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Protein Transduction Domain-Mediated Delivery of Recombinant Proteins and In Vitro Transcribed mRNAs for Protein Replacement Therapy of Human Severe Genetic Mitochondrial Disorders: The Case of Sco2 Deficiency. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15010286. [PMID: 36678915 PMCID: PMC9861957 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15010286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Mitochondrial disorders represent a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders with variations in severity and clinical outcomes, mostly characterized by respiratory chain dysfunction and abnormal mitochondrial function. More specifically, mutations in the human SCO2 gene, encoding the mitochondrial inner membrane Sco2 cytochrome c oxidase (COX) assembly protein, have been implicated in the mitochondrial disorder fatal infantile cardioencephalomyopathy with COX deficiency. Since an effective treatment is still missing, a protein replacement therapy (PRT) was explored using protein transduction domain (PTD) technology. Therefore, the human recombinant full-length mitochondrial protein Sco2, fused to TAT peptide (a common PTD), was produced (fusion Sco2 protein) and successfully transduced into fibroblasts derived from a SCO2/COX-deficient patient. This PRT contributed to effective COX assembly and partial recovery of COX activity. In mice, radiolabeled fusion Sco2 protein was biodistributed in the peripheral tissues of mice and successfully delivered into their mitochondria. Complementary to that, an mRNA-based therapeutic approach has been more recently considered as an innovative treatment option. In particular, a patented, novel PTD-mediated IVT-mRNA delivery platform was developed and applied in recent research efforts. PTD-IVT-mRNA of full-length SCO2 was successfully transduced into the fibroblasts derived from a SCO2/COX-deficient patient, translated in host ribosomes into a nascent chain of human Sco2, imported into mitochondria, and processed to the mature protein. Consequently, the recovery of reduced COX activity was achieved, thus suggesting the potential of this mRNA-based technology for clinical translation as a PRT for metabolic/genetic disorders. In this review, such research efforts will be comprehensibly presented and discussed to elaborate their potential in clinical application and therapeutic usefulness.
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Wang L, Yang Z, He X, Pu S, Yang C, Wu Q, Zhou Z, Cen X, Zhao H. Mitochondrial protein dysfunction in pathogenesis of neurological diseases. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:974480. [PMID: 36157077 PMCID: PMC9489860 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.974480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mitochondria are essential organelles for neuronal function and cell survival. Besides the well-known bioenergetics, additional mitochondrial roles in calcium signaling, lipid biogenesis, regulation of reactive oxygen species, and apoptosis are pivotal in diverse cellular processes. The mitochondrial proteome encompasses about 1,500 proteins encoded by both the nuclear DNA and the maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA. Mutations in the nuclear or mitochondrial genome, or combinations of both, can result in mitochondrial protein deficiencies and mitochondrial malfunction. Therefore, mitochondrial quality control by proteins involved in various surveillance mechanisms is critical for neuronal integrity and viability. Abnormal proteins involved in mitochondrial bioenergetics, dynamics, mitophagy, import machinery, ion channels, and mitochondrial DNA maintenance have been linked to the pathogenesis of a number of neurological diseases. The goal of this review is to give an overview of these pathways and to summarize the interconnections between mitochondrial protein dysfunction and neurological diseases.
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- Liang Wang
- National Chengdu Center for Safety Evaluation of Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy/Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- National Chengdu Center for Safety Evaluation of Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy/Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Guangxi Universities, Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Biopharmaceutical Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Research Center for Biomedical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Guangxi Universities, Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Biopharmaceutical Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Research Center for Biomedical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Guangxi Universities, Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Biopharmaceutical Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Research Center for Biomedical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Guangxi Universities, Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Biopharmaceutical Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Research Center for Biomedical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Guangxi Universities, Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Biopharmaceutical Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Research Center for Biomedical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- Guangxi Universities, Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Biopharmaceutical Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Research Center for Biomedical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
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- National Chengdu Center for Safety Evaluation of Drugs, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy/Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Guangxi Universities, Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Biopharmaceutical Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Research Center for Biomedical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Use of Next-Generation Sequencing for Identifying Mitochondrial Disorders. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2022; 44:1127-1148. [PMID: 35723297 PMCID: PMC8947152 DOI: 10.3390/cimb44030074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/06/2022] Open
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Mitochondria are major contributors to ATP synthesis, generating more than 90% of the total cellular energy production through oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS): metabolite oxidation, such as the β-oxidation of fatty acids, and the Krebs’s cycle. OXPHOS inadequacy due to large genetic lesions in mitochondrial as well as nuclear genes and homo- or heteroplasmic point mutations in mitochondrially encoded genes is a characteristic of heterogeneous, maternally inherited genetic disorders known as mitochondrial disorders that affect multisystemic tissues and organs with high energy requirements, resulting in various signs and symptoms. Several traditional diagnostic approaches, including magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, cardiac testing, biochemical screening, variable heteroplasmy genetic testing, identifying clinical features, and skeletal muscle biopsies, are associated with increased risks, high costs, a high degree of false-positive or false-negative results, or a lack of precision, which limits their diagnostic abilities for mitochondrial disorders. Variable heteroplasmy levels, mtDNA depletion, and the identification of pathogenic variants can be detected through genetic sequencing, including the gold standard Sanger sequencing. However, sequencing can be time consuming, and Sanger sequencing can result in the missed recognition of larger structural variations such as CNVs or copy-number variations. Although each sequencing method has its own limitations, genetic sequencing can be an alternative to traditional diagnostic methods. The ever-growing roster of possible mutations has led to the development of next-generation sequencing (NGS). The enhancement of NGS methods can offer a precise diagnosis of the mitochondrial disorder within a short period at a reasonable expense for both research and clinical applications.
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Mitochondrial Neurodegeneration. Cells 2022; 11:cells11040637. [PMID: 35203288 PMCID: PMC8870525 DOI: 10.3390/cells11040637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Mitochondria are cytoplasmic organelles, which generate energy as heat and ATP, the universal energy currency of the cell. This process is carried out by coupling electron stripping through oxidation of nutrient substrates with the formation of a proton-based electrochemical gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane. Controlled dissipation of the gradient can lead to production of heat as well as ATP, via ADP phosphorylation. This process is known as oxidative phosphorylation, and is carried out by four multiheteromeric complexes (from I to IV) of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, carrying out the electron flow whose energy is stored as a proton-based electrochemical gradient. This gradient sustains a second reaction, operated by the mitochondrial ATP synthase, or complex V, which condensates ADP and Pi into ATP. Four complexes (CI, CIII, CIV, and CV) are composed of proteins encoded by genes present in two separate compartments: the nuclear genome and a small circular DNA found in mitochondria themselves, and are termed mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Mutations striking either genome can lead to mitochondrial impairment, determining infantile, childhood or adult neurodegeneration. Mitochondrial disorders are complex neurological syndromes, and are often part of a multisystem disorder. In this paper, we divide the diseases into those caused by mtDNA defects and those that are due to mutations involving nuclear genes; from a clinical point of view, we discuss pediatric disorders in comparison to juvenile or adult-onset conditions. The complementary genetic contributions controlling organellar function and the complexity of the biochemical pathways present in the mitochondria justify the extreme genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of this new area of inborn errors of metabolism known as ‘mitochondrial medicine’.
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Quebedeaux TM, Song H, Giwa-Otusajo J, Thompson LP. Chronic Hypoxia Inhibits Respiratory Complex IV Activity and Disrupts Mitochondrial Dynamics in the Fetal Guinea Pig Forebrain. Reprod Sci 2022; 29:184-192. [PMID: 34750769 DOI: 10.1007/s43032-021-00779-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is an underlying cause of childhood neurological disease secondary to the crucial role of mitochondria in proper neurodevelopment. We hypothesized that chronic intrauterine hypoxia (HPX) induces mitochondrial deficits by altering mitochondrial biogenesis and dynamics in the fetal brain. Pregnant guinea pigs were exposed to either normoxia (NMX, 21%O2) or HPX (10.5%O2) starting at 28-day (early onset, EO-HPX) or 50-day (late onset, LO-HPX) gestation until term (65 days). Near-term male and female fetuses were extracted from anesthetized sows, and mitochondria were isolated from excised fetal forebrains (n = 6/group). Expression of mitochondrial complex subunits I-V (CI-CV), fission (Drp-1), and fusion (Mfn-2) proteins was measured by Western blot. CI and CIV enzyme activities were measured by colorimetric assays. Chronic HPX reduced fetal body wts and increased (P < 0.05) brain/body wt ratios of both sexes. CV subunit levels were increased in EO-HPX males only and CII levels increased in LO-HPX females only compared to NMX. Both EO- and LO-HPX decreased CIV activity in both sexes but had no effect on CI activity. EO-HPX increased Drp1 and decreased Mfn2 levels in males, while LO-HPX had no effect on either protein levels. In females, both EO-HPX and LO-HPX increased Drp1 but had no effect on Mfn2 levels. Chronic HPX alters abundance and activity of select complex subunits and shifts mitochondrial dynamics toward fission in a sex-dependent manner in the fetal guinea pig brain. This may be an underlying mechanism of reduced respiratory efficiency leading to disrupted metabolism and increased vulnerability to a second neurological injury at the time of birth in HPX fetal brains.
