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The production of tritiated water from [9,10-3H]myristic acid can be used as a screening assay for the detection of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation defects (glutaric aciduria type 2 and ethylmalonic-adipic aciduria types), and some types of hydroxydicarboxylic aciduria. Comparison with the release of tritiated water from [9,10-3H]palmitic acid may give an indication of the chain-length specificity of the metabolic defect. In a case of ethylmalonic-adipic aciduria such a prediction has been confirmed by examination of accumulated intermediates in the affected fibroblasts.
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Manning, N.J., Olpin, S.E., Pollitt, R.J. et al. A comparison of [9,10-3H]palmitic and [9,10-3H]myristic acids for the detection of defects of fatty acid oxidation in intact cultured fibroblasts. J Inherit Metab Dis 13, 58–68 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01799333
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