Characterization of a Blood Spot Creatine Kinase Skeletal Muscle Isoform Immunoassay for High-Throughput Newborn Screening of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Autor: Ian Weeks, Stuart J. Moat, Petra Furu, Hanna Polari, Teemu Korpimaki, Pauliina Mäkinen, Liisa Meriö, Harri Hakala
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Clinical Chemistry. 63:908-914
ISSN: 1530-8561
0009-9147
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2016.268425
Popis: BACKGROUNDDuchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive, lethal X-linked neuromuscular disorder with an average worldwide incidence of 1:5000. Blood spot creatine kinase (CK) enzyme assays previously used in newborn screening programs for DMD are nonspecific because measured CK enzyme activity is attributable to 3 isoenzyme forms of CK (CK-MM, CK-MB, and CK-BB) and it is the CK-MM isoform that is found predominantly in skeletal muscle. CK-MM is increased in boys with DMD owing to muscle damage. We describe a sensitive and specific automated immunoassay for CK-MM to screen for DMD in blood spots.METHODSThe prototype assay was developed on the PerkinElmer GSP® analyzer to enable high-throughput screening. CK-MM was assayed using a solid phase, 2-site immunofluorometric system. Purified human CK-MM was used to create calibrators and controls.RESULTSThe limit of blank (LOB), detection (LOD), and quantification (LOQ) values were CONCLUSIONSCK-MM can be reliably quantified in blood spots. The development of this CK-MM assay on a commercial immunoassay analyzer would enable standardized and high-throughput newborn blood spot screening of DMD.
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