Two cases of association between the Morquio Syndrome and glaucoma in one family are described. Possible role of Mucopolysaccharides acting in the anterior chamber angle is discussed.

Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) is a group of metabolic disorders caused by the deficiency or complete absence certain lysosomal enzymes responsible for breakdown mucopolysaccharides, causing an accumulation glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) throughout body. type I (MPS I), also called Hurler syndrome, autosomal recessive storage disorder resulting from enzyme α-L-iduronidase. This report aims to present c...

In studies of cation-binding by acid mucopolysaccharides and the possible significance of these reactions in calcification processes, it has been shown, in cartilage, that the chondroitin sulphate component is solely responsible for the cation-binding capacity, that the cation-binding reactions are of the ion-exchange type and that different cations exhibit varying degrees of affinity for the c...

1. Two distinct hexosamine-containing substances have been obtained from bovine cardiac valvular tissue which was incubated with labelled glucosamine. These were identified as mucopolysaccharides and glycopeptides respectively, both by the elution pattern from a Sephadex G-50 column and by chemical analysis. 2. In the mucopolysaccharide fraction about 80% of both the total hexosamine and total ...

Despite numerous attempts to develop and evalute specsc methods for the histochemical demonstration of mucopolysaccharides, definitive information is not readily available. Thls is in spite of the notable contributions of Hale ('46); Steedman ('50); Gomori ('50); Kramer and Windrum ('54); Mowry ('56, '58); Spicer ('60); Belanger and Migicovsky ('61) and Goldstein ('62) to mention only a few. Wi...