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- Tabitha M Quebedeaux
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine, 655 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine, 655 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine, 655 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine, 655 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
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Lee IC, Chiang KL. Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Leigh Syndrome Based on SURF1: Genotype and Phenotype. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10121950. [PMID: 34943053 PMCID: PMC8750222 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10121950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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SURF1 encodes the assembly factor for maintaining the antioxidant of cytochrome c oxidase (COX) stability in the human electron respiratory chain. Mutations in SURF1 can cause Leigh syndrome (LS), a subacute neurodegenerative encephalopathy, characterized by early onset (infancy), grave prognosis, and predominant symptoms presenting in the basal ganglia, thalamus, brainstem, cerebellum, and peripheral nerves. To date, more than sixty different SURF1 mutations have been found to cause SURF1-associated LS; however, the relationship between genotype and phenotype is still unclear. Most SURF1-associated LS courses present as typical LS and cause early mortality (before the age of ten years). However, 10% of the cases present with atypical courses with milder symptoms and increased life expectancy. One reason for this inconsistency may be due to specific duplications or mutations close to the C-terminus of the SURF1 protein appearing to cause less protein decay. Furthermore, the treatment for SURF1-associated LS is unsatisfactory. A ketogenic diet is most often prescribed and has proven to be effective. Supplementing with coenzyme Q and other cofactors is also a common treatment option; however, the results are inconsistent. Importantly, anti-epileptic drugs such as valproate—which cause mitochondrial dysfunction—should be avoided in patients with SURF1-associated LS presenting with seizures.
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- Inn-Chi Lee
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
- Institute of Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 40201, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-4-2473-9535; Fax: +886-4-2471-0934
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Kuang-Tien General Hospital, Taichung 43303, Taiwan;
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Bakare AB, Lesnefsky EJ, Iyer S. Leigh Syndrome: A Tale of Two Genomes. Front Physiol 2021; 12:693734. [PMID: 34456746 PMCID: PMC8385445 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.693734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Leigh syndrome is a rare, complex, and incurable early onset (typically infant or early childhood) mitochondrial disorder with both phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity. The heterogeneous nature of this disorder, based in part on the complexity of mitochondrial genetics, and the significant interactions between the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes has made it particularly challenging to research and develop therapies. This review article discusses some of the advances that have been made in the field to date. While the prognosis is poor with no current substantial treatment options, multiple studies are underway to understand the etiology, pathogenesis, and pathophysiology of Leigh syndrome. With advances in available research tools leading to a better understanding of the mitochondria in health and disease, there is hope for novel treatment options in the future.
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- Ajibola B. Bakare
- Department of Biological Sciences, J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Division of Cardiology, Pauley Heart Center, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
- Department of Physiology/Biophysics, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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Collins JF. Copper nutrition and biochemistry and human (patho)physiology. ADVANCES IN FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH 2021; 96:311-364. [PMID: 34112357 DOI: 10.1016/bs.afnr.2021.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The essential trace mineral copper plays important roles in human physiology and pathophysiology. Disruption of copper homeostasis may underlie the development of ischemic heart disease, and connective tissue and neurodegenerative disorders. Copper also likely participates in the host response to bacterial infection and is further implicated more broadly in regulating immunity. Recent studies further associate copper with disruption of lipid homeostasis, as is frequently seen in, for example, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Moreover, continuing investigation of copper chaperones has revealed new roles for these intracellular copper-binding proteins. Despite these (and many other) significant advances, many questions related to copper biology remain unanswered. For example, what are the most sensitive and specific biomarkers of copper status, and which ones are useful in marginal (or "sub-clinical" copper deficiency)? Further research on this topic is required to inform future investigations of copper metabolism in humans (so the copper status of study participants can be fully appreciated). Also, are current recommendations for copper intake adequate? Recent studies suggest that overt copper deficiency is more common than once thought, and further, some have suggested that the copper RDAs for adults may be too low. Additional human balance and interventional studies are necessary and could provide the impetus for reconsidering the copper RDAs in the future. These and myriad other unresolved aspects of copper nutrition will undoubtedly be the focus of future investigation.
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- James F Collins
- Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
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Cotta A, Carvalho E, da-Cunha-Junior A, Navarro MM, Paim JF, Valicek J, Baptista-Junior S, da Silveira EB, Lima MI, Carellos EVM, de-La-Rocque-Ferreira A, Takata RI, Horvath R. Muscle fat replacement and modified ragged red fibers in two patients with reversible infantile respiratory chain deficiency. Neuromuscul Disord 2021; 31:551-557. [PMID: 33832841 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2021.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Reversible infantile respiratory chain deficiency is a severe neonatal mitochondrial myopathy that resolves spontaneously. It is caused by the homoplasmic m.14674T>C mtDNA mutation and additional nuclear variants in genes interacting with mt-tRNAGlu have been detected in some patients. We present detailed clinical, imaging, and muscle biopsy findings in a boy and a girl with neonatal hypotonia, feeding difficulties, lactic acidosis, and ragged red fibers. Both patients show fat replacement on muscle imaging, which was mild in the boy, but severe in the girl, affecting mostly the posterior leg muscles. In addition to the homoplasmic m.14674T>C, both patients carried heterozygous variants in QRSL1 (c. 686T>G; p.Val299Gly) and EARS2 (c.358C>T; p.Arg120Trp), respectively. It is very important to recognize the clinical and morphological signs of reversible infantile respiratory chain deficiency as patients should receive intensive supportive care in the first 6 months of life. Understanding the mechanism of the spontaneous recovery may lead to novel therapeutic perspectives in other mitochondrial diseases.
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- Ana Cotta
- Pathology Department, The SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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- Neurophysiology Department, The SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Pediatrics and Genetics Department, The SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Pathology Department, The SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Neurophysiology Department, The SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Pathology Department, The SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Electron Microscopy Department, The SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Electron Microscopy Department, The SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Joao Paulo II Children Hospital, Minas Gerais Hospitalar Foundation, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Molecular Biology Department, The SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Impact of cardiovascular involvement on the clinical course of paediatric mitochondrial disorders. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2020; 15:196. [PMID: 32736646 PMCID: PMC7393884 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-020-01466-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Primary mitochondrial disorders (PMD) are rare conditions resulting in progressive multi-organ failure. Cardiovascular involvement (CVI) has been reported in paediatric patients. However, its age-related prevalence, clinical presentation and prognostic impact are unresolved. We detailed CVI in a cohort of children diagnosed with PMD over two decades at a tertiary referral centre. RESULTS We enrolled 86 PMD patients (M/F = 30/56; mean age 6.4 ± 8.58 years). CVI was detected in 31 patients (36%), with mean age at onset of 5.7 ± 7.8 years including the pre- and neonatal phase in 14, often representing the first sign of PMD (42% of those with CVI). Heart disease resulted more common in males and in children with specific aetiologies (Barth, TMEM70 and MELAS syndromes). Hypertrophic, non-compaction and dilated cardiomyopathies were the prevalent disorders, although pulmonary arterial hypertension was also found. Adverse cardiac events (heart failure, resuscitated cardiac arrest, ICD/PM implantation, sudden death) occurred in 19% of children with CVI over a follow-up period of 5.4 ± 4.3 years. All-cause mortality was higher in patients with CVI compared to those without CVI (45.1% vs 21.8%; p < 0.01); female sex, age at onset < 5 years, acute heart failure at presentation and diabetes also proved independent predictors of outcome. CONCLUSION Cardiovascular involvement occurred in over one-third of children diagnosed with PMD, often at a very early age, and was associated with adverse prognosis. Final outcome of PMD-related CVI was influenced by the specific underlying aetiology, suggesting the need for tailored management of heart failure and sudden death prevention.
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Exome-based search for recurrent disease-causing alleles in Russian population. Eur J Med Genet 2019; 62:103656. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2019.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Schaffer AE, Pinkard O, Coller JM. tRNA Metabolism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 2019; 20:359-387. [PMID: 31082281 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-083118-015334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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tRNAs are short noncoding RNAs required for protein translation. The human genome includes more than 600 putative tRNA genes, many of which are considered redundant. tRNA transcripts are subject to tightly controlled, multistep maturation processes that lead to the removal of flanking sequences and the addition of nontemplated nucleotides. Furthermore, tRNAs are highly structured and posttranscriptionally modified. Together, these unique features have impeded the adoption of modern genomics and transcriptomics technologies for tRNA studies. Nevertheless, it has become apparent from human neurogenetic research that many tRNA biogenesis proteins cause brain abnormalities and other neurological disorders when mutated. The cerebral cortex, cerebellum, and peripheral nervous system show defects, impairment, and degeneration upon tRNA misregulation, suggesting that they are particularly sensitive to changes in tRNA expression or function. An integrated approach to identify tRNA species and contextually characterize tRNA function will be imperative to drive future tool development and novel therapeutic design for tRNA-associated disorders.
