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The Mitochondrial tRNA Ser(UCN) Gene: A Novel m.7484A>G Mutation Associated with Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy and Literature Review. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:life13020554. [PMID: 36836911 PMCID: PMC9963529 DOI: 10.3390/life13020554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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Mitochondrial tRNASer(UCN) is considered a hot-spot for non-syndromic and aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss. However, many patients have been described with more extensive neurological diseases, mainly including epilepsy, myoclonus, ataxia, and myopathy. We describe a novel homoplasmic m.7484A>G mutation in the tRNASer(UCN) gene affecting the third base of the anticodon triplet in a girl with profound intellectual disability, spastic tetraplegia, sensorineural hearing loss, a clinical history of epilepsia partialis continua and vomiting, typical of MELAS syndrome, leading to a myoclonic epilepticus status, and myopathy with severe COX deficiency at muscle biopsy. The mutation was also found in the homoplasmic condition in the mother who presented with mild cognitive deficit, cerebellar ataxia, myoclonic epilepsy, sensorineural hearing loss and myopathy with COX deficient ragged-red fibers consistent with MERRF syndrome. This is the first anticodon mutation in the tRNASer(UCN) and the second homoplasmic mutation in the anticodon triplet reported to date.
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Bai J, Ma Q, Lan Y, Chen Y, Ma S, Li J, Liu C, Fu Z, Lu X, Huang Y, Li Y. Mitochondrial tRNA Mutation and Regulation of the Adiponectin Pathway in Maternally Inherited Hypertension in Chinese Han. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 8:623450. [PMID: 33553162 PMCID: PMC7862570 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.623450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Some essential hypertension (EH) patients show maternal inheritance, which is the mode of mitochondrial DNA inheritance. This study examines the mechanisms by which mitochondrial mutations cause EH characterized by maternal inheritance. The study enrolled 115 volunteers, who were divided into maternally inherited EH (group A, n = 17), non-maternally inherited EH (group B, n = 65), and normal control (group C, n = 33) groups. A mitochondrial tRNA (15910 C>T) gene mutation was significantly correlated with EH and may play an important role in the pathogenesis of maternally inherited EH. Examining two families carrying the mitochondrial tRNA 15910 C>T mutation, which disrupted base pairing and may affect the stability and function of mitochondrial tRNAThr, we find that the overall incidence of EH was 59.3% in the maternal family members and 90% in males, significantly higher than in the general population in China (23.2%), and that the EH began at a younger age in those carrying mitochondrial tRNA 15910 C>T. To reveal the mechanism through which mitochondrial tRNA 15910 C>T causes maternally inherited EH, we cultured human peripheral blood mononuclear cells from family A2 in vitro. We find that cells carrying mitochondrial tRNA 15910 C>T were more viable and proliferative, and the increased ATP production resulted in raised intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). Moreover, the mitochondrial dysfunction resulted in reduced APN levels, causing hypoadiponectinemia, which promoted cell proliferation, and produced more ROS. This vicious cycle promoted the occurrence of EH with maternally inherited mitochondrial tRNA 15910 C>T. The mitochondrial tRNA 15910 C>T mutation may induce hypertension by changing the APN, AdipoR1, PGC-1α, and ERRα signaling pathways to elevate blood pressure. We discover a new mitochondrial mutation (tRNA 15910 C>T) related to EH, reveal part of the mechanism by which mitochondrial mutations lead to the occurrence and development of maternally inherited EH, and discuss the role of APN in it.
