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. 1977 Sep;29(5):448–454.

X-linked Hunter syndrome: the heterozygous phenotype in cell culture.

B R Migeon, J A Sprenkle, I Liebaers, J F Scott, E F Neufeld
PMCID: PMC1685417  PMID: 409283

Abstract

Fibroblast cultures derived from the skin of three Hunter heterozygotes have been examined for iduronate sulfatase deficiency primarily by measurement of [35S]-mucopolysaccharide accumulation in the presence and absence of Hunter corrective factor. For each heterozygote, two populations of clones were observed: normal and enzyme deficient, as predicted by the Lyon hypothesis. However, the phenotype of the uncloned cultures was usually normal, presumably because of cross-correction, even after storage in liquid N2. Mixing experiments indicate that the presence of a majority of cells with the Hunter phenotype may be obscured as the result of correction by the minority population of normal cells in the mixture. Variability in the ability to cross-correct was also demonstrated. The unpredictable behavior of uncloned cultures make them unsuitable for diagnosing the Hunter carrier state.

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