| Tandem mass spectrometry, but not T-cell receptor excision circle analysis, identifies newborns with late-onset adenosine deaminase deficiency. | |
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PMID: 23280131 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Adenosine deaminase (ADA)-severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is caused by genetic variants that disrupt the function of ADA. In its early-onset form, it is rapidly fatal to infants. Delayed or late-onset ADA-SCID is characterized by insidious progressive immunodeficiency that leads to permanent organ damage or death. Quantification of T-cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) or tandem mass spectrometry (tandem-MS) analysis of dried blood spots (DBSs) collected at birth can identify newborns with early-onset ADA-SCID and are used in screening programs. However, it is not clear whether these analyses can identify newborns who will have delayed or late-onset ADA-SCID before symptoms appear. OBJECTIVE: We performed a retrospective study to evaluate whether tandem-MS and quantitative TREC analyses of DBSs could identify newborns who had delayed-onset ADA-SCID later in life. METHODS: We tested stored DBSs collected at birth from 3 patients with delayed-onset ADA-SCID using tandem-MS (PCT EP2010/070517) to evaluate levels of adenosine and 2'-deoxyadenosine and real-time PCR to quantify TREC levels. We also analyzed DBSs from 3 newborns with early-onset ADA-SCID and 2 healthy newborn carriers of ADA deficiency. RESULTS: The DBSs taken at birth from the 3 patients with delayed-onset ADA-SCID had adenosine levels of 10, 25, and 19 μmol/L (normal value, <1.5 μmol/L) and 2'-deoxyadenosine levels of 0.7, 2.7, and 2.4 μmol/L (normal value, <0.07 μmol/L); the mean levels of adenosine and 2'-deoxyadenosine were respectively 12.0- and 27.6-fold higher than normal values. DBSs taken at birth from all 3 patients with delayed-onset ADA deficiency had normal TREC levels, but TRECs were undetectable in blood samples taken from the same patients at the time of diagnosis. CONCLUSION: Tandem-MS but not TREC quantification identifies newborns with delayed- or late-onset ADA deficiency. |
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Giancarlo la Marca; Clementina Canessa; Elisa Giocaliere; Francesca Romano; Marzia Duse; Sabrina Malvagia; Francesca Lippi; Silvia Funghini; Leila Bianchi; Maria Luisa Della Bona; Claudia Valleriani; Daniela Ombrone; Maria Moriondo; Fabio Villanelli; Carsten Speckmann; Stuart Adams; Bobby H Gaspar; Michael Hershfield; Ines Santisteban; Lynette Fairbanks; Giovanni Ragusa; Massimo Resti; Maurizio de Martino; Renzo Guerrini; Chiara Azzari |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-12-29 |
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Title: The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology Volume: - ISSN: 1097-6825 ISO Abbreviation: J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. Publication Date: 2012 Dec |
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Created Date: 2013-1-2 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1275002 Medline TA: J Allergy Clin Immunol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2013 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. |
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