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- Jing Bai
- Medical School of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), Beijing, China.,Department of Cardiology, The Sixth Medical Center, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Sixth Medical Center, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Hainan LANBO Health Management Co. Ltd., Sanya, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Sixth Medical Center, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Sixth Medical Center, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Sixth Medical Center, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical School of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), Beijing, China.,Department of Cardiology, The Sixth Medical Center, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical School of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), Beijing, China.,Department of Cardiology, The Sixth Medical Center, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical School of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), Beijing, China.,Department of Cardiology, The Sixth Medical Center, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gerontology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Sixth Medical Center, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Zhu Y, Gu X, Xu C. Mitochondrial DNA 7908-8816 region mutations in maternally inherited essential hypertensive subjects in China. BMC Med Genomics 2018; 11:89. [PMID: 30326913 PMCID: PMC6191914 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-018-0408-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Nuclear genes or family-based mitochondrial screening have been the focus of genetic studies into essential hypertension. Studies into the role of mitochondria in sporadic Chinese hypertensives are lacking. The objective of the study was to explore the relationship between mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variations and the development of maternally inherited essential hypertension (MIEH) in China. Methods Yangzhou residents who were outpatients or in-patients at the Department of Cardiology in Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital (Jiangsu, China) from June 2009 to June 2015 were recruited in a 1:1 case control study of 600 gender-matched Chinese MIEH subjects and controls. Genomic DNA was isolated from whole blood cells. The most likely sites for hypertension were screened using oligodeoxynucleotides at positions 7908–8816, purified and subsequently analyzed by direct sequencing according to the revised consensus Cambridge sequence. The frequency, density, type and conservative evolution of mtDNA variations were comprehensively analyzed. Results We found a statistical difference between the two groups for body mass index, waist circumference, abdominal circumference, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, fasting blood glucose, uric acid, creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (P < 0.05). More amino-acid changes and RNA variants were found in MIEH subjects than the controls (P < 0.01). The detection system simultaneously identified 40 different heteroplasmic or homoplasmic mutations in 4 genes: COXII, tRNALys, ATP8 and ATP 6. The mtDNA variations were mainly distributed in regions of ATP6 binding sites, and the site of highest mutation frequency was m. 8414C > T. Three changes in single bases (C8414T in ATP8, A8701G in ATP6 and G8584A in ATP6) were significantly different in the MIEH patients and the controls (P < 0.001). The m.8273_8281del mutation was identified from 59 MIEH patients. Conclusions Our results indicate that novel mtDNA mutations may be involved in the pathological process of MIEH, and mitochondrial genetic characteristics were identified in MIEH individuals. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12920-018-0408-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Ye Zhu
- Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, Jiangsu, China.,Department of Cardiology, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, 225001, Jiangsu, China
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- Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, Jiangsu, China. .,Department of Cardiology, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, 225001, Jiangsu, China.
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73134, USA
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Liu Y, Li Y, Zhu C, Tian L, Guan M, Chen Y. Mitochondrial biogenesis dysfunction and metabolic dysfunction from a novel mitochondrial tRNA Met 4467 C>A mutation in a Han Chinese family with maternally inherited hypertension. Sci Rep 2017; 7:3034. [PMID: 28596595 PMCID: PMC5465199 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03303-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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To investigate the relationship between mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and hypertension as well as the mechanism involved in mitochondrial metabolic dysfunction. We identified a novel tRNAMet C4467A mutation in a Han Chinese family with hypertension. The maternal members presented with increased glucose, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, and serum sodium as well as decreased potassium compared with non-maternal members (P < 0.05). Segregation analysis showed this mutation was maternally inherited. We analyzed lymphocyte cell lines derived from three maternal and three non-maternal family members. Reactive oxygen species production in the mutant cell lines was 114.5% higher compared with that in controls (P < 0.05) while ATP was 26.4% lower. The mitochondrial membrane potential of the mutated cell lines was 26.2% lower than that in controls (P < 0.05). Oxygen consumption rates were decreased in the mutant cell lines (P < 0.05). The activation of caspase-3/7 was 104.1% higher in the mutant cell lines compared with controls (P < 0.05). The expression of voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC), Bax and apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) in the mutant cell lines was higher compared with that in controls, with the increased colocalization of VDAC and Bax. Therefore, this mutation contributes to oxidative stress and mitochondrial biogenesis dysfunction, which may be involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension.
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- Yuqi Liu
- Cardiac department of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Cardiac department of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China
- Institute of Geriatric Cardiology of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Cardiac department of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Cardiac department of People's Hospital of Tianjing, Tianjing, 300121, China
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- Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University and Department of Genetics, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China.
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- Cardiac department of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China.
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Finsterer J, Kovacs GG. Psoriasis, bulbar involvement, and diarrhea in late myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers-syndrome due to the m.8344A > G tRNA (Lys) mutation. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY 2017; 16:45-49. [PMID: 28717435 PMCID: PMC5506757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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