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Molecular species of phosphatidylcholine containing very long chain fatty acids in human brain: enrichment in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy brain and diseases of peroxisome biogenesis brain

Molecular species of phosphatidylcholine containing unsaturated (i.e., monoenoic and polyenoic) 32- to 40-carbon (very long chain) fatty acids (VLCFA-PC) are present in normal human brain, the fatty acid composition changing significantly with development. There is a marked increase in the concentration and a change in the polyenoic VLCFA composition of these molecular species in brains of patients with inherited defects in peroxisomal biogenesis [Zellweger's syndrome, neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), and infantile Refsum's disease]. In contrast, there is a marked increase in monoenoic VLCFA-PC in X-linked ALD whereas molecular species containing polyenoic VLCFA are minor components.