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Table 1. A summary description of neurodegenerative mechanisms in LSDs

Clinical manifestation of
Lysosomal storage
disorder neurodegenerative dysfunction in Pathomechanism of CNS involvement Reference
humans

Mucopolysaccharidosis Neuroinflammation [33-35]
I Mental retardation (variable); skeletal, heart, Oxidative stress (animal models and human blood) [36,37]
respiratory, corneal abnormalities
II As above; cognitive impairment Oxidative stress (human blood) [38]
Accumulation of heparan sulfate and dermatan sulfate in cerebrospinal fluid [39]
Increased cathepsin B activity in the brain tissue leads to leakage of this enzyme from the lysosome into the cytoplasm in a [40]
MPSII neuronal cell line, which in turn activates the inflammasome pathway (mouse model); [41]
Defects in the DCC-regulated signaling pathway, lysosomal acidification, and Rab7 protein levels in neurons, affecting early [42]
stages of development, as well as abnormalities in glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP) levels, suggesting early activation of [43]
glial cells (zebrafish model);
Undigested GAGs in the extracellular matrix lead to the impairment of the integrin involved in signaling axon guidance and
vesicular pathways that integrate neural circuit development in the early stages of neuronal development
III A Developmental delay, behavioral disturbances, Reduced excitatory synaptic strength on the somatosensory cortex (mouse model); inhibition of soluble NSF attachment [44]
hyperactivity; speech delay, intellectual receptor (SNARE) complex assembly and synaptic vesicle recycling, possibly caused by perikaryal accumulation of insoluble [45]
disability α-synuclein and increased proteasomal degradation of cysteine string protein α, resulting in low availability of these proteins [46]
at the synaptic terminal; [47]
HS accumulation in the brain causes changes in oligodendrocyte cell state (zebrafish model)
III B Developmental delay, behavioral disturbances; Oxidative stress (animal models); Golgi involvement; [48,49]
speech delay, intellectual disability HS accumulation in the brain causes changes in oligodendrocyte cell state (zebrafish model); [46]
Time-dependent accumulation of HS and HS-NRE and progressive increase in LAMP1 staining in the forebrain and [47]
cerebellum leads to lysosomal enlargement, atrophy of white matter, loss of Purkinje neurons, and progressive increase in [50]
microgliosis (cortex and cerebellum) and astrogliosis (cerebellum). Raised Iba1 is an indicator of microglial activation [51]
(Canine model);
Early vacuolation of glial cells and vacuolation of neurons, along with increased glial expression of GFAP and Iba1, suggest
neuroinflammation occurs early on in disease within the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) (Canine model)
III C Developmental delay, behavioral disturbances, The primary accumulation of HS in microglial cells and neurons results in impaired autophagy, leading to secondary neuronal [52]
hyperactivity; speech delay, intellectual storage of GM2/GM3 gangliosides and misfolded proteins, neuroinflammation, and abnormalities in mitochondrial energy [53]
disability metabolism. This cascade of events ultimately leads to neuronal death. Within the terminals of MPSIIIC hippocampal [54]
neurons, synaptic vesicles are reduced; these neurons exhibit changes in distribution of excitatory synaptic markers and in [55]
transmission. There is a progressive deficiency in mitochondrial function, with a selective reduction in OXPHOS complexes [46]
and decreased coenzyme Q10. [47]
HS accumulation in the brain causes changes in oligodendrocyte cell state (zebrafish model) [54]
Significant decrease in the frequency and amplitude of excitatory and inhibitory miniature synaptic events (mEPSCs and
mIPSCs) (mouse model)
Multiple sulphatase Neurological deterioration, ichthyosis, skeletal Autophagy and mitophagy accumulation fragmentation decreased ATP content [55]
deficiency anomalies, and organomegaly [56]
Niemann-pick
2+
A/B Severe deterioration of the central nervous TRPML1-mediated Ca -release is compromised [57]
system (CNS), accompanied by the storage of [58]
sphingomyelin in both visceral and cerebral