Test ID OLIWB Oligosaccharidoses Screen, Leukocytes
Useful For
Screening for possible oligosaccharidoses
Special Instructions
Method Name
Enzyme Reaction Assay Followed by Flow Injection Analysis-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (FIA-MS/MS)
Reporting Name
Oligosaccharidoses Screen, WBCSpecimen Type
Whole Blood ACDFor optimal isolation of leukocytes, it is recommended the specimen arrive within 96 hours of draw to be stabilized. Draw specimen Monday through Thursday only and not the day before a holiday. Specimen should be drawn and packaged as close to shipping time as possible.
Container/Tube:
Preferred: Yellow top (ACD solution B)
Acceptable: Yellow top (ACD solution A)
Specimen Volume: 6 mL
Collection Instructions: Do not transfer blood to other containers.
Forms:
1. Biochemical Genetics Patient Information (T602) in Special Instructions.
2. If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send a Neurology Test Request Form-General (T732) with the specimen (http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/it-mmfiles/neurology-request-form.pdf)
Specimen Minimum Volume
5 mL
Specimen Stability Information
Specimen Type | Temperature | Time |
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Whole Blood ACD | Refrigerated (preferred) | 6 days |
Ambient | 4 days |
Clinical Information
Oligosaccharidoses are a group of autosomal recessively inherited lysosomal disorders of glycoprotein catabolism. There is no treatment available at this time for these disorders. Details about the different oligosaccharidoses detected by this screening test are provided in the Table.
Table Conditions identifiable by method(1):
Disorder |
Onset |
Gene |
Enzyme Deficiency |
Worldwide Incidence |
Alpha-mannosidosis |
Infancy (severe, Type I) Adult (mild, Type II) Prenatal (severe, Type III) |
MAN2B1 |
Alpha- mannosidase (alpha-Mann) |
1:500,000 |
Phenotype: highly variable; "mild" Hurler-like features, learning difficulties, hepatosplenomegaly, deafness, immune deficiency |
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Beta-mannosidosis |
Infancy to adolescence |
MANBA |
Beta-mannosidase (beta-Mann) |
<30 patients described |
Phenotype: highly variable; learning difficulties, deafness, frequent infections |
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Alpha-fucosidosis |
Infancy to early childhood |
FUCA1 |
Alpha-fucosidase (alpha-Fuc) |
<100 patients described |
Phenotype: highly variable; psychomotor retardation, coarse facial features, growth delay; angiokertoma, elevated sweat chloride |
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Schindler disease |
Infancy (severe, Type I; intermediate, Type III) Adult (mild, Type II) |
NAGA |
Alpha-N-Acetyl-galactosaminidase (alpha-NAcGal) |
<30 patients described |
Phenotype: highly variable; early onset neurodegenerative phenotype to late onset angiokeratoma to no symptoms (phenotype may be dependent on additional factors than just alpha-NAcGal deficiency |
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GM1 gangliosidosis (a sphingolipidosis) |
Infancy (severe, Type I; intermediate, Type II) Adult (mild, Type III) |
GLB1 |
Beta-galactosidase (beta-Gal) |
1:200,000 |
Phenotype: fetal hydrops/neonatal cardiomyopathy to early developmental delay/arrest, facial coarseness, hepatosplenomegaly, failure to thrive, to second/third decade onset of ataxia, speech abnormalities leading to spinocerebellar degeneration and cognitive decline. Cherry-red spot in early onset variants |
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Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB (Morquio B) |
Childhood |
GLB1 |
Beta-galactosidase (beta-Gal) |
<30 patients described |
Phenotype: dwarfism with scoliosis and vertebral deformities noted between 1 and 4 years old and progressively worsening; typically no central nervous system involvement; keratan sulfate excretion in urine |
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Sialidosis (ML I) |
Early adulthood (Type I) Earlier for congenital, infantile, and juvenile forms (Type II) |
NEU1 |
Alpha- neuraminidase (Neu) |
<30 patients described |
Phenotype: fetal hydrops to early developmental delay, coarse facial features, dysostosis multiplex and hepatosplenomegaly, to late onset cherry-red spot myoclonus syndrome |
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Galactosialidosis |
Early infancy, late infancy or early adult |
CTSA |
Cathepsin A causing secondary deficiencies in beta-Gal and Neu |
<30 patients described |
Phenotype: highly variable from fetal hydrops, edema, coarse facial features, corneal clouding, cherry-red spot, dysostosis multiplex, hepatosplenomegaly, mental retardation to milder presentation with survival to adulthood |
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Mucolipidosis II-alpha/-beta (I-Cell)
Mucolipidosis III-alpha/-beta and III-gamma (Pseudo-Hurler Polydystrophy) |
Early infancy; death usually by age 5 to 8
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GNPTAB |
N-acetylglucosaminyl-1-phosphotransferase deficiency causing secondary intracellular deficiency of multiple enzyme activities |
1:300,000 |
Early childhood, may live well into adulthood |
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Phenotype: Hurler-like, with mucolipidosis II being more severe and including cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease |
Reference Values
An interpretive report will be provided.
Cautions
The test can give false-negative results, especially in older patients with mild clinical presentations. Patients with mild sialidosis are not reliably detected.
Additional biochemical or molecular genetic analysis is required to confirm a suspected diagnosis.
Day(s) Performed
Varies
Report Available
14 daysPerforming Laboratory

Test Classification
This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by Mayo Clinic in a manner consistent with CLIA requirements. This test has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.CPT Code Information
82657