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- Ashleigh E Schaffer
- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences and Center for RNA Science and Therapeutics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA;
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences and Center for RNA Science and Therapeutics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA;
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences and Center for RNA Science and Therapeutics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA;
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Tesarova M, Vondrackova A, Stufkova H, Veprekova L, Stranecky V, Berankova K, Hansikova H, Magner M, Galoova N, Honzik T, Vodickova E, Stary J, Zeman J. Sideroblastic anemia associated with multisystem mitochondrial disorders. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2019; 66:e27591. [PMID: 30588737 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.27591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Revised: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sideroblastic anemia represents a heterogeneous group of inherited or acquired diseases with disrupted erythroblast iron utilization, ineffective erythropoiesis, and variable systemic iron overload. In a cohort of 421 patients with multisystem mitochondrial diseases, refractory anemia was found in 8 children. RESULTS Five children had sideroblastic anemia with increased numbers of ring sideroblasts >15%. Two of the children had a fatal course of MLASA1 syndrome (mitochondrial myopathy, lactic acidosis, and sideroblastic anemia [SA]) due to a homozygous, 6-kb deletion in the PUS1 gene, part of the six-member family of pseudouridine synthases (pseudouridylases). Large homozygous deletions represent a novel cause of presumed PUS1-loss-of-function phenotype. The other three children with SA had Pearson syndrome (PS) due to mtDNA deletions of 4 to 8 kb; two of these children showed early onset of PS and died due to repeated sepsis; the other child had later onset of PS and survived as the hematological parameters normalized and the disease transitioned to Kearns-Sayre syndrome. In addition, anemia without ring sideroblasts was found in three other patients with mitochondrial disorders, including two children with later onset of PS and one child with failure to thrive, microcephaly, developmental delay, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and renal tubular acidosis due to the heterozygous mutations c.610A>G (p.Asn204Asp) and c.674C>T (p.Pro225Leu) in the COX10 gene encoding the cytochrome c oxidase assembly factor. CONCLUSIONS Sideroblastic anemia was found in fewer than 1.2% of patients with multisystem mitochondrial disease, and it was usually associated with an unfavorable prognosis.
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- Marketa Tesarova
- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Paediatric Oncology and Haematology, Children's University Hospital, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Haematology, Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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Djouadi F, Bastin J. Mitochondrial Genetic Disorders: Cell Signaling and Pharmacological Therapies. Cells 2019; 8:cells8040289. [PMID: 30925787 PMCID: PMC6523966 DOI: 10.3390/cells8040289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation (FAO) and respiratory chain (RC) defects form a large group of inherited monogenic disorders sharing many common clinical and pathophysiological features, including disruption of mitochondrial bioenergetics, but also, for example, oxidative stress and accumulation of noxious metabolites. Interestingly, several transcription factors or co-activators exert transcriptional control on both FAO and RC genes, and can be activated by small molecules, opening to possibly common therapeutic approaches for FAO and RC deficiencies. Here, we review recent data on the potential of various drugs or small molecules targeting pivotal metabolic regulators: peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs), sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), and protein kinase A (PKA)) or interacting with reactive oxygen species (ROS) signaling, to alleviate or to correct inborn FAO or RC deficiencies in cellular or animal models. The possible molecular mechanisms involved, in particular the contribution of mitochondrial biogenesis, are discussed. Applications of these pharmacological approaches as a function of genotype/phenotype are also addressed, which clearly orient toward personalized therapy. Finally, we propose that beyond the identification of individual candidate drugs/molecules, future pharmacological approaches should consider their combination, which could produce additive or synergistic effects that may further enhance their therapeutic potential.
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- Fatima Djouadi
- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM U1138, Sorbonne Université, USPC, Université Paris Descartes, Université Paris Diderot, F-75006 Paris, France.
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- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM U1138, Sorbonne Université, USPC, Université Paris Descartes, Université Paris Diderot, F-75006 Paris, France.
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Myint ZW, Oo TH, Thein KZ, Tun AM, Saeed H. Copper deficiency anemia: review article. Ann Hematol 2018; 97:1527-1534. [PMID: 29959467 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-018-3407-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Copper is a crucial micronutrient needed by animals and humans for proper organ function and metabolic processes such as hemoglobin synthesis, as a neurotransmitter, for iron oxidation, cellular respiration, and antioxidant defense peptide amidation, and in the formation of pigments and connective tissue. Multiple factors, either hereditary or acquired, contribute to the increase in copper deficiency seen clinically over the past decades. The uptake of dietary copper into intestinal cells is via the Ctr1 transporter, located at the apical membrane aspect of intestinal cells and in most tissues. Copper is excreted from enterocytes into the blood via the Cu-ATPase, ATP7A, by trafficking the transporter towards the basolateral membrane. Zinc is another important micronutrient in animals and humans. Although zinc absorption may occur by direct interaction with the Ctr1 transporter, its absorption is slightly different. Copper deficiency affects physiologic systems such as bone marrow hematopoiesis, optic nerve function, and the nervous system in general. Detailed pathophysiology and its related diseases are explained in this manuscript. Diagnosis is made by measuring serum copper, serum ceruloplasmin, and 24-h urine copper levels. Copper deficiency anemia is treated with oral or intravenous copper replacement in the form of copper gluconate, copper sulfate, or copper chloride. Hematological manifestations are fully reversible with copper supplementation over a 4- to 12-week period. However, neurological manifestations are only partially reversible with copper supplementation.
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- Zin W Myint
- Division of Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplant, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. .,Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
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- Division of Hematology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Texas Tech University of Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplant, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.,Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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Ge YX, Shang B, Chen WZ, Lu Y, Wang J. Adult-onset of mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome with hypothyroidism and psychiatric disorders. eNeurologicalSci 2017; 6:16-20. [PMID: 29260009 PMCID: PMC5721577 DOI: 10.1016/j.ensci.2016.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is a clinical syndrome associated with mitochondrial disorders (MIDs). This report illustrates a case of MELAS syndrome with hypothyroidism and psychiatric disorders, which is different from the common clinical manifestations of MELAS syndrome, such as exercise intolerance, migraine-like headaches, hearing loss and seizures etc. There are considerable interests in the possibility that mitochondrial dysfunction may play a role in the pathogenesis of endocrine dysfunctions and psychiatric disorders in MELAS syndrome.
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Key Words
- ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient
- ATP, adenosine triphosphate
- BAEP, Brainstem auditory evoked potential
- CSF, Cerebral spinal fluid
- CT, Computed tomography
- Cr, creatine
- DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid
- DWI, diffusion-weighted image
- Endocrine dysfunction
- FLAIR, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery
- MELAS
- MELAS, mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes
- MIDs, Mitochondrial disorders
- MRC, mitochondrial respiratory chain
- MRI, magnetic resonance imaging
- Mitochondrial disorders
- NAA, N-acetyl aspartic acid
- OB, oligoclonal bands
- Psychiatric disorders
- RFLP, restriction fragment length polymorphism
- ROI, region of interest
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- Yu-Xing Ge
- Department of Neurology, Tongji University Affiliated Tenth People's Hospital, 200072 Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji University Affiliated Tenth People's Hospital, 200072 Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji University Affiliated Tenth People's Hospital, 200072 Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji University Affiliated Tenth People's Hospital, 200072 Shanghai, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji University Affiliated Tenth People's Hospital, 200072 Shanghai, PR China
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Sonam K, Bindu PS, Srinivas Bharath MM, Govindaraj P, Gayathri N, Arvinda HR, Chiplunkar S, Nagappa M, Sinha S, Khan NA, Nunia V, Paramasivam A, Thangaraj K, Taly AB. Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation disorders in children: Phenotypic, genotypic and biochemical correlations in 85 patients from South India. Mitochondrion 2016; 32:42-49. [PMID: 27826120 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2016.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) disorders account for a variety of neuromuscular disorders in children. In this study mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes were assayed in muscle tissue in a large cohort of children with varied neuromuscular presentations from June 2011 to December 2013. The biochemical enzyme deficiencies were correlated with the phenotypes, magnetic resonance imaging, histopathology and genetic findings to reach a final diagnosis. There were 85 children (mean age: 6.9±4.7years, M:F:2:1) with respiratory chain enzyme deficiency which included: isolated complex I (n=50, 60%), multiple complexes (n=24, 27%), complex IV (n=8, 9%) and complex III deficiencies (n=3, 4%). The most common neurological findings were ataxia (59%), hypotonia (59%) and involuntary movements (49%). A known mitochondrial syndrome was diagnosed in 27 (29%) and non-syndromic presentations in 57 (71%). Genetic analysis included complete sequencing of mitochondrial genome, SURF1, POLG1&2. It revealed variations in mitochondrial DNA (n=8), SURF1 (n=5), and POLG1 (n=3). This study, the first of its kind from India, highlights the wide range of clinical and imaging phenotypes and genetic heterogeneity in children with mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation disorders.
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- Kothari Sonam
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; Neuromuscular Laboratory, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; Neuromuscular Laboratory, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.
