Table 2. Plasma Very Long-Chain Fatty Acid Confirmatory Test Results for Screen-Positive Cases.
Patient No. | Sex | C26:0, μg/mL | C26:1, μg/mL | C24:0, μg/mL | C22:0, μg/mLa | C26/C22b | C24/C22b | VLCFA Diagnostic Interpretation | Molecular Testing Result | Final Diagnosis |
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1 | M | 1.25 | 0.76 | 32.48 | 15.8 | 0.079 | 2.05 | Increased C26:0, C26:1, C24:0, C24/22, C26/22 | 1 Hemizygous VUS in ABCD1: c.1522C>T; p.Pro508Ser | X-ALD |
8 | M | 0.95 | 0.43 | 31.19 | 20.6 | 0.046 | 1.51 | Increased C26:0, C26:1, C24:0, C24/22, C26/22 | 1 Hemizygous VUS in ABCD1: c.631C>T; p.Leu211Phe | X-ALD |
12 | M | 1.18 | 0.58 | 29.13 | 17.9 | 0.066 | 1.63 | Increased C26:0, C26:1, C24:0, C24/22, C26/22 | 1 Hemizygous likely pathogenic in ABCD1: c.1772G>A; p.Arg591Gln | X-ALD |
6 | F | 0.38 | 0.57 | 7.76 | 6.7 | 0.057 | 1.16 | Increased C26:1, C24/22, C26/22; low C22:0 | 1 Heterozygous pathogenic in ABCD1: c.1661G>A; p.Arg554His | X-ALD heterozygous female |
7 | F | 0.89 | 0.64 | 27.68 | 18.0 | 0.050 | 1.54 | Increased C26:0, C26:1, C24/22, C26/22 | 1 Heterozygous pathogenic in ABCD1: c.1895C>T; p.Thr632Ile | X-ALD heterozygous female |
11 | F | 1.12 | 0.84 | 41.37 | 35.5 | 0.032 | 1.17 | Increased C26:0, C26:1, C24:0, C24/22, C26/22 | Heterozygous deletion exon 7-10 in ABCD1c | X-ALD heterozygous female |
3 | F | 2.89 | 2.19 | 14.90 | 8.8 | 0.330 | 1.70 | Increased C26:0, C26:1, C24/22, C26/22 | No ABCD1 variants detected; compound heterozygous for pathogenic variants in PEX1 genec | Peroxisomal biogenesis disorder |
5 | F | NAd | NAd | NAd | NAd | NAd | NAd | NAd | No ABCD1 variants detected; homozygous pathogenic variant in TREX1d | Aicardi-Goutières syndrome |
2 | F | 0.29 | 0.23 | 21.11 | 24.8 | 0.012 | 0.85 | Normal | No ABCD1 variants detected | False-positive |
9 | F | 0.19 | 0.17 | 17.00 | 19.9 | 0.010 | 0.85 | Normal | No ABCD1 variants detected | False-positive |
10 | F | 0.34 | 0.30 | 16.12 | 19.1 | 0.018 | 0.84 | Normal | No ABCD1 variants detected | False-positive |
4 | M | 0.27 | 0.22 | 23.93 | 20.5 | 0.013 | 1.17 | Slightly increased C24/C22 | 1 Hemizygous VUS in ABCD1: c.895C>T; p.His299Tyr | Indeterminate |
Reference rangee | 0.05-0.41 | 0.05-0.36 | 6.87-28.31 | 8.43-33.51 | 0.002-0.018 | 0.64-1.04 |
Abbreviations: ABCD1, ATP binding cassette subfamily D member 1; C22:0, docosanoic acid; C24:0, tetracosanoic acid; C26:0, hexacosanoic acid; C26:1, 17-hexacosenoic acid; F, female; M, male; NA, not available; PEX1, peroxisomal biogenesis factor 1; TREX1, 3 prime repair exonuclease 1; VLCFA, very long-chain fatty acid; VUS, variant of unknown significance; X-ALD, X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy.
SI conversion factors: To convert micrograms per milliliter to micromoles per liter, multiply by 2.52 for C26:0; by 2.53 for C26:1; by 2.71 for C24:0; by 2.94 for C22:0; by 0.86 for C26:0/C22:0; and by 0.92 for C24:0/C22:0.
Data to more than 1 decimal place were unavailable.
C26/C22 corresponds to C26:0/C22:0, and C24/C22 corresponds to C24:0/C22:0.
Sequencing results were determined from the peroxisomal disorders panel, not from a dried blood spot.
This infant was cared for at another facility; the VLCFAs testing was performed at a different laboratory, and a next-generation sequencing panel, rather than a dried blood spot, determined sequencing results.
Based on reports provided by the referral laboratory; reference range limits are the mean values plus or minus 2 SDs, as defined by the referral laboratory.