Leukocyte and plasma N-laurylsphingosine deacylase (ceramidase) in Farber disease.
2008
Abstract Severe deficiency of acid ceramidase activity (4-5% of normal) was demonstrated in cultured skin fibroblasts, leukocytes and plasma from a 1-year-old boy who was diagnosed as being affected with Farber disease. Determination of ceramidase activity in plasma was achieved by a highly sensitive assay employing a ceramide substrate containing radiolabeled C12 N-acyl moiety (N-lauryl). The enzyme activity in the parents' leukocytes and plasma was found to be reduced to 18-47% of the respective normal values, and that determined in a plasma specimen from a patient with I-cell disease was about 4 times elevated above the normal level.
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