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- Department of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; Neuromuscular Laboratory, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; Neuromuscular Laboratory, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; Neuromuscular Laboratory, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; Neuromuscular Laboratory, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India; Neuromuscular Laboratory, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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Zieliński ŁP, Smith AC, Smith AG, Robinson AJ. Metabolic flexibility of mitochondrial respiratory chain disorders predicted by computer modelling. Mitochondrion 2016; 31:45-55. [PMID: 27697518 PMCID: PMC5115619 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2016.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Revised: 05/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mitochondrial respiratory chain dysfunction causes a variety of life-threatening diseases affecting about 1 in 4300 adults. These diseases are genetically heterogeneous, but have the same outcome; reduced activity of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes causing decreased ATP production and potentially toxic accumulation of metabolites. Severity and tissue specificity of these effects varies between patients by unknown mechanisms and treatment options are limited. So far most research has focused on the complexes themselves, and the impact on overall cellular metabolism is largely unclear. To illustrate how computer modelling can be used to better understand the potential impact of these disorders and inspire new research directions and treatments, we simulated them using a computer model of human cardiomyocyte mitochondrial metabolism containing over 300 characterised reactions and transport steps with experimental parameters taken from the literature. Overall, simulations were consistent with patient symptoms, supporting their biological and medical significance. These simulations predicted: complex I deficiencies could be compensated using multiple pathways; complex II deficiencies had less metabolic flexibility due to impacting both the TCA cycle and the respiratory chain; and complex III and IV deficiencies caused greatest decreases in ATP production with metabolic consequences that parallel hypoxia. Our study demonstrates how results from computer models can be compared to a clinical phenotype and used as a tool for hypothesis generation for subsequent experimental testing. These simulations can enhance understanding of dysfunctional mitochondrial metabolism and suggest new avenues for research into treatment of mitochondrial disease and other areas of mitochondrial dysfunction.
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- Łukasz P Zieliński
- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK; University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0SP, UK
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK.
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Piekutowska-Abramczuk D, Kocyła-Karczmarewicz B, Małkowska M, Łuczak S, Iwanicka-Pronicka K, Siegmund S, Yang H, Wen Q, Hoang QV, Silverman RH, Kowalski P, Szczypińska O, Czornak K, Zimowski J, Płoski R, Pilch J, Ciara E, Zaremba J, Krajewska-Walasek M, Schon EA, Pronicka E. No Evidence for Association of SCO2 Heterozygosity with High-Grade Myopia or Other Diseases with Possible Mitochondrial Dysfunction. JIMD Rep 2015; 27:63-8. [PMID: 26427993 DOI: 10.1007/8904_2015_468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2015] [Revised: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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SCO2 mutations cause recessively inherited cytochrome c oxidase deficiency. Recently Tran-Viet et al. proposed that heterozygosity for pathogenic SCO2 variants, including the common E140K variant, causes high-grade myopia. To investigate the association of SCO2 mutations with myopia, ophthalmic examinations were performed on 35 E140K carriers, one homozygous infant, and on a mouse model of Sco2 deficiency. Additionally, a screen for other putative effects of SCO2 heterozygosity was carried out by comparing the prevalence of the common E140K variant in a population of patients with undiagnosed diseases compatible with SCO2-related pathogenesis to that in a general population sample. High-grade myopia was not identified in any of the studied individuals. Of the carriers, 17 were emmetropic, and 18 possessed refractive errors. Additionally, no significant axial elongation indicative of high-grade myopia was found in mice carrying E129K (corresponding to E140K in humans) knock-in mutations. The prevalence of E140K carriers in the symptomatic cohort was evaluated as 1:103 (CI: 0.44-2.09) and did not differ significantly from the population prevalence (1:147, CI: 0.45-1.04).Our study demonstrates that heterozygosity for pathogenic SCO2 variants is not associated with high-grade myopia in either human patients or in mice.
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- Department of Medical Genetics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 02-957, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Child Neurology, Medical University of Silesia, 0-055, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 02-957, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA.,Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730, Warsaw, Poland. .,Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730, Warsaw, Poland.
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Miles L, Greiner HM, Mangano FT, Horn PS, Leach JL, Miles MV. Cytochrome c oxidase deficit is associated with the seizure onset zone in young patients with focal cortical dysplasia Type II. Metab Brain Dis 2015; 30:1151-60. [PMID: 25957585 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-015-9680-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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It has been postulated that mitochondrial dysfunction may be an important factor in epileptogenesis of intractable epilepsy. The current study tests the hypothesis that mitochondrial Complex IV (CIV) or cytochrome c oxidase dysfunction is associated with the seizure onset zone (SOZ) in patients with focal cortical dysplasia (FCD). Subjects were selected based on: age <19y; epilepsy surgery between May, 2010 and October, 2011; pathological diagnosis of isolated focal cortical dysplasia Type I (FCDI) or Type II (FCDII); and sufficient residual cortical tissue to conduct analysis of electron transport chain complex (ETC) activity in SOZ and adjacent cortical regions. In this retrospective study, patients were identified who had sufficient unfixed, frozen brain tissue for biochemical analysis in tissue homogenates. Specimens were subtyped using ILAE classification for FCD, and excluded if diagnosed with FCD Type III or dual pathology. Analysis of ETC activity in resected tissues was conducted independently and without knowledge of the identity, diagnosis, or clinical status of individual subjects. Seventeen patients met the inclusion criteria, including 6 FCDI and 11 FCDII. Comparison of adjacent cortical resections showed decreased CIV activity in the SOZ of the FCDII group (P = 0.003), but no significant CIV difference in adjacent tissues of the FCDI group. Because of the importance of CIV as the terminal and rate-limiting complex in the mitochondrial electron transport chain, these authors conclude that 1) a deficit of CIV is associated with the SOZ of patients with FCDII; 2) CIV deficiency may contribute to the spectrum of FCD neuropathology; and 3) further investigation of CIV in FCD may lead to the discovery of new targets for neuroprotective therapies for patients with intractable epilepsy.
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- Lili Miles
- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA,
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Bindu PS, Arvinda H, Taly AB, Govindaraju C, Sonam K, Chiplunkar S, Kumar R, Gayathri N, Bharath Mm S, Nagappa M, Sinha S, Khan NA, Govindaraj P, Nunia V, Paramasivam A, Thangaraj K. Magnetic resonance imaging correlates of genetically characterized patients with mitochondrial disorders: A study from south India. Mitochondrion 2015; 25:6-16. [PMID: 26341968 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2015.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2015] [Revised: 08/16/2015] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Large studies analyzing magnetic resonance imaging correlates in different genotypes of mitochondrial disorders are far and few. This study sought to analyze the pattern of magnetic resonance imaging findings in a cohort of genetically characterized patients with mitochondrial disorders. METHODS The study cohort included 33 patients (age range 18 months-50 years, M:F - 0.9:1) with definite mitochondrial disorders seen over a period of 8 yrs. (2006-2013). Their MR imaging findings were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS The patients were classified into three groups according to the genotype, Mitochondrial point mutations and deletions (n=21), SURF1 mutations (n=7) and POLG1 (n=5). The major findings included cerebellar atrophy (51.4%), cerebral atrophy (24.2%), signal changes in basal ganglia (45.7%), brainstem (34.2%) & white matter (18.1%) and stroke like lesions (25.7%). Spinal cord imaging showed signal changes in 4/6 patients. Analysis of the special sequences revealed, basal ganglia mineralization (7/22), lactate peak on magnetic resonance spectrometry (10/15), and diffusion restriction (6/22). Follow-up images in six patients showed that the findings are dynamic. Comparison of the magnetic resonance imaging findings in the three groups showed that cerebral atrophy and cerebellar atrophy, cortical signal changes and basal ganglia mineralization were seen mostly in patients with mitochondrial mutation. Brainstem signal changes with or without striatal lesions were characteristically noted in SURF1 group. There was no consistent imaging pattern in POLG1 group. CONCLUSION Magnetic resonance imaging findings in mitochondrial disorders are heterogeneous. Definite differences were noted in the frequency of anatomical involvement in the three groups. Familiarity with the imaging findings in different genotypes of mitochondrial disorders along with careful analysis of the family history, clinical presentation, biochemical findings, histochemical and structural analysis will help the physician for targeted metabolic and genetic testing.
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- Parayil Sankaran Bindu
- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
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- Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad, India
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Huemer M, Karall D, Schossig A, Abdenur JE, Al Jasmi F, Biagosch C, Distelmaier F, Freisinger P, Graham BH, Haack TB, Hauser N, Hertecant J, Ebrahimi-Fakhari D, Konstantopoulou V, Leydiker K, Lourenco CM, Scholl-Bürgi S, Wilichowski E, Wolf NI, Wortmann SB, Taylor RW, Mayr JA, Bonnen PE, Sperl W, Prokisch H, McFarland R. Clinical, morphological, biochemical, imaging and outcome parameters in 21 individuals with mitochondrial maintenance defect related to FBXL4 mutations. J Inherit Metab Dis 2015; 38:905-14. [PMID: 25868664 PMCID: PMC4841446 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-015-9836-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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FBXL4 deficiency is a recently described disorder of mitochondrial maintenance associated with a loss of mitochondrial DNA in cells. To date, the genetic diagnosis of FBXL4 deficiency has been established in 28 individuals. This paper retrospectively reviews proxy-reported clinical and biochemical findings and evaluates brain imaging, morphological and genetic data in 21 of those patients. Neonatal/early-onset severe lactic acidosis, muscular hypotonia, feeding problems and failure to thrive is the characteristic pattern at first presentation. Facial dysmorphic features are present in 67% of cases. Seven children died (mean age 37 months); 11 children were alive (mean age at follow-up 46 months), three children were lost to follow-up. All survivors developed severe psychomotor retardation. Brain imaging was non-specific in neonates but a later-onset, rapidly progressive brain atrophy was noted. Elevated blood lactate and metabolic acidosis were observed in all individuals; creatine kinase was elevated in 45% of measurements. Diagnostic workup in patient tissues and cells revealed a severe combined respiratory chain defect with a general decrease of enzymes associated with mitochondrial energy metabolism and a relative depletion of mitochondrial DNA content. Mutations were detected throughout the FBXL4 gene albeit with no clear delineation of a genotype-phenotype correlation. Treatment with "mitochondrial medications" did not prove effective. In conclusion, a clinical pattern of early-onset encephalopathy, persistent lactic acidosis, profound muscular hypotonia and typical facial dysmorphism should prompt initiation of molecular genetic analysis of FBXL4. Establishment of the diagnosis permits genetic counselling, prevents patients undergoing unhelpful diagnostic procedures and allows for accurate prognosis.
