A simple screening test for fatty acid oxidation defects using whole-blood palmitate oxidation

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Seargeant, LE
Balachandra, K
Mallory, C
Dilling, LA
Greenberg, CR
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[1] Univ Manitoba, Dept Pediat & Child Hlth, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
[2] Univ Manitoba, Dept Human Genet & Biochem, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
[3] Univ Manitoba, Dept Biol Mol, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
[4] Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Clin Chem, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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10.1023/A:1005500318194
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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We report that measurement of whole-blood palmitate oxidation is a rapid and inexpensive screening test for fatty acid oxidation defects. The assay has been adapted from published assays using cultured fibroblasts or isolated white blood cells. Micro whole-blood samples are incubated with tritiated palmitic acid as substrate. The tritiated water produced is proportional to the mitochondrial beta-oxidation of palmitic acid. Patients with confirmed beta-oxidation defects show low whole-blood palmitate oxidation.
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