| Literature DB >> 25712859 |
Fuzheng Guo1, Peter Bannerman, Emily Mills Ko, Laird Miers, Jie Xu, Travis Burns, Shuo Li, Ernest Freeman, Jennifer A McDonough, David Pleasure.
Abstract
Canavan disease is caused by inactivating ASPA (aspartoacylase) mutations that prevent cleavage of N-acetyl-L-aspartate (NAA), resulting in marked elevations in central nervous system (CNS) NAA and progressively worsening leukodystrophy. We now report that ablating NAA synthesis by constitutive genetic disruption of Nat8l (N-acetyltransferase-8 like) permits normal CNS myelination and prevents leukodystrophy in a murine Canavan disease model.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25712859 DOI: 10.1002/ana.24392
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Neurol ISSN: 0364-5134 Impact factor: 10.422