title: A comparison of [9,10-3H]palmitic and [9,10-3H]myristic acids for the detection of defects of fatty acid oxidation in intact cultured fibroblasts.
abstract: The production of tritiated water from [9,10-3H]myristic acid can be used as a screening assay for the detection of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation defects (glutaric aciduria type 2 and ethylmalonic-adipic aciduria types), and some types of hydroxydicarboxylic aciduria. Comparison with the release of tritiated water from [9,10-3H]palmitic acid may give an indication of the chain-length specificity of the metabolic defect. In a case of ethylmalonic-adipic aciduria such a prediction has been confirmed by examination of accumulated intermediates in the affected fibroblasts.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Olpin
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Pollitt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Webley
mesh_terms: D042964:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase; D044944:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases / Q000172:deficiency; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase / Q000172:deficiency; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids / Q000652:urine; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008052:Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D019814:Myristic Acid; D009227:Myristic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009227:Myristic Acids; D010169:Palmitic Acids; D019814:Myristic Acid; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D044944:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases; D042964:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase