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  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,126 Views
7 Pages

A Review of Newborn Screening for VLCADD: The Wisconsin Experience

  • Breanna Mitchell,
  • Jessica Scott-Schwoerer,
  • Ashley Kuhl,
  • Kristina Garcia and
  • Patrice Held

Very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD) is due to a defect in metabolism of long-chain fatty acids. Infants with VLCADD may experience cardiomyopathy, hypoglycemia, or even death; thus, early detection and intervention is crucial....

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,262 Views
15 Pages

Very long-chain acylcarnitine dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD) is a rare inherited metabolic disorder associated with fatty acid β-oxidation and characterized by genetic mutations in the ACADVL gene and accumulations of acylcarnitines. VLCADD,...

(This article belongs to the Section Advances in Metabolomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,265 Views
10 Pages

Neonatal screening programs for inborn errors of metabolism are essential for early diagnosis and intervention. However, false-positive results can cause unnecessary psychological stress for caregivers. This study investigated the emotional impact on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,018 Views
15 Pages

Electrophysiological Abnormalities in VLCAD Deficient hiPSC-Cardiomyocytes Can Be Improved by Lowering Accumulation of Fatty Acid Oxidation Intermediates

  • Suzan J. G. Knottnerus,
  • Isabella Mengarelli,
  • Rob C. I. Wüst,
  • Antonius Baartscheer and ,
  • Jeannette C. Bleeker,
  • Ruben Coronel,
  • Sacha Ferdinandusse,
  • Kaomei Guan,
  • Lodewijk IJlst and
  • Connie R. Bezzina
  • + 14 authors+ 9 authors

Patients with very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD) can present with life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. The pathophysiological mechanism is unknown. We reprogrammed fibroblasts from one mildly and one severely affected VLCADD...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue hiPSC-Derived Cells as Models for Drug Discovery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,823 Views
8 Pages

Very-Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency: Family Impact and Perspectives

  • Sarah Crawford,
  • Elizabeth Sablon,
  • Nadia Ali,
  • Ami R. Rosen and ,
  • Patricia L. Hall and
  • Juanita Neira Fresneda
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Very-Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (VLCADD) is a fatty acid oxidation disorder characterized by the decreased ability of the enzyme very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase to break down fatty acids with 14 to 20-long carbon chains. The...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
14,374 Views
18 Pages

14 March 2025

Living systems require energy to maintain their existence and perform tasks such as cell division. This energy is stored in several molecular forms in nature, specifically lipids, carbohydrates, and amino acids. At a cellular level, energy is extract...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mitochondrial Medicine: A Themed Issue in Honor of Prof. Dr. Carl A. Pinkert)
  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,167 Views
12 Pages

In general, metabolic flexibility refers to an organism’s capacity to adapt to metabolic changes due to differing energy demands. The aim of this work is to summarize and discuss recent findings regarding variables that modulate energy regulation in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Metabolism in Health and Disease)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,961 Views
12 Pages

Fibroblast Fatty-Acid Oxidation Flux Assays Stratify Risk in Newborns with Presumptive-Positive Results on Screening for Very-Long Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency

  • Simon E. Olpin,
  • Shirley Clark,
  • Jane Dalley,
  • Brage S. Andresen and ,
  • Joanne Croft,
  • Camilla A. Scott,
  • Aneal Khan,
  • Richard J. Kirk,
  • Rebecca Sparkes and
  • Rodney J. Pollitt
  • + 10 authors+ 5 authors

Very-long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD) is a clinically heterogeneous disorder with three major phenotypes: severe neonatal/infantile, milder childhood and late onset myopathic. VLCADD is genetically heterogeneous with numerous pat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
89 Citations
15,685 Views
24 Pages

Mitochondrial Fatty Acid β-Oxidation Disorders: From Disease to Lipidomic Studies—A Critical Review

  • Inês M. S. Guerra,
  • Helena B. Ferreira,
  • Tânia Melo,
  • Hugo Rocha and ,
  • Sónia Moreira,
  • Luísa Diogo,
  • Maria Rosário Domingues and
  • Ana S. P. Moreira
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

11 November 2022

Fatty acid oxidation disorders (FAODs) are inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) caused by defects in the fatty acid (FA) mitochondrial β-oxidation. The most common FAODs are characterized by the accumulation of medium-chain FAs and long-chain (3-h...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lipid Metabolism in Pathology and Health)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,032 Views
8 Pages

Juvenile-Onset Recurrent Rhabdomyolysis Due to Compound Heterozygote Variants in the ACADVL Gene

  • Beatrice Labella,
  • Gaetana Lanzi,
  • Stefano Cotti Piccinelli,
  • Filomena Caria and ,
  • Simona Damioli,
  • Barbara Risi,
  • Enrica Bertella,
  • Loris Poli,
  • Alessandro Padovani and
  • Massimiliano Filosto
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

8 August 2023

Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorder caused by mutations in the ACADVL gene. The myopathic form presents with exercise intolerance, exercise-related rhabdomyo...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensory and Motor Neuroscience)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,790 Views
12 Pages

The detection of elevated long-chain acylcarnitine levels, particularly C14:1 and the C14:1/C2 ratio, during neonatal screening may indicate very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD), although similar findings can result from postnat...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
1,901 Views
13 Pages

ACADVL Deep Sequencing in a Case Study: Beyond the Common c.848T>C Pathogenic Variant

  • Francesco Baldo,
  • Luisa Zupin,
  • Andrea Magnolato,
  • Valeria Capaci and
  • Maria Teresa Bonati

30 April 2025

Background: Very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD) is caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in ACADVL (acyl-CoA dehydrogenase very-long-chain), leading to impaired fatty acid oxidation and the accumulation of long-chain acylcarn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
9,295 Views
12 Pages

Reducing False-Positive Results in Newborn Screening Using Machine Learning

  • Gang Peng,
  • Yishuo Tang,
  • Tina M. Cowan,
  • Gregory M. Enns and ,
  • Hongyu Zhao and
  • Curt Scharfe
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Newborn screening (NBS) for inborn metabolic disorders is a highly successful public health program that by design is accompanied by false-positive results. Here we trained a Random Forest machine learning classifier on screening data to improve pred...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue CLIR Applications for Newborn Screening)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,138 Views
18 Pages

Lipidomic and Proteomic Alterations Induced by Even and Odd Medium-Chain Fatty Acids on Fibroblasts of Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders

  • Khaled I. Alatibi,
  • Stefan Tholen,
  • Zeinab Wehbe,
  • Judith Hagenbuchner and ,
  • Daniela Karall,
  • Michael J. Ausserlechner,
  • Oliver Schilling,
  • Sarah C. Grünert,
  • Jerry Vockley and
  • Sara Tucci
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

29 September 2021

Medium-chain fatty acids (mc-FAs) are currently applied in the treatment of long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders (lc-FAOD) characterized by impaired β-oxidation. Here, we performed lipidomic and proteomic analysis in fibroblasts from patients wi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Metabolism in Health and Disease)
  • Article
  • Open Access
773 Views
11 Pages

Expanding the Mutational Spectrum of ACADVL: Integrative Characterization of the p.Ser72Phe Variant in Very Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency

  • Francesca Dinatolo,
  • Lucia D’Antona,
  • Radha Procopio,
  • Valentina Rocca and ,
  • Elisa Lo Feudo,
  • Samuele Martino,
  • Adele Dattola,
  • Fernanda Fabiani,
  • Emma Colao and
  • Rodolfo Iuliano
  • + 12 authors+ 7 authors

31 May 2026

Background/Objectives: Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD) is an autosomal recessive disorder of mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation caused by pathogenic variants in ACADVL. The clinical spectrum is highly heterogeneous,...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,680 Views
12 Pages

Metabolic Outcomes of Anaplerotic Dodecanedioic Acid Supplementation in Very Long Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (VLCAD) Deficient Fibroblasts

  • Igor Radzikh,
  • Erica Fatica,
  • Jillian Kodger,
  • Rohan Shah and ,
  • Ryan Pearce and
  • Yana I. Sandlers
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 August 2021

Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCADD, OMIM 609575) is associated with energy deficiency and mitochondrial dysfunction and may lead to rhabdomyolysis and cardiomyopathy. Under physiological conditions, there is a fine balance betw...

(This article belongs to the Section Integrative Metabolomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,859 Views
17 Pages

Heptanoate Improves Compensatory Mechanism of Glucose Homeostasis in Mitochondrial Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Defect

  • Siti Nurjanah,
  • Albert Gerding,
  • Marcel A. Vieira-Lara,
  • Bernard Evers and ,
  • Miriam Langelaar-Makkinje,
  • Ute Spiekerkoetter,
  • Barbara M. Bakker and
  • Sara Tucci
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

5 November 2023

Defects in mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation (FAO) impair metabolic flexibility, which is an essential process for energy homeostasis. Very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCADD; OMIM 609575) deficiency is the most common long-chain mitoc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diet, Nutrition and Metabolic Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,441 Views
18 Pages

Treatment of VLCAD-Deficient Patient Fibroblasts with Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor δ Agonist Improves Cellular Bioenergetics

  • Olivia M. D’Annibale,
  • Yu Leng Phua,
  • Clinton Van’t Land,
  • Anuradha Karunanidhi and ,
  • Alejandro Dorenbaum,
  • Al-Walid Mohsen and
  • Jerry Vockley
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

24 August 2022

Background: Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency is an autosomal recessive disease that prevents the body from utilizing long-chain fatty acids for energy, most needed during stress and fasting. Symptoms can appear from infancy t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Mechanisms in Metabolic Disease 2022)