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- Martina Huemer
- Department of Pediatrics, Landeskrankenhaus Bregenz, Carl-Pedenz-Str. 2, 6900, Bregenz, Austria,
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Remenyi V, Inczedy-Farkas G, Komlosi K, Horvath R, Maasz A, Janicsek I, Pentelenyi K, Gal A, Karcagi V, Melegh B, Molnar MJ. Retrospective assessment of the most common mitochondrial DNA mutations in a large Hungarian cohort of suspect mitochondrial cases. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA 2015; 26:572-8. [PMID: 24438288 DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2013.878901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Prevalence estimations for mitochondrial disorders still vary widely and only few epidemiologic studies have been carried out so far. With the present work we aim to give a comprehensive overview about frequencies of the most common mitochondrial mutations in Hungarian patients. A total of 1328 patients were tested between 1999 and 2012. Among them, 882 were screened for the m.3243A > G, m.8344A > G, m.8993T > C/G mutations and deletions, 446 for LHON primary mutations. The mutation frequency in our cohort was 2.61% for the m.3243A > G, 1.47% for the m.8344A > G, 17.94% for Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (m.3460G > A, m.11778G > A, m.14484T > C) and 0.45% for the m.8993T > C/G substitutions. Single mtDNA deletions were detected in 14.97%, while multiple deletions in 6.01% of the cases. The mutation frequency in Hungarian patients suggestive of mitochondrial disease was similar to other Caucasian populations. Further retrospective studies of different populations are needed in order to accurately assess the importance of mitochondrial diseases and manage these patients.
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- Viktoria Remenyi
- Institute of Genomic Medicine and Rare Disorders, Semmelweis University , Budapest , Hungary
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Ruhoy IS, Saneto RP. The genetics of Leigh syndrome and its implications for clinical practice and risk management. APPLICATION OF CLINICAL GENETICS 2014; 7:221-34. [PMID: 25419155 PMCID: PMC4235479 DOI: 10.2147/tacg.s46176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Leigh syndrome, also referred to as subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy, is a severe, early-onset neurodegenerative disorder that is relentlessly progressive and devastating to both the patient and the patient’s family. Attributed to the ultimate failure of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, once it starts, the disease often results in the regression of both mental and motor skills, leading to disability and rapid progression to death. It is a mitochondrial disorder with both phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity. The cause of death is most often respiratory failure, but there are a whole host of complications, including refractory seizures, that may further complicate morbidity and mortality. The symptoms may develop slowly or with rapid progression, usually associated with age of onset. Although the disease is usually diagnosed within the first year of life, it is important to note that recent studies reveal phenotypic heterogeneity, with some patients having evidence of in utero presentation and others having adult-onset symptoms.
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- Ilene S Ruhoy
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Noninvasive diagnostics of mitochondrial disorders in isolated lymphocytes with high resolution respirometry. BBA CLINICAL 2014; 2:62-71. [PMID: 26675066 PMCID: PMC4633944 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbacli.2014.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Background Mitochondrial diseases belong to the most severe inherited metabolic disorders affecting pediatric population. Despite detailed knowledge of mtDNA mutations and progress in identification of affected nuclear genes, diagnostics of a substantial part of mitochondrial diseases relies on clinical symptoms and biochemical data from muscle biopsies and cultured fibroblasts. Methods To investigate manifestation of oxidative phosphorylation defects in isolated lymphocytes, digitonin-permeabilized cells from 48 children were analyzed by high resolution respirometry, cytofluorometric detection of mitochondrial membrane potential and immunodetection of respiratory chain proteins with SDS and Blue Native electrophoreses. Results Evaluation of individual respiratory complex activities, ATP synthesis, kinetic parameters of mitochondrial respiratory chain and the content and subunit composition of respiratory chain complexes enabled detection of inborn defects of respiratory complexes I, IV and V within 2 days. Low respiration with NADH-dependent substrates and increased respiration with glycerol-3-phosphate revealed complex I defects; changes in p50 for oxygen and elevated uncoupling control ratio pointed to complex IV deficiency due to SURF1 or SCO2 mutation; high oligomycin sensitivity of state 3-ADP respiration, upregulated mitochondrial membrane potential and low content of complex V were found in lymphocytes with ATP synthase deficiency due to TMEM70 mutations. Conclusion Based on our results, we propose the best biochemical parameters predictive for defects of respiratory complexes I, IV and V manifesting in peripheral blood lymphocytes. General significance The noninvasiveness, reliability and speed of an approach utilizing novel biochemical criteria demonstrate the high potential of isolated lymphocytes for diagnostics of oxidative phosphorylation disorders in pediatric patients. Analysis of inborn mitochondrial disorders in peripheral blood lymphocytes Detection of specific defects of respiratory chain complexes I, IV and V Manifestation of cytochrome c oxidase deficiency due to SCO2 mutations Rapid and noninvasive diagnostics/screening appropriate for pediatric patients
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Key Words
- AA, antimycin A
- BNE, Blue Native PAGE
- COX, cytochrome c oxidase
- Diagnostics
- FCCP, carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone
- GP, glycerol-3-phosphate
- GPDH, mitochondrial FAD-dependent glycerophosphate dehydrogenase
- Lymphocytes
- Mitochondrial diseases
- OXPHOS, oxidative phosphorylation
- Oxidative phosphorylation
- PAGE, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- Respirometry
- TMPD, tetramethylphenylenediamine
- TMRM, tetramethylrhodamine methyl ester
- cI–cV, respiratory chain complexes I–V
- s3, state 3-ADP
- s3u, state 3-uncoupled
- s4o, state 4-oligomycin
- ΔΨm, mitochondrial membrane potential
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Pronicka E, Piekutowska-Abramczuk D, Szymańska-Dębińska T, Bielecka L, Kowalski P, Łuczak S, Karkucińska-Więckowska A, Migdał M, Kubalska J, Zimowski J, Jamroz E, Wierzba J, Sykut-Cegielska J, Pronicki M, Zaremba J, Krajewska-Walasek M. The natural history of SCO2 deficiency in 36 Polish children confirmed the genotype–phenotype correlation. Mitochondrion 2013; 13:810-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2013.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2012] [Revised: 05/12/2013] [Accepted: 05/14/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Despite the striking advances in medical and surgical therapy, the morbidity, mortality, and economic burden of heart failure (HF) remain unacceptably high. There is increasing evidence that the risk and course of HF depend on genetic predisposition; however, the genetic contribution to HF is heterogeneous and complex. At one end of the spectrum are the familial monogenic HF syndromes in which causative mutations are rare but highly penetrant. At the other, HF susceptibility and course may be influenced by more common, less penetrant genetic variants. As detailed in this review, efforts to unravel the basis of the familial cardiomyopathies at the mendelian end of the spectrum already have begun to deliver on the promise of informative mechanisms, novel gene-based diagnostics, and therapies for distinct subtypes of HF. However, continued progress requires the differentiation of pathogenic mutations, disease modifiers, and rare, benign variants in the deluge of data emerging from increasingly accessible novel sequencing technologies. This represents a significant challenge and demands a sustained effort in analysis of extended family pedigrees, diligent clinical phenotyping, and systematic annotation of human genetic variation.
