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We examined whether the plasma activity of the liver enzyme ornithine carbamoyltransferase, determined by a novel liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS\/MS) assay, could be utilized for the detection of OTC deficiency (OTCD), an X-linked inborn error of the urea cycle.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"j_cclm-2016-0715_s_998\">\n<jats:title id=\"d496862e21944\">Methods:<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The plasma ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OTC) activity was assayed in the reverse reaction using isotopically labeled citrulline-d4 as a substrate and by determination of the product, ornithine-d4, by LC-MS\/MS analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"j_cclm-2016-0715_s_997\">\n<jats:title id=\"d496862e21952\">Results:<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The plasma OTC activity in the controls was in the range of 111\u2013658 pkat\/L (n=49, median 272 pkat\/L), and the activity increased linearly with serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activities in patients with hepatopathy. The OTC activity was subsequently determined in 32 individuals carrying mutations in the <jats:italic>OTC<\/jats:italic> gene, and OTC\/ALT and OTC\/AST ratios were calculated to account for the degree of hepatopathy, which is a common finding in OTCD. The OTC\/ALT ratio enabled clear differentiation of OTCD hemizygotes (n=11, range 0\u201369\u00d710<jats:sup>\u22126<\/jats:sup>) from controls (504\u20133440\u00d710<jats:sup>\u22126<\/jats:sup>). This ratio also enabled the detection of 11 of 12 symptomatic heterozygotes (range 38\u2013794\u00d710<jats:sup>\u22126<\/jats:sup>), while this marker did not allow for reliable differentiation of asymptomatic heterozygotes (n=9) from controls.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"j_cclm-2016-0715_s_996\">\n<jats:title id=\"d496862e21972\">Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>LC-MS\/MS assay of plasma OTC activity enabled the detection of all hemizygous and the majority of symptomatic heterozygous OTCD patients in the tested cohort. 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