Abstract
Laboratory diagnostics of lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D), a rare disorder associated with LIPA alterations, are based on the evaluation of LAL activity. In dry blood spots (DBS) submitted for LAL-D diagnostics (the screening cohort) over a two-year period or obtained from a cohort of retrospective LAL-D patients, we measured: (1) LAL activity using a two-reaction assay with 4-methylumbelliferone palmitate (4-MU-Palm) and Lalistat-2, a specific LAL inactivator; (2) total lipase (TL) activity by a 1-hour kinetic 4-MU-Palm cleavage reaction (no Lalistat-2). The TL activity was expressed as the area under the kinetic curve after 1 hour (TL-AUC1h) of the reaction and presented as the median (min-max). LAL activity was reduced in 30/537 individuals from the screening cohort, among which LIPA sequencing revealed six patients and one carrier. Overall, 16 (89%) individuals among six novel and 12 retrospective LAL-D patients carried at least one c.894G>A mutation (six were homozygous). The TL-AUC1h in nonLAL-D specimens with normal LAL activity (n = 90) was unambiguously higher (9471 [4015-23 585] RFU*h/punch) compared to LAL-D patients, including six new and nine retrospective patients (1810 [357-2608] RFU*h/punch). Importantl...Continue Reading
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