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ABSTRACT: Long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCAD) deficiency is a disorder of fatty acid β-oxidation. Its diagnosis has been made based on the reduced activity of palmitoyl-CoA dehydrogenation, i.e., in fibroblasts. We previously showed that in immunoblot analysis, an LCAD band of normal size and intensity was detected in fibroblasts from all LCAD-deficient patients tested. In the present study, we amplified via polymerase chain reaction and sequenced LCAD cDNA from three of these LCAD-deficient cell lines, and found perfectly normal LCAD sequences in two of them, indicating that at least these patients were not deficient in LCAD. The third patient was homozygous for an A to C substitution at 997, although it is unknown whether or not 997-C is a normal polymorphism. Although the LCAD sequence data were puzzling, a new enzyme, very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD), was recently identified. Because VLCAD also has high activity with palmitoyl-CoA as substrate, it was possible that defective VLCAD may cause reduced palmitoyl-CoA dehydrogenating activity. We performed immunoblot analysis of VLCAD in six “LCAD-deficient” patients; VLCAD was negative in three of them, two of whom had a normal LCAD cDNA sequence. These results indicated that a considerable number of the patients who had previously been diagnosed as having LCAD deficiency in fact have VLCAD deficiency.
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Yamaguchi, S., Indo, Y., Coates, P. et al. Identification of Very-Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency in Three Patients Previously Diagnosed with Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency. Pediatr Res 34, 111–113 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199307000-00025
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