Tandem Mass Spectrometry for the Direct Assay of Lysosomal Enzymes in Dried Blood Spots: Application to Screening Newborns for Mucopolysaccharidosis II (Hunter Syndrome)
- 30 December 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Analytical Chemistry
- Vol. 83 (3), 1152-1156
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ac102777s
Abstract
We have developed a tandem mass spectrometry based assay of iduronate-2-sulfatase (IdS) activity for the neonatal detection of mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS-II, Hunter Syndrome). The assay uses a newly designed synthetic substrate (IdS-S) consisting of α-l-iduronate-2-sulfate, which is glycosidically conjugated to a coumarin and a linker containing a tert-butyloxycarbamido group. A short synthesis of the substrate has been developed that has the potential of being scaled to multigram quantities. Sulfate hydrolysis of IdS-S by IdS found within a 3 mm dried blood spot specifically produces a nonsulfated product (IdS-P) which is detected by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry and quantified using a deuterium-labeled internal standard, both carried out in positive ion mode. Analysis of DBS from 75 random human newborns showed IdS activities in the range of 4.8−16.2 (mean 9.1) μmol/(h L of blood), which were clearly distinguished from the activities measured for 14 MPS-II patients at 0.17−0.52 (mean 0.29) μmol/(h L of blood). The assay shows low blank activity, 0.15 ± 0.03 μmol/(h L of blood). The within-assay coefficient of variation (CV) was 3.1% while the interassay CV was 15%.Keywords
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