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JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH
Volume 51, Issue 12, Pages 3542-3547Publisher
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DOI: 10.1194/jlr.D010033
Keywords
acid ceramidase; Farber disease; diagnosis; fluorogenic assay
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- INSERM
- Universite Paul Sabatier
- VML foundation
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [SAF2008-00706]
- Generalitat de Catalunya [2009-SGR-1072]
- Obra Social La Caixa
- AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya [2007-BP-A00129]
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Acid ceramidase (aCDase) is one of several enzymes responsible for ceramide degradation within mammalian cells. As such, aCDase regulates the intracellular levels of the bioactive lipid ceramide. An inherited deficiency of aCDase activity results in Farber disease (FD), also called lipogranulomatosis, which is characterized by ceramide accumulation in the tissues of patients. Diagnosis of FD is confirmed by demonstration of a deficient aCDase activity and the subsequent storage of ceramide. Existing methods include extremely complex assays, many of them using radiolabeled compounds. Therefore, the aCDase assay and the in vitro enzymatic diagnosis of FD are still performed in only a very limited number of specialized laboratories. Here, the new fluorogenic substrate Rbm14-12 was synthesized and characterized as a new tool to determine aCDase activity. The resulting optimized assay was performed in 96-well plates, and different fibroblast and lymphoid cell lines derived from FD patients and controls were tested to measure aCDase activity. As a result, the activity in cells of FD patients was found to be very low or even null.jlr This new fluorogenic method offers a very easy and rapid way for specific and accurate determination of aCDase activity and, consequently, for diagnosis of FD.-Bedia, C., L. Camacho, J. L. Abad, G. Fabrias, and T. Levade. A simple fluorogenic method for determination of acid ceramidase activity and diagnosis of Farber disease. J. Lipid Res. 2010. 51: 3542-3547.
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