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ArticleNeurogenetics2017

Novel GFM2 variants associated with early-onset neurological presentations of mitochondrial disease and impaired expression of OXPHOS subunits.

Ruth I C Glasgow, Kyle Thompson, Inês A Barbosa, Langping He, Charlotte L Alston, Charu Deshpande, Michael A Simpson, Andrew A M Morris, Axel Neu, Ulrike Löbel and 6 more

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Article in Neurogenetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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16 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.

Ruth I C GlasgowWellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
Kyle ThompsonWellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
Inês A BarbosaDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London School of Medicine, London, UK.
Langping HeWellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
Charlotte L AlstonWellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
Charu DeshpandeDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London School of Medicine, London, UK.
Michael A SimpsonDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London School of Medicine, London, UK.
Andrew A M MorrisDivision of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Axel NeuUniversity Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Ulrike LöbelDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Julie HallDepartment of Neuroradiology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Holger ProkischInstitute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
Tobias B HaackInstitute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Maja HempelInstitute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Robert McFarlandWellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
Robert W TaylorWellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. robert.taylor@ncl.ac.uk.
King's College London · GBNewcastle University · GBWellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research · GBUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DEHelmholtz Zentrum München · DERoyal Victoria Infirmary · GBUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Manchester · GBUniversity of Tübingen · DE

Funding

Department of Health NIHR-HCS-D12-03-04Medical Research Council G0800674Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial diseases are characterised by clinical, molecular and functional heterogeneity, reflecting their bi-genomic control. The nuclear gene GFM2 encodes mtEFG2, a protein with an essential role during the termination stage of mitochondrial translation. We present here two unrelated patients harbouring different and previously unreported compound heterozygous (c.569G>A, p.(Arg190Gln); c.636delA, p.(Glu213Argfs*3)) and homozygous (c.275A>C, p.(Tyr92Ser)) recessive variants in GFM2 identified by whole exome sequencing (WES) together with histochemical and biochemical findings to support the diagnoses of pathological GFM2 variants in each case. Both patients presented similarly in early childhood with global developmental delay, raised CSF lactate and abnormalities on cranial MRI. Sanger sequencing of familial samples confirmed the segregation of bi-allelic GFM2 variants with disease, while investigations into steady-state mitochondrial protein levels revealed respiratory chain subunit defects and loss of mtEFG2 protein in muscle. These data demonstrate the effects of defective mtEFG2 function, caused by previously unreported variants, confirming pathogenicity and expanding the clinical phenotypes associated with GFM2 variants.

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ChildExomeFemaleHomozygoteHumansMaleMitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesMitochondrial ProteinsMutationPedigreePeptide Elongation Factor GPhenotypeGFM2 protein, humanMitochondrial ProteinsPeptide Elongation Factor GDevelopmental delayGFM2Mitochondrial diseaseMitochondrial translationWES

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PMID29075935
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