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- Thomas J. Cahill
- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Gurgel-Giannetti J, Oliveira G, Brasileiro Filho G, Martins P, Vainzof M, Hirano M. Mitochondrial cardioencephalomyopathy due to a novel SCO2 mutation in a Brazilian patient: case report and literature review. JAMA Neurol 2013; 70:258-61. [PMID: 23407777 DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To review all patients with SCO2 mutations and to describe a Brazilian patient with cardioencephalomyopathy carrying compound heterozygous mutations in SCO2, one being the known pathogenic p.E140K mutation and the other a novel 12-base pair (bp) deletion at nucleotides 1519 through 1530 (c.1519_1530del). DESIGN Case report and literature review. SETTING University hospital. PATIENT Infant girl presenting with an encephalomyopathy, inspiratory stridor, ventilator failure, progressive hypotonia, and weakness, leading to death. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Clinical features, neuroimaging findings, muscle biopsy with histochemical analysis, and genetic studies. RESULTS This infant girl was the first child of healthy, nonconsanguineous parents. She developed progressive muscular hypotonia and ventilatory failure. At the end of the first month of life, she developed cardiomegaly and signs of cardiac failure. Routine blood tests showed lactic acidosis and mild elevation of the creatine kinase level. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed increased T2 and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery signals in the putamen bilaterally. Nerve conduction studies showed severe axonal sensorimotor neuropathy. Muscle biopsy revealed a neurogenic pattern with mitochondrial proliferation and total absence of cytochrome- c oxidase histochemical stain. Sequencing of SCO2 showed that the patient had compound heterozygote SCO2 mutations: the previously described c.1541G>A (p.E140K) mutation and a novel 12-bp deletion at nucleotides 1519 through 1530 (c.1519_1530del). The patient died at age 45 days. CONCLUSIONS Our findings and the literature review indicate that it is important to consider the diagnosis of mitochondrial disease in newborns with hypotonia and cardiomyopathy. In our case, the accurate diagnosis of SCO2 mutations is particularly important for genetic counseling.
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- Juliana Gurgel-Giannetti
- Pediatric Neurology Service, Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Rua Rio Grande do Norte, 57/606 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 30.130-130, Brazil.
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Tanigawa J, Kaneko K, Honda M, Harashima H, Murayama K, Wada T, Takano K, Iai M, Yamashita S, Shimbo H, Aida N, Ohtake A, Osaka H. Two Japanese patients with Leigh syndrome caused by novel SURF1 mutations. Brain Dev 2012; 34:861-5. [PMID: 22410471 DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2011] [Revised: 02/11/2012] [Accepted: 02/13/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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We report two patients with Leigh syndrome that showed a combination of facial dysmorphism and MRI imaging indicating an SURF1 deficiency, which was confirmed by sequence analysis. Case 1 is a 3-year-old girl with failure to thrive and developmental delay. She presented with tachypnea at rest and displayed facial dysmorphism including frontal bossing, lateral displacement of inner canthi, esotropia, maxillary hypoplasia, slightly upturned nostril, and hypertrichosis dominant on the forehead and extremities. Case 2 is an 8-year-old boy with respiratory failure. He had been diagnosed as selective complex IV deficiency. Case 2 displayed facial dysmorphism and hypertrichosis. Since both patients displayed characteristic facial dysmorphism and MRI findings, we sequenced the SURF1 gene and identified two heterozygous mutations; c.49+1 G>T and c.752_753del in Case 1, and homozygous c.743 C>A in Case 2. For patients with Leigh syndrome showing these facial dysmorphism and hypertrichosis, sequence analysis of the SURF1 gene may be useful.
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- Junpei Tanigawa
- Division of Neurology, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Minami-ku, Yokohama 232-8555, Japan
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Baklouti-Gargouri S, Ghorbel M, Chamkha I, Mkaouar-Rebai E, Sellami A, Chakroun N, Fakhfakh F, Ammar-Keskes L. Possible Association of a Novel Missense Mutation A6375G in the MitochondrialCytochrome C Oxidase IGene with Asthenospermia in the Tunisian Population. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 2012; 16:1298-302. [DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2012.0052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Laboratory of Molecular Human Genetics, Sfax Faculty of Medicine, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Human Genetics, Sfax Faculty of Medicine, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Human Genetics, Sfax Faculty of Medicine, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Histology, Sfax Faculty of Medicine, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Histology, Sfax Faculty of Medicine, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Human Genetics, Sfax Faculty of Medicine, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Human Genetics, Sfax Faculty of Medicine, Sfax, Tunisia
- Laboratory of Histology, Sfax Faculty of Medicine, Sfax, Tunisia
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Finsterer J, Renaud S. Cerebro-spinal fluid findings in mitochondrial disorders. Mitochondrion 2012; 12:669-70. [PMID: 23000502 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2012.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2012] [Revised: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Honzik T, Tesarova M, Magner M, Mayr J, Jesina P, Vesela K, Wenchich L, Szentivanyi K, Hansikova H, Sperl W, Zeman J. Neonatal onset of mitochondrial disorders in 129 patients: clinical and laboratory characteristics and a new approach to diagnosis. J Inherit Metab Dis 2012; 35:749-59. [PMID: 22231385 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-011-9440-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2011] [Revised: 12/07/2011] [Accepted: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Mitochondrial disorders (MD) may manifest in neonates, but early diagnosis is difficult. In this study, clinical and laboratory data were analyzed in 129 patients with neonatal onset of MD to identify any association between specific mitochondrial diseases and their symptoms with the aim of optimizing diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective clinical and laboratory data were evaluated in 461 patients (331 families) with confirmed MD. RESULTS The neonatal onset of MD was reported in 28% of the patients. Prematurity, intrauterine growth retardation and hypotonia necessitating ventilatory support were present in one-third, cardiomyopathy in 40%, neonatal seizures in 16%, Leigh syndrome in 15%, and elevated lactate level in 87%. Hyperammonemia was observed in 22 out of 52 neonates. Complex I deficiency was identified in 15, complex III in one, complex IV in 23, complex V in 31, combined deficiency of several complexes in 53, and PDH complex deficiency was identified in six patients. Molecular diagnosis was confirmed in 49 cases, including a newborn with a 9134A>G mutation in the MTATP6 gene, which has not been described previously. CONCLUSION The most significant finding is the high incidence of neonatal cardiomyopathy and hyperammonemia. Based on our experience, we propose a diagnostic flowchart applicable to critically ill neonates suspicious for MD. This tool will allow for the use of direct molecular genetic analyses without the need for muscle biopsies in neonates with Alpers, Barth, MILS and Pearson syndromes, SCO1, SCO2, TMEM70, ATP5E, SUCLG1 gene mutations and PDH complex deficiency.
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- Tomas Honzik
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 2, 120 00, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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High-resolution melting analysis of 15 genes in 60 patients with cytochrome-c oxidase deficiency. J Hum Genet 2012; 57:442-8. [PMID: 22592081 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2012.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cytochrome-c oxidase (COX) deficiency is one of the common childhood mitochondrial disorders. Mutations in genes for the assembly factors SURF1 and SCO2 are prevalent in children with COX deficiency in the Slavonic population. Molecular diagnosis is difficult because of the number of genes involved in COX biogenesis and assembly. The aim of this study was to screen for mutations in 15 nuclear genes that encode the 10 structural subunits, their isoforms and two assembly factors of COX in 60 unrelated Czech children with COX deficiency. Nine novel variants were identified in exons and adjacent intronic regions of COX4I2, COX6A1, COX6A2, COX7A1, COX7A2 and COX10 using high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis. Online bioinformatics servers were used to predict the importance of the newly identified amino-acid substitutions. The newly characterized variants updated the contemporary spectrum of known genetic sequence variations that are present in the Czech population, which will be important for further targeted mutation screening in Czech COX-deficient children. HRM and predictive bioinformatics methodologies are advantageous because they are low-cost screening tools that complement large-scale genomic studies and reduce the required time and effort.
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Lee IC, El-Hattab AW, Wang J, Li FY, Weng SW, Craigen WJ, Wong LJC. SURF1-associated leigh syndrome: A case series and novel mutations. Hum Mutat 2012; 33:1192-200. [DOI: 10.1002/humu.22095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2011] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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DiMauro S, Tanji K, Schon EA. The Many Clinical Faces of Cytochrome c Oxidase Deficiency. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 748:341-57. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3573-0_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Mitochondrial disorders causing respiratory chain dysfunction comprise a group of genetically and clinically heterogeneous diseases. This heterogeneity reflects both the biochemical complexity of oxidative phosphorylation and the genetic contribution of both the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes to the respiratory chain. Current approaches to diagnose and classify mitochondrial disorders incorporate clinical, biochemical, and histological criteria, as well as DNA-based molecular diagnostic testing. While the identification of pathogenic mutations is generally accepted as definitive, the large number of candidate nuclear genes, the involvement of two genomes, and potential heteroplasmy of pathogenic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) frequently complicate successful molecular diagnostic confirmation. The strategy for pursuing a diagnosis derives from the integration of family history, clinical findings, biochemical evaluations, histopathological analyses, neuroradiological results, and the availability of different tissues for analyses. Screening for common point mutations and large deletions in mtDNA is usually the first step. Specific subsets of known nuclear disease genes can be screened by direct sequencing for cases of recognizable patterns of respiratory chain deficiencies or clinically identifiable syndromic presentations. Measurement of mtDNA content in affected tissues such as muscle and liver allows screening for mtDNA depletion syndromes. The growing list of known disease-causing genes and the promise of next generation sequencing technologies will undoubtedly improve diagnostic accuracy and genetic counseling for this challenging group of disorders.
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Individually rare, when taken as a whole, genetic inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) account for a significant proportion of early onset encephalopathy. Prompt diagnosis is crucial to assess appropriate investigation and can sometimes warrant successful therapy. Recent improvements in technology and expansion of knowledge on the biochemical and molecular basis of these disorders allow astute child neurologists and paediatricians to improve the early diagnosis of these genetically determined defects. However, because of rarity and heterogeneity of these disorders, IEM encephalopathies are still a formidable challenge for most physicians. The most frequent cause of childhood IEM encephalopathy is mitochondrial disease, whose biochemical 'signature' is faulty energy supply due to defects of the last component of the oxidative pathways residing within mitochondria, i.e. the mitochondrial respiratory chain.
