Methods for identification and quantification of bile acids are disclosed. Bile acids in plasma, serum and/or blood such as a dried blood spot are used to identify subjects with a Niemann-Pick disease. The methods include measuring levels of a bile acid, such as 3β,5α,6β-trihydroxycholanic acid, N-(3β,5α,6β-trihydroxy-cholan-24-oyl)glycine, N-(3β,5α,6β-trihydroxy-cholan-24-oyl)taurine, or a combination thereof. Detection of bile acids involve mass spectroscopy and/or a combination of mass spectroscopy and liquid chromatography such as a LC-MS/MS assay. The methods can be used with sphingomyelinase assays to detect, diagnose and differentiate between Niemann-Pick A/B and Niemann-Pick C (NPC) disease.
                            本研究公开了
胆汁酸的鉴定和定量方法。血浆、血清和/或血液(如干血斑)中的
胆汁酸可用于鉴定患有尼曼-皮克病的受试者。这些方法包括测量
胆汁酸的
水平,如 3β,5α,6β-三羟基
胆烷酸、N-(3β,5α,6β-三羟基-胆烷-24-酰基)甘
氨酸、N-(3β,5α,6β-三羟基-胆烷-24-酰基)
牛磺酸或它们的组合。
胆汁酸的检测涉及质谱法和/或质谱法与
液相色谱法(如 LC-MS/MS 分析法)的结合。这些方法可与鞘
磷脂酶测定法一起用于检测、诊断和区分尼曼-皮克病 A/B 和尼曼-皮克病 C (NPC)。