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ArticleBMC pediatrics2020

Multisystem mitochondrial diseases due to mutations in mtDNA-encoded subunits of complex I.

Tereza Danhelovska, Hana Kolarova, Jiri Zeman, Hana Hansikova, Manuela Vaneckova, Lukas Lambert, Vendula Kucerova-Vidrova, Kamila Berankova, Tomas Honzik, Marketa Tesarova

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Tereza DanhelovskaDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic.
Hana KolarovaDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic.
Jiri ZemanDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic.
Hana HansikovaDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic.
Manuela VaneckovaDepartment of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Lukas LambertDepartment of Radiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Vendula Kucerova-VidrovaDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic.
Kamila BerankovaDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic.
Tomas HonzikDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic.
Marketa TesarovaDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 2, 128 08 Praha 2, Prague, Czech Republic. marketa.tesarova@lf1.cuni.cz.ORCID 0000-0002-5141-2289

Funding

Ministerstvo Zdravotnictví Ceské Republiky AZV 17-30965AMinisterstvo Zdravotnictví Ceské Republiky RVO VFN 64165Univerzita Karlova v Praze Q26/LF1Univerzita Karlova v Praze SVV260367Univerzita Karlova v Praze UNCE 204064
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMaternally inherited complex I deficiencies due to mutations in MT-ND genes represent a heterogeneous group of multisystem mitochondrial disorders (MD) with a unfavourable prognosis. The aim of the study was to characterize the impact of the mutations in MT-ND genes, including the novel m.13091 T > C variant, on the course of the disease, and to analyse the activities of respiratory chain complexes, the amount of protein subunits, and the mitochondrial energy-generating system (MEGS) in available muscle biopsies and cultivated fibroblasts.

methodsThe respiratory chain complex activities were measured by spectrophotometry, MEGS were analysed using radiolabelled substrates, and protein amount by SDS-PAGE or BN-PAGE in muscle or fibroblasts.

resultsIn our cohort of 106 unrelated families carrying different mtDNA mutations, we found heteroplasmic mutations in the genes MT-ND1, MT-ND3, and MT-ND5, including the novel variant m.13091 T > C, in 13 patients with MD from 12 families. First symptoms developed between early childhood and adolescence and progressed to multisystem disease with a phenotype of Leigh or MELAS syndromes. MRI revealed bilateral symmetrical involvement of deep grey matter typical of Leigh syndrome in 6 children, cortical/white matter stroke-like lesions suggesting MELAS syndrome in 3 patients, and a combination of cortico-subcortical lesions and grey matter involvement in 4 patients. MEGS indicated mitochondrial disturbances in all available muscle samples, as well as a significantly decreased oxidation of [1-

conclusionsMaternally inherited complex I deficiencies were found in 11% of families with mitochondrial diseases in our region. Six patients manifested with Leigh, three with MELAS. The remaining four patients presented with an overlap between these two syndromes. MEGS, especially the oxidation of [1-

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DNA, MitochondrialMutationAdolescentAdultAge of OnsetBiopsyBrainCells, CulturedChildElectron Transport Complex IFemaleFibroblastsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLeigh DiseaseDNA, MitochondrialElectron Transport Complex IComplex ILeigh syndromeMEGSMELAS syndromeMitochondriamtDNAMT-ND genes

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PMID31996177
PMCPMC6988306

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