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. 1978 Apr 24;41(3):325-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF00284766.

Juvenile Sandhoff Disease: complementation tests with Sandhoff and Tay-Sachs disease using polyethylene glycol-induced cell fusion

Juvenile Sandhoff Disease: complementation tests with Sandhoff and Tay-Sachs disease using polyethylene glycol-induced cell fusion

S Wood. Hum Genet. .

Abstract

Juvenile Sandhoff, Sandhoff, and Tay-Sachs fibroblasts were mixed in paired combinations and treated with polyethylene glycol (PEG) to promote cell fusion. The hexosaminidase (hex) isozymes of PEG-treated mixed-cell cultures were determined and compared with those of untreated control cultures. Fusions involving juvenile Sandhoff and Sandhoff fibroblasts did not show an increase in either total hexosaminidase or heat-stable hex B. Fusions of juvenile Sandhoff (or Sandhoff) and Tay-Sachs fibroblasts showed an increase of heat-labile hex A. Thus, juvenile Sandhoff cells show complementation with Tay-Sachs cells but not Sandhoff cells. Consequently, the genetic defect in juvenile Sandhoff disease probably represents an allelic mutation of the gene that is defective in Sandhoff disease.

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