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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is characterized by cerebral symptoms, but peripheral nerve or muscle involvement has not been reported. We describe a patient who had a stereotypic clinical presentation of CADASIL and, in addition, myopathy with ragged-red fibers, suggesting a mitochondrial disorder. Therefore we determined the nucleotide sequence in the entire coding region of the patient's mtDNA by conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis and sequencing. Sequence of the exon 4 in the Notch3 gene was determined in a similar fashion. We found that the patient had myopathy with ragged-red fibers, and ultrastructural examination revealed mitochondrial aberrations. CADASIL was due to an R133C mutation in Notch3; in addition, we found a novel mutation 5650G>A in the tRNAAla gene in mtDNA. The mutation was heteroplasmic, with the proportions of the mutant genome being 99% in muscle, 96% in the buccal epithelium, 95% in the skin, and 65% in the blood. The absence of the mutation in a maternal cousin four times removed indicated that it was new in the pedigree. We suggest that the mtDNA mutation is pathogenic, as it was associated with a relevant clinical phenotype, it was not found among controls, and it altered a structurally important segment in the amino acid acceptor stem in the tRNAAla. Furthermore, its absence in nine patients from five families with R133C suggests that its relationship with the Notch3 mutation is coincidental.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0946-2716
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
641-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-DNA, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Dementia, Multi-Infarct, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Muscular Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-RNA, Transfer, Ala, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:11715067-Receptors, Notch
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel mitochondrial DNA mutation and a mutation in the Notch3 gene in a patient with myopathy and CADASIL.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014 Oulu, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't