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Newborn screening for Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis: A retrospective biomarker study using both flow-injection and UPLC-MS/MS analysis in 20,000 newborns

  • Frédéric M. Vaz*
  • , Youssra Jamal
  • , Rob Barto
  • , Michael H. Gelb
  • , Andrea E. DeBarber
  • , Ron A. Wevers
  • , Marcel R. Nelen
  • , Aad Verrips
  • , Albert H. Bootsma
  • , Marelle J. Bouva
  • , Nick Kleise
  • , Walter van der Zee
  • , Tao He
  • , Gajja S. Salomons
  • , Hidde H. Huidekoper
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Amsterdam UMC
  • United for Metabolic Diseases
  • University of Washington
  • Oregon Health and Science University
  • Radboud University Medical Center
  • Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital
  • National Institute of Public Health and the Environment
  • PerkinElmer / Wallac Oy

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Abstract

Background and aims: Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis (CTX) is a treatable disorder of bile acid synthesis caused by deficiency of 27-sterol hydroxylase -encoded by CYP27A1- leading to gastrointestinal and progressive neuropsychiatric symptoms. Biochemically, CTX is characterized by accumulation of the bile alcohol cholestanetetrol glucuronide (GlcA-tetrol) and the deficiency of tauro-chenodeoxycholic acid (t-CDCA) and tauro-trihydroxycholestanoic acid (t-THCA). Materials and Methods: To ascertain the feasibility of CTX newborn screening (NBS) we performed a study with deidentified Dutch dried blood spots using reagents and equipment that is frequently used in NBS laboratories. 20,076 deidentified newborn blood spots were subjected to flow-injection (FIA)-MS/MS and UPLC-MS/MS analysis to determine the concentration of GlcA-tetrol and calculate the GlcA-tetrol/t-CDCA and t-THCA/GlcA-tetrol ratios. Results: Using UPLC-MS/MS analysis both GlcA-tetrol concentration and/or metabolite ratios GlcA-tetrol/t-CDCA proved to be informative biomarkers; newborn DBS results did not overlap with those of the CTX patients. For FIA-MS/MS, GlcA-tetrol also was an excellent marker but when using the combination of the GlcA-tetrol/t-CDCA and t-THCA/GlcA-tetrol ratios also did not yield any screen positives. Conclusion: Newborn screening for CTX using only metabolite ratios following the measurement of three CTX biomarkers is possible using either FIA-MS/MS or UPLC-MS/MS, which paves the way for introduction of CTX NBS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)170-174
Number of pages5
JournalClinica Chimica Acta
Volume539
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by ZonMw, project “Validation of a newborn screening method for Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis”, number 543002008. We would like to thank the Radboud Genome Technology Center (RGTC) for helping with DBS DNA purifications and subsequent whole-exome sequencing. RGTC is part of the Netherlands X-omics Initiative and partially funded by NWO (The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research; project 184.034.019). We are grateful to Travere Therapeutics for providing GlcA-tetrol and 2H6-GlcA-tetrol internal standard.



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