Abnormal alterations in enzymes functioned in sialic acid modifications may be associated with ASD. In order to study the differences in peripheral blood sialidase (neuraminidase 1; NEU1) mRNA expression between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children and healthy control, and to examine the correlation between NEU1 mRNA expression and the main behavioral phenotypes in children with ASD, we performed RT-qPCR to measure NEU1 mRNA expression in peripheral blood of 42 children with ASD and 42 healthy controls. In addition, we used the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2) to measure and evaluate the behavioral phenotypes of children with ASD. Our results showed that NEU1 mRNA in the ASD group was significantly higher than in the control group ( < 0.0001). In addition, the ADOS-2 diagnostic scores of 42 children with ASD were correlated with their NEU1 mRNA expression results ( = 0.344, = 0.0257). Moreover, in general, NEU1 mRNA expression was also positively correlated with the Social Affect (SA) of ADOS-2 ( = 0.3598, = 0.0193) but not with the Restricted and Repetitive Behavior (RRB) ( = 0.15, = 0.3432). Our results indicated that sialidase NEU1 mRNA was significantly increased in children with ASD, and its expression was correlated with the SA of children with ASD, which suggested that sialidase NEU1 may affect the SA of ASD. Our data highlighted the potential of NEU1 expression change may play an important role in ASD disease and lay the foundation for further studies on the relationship between NEU1 and ASD.

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