Abstract
The diagnosis of pediatric neurologic disorders with a deficiency in the biosynthesis of either the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine, or the co-factor tetrahydrobiopterin or a cerebral 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) deficiency, strongly relies on a robust analysis of neurotransmitter metabolites, pterins and 5-MTHF in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The aim of this study was to investigate which technical and biochemical factors affect the CSF concentration of 5-MTHF, neopterin and biopterin in a pediatric population. We studied effects of the ventriculo-spinal gradient, total protein concentration, pretreatment with ascorbic acid (in case of 5-MTHF analysis), pretreatment of CSF with trichloro acetic acid (TCA)/dithiotreitol (DTE) and oxidation with either iodine or manganese oxide (in case of pterin analysis), storage time and age of the patients. We included CSF samples from children until the age of 18 years and analysed 5-MTHF, neopterin, biopterin, homovanillic acid (HVA), 5-hydroxy-indoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) and total protein. The major findings of our study are: (1) CSF 5-MTHF, neopterin and biopterin concentrations are not affected by the ventriculo-spinal gradient; (2) pretreatment of CSF with ascorbic acid ...Continue Reading
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