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ArticleHuman mutation2016

Biallelic Mutations in DNM1L are Associated with a Slowly Progressive Infantile Encephalopathy.

Alessia Nasca, Andrea Legati, Enrico Baruffini, Cecilia Nolli, Isabella Moroni, Anna Ardissone, Paola Goffrini, Daniele Ghezzi

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Article in Human mutation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alessia NascaUnit of Molecular Neurogenetics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico 'Carlo Besta', Milan, Italy.
Andrea LegatiUnit of Molecular Neurogenetics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico 'Carlo Besta', Milan, Italy.
Enrico BaruffiniDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Cecilia NolliDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Isabella MoroniUnit of Child Neurology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico 'Carlo Besta', Milan, Italy.
Anna ArdissoneUnit of Child Neurology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico 'Carlo Besta', Milan, Italy.
Paola GoffriniDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Daniele GhezziUnit of Molecular Neurogenetics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico 'Carlo Besta', Milan, Italy.
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta · ITUniversity of Parma · IT

Funding

Telethon GGP15041Telethon GTB12001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles, undergoing continuous fission and fusion, and mitochondrial dynamics is important for several cellular functions. DNM1L is the most important mediator of mitochondrial fission, with a role also in peroxisome division. Few reports of patients with genetic defects in DNM1L have been published, most of them describing de novo dominant mutations. We identified compound heterozygous DNM1L variants in two brothers presenting with an infantile slowly progressive neurological impairment. One variant was a frame-shift mutation, the other was a missense change, the pathogenicity of which was validated in a yeast model. Fluorescence microscopy revealed abnormally elongated mitochondria and aberrant peroxisomes in mutant fibroblasts, indicating impaired fission of these organelles. In conclusion, we described a recessive disease caused by DNM1L mutations, with a clinical phenotype resembling mitochondrial disorders but without any biochemical features typical of these syndromes (lactic acidosis, respiratory chain complex deficiency) or indicating a peroxisomal disorder.

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MutationAdolescentAllelesBrain DiseasesChild, PreschoolCodon, NonsenseDynaminsFrameshift MutationGTP PhosphohydrolasesHumansMaleMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMitochondriaMitochondrial DynamicsMitochondrial ProteinsPedigreeCodon, NonsenseDNM1L protein, humanDynaminsGTP PhosphohydrolasesMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMitochondrial ProteinsDNM1Lmitochondrial disordersmitochondrial dynamicsmitochondrial fissionperoxisome

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PMCPMC5108486
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