Toward newborn screening of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis: results of a biomarker research study using 32,000 newborn dried blood spots.
Hong X, Daiker J, Sadilek M, DeBarber AE, Chiang J, Duan J, Bootsma AH, Huidekoper HH, Vaz FM, Gelb MH
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 2020 10
Abstract
Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is a treatable hereditary disorder caused by the deficiency of sterol 27-hydroxylase, which is encoded by the CYP27A1 gene. Different newborn screening biomarkers for CTX have been described, including 7α,12α-dihydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one (7α12αC4), 5β-cholestane-3α,7α,12α,25-tetrol glucuronide (GlcA-tetrol), the ratio of GlcA-tetrol to tauro-chenodeoxycholic acid (t-CDCA) (GlcA-tetrol/t-CDCA), and the ratio of tauro-trihydroxycholestanoic acid (t-THCA) to GlcA-tetrol (t-THCA/GlcA-tetrol). We set out to evaluate these screening methods in a research study using over 32,000 newborn dried blood spots (DBS).