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Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

, Volume 34, Issue 4, pp 436–443 | Cite as

The Comparison of Iodine-Type and MnO2-Type Oxidation for Measuring the Levels of Urine Neopterin and Biopterin in Patients with Hyperphenylalaninemia: A Descriptive-Analytic Study in Iran

  • Atena Askarizadeh
  • Shohreh KhatamiEmail author
  • Soghra Rouhi Dehnabeh
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Abstract

Fresh urine sample is required for measurement of pterins in patients with hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) for detection of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) coenzyme deficiency. The present study aimed to measure the levels of neopterin and biopterin in the urine of patients with HPA using manganese dioxide (MnO2) and iodine oxidation methods. The levels of neopterin and biopterin in the urine of 124 patients were measured using two methods of oxidation (MnO2 and iodine) and the results were statistically analyzed using correlation test, Roc-Curve and ANOVA in SPSS-20 software. The level of significant was determined to be P > 0.05. Patients age mean ± SD = 4.96 year, neopterin and biopterin mean ± SD in 124 patients were 2.75 mmol/molcr and 2.49 mmol/molcr. Correlation regression between two methods (iodine and MnO2 oxidation) was 0.99. There was no significant difference between the two oxidation methods (P > 0.05). The results of this study showed that MnO2 oxidation can be a suitable alternative method instead of iodine oxidation for measurement of urine neopterin, biopterin and diagnosis of BH4 deficiency.

Keywords

Hyperphenylalaninemia Neopterin MnO2 oxidation HPLC 
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Acknowledgements

We are thankful for the Genetic Department of Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran.

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Conflict of interest

Authors declare that there is any conflict of interest for publishing the data of this study and as the current format.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Atena Askarizadeh
    • 1
  • Shohreh Khatami
    • 1
    Email author
  • Soghra Rouhi Dehnabeh
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of BiochemistryPasteur Institute of IranTehranIslamic Republic of Iran

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