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  • Title: A fluorometric assay using 4-methylumbelliferyl alpha-L-iduronide for the estimation of alpha-L-iduronidase activity and the detection of Hurler and Scheie syndromes.
    Author: Hopwood JJ, Muller V, Smithson A, Baggett N.
    Journal: Clin Chim Acta; 1979 Mar 01; 92(2):257-65. PubMed ID: 114339.
    Abstract:
    Incubation of 4-methylumbelliferyl alpha-L-iduronide with whole cell homogenates prepared from cultured skin fibroblasts and amniotic cells, and peripheral blood leukocytes gave 4-methylumbelliferone which was easily measured fluorometrically. This reaction, presumably due to the action of alpha-L-iduronidase, has a maximum hydrolytic activity at pH 3.25. The apparent KM value of alpha-L-iduronidase in leukocyte whole cell homogenates for this substrate was 179 mumol/l compared to 353, 41 and 166 mumol/l for other alpha-L-iduronidase substrates phenyl alpha-L-iduronide, iduronosyl anhydrol[1-3H]mannitol 6-sulfate and iduronosyl anhydro[1-3H]mannitol respectively; the corresponding Vmax values were 617, 394, 158 and 10 pmol/min/mg protein respectively. Incubation of the 4-methylumbelliferyl alpha-L-iduronide with whole cell homogenates prepared from cultured skin fibroblasts and leukocytes from a Hurler patient gave 4-methylumbelliferone at a rate more than 20 times less than found for control normal preparations. 4-Methylumbelliferyl alpha-L-iduronide is a sensitive, convenient and superior substrate to phenyl alpha-L-iduronide for the assay of alpha-L-iduronidase activity, but is not a suitable replacement for the radiolabelled substrate iduronosyl anhydro[1-3H]mannitol 6-sulfate.
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