What is the fate of acid hydrolases

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What is the fate of acid hydrolases When cultured fibroblasts from I-cell disease patients are incubated in a medium containing lysosomal enzymes bearing mannose-6-phosphate residues, the fibroblasts acquire a near-normal level of lysosomal enzymes? Explain this finding (Hint: consider the pathway of receptor-mediated endocytosis).