Table 1.

Enzyme deficiencies, storage material, and clinical manifestations of the different MPS types

TypeEponymEnzyme deficiencyDeposited GAGs (secondary)Clinical manifestations before HCT
Hurler*
Hurler/Scheie
Scheie 
α‐L‐iduronidase DS
HS (KS) 
Coarse facies, short stature, dysostosis multiplex, joint stiffness, spinal cord compression, organomegaly, corneal clouding, retinal degeneration, hearing loss, cardiac/respiratory disease, mental retardation in severe phenotype 
II Hunter Iduronate‐2‐sulfatase DS
HS (KS) 
Coarse facies, short stature, dysostosis multiplex, joint stiffness, spinal cord compression, organomegaly, corneal clouding, retinal degeneration, cardiac/respiratory disease, mental retardation 
III-A Sanfilippo A Heparan N‐sulfatase HS (KS) Severe mental impairment, aggressive behavior, sleep disturbances and dementia, relatively mild somatic symptoms, corneal clouding, respiratory disease, hearing loss 
III-B Sanfilippo B α-N-acetylglucosaminidase 
III-C Sanfilippo C Acetyl‐coa-α‐glucosaminide Acetyltransferase 
III-D Sanfilippo D N‐acetylglucosamine 6‐sulfatase 
IV-A Morquio type A Galactosamine‐6‐sulfatase KS
C6S 
Short stature, ligamentous laxity, joint hypermobility, dysostosis multiplex, corneal clouding, hearing loss, cardiac disease 
IV-B Morquio type B β‐Galactosidase KS 
VI Maroteaux-Lamy N‐acetylgalactosamine 4‐sulfatase DS
C4S (KS) 
Coarse facies, short stature, dysostosis multiplex, joint stiffness, odontoid hypoplasia, kyphoscoliosis, genu valgum, organomegaly, corneal clouding and cardiac/respiratory disease; no mental impairment 
VII Sly β‐glucuronidase HS Coarse facies, short stature, dysostosis multiplex, joint stiffness, spinal cord compression, odontoid hypoplasia, organomegaly, cardiac disease, corneal clouding and mild mental impairment 
DS 
C4S 
C6S 
(KS) 
IX Natowicz Hyaluronidase HA Short stature, polyarthropathy, periarticular soft tissue masses with painful swelling and acetabular erosion 
TypeEponymEnzyme deficiencyDeposited GAGs (secondary)Clinical manifestations before HCT
Hurler*
Hurler/Scheie
Scheie 
α‐L‐iduronidase DS
HS (KS) 
Coarse facies, short stature, dysostosis multiplex, joint stiffness, spinal cord compression, organomegaly, corneal clouding, retinal degeneration, hearing loss, cardiac/respiratory disease, mental retardation in severe phenotype 
II Hunter Iduronate‐2‐sulfatase DS
HS (KS) 
Coarse facies, short stature, dysostosis multiplex, joint stiffness, spinal cord compression, organomegaly, corneal clouding, retinal degeneration, cardiac/respiratory disease, mental retardation 
III-A Sanfilippo A Heparan N‐sulfatase HS (KS) Severe mental impairment, aggressive behavior, sleep disturbances and dementia, relatively mild somatic symptoms, corneal clouding, respiratory disease, hearing loss 
III-B Sanfilippo B α-N-acetylglucosaminidase 
III-C Sanfilippo C Acetyl‐coa-α‐glucosaminide Acetyltransferase 
III-D Sanfilippo D N‐acetylglucosamine 6‐sulfatase 
IV-A Morquio type A Galactosamine‐6‐sulfatase KS
C6S 
Short stature, ligamentous laxity, joint hypermobility, dysostosis multiplex, corneal clouding, hearing loss, cardiac disease 
IV-B Morquio type B β‐Galactosidase KS 
VI Maroteaux-Lamy N‐acetylgalactosamine 4‐sulfatase DS
C4S (KS) 
Coarse facies, short stature, dysostosis multiplex, joint stiffness, odontoid hypoplasia, kyphoscoliosis, genu valgum, organomegaly, corneal clouding and cardiac/respiratory disease; no mental impairment 
VII Sly β‐glucuronidase HS Coarse facies, short stature, dysostosis multiplex, joint stiffness, spinal cord compression, odontoid hypoplasia, organomegaly, cardiac disease, corneal clouding and mild mental impairment 
DS 
C4S 
C6S 
(KS) 
IX Natowicz Hyaluronidase HA Short stature, polyarthropathy, periarticular soft tissue masses with painful swelling and acetabular erosion 
*

Within MPS-1, there is a phenotype spectrum ranging from the severe Hurler phenotype to the mild Scheie phenotype.

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