异质性
线粒体脑肌病
遗传学
线粒体DNA
症候群
生物
线粒体肌病
突变
复合杂合度
粒线体疾病
乳酸性酸中毒
共济失调
基因
内分泌学
神经科学
作者
Gailing Liu,Xiya Shen,Ying Sun,Qing Lv,Yuanyuan Li,Ailian Du
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.jns.2019.116562
摘要
Abstract
The m.3243A > G mutation in the mitochondrial tRNALeu (UUR) gene is associated with a variety of phenotypic heterogeneity. The clinical spectrum and phenotypic-genotypic correlations in the Chinese patients are poorly understood. In the present study, we reported the clinical and genetic characterization, as well as haplogroups of seven Han Chinese families carrying the m.3243A > G mutation. Of the 39 matrilineal individuals, five suffered from mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS), two had life-threatening mitochondrial myopathy (LTMM), and one patient had neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa (NARP)-like syndrome. The LTMM and NARP like syndromes enriched the phenotypic profile of the m.3243A > G mutation. The heteroplasmy of the m.3243A > G mutation ranged from 16% to 59% in MELAS, 29% to 79% in LTMM, and 57% in a NARP-like syndrome patient. The levels ranged from 0% to 14% in patients that manifested with pure diabetes and pure hearing loss, and 0% to 5% in 13 normal family members. However, we particularly noticed heteroplasmy in four asymptomatic individuals in one LTMM family carried the heteroplasmy mutation ranged from 22% to 78%, implying that there were other modifying factors in this family. The modulation of the phenotype of mtDNA mutations requires further investigation.
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