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- Graziella Uziel
- Unit of Child Neurology, The 'Carlo Besta' Neurological Institute Foundation (IRCCS), via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy
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During the last decade rapid development has occurred in defining nuclear gene mutations causing mitochondrial disease. Some of these newly defined gene mutations cause neonatal or early infantile onset of disease, often associated with severe progressive encephalomyopathy combined with other multi-organ involvement such as cardiomyopathy or hepatopathy and with early death. Findings suggesting myopathy in neonates are hypotonia, muscle weakness and wasting, and arthrogryposis. We aim to describe the clinical findings of patients with mitochondrial disease presenting with muscular manifestations in the neonatal period or in early infancy and in whom the genetic defect has been characterized. The majority of patients with neonatal onset of mitochondrial disease have mutations in nuclear genes causing dysfunction of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, leading to defective oxidative phosphorylation.
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- Már Tulinius
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Gothenburg, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, S-416 85 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Pronicka E, Weglewska-Jurkiewicz A, Pronicki M, Sykut-Cegielska J, Kowalski P, Pajdowska M, Jankowska I, Kotulska K, Kalicinski P, Jakobkiewicz-Banecka J, Wegrzyn G. Drug-resistant epilepsia and fulminant valproate liver toxicity. Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome in two children confirmed post mortem by identification of p.W748S mutation in POLG gene. Med Sci Monit 2011; 17:CR203-9. [PMID: 21455106 PMCID: PMC3539522 DOI: 10.12659/msm.881716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background POLG (polymerase gamma) gene mutations lead to a variety of neurological disorders, including Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome (AHS). The diagnostic triad of AHS is: resistant epilepsy, liver impairment triggered by sodium valproate (VA), and mitochondrial DNA depletion. Material/Methods A cohort of 28 children with mitochondrial encephalopathy and liver failure was qualified for retrospective study of mitochondrial DNA depletion and POLG mutations. Results The p.W748S POLG gene mutation was revealed in 2 children, the only ones in the cohort who fulfilled the AHS criteria. Depletion of mtDNA (16% of control value) was confirmed post mortem in available liver tissue and was not detected in the muscle. The disease started with drug-resistant seizures, failure to thrive and developmental regression at the ages of 7 and 18 months, respectively. Irreversible liver failure developed after VA administration. Co-existence of epilepsy, VA liver toxicity, lactic acidemia and muscle respiratory chain dysfunction led finally to the diagnosis of mitochondrial disorder (and AHS suspicion). Conclusions Our results confirm, for the first time, the occurrence of a pathology caused by POLG gene mutation(s) in the Polish population. POLG mutation screening and mtDNA depletion assessment should be included in differential diagnosis of drug-resistant epilepsy associated with a hepatopathy.
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- Ewa Pronicka
- Department of Metabolic Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Children's Memorial Health Institute Warsaw, Poland.
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Hypoxic and hypercapnic challenges unveil respiratory vulnerability of Surf1 knockout mice, an animal model of Leigh syndrome. Mitochondrion 2011; 11:413-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2010.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2010] [Revised: 10/18/2010] [Accepted: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Huigsloot M, Nijtmans L, Szklarczyk R, Baars M, van den Brand M, HendriksFranssen M, van den Heuvel L, Smeitink J, Huynen M, Rodenburg R. A mutation in C2orf64 causes impaired cytochrome c oxidase assembly and mitochondrial cardiomyopathy. Am J Hum Genet 2011; 88:488-93. [PMID: 21457908 PMCID: PMC3071910 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Revised: 02/21/2011] [Accepted: 03/02/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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The assembly of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex IV (cytochrome c oxidase) involves the coordinated action of several assembly chaperones. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, at least 30 different assembly chaperones have been identified. To date, pathogenic mutations leading to a mitochondrial disorder have been identified in only seven of the corresponding human genes. One of the genes for which the relevance to human pathology is unknown is C2orf64, an ortholog of the S. cerevisiae gene PET191. This gene has previously been shown to be a complex IV assembly factor in yeast, although its exact role is still unknown. Previous research in a large cohort of complex IV deficient patients did not support an etiological role of C2orf64 in complex IV deficiency. In this report, a homozygous mutation in C2orf64 is described in two siblings affected by fatal neonatal cardiomyopathy. Pathogenicity of the mutation is supported by the results of a complementation experiment, showing that complex IV activity can be fully restored by retroviral transduction of wild-type C2orf64 in patient-derived fibroblasts. Detailed analysis of complex IV assembly intermediates in patient fibroblasts by 2D-BN PAGE revealed the accumulation of a small assembly intermediate containing subunit COX1 but not the COX2, COX4, or COX5b subunits, indicating that C2orf64 is involved in an early step of the complex IV assembly process. The results of this study demonstrate that C2orf64 is essential for human complex IV assembly and that C2orf64 mutational analysis should be considered for complex IV deficient patients, in particular those with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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- Merei Huigsloot
- Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Genetic, Endocrine, and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Genetic, Endocrine, and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, NL-1105AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Genetic, Endocrine, and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Genetic, Endocrine, and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Genetic, Endocrine, and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Genetic, Endocrine, and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, NL-6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Elevated CSF-lactate is a reliable marker of mitochondrial disorders in children even after brief seizures. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2011; 15:101-8. [PMID: 21075023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2010.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2010] [Revised: 10/03/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Increased lactate is an important biochemical marker in diagnosis of children with suspicion of mitochondrial disorders. A diagnostic dilemma may originate if analyses are performed after seizures, when the increased lactate levels may be considered to result from the seizures. To address this problem, we ascertained the diagnostic value of lactate and alanine in blood (B) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in children with mitochondrial disorders (n = 24), epilepsy (n = 32), psychomotor retardation (n = 23), meningitis (n = 12) and meningism (n = 16). METHODS Lactate concentration was measured using a spectrophotometric method. Amino acids in serum and CSF were analyzed by ion exchange chromatography with ninhydrin detection. RESULTS Average blood and CSF-lactate levels were significantly higher in children with mitochondrial disorders (3.87 ± 0.48 and 4.43 ± 0.55 mmol/l) and meningitis (2.77 ± 0.45 and 8.58 ± 1.08 mmol/l) than in children with epilepsy (1.72 ± 0.13 and 1.62 ± 0.04 mmol/l), psychomotor retardation (1.79 ± 1.40 and 1.68 ± 0.06 mmol/l) or meningism (1.70 ± 0.13 and 1.64 ± 0.07 mmol/l). Blood and CSF-alanine levels were also higher in children with mitochondrial disorders (558 ± 44 and 51 ± 8 μmol/l) than in children with epilepsy (327 ± 23 and 27 ± 3 μmol/l) or psychomotor retardation (323 ± 27 and 26 ± 3 μmol/l). The CSF-lactate levels of children with epilepsy were similar whether the samples were obtained 3 ± 0.6 h after an attack of brief seizures or from children without history of recent seizures. CONCLUSION Elevated cerebrospinal fluid lactate level is a reliable marker pointing to mitochondrial origin of disease, even in children who have recently suffered short-lasting seizures. Some children with mitochondrial disorders manifest only mild or intermittent elevation of lactate levels.
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Mimaki M, Hatakeyama H, Komaki H, Yokoyama M, Arai H, Kirino Y, Suzuki T, Nishino I, Nonaka I, Goto YI. Reversible infantile respiratory chain deficiency: a clinical and molecular study. Ann Neurol 2011; 68:845-54. [PMID: 21194154 DOI: 10.1002/ana.22111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize the clinical features and clarify the pathogenicity of "benign cytochrome c oxidase deficiency myopathy." METHODS The study included 8 patients with the phenotype of this disease. Six patients underwent muscle biopsies and all the 8 underwent mitochondrial DNA analyses. To confirm the pathogenicity of the detected mitochondrial DNA mutation, we performed northern blot analysis, using muscle specimens, and blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and respiratory chain enzyme activity assay of transmitochondrial cell lines (cybrids). RESULTS Clinical symptoms were limited to skeletal muscle and improved spontaneously in all cases; however, 2 siblings had basal ganglia lesions. In all patients, we identified a homoplasmic m.14674T>C or m.14674T>G mitochondrial transfer RNA-glutamate mutation. Northern blot analysis revealed decreased levels of mitochondrial transfer RNA-glutamate molecules. Muscle specimens and cybrids derived from patients showed decreased activity of respiratory complexes IV, and/or I, III; however, this was normal in naive myoblasts. INTERPRETATION Identification of a novel m.14674T>G mutation in addition to m.14674T>C indicated the importance of this site for disease causation. Analyses of cybrids revealed the pathogenicity of m.14674T>C mutation, which resulted in defects of cytochrome c oxidase and multiple respiratory chain enzymes. Furthermore, patients with basal ganglia lesions provided new insights into this disease, in which only skeletal muscle was thought to be affected. Normal respiratory chain enzyme activities in naive myoblasts suggested the compensatory influence of nuclear factors, which may be a clue to understanding the mechanisms of spontaneous recovery and low penetrance in families carrying the mutation.
