title: Plasma phospholipid fatty acids in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy.
abstract: Blood cell and plasma lipid classes and their fatty acids were analyzed in a child with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. The increase in saturated fatty acids with very long chains typical of this disease occurred almost exclusively in sphingomyelin. In this lipid, the proportion of lignoceric (24:0) and hexacosanoic (26:0) acids increased while that of 18:0, 20:0, and 24:1 decreased. In the rest of the lipid classes, but especially in cholesteryl esters and triacylglycerols, the proportion of linoleate (18:2) decreased while that of oleate (18:1) increased. In glycerophospholipids, polyunsaturated fatty acids such as 20:4n-6, 22:5n-6, and 22:6n-3 were reduced while their immediate precursors, 20:3n-6, 22:4n-6, and 22:5n-3, respectively, were relatively increased, suggesting a defect in fatty acid desaturation mechanisms. Although less pronounced, a similar trend of changes was seen in the patient's mother; in both, all alterations were more marked in serum than in blood cells.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Aveldaño
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Donnari
mesh_terms: D000326:Adrenoleukodystrophy / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000097:blood*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000097:blood; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D019301:Oleic Acid; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000097:blood; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000097:blood*; D013109:Sphingomyelins / Q000097:blood; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D009829:Oleic Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D013109:Sphingomyelins; D019301:Oleic Acid; D019787:Linoleic Acid; C017364:hexacosanoic acid; C010210:lignoceric acid