Milan B Lakočević1, Mirjana M Platiša2, Zorica R Šumarac3, Nada D Suvajdžić4, Lana Đ Mačukanović5, Milan S Petakov6. 1. Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Belgrade. 2. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biophysics, Belgrade. 3. Clinical Center of Serbia, Center for Medical Biochemistry, Belgrade. 4. Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic of Hematology, Belgrade + University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade. 5. University of Nis, Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Center Nis, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Clinic, Nis. 6. Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Belgrade + University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In a rare Gaucher disease, reduced activity of lysosomal b-glucocerebrosidase incompletely blocks glucosphingolipid catabolism. Accumulation of the unhydrolyzed substrate glucosylceramide within lysosomes results in progressive, multisystem Gaucher disease, classified into three types. Both parkinsonism and peripheral neuropathy are observed in cases of putative non-neuronopathic type 1 disease. In the current study we investigated whether the peripheral neural response in type 1 Gaucher disease patients, with no neural manifestations is conditioned by the influence of sex hormones. METHODS: The catalytic activity of b-glucocerebrosidase in peripheral blood leukocytes was determined spectrofluorometrically. Direct sequencing of the GBA1 gene was performed. Somatosensory evoked potentials were recorded after electrical stimulation of the median nerve of both arms. Stimuli of 0.2 ms duration at a frequency of 5 Hz were used. Sex hormones were determined by radioimmunoassay using a gamma scintillation counter. RESULTS: Analysis of the somatosensory evoked potentials revealed significant differences in peak latencies on periphery between men and women in both control and type 1 Gaucher disease groups. Analysis by gender showed significant associations between latencies and sex hormones only in female patients: negative correlation between oestradiol concentration and N9 peak latency, and a strong negative correlation of testosterone levels with all peak latencies on the periphery (N9-N13). CONCLUSIONS: A relationship between testosterone concentrations and the latencies of potentials evoked on peripheral nerves exists only in females with type 1 Gaucher disease. We point out sexual dimorphism in the development of this entity. 2020 Milan B. Lakočević, Mirjana M. Platiša, Zorica R. Šumarac, Nada D. Suvajdžić, Lana Đ. Mačukanović, Milan S. Petakov, published by CEON/CEES.
BACKGROUND: In a rare Gaucher disease, reduced activity of lysosomal b-glucocerebrosidase incompletely blocks glucosphingolipid catabolism. Accumulation of the unhydrolyzed substrate glucosylceramide within lysosomes results in progressive, multisystem Gaucher disease, classified into three types. Both parkinsonism and peripheral neuropathy are observed in cases of putative non-neuronopathic type 1 disease. In the current study we investigated whether the peripheral neural response in type 1 Gaucher disease patients, with no neural manifestations is conditioned by the influence of sex hormones. METHODS: The catalytic activity of b-glucocerebrosidase in peripheral blood leukocytes was determined spectrofluorometrically. Direct sequencing of the GBA1 gene was performed. Somatosensory evoked potentials were recorded after electrical stimulation of the median nerve of both arms. Stimuli of 0.2 ms duration at a frequency of 5 Hz were used. Sex hormones were determined by radioimmunoassay using a gamma scintillation counter. RESULTS: Analysis of the somatosensory evoked potentials revealed significant differences in peak latencies on periphery between men and women in both control and type 1 Gaucher disease groups. Analysis by gender showed significant associations between latencies and sex hormones only in female patients: negative correlation between oestradiol concentration and N9 peak latency, and a strong negative correlation of testosterone levels with all peak latencies on the periphery (N9-N13). CONCLUSIONS: A relationship between testosterone concentrations and the latencies of potentials evoked on peripheral nerves exists only in females with type 1 Gaucher disease. We point out sexual dimorphism in the development of this entity. 2020 Milan B. Lakočević, Mirjana M. Platiša, Zorica R. Šumarac, Nada D. Suvajdžić, Lana Đ. Mačukanović, Milan S. Petakov, published by CEON/CEES.
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