Evaluation of α-iduronidase in dried blood spots is an accurate tool for mucopolysaccharidosis I diagnosis
- 22 July 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
- Vol. 25 (4), 251-254
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcla.20468
Abstract
Background: Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) is caused by a deficiency of the α‐L‐iduronidase (IDUA), which leads to the accumulation of glycosaminoglycans in lysosomes. MPS I patients present a spectrum ranging from a severe to an attenuated phenotype. Once clinical suspicion is present, diagnosis of MPS I can be performed by enzyme activity determination and/or molecular analysis. The aim of this study was to establish a reference interval value to IDUA activity using a dried blood spots (DBS) assay and to evaluate whether this assay could be a secure tool to diagnose MPS I patients. Results: IDUA activity range on HV DBS samples were 1.40–7.78 µmol/l blood/hr. Regarding the validation group, 11 of the 36 individuals clinically suspected of MPS I had the diagnosis confirmed by DBS and reference assay (leukocytes). When we considered the new proposed cutoff value of 1.5 µmol/l blood/hr, the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values were 100%. Conclusions: Our results strongly suggest that the determination of IDUA activity using a DBS assay is a secure tool for MPS I diagnosis. However, it is extremely important to assure that all recommendations for collection, transport, and storage are correctly followed to guarantee the quality of the samples. J. Clin. Lab. Anal. 25:251–254, 2011.Keywords
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