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- Masakazu Mimaki
- Department of Mental Retardation and Birth Defect Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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Moustris A, Edwards MJ, Bhatia KP. Movement disorders and mitochondrial disease. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2011; 100:173-92. [PMID: 21496577 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-52014-2.00010-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Andreas Moustris
- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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Mkaouar-Rebai E, Ellouze E, Chamkha I, Kammoun F, Triki C, Fakhfakh F. Molecular-clinical correlation in a family with a novel heteroplasmic Leigh syndrome missense mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase III gene. J Child Neurol 2011; 26:12-20. [PMID: 20525945 DOI: 10.1177/0883073810371227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cytochrome c oxidase is an essential component of the mitochondrial respiratory chain that catalyzes the reduction of molecular oxygen by reduced cytochrome c. In this study, the authors report the second mutation associated with Leigh syndrome in the blood and buccal mucosa of 2 affected members of a Tunisian family. It was a novel heteroplasmic missense mitochondrial mutation at nucleotide 9478 in the gene specifying subunit III of cytochrome c oxidase substituting the valine at position 91 to alanine in a highly conserved amino acid. It was found with a high mutant load in tissues derived from endoderm (buccal mucosa) and mesoderm (blood). However, it was nearly absent in tissue derived from ectoderm (hair follicles). It was absent in 120 healthy controls, and PolyPhen analysis showed that the hydropathy index changed from +1.276 to +0.242, and the number of structures of the 3D protein decreased from 39 to 32.
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- Emna Mkaouar-Rebai
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Faculté de Médecine de Sfax, Tunisia.
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Du A, Naviaux RK, Le T, Xu C, Sommer SS, Haas RH. Fibroblast immuno-diagnosis of cytochrome oxidase (COX) deficiency in mitochondrial disease. Mitochondrion 2010; 11:430-6. [PMID: 21187165 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2010.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2010] [Revised: 11/27/2010] [Accepted: 12/20/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We studied cytochrome c oxidase (COX) expression patterns in nuclear and mtDNA gene defects. Using quantitative immunocytochemical assay for COX, heteroplasmic staining was seen in MELAS patients with mtDNA mutations but similar staining variability was seen in control cell lines and nuclear gene defects. All fibroblast lines showed a wide variability in cell-to-cell COX I staining intensity. All 8 patient fibroblast lines had reduced COX staining on immunocytochemistry. In 6 lines reduced protein amount was seen on Western blotting and 7 had low COX activity. This study demonstrates that nuclear gene defects can produce a heteroplasmic appearance on immunocytochemistry.
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- Ailian Du
- Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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Pronicka E, Węglewska-Jurkiewicz A, Taybert J, Pronicki M, Szymańska-Dębińska T, Karkucińska-Więckowska A, Jakóbkiewicz-Banecka J, Kowalski P, Piekutowska-Abramczuk D, Pajdowska M, Socha P, Sykut-Cegielska J, Węgrzyn G. Post mortem identification of deoxyguanosine kinase (DGUOK) gene mutations combined with impaired glucose homeostasis and iron overload features in four infants with severe progressive liver failure. J Appl Genet 2010; 52:61-6. [PMID: 21107780 PMCID: PMC3026684 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-010-0008-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2010] [Revised: 07/23/2010] [Accepted: 09/06/2010] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Deoxyguanosine kinase deficiency (dGK) is a frequent cause of the hepatocerebral form of mitochondrial depletion syndrome (MDS). A group of 28 infants with severe progressive liver failure of unknown cause was recruited for post mortem search for deoxyguanosine kinase (DGUOK) gene mutations. Four affected patients (14% of the studied group), two homozygotes, one compound heterozygote, and one heterozygote, with DGUOK mutation found on only one allele, were identified. Three known pathogenic mutations in the DGUOK gene were detected, c.3G>A (p.Met1Ile), c.494A>T (p.Glu165Val), and c.766_767insGATT (p.Phe256X), and one novel molecular variant of unknown pathogeneity, c.813_814insTTT (p.Asn271_Thr272insPhe). Profound mitochondrial DNA depletion was confirmed in available specimens of the liver (4%, 15%, and 10% of the normal value) and in the muscle (4%, 23%, 45%, and 6%, respectively). The patients were born with low weights for gestational age and they presented adaptation trouble during the first days of life. Subsequently, liver failure developed, leading to death at the ages of 18, 6, 5.5, and 2.25 months, respectively. Mild neurological involvement was observed in all children (hypotonia, psychomotor retardation, and ptosis). Hypoglycemia (hypoketotic) and lactic acidosis were the constant laboratory findings. Elevated transferrin saturation, high ferritin, and alpha-fetoprotein levels resembled, in two cases, a neonatal hemochromatosis. Liver histopathology showed severe hepatic damage ranging from micronodular formation and cirrhosis to the total loss of liver architecture with diffuse fibrosis and neocholangiolar proliferation. Pancreatic islet cell hyperplasia with numerous confluent giant islets was found in both autopsied infants. Analysis of the natural history of the disease in our patients and the literature data led us to the following observations: (i) islet cell hyperplasia (and hyperinsulinism) may contribute to MDS-associated hypoglycemia; (ii) iron overload may additionally damage mtDNA-depleted tissues; (iii) low birth weight, adaptation trouble, and abnormal amino acids in newborn screening are frequent in dGK-deficient neonates.
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- Ewa Pronicka
- Department of Metabolic Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Children's Memorial Health Institute (CMHI), Aleja Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730, Warsaw, Poland.
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Ezugha H, Goldenthal M, Valencia I, Anderson CE, Legido A, Marks H. 5q14.3 deletion manifesting as mitochondrial disease and autism: case report. J Child Neurol 2010; 25:1232-5. [PMID: 20179003 DOI: 10.1177/0883073809361165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Mitochondrial disorders are usually associated with defects of 1 or more of the 5 complexes (I to V) of the electron transport chain, or respiratory chain. Complex I and IV are the 2 most frequent abnormalities of the electron transport chain in humans. The authors report the case of a 12-year-old boy with dysmorphic facies, mental retardation, autism, epilepsy, and leg weakness. Buccal swab electron transport chain analysis revealed severe decrease in complex IV and mild reduction in complex I activity levels. Chromosomal microarray studies, using array-based comparative genomic hybridization, revealed a 1-Mb deletion in the 5q14.3 region. This case illustrates that this deletion can be associated with complex I and IV deficits, hence manifesting as a mitochondrial disease. It could be hypothesized that genes that either encode or regulate the expression and/or assembly of complex IV or I subunits are located within the deleted region of 5q14.3.
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- Herbert Ezugha
- Sections of Neurology, St Christopher's Hospital for Children, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Wong LJC, Scaglia F, Graham BH, Craigen WJ. Current molecular diagnostic algorithm for mitochondrial disorders. Mol Genet Metab 2010; 100:111-7. [PMID: 20359921 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2010.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2010] [Revised: 02/25/2010] [Accepted: 02/26/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Mitochondrial respiratory chain disorders (RCD) are a group of genetically and clinically heterogeneous diseases, due in part to the biochemical complexity of mitochondrial respiration and the fact that two genomes, one mitochondrial and one nuclear, encode the components of the respiratory chain. Because of the large number of genes involved, attempts to classify mitochondrial RCD incorporate clinical, biochemical, and histological criteria, in addition to DNA-based molecular diagnostic testing. While molecular testing is widely viewed as definitive, confirmation of the diagnosis by molecular methods often remains a challenge because of the large number of genes, the two genome complexity and the varying proportions of pathogenic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecules in a patient, a concept termed heteroplasmy. The selection of genes to be analyzed depends on the family history and clinical, biochemical, histopathological, and imaging results, as well as the availability of different tissues for analysis. Screening of common point mutations and large deletions in mtDNA is typically the first step. In cases where tissue-specific, recognizable clinical syndromes or characteristic RC complex deficiencies and histochemical abnormalities are observed, direct sequencing of the specific causative nuclear gene(s) can be performed on white blood cell DNA. Measurement of mtDNA content in affected tissues such as muscle and liver allows screening for mtDNA depletion syndromes. The ever-expanding list of known disease-causing genes will undoubtedly improve diagnostic accuracy and genetic counseling.
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- Lee-Jun C Wong
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Illness-induced exacerbation of Leigh syndrome in a patient with the MTATP6 mutation, m. 9185 T>C. Mitochondrion 2010; 10:567-72. [PMID: 20546952 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2010.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2010] [Revised: 04/24/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The most common mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations giving rise to Leigh syndrome reside in the MTATP6 gene. We report a rare mutation, m. 9185 T>C that gives rise to a progressive, but episodic pattern of neurological impairment with partial recovery. Disease progression corresponded to febrile viral illness and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes. The patient displayed nearly 100% homoplasmy, while his asymptomatic mother was 30%. Phenotypically, exacerbations of muscle weakness with endurance intolerance, dysarthric speech, ataxia, and eyelid ptosis accompanied febrile viral illness. This case demonstrates an episodic pattern of febrile illness-induced disease exacerbation with corresponding MRI changes.
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