressed as percentage of the mean value of adult controls; MSD, multiple sulfatase deficiency; NA, not available.

Hurler-like phenotype: enzymatic diagnosis in dried blood spots on filter paper