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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2015

Sporadic PEO caused by a novel POLG variation and a Twinkle mutation: digenic inheritance?

Paola Da Pozzo, Anna Rubegni, Alessandra Rufa, Elena Cardaioli, Ilaria Taglia, Gian Nicola Gallus, Alessandro Malandrini, Antonio Federico

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Novel biallelic mutations in POLG gene: large deletion and missense variant associated with PEO.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021
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  2. Advances in clinical neurology through the journal "Neurological Sciences" (2015-2016).Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2017
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paola Da PozzoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 2, 53100, Siena, Italy.
Anna Rubegni
Alessandra Rufa
Elena Cardaioli
Ilaria Taglia
Gian Nicola Gallus
Alessandro Malandrini
Antonio Federico
University of Siena · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · IT

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Abstract

Progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) with multiple deletions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is associated with several mutations in nuclear genes. They include POLG, POLG2, ANT1, C10orf2/Twinkle, and OPA1. However, digenic inheritance in mitochondrial disorders has been documented in a few cases over the years. Here we describe an 80-year-old man with sporadic PEO associated with mtDNA deletions. Sequencing of the POLG revealed a novel heterozygous mutation (c.2831A>G; p.Glu944Gly), predicted in silico as damaging, in the patient who also carried a heterozygous mutation in C10orf2/Twinkle (c.1142T>C; p.Leu381Pro). This case provides a second report of a PEO with different mutations in the POLG and C10orf2/Twinkle genes, supporting the hypothesis that the PEO phenotype can be determined by the co-existence of two abnormalities in separate genes, both involved in the maintenance and stability of mtDNA. Finally, this study expands the spectrum of POLG mutations and highlights the need to sequence the whole set of nuclear genes associated with PEO and multiple mtDNA deletions.

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MutationAged, 80 and overDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA HelicasesDNA Polymerase gammaHumansMaleMitochondrial ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMuscle, SkeletalOphthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive ExternalSequence Homology, Amino AcidDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA HelicasesDNA Polymerase gammaMitochondrial ProteinsPOLG protein, humanTWNK protein, human

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