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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a new mitochondrial DNA mutation in a male infant who presented clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features of Leigh syndrome and died at the age of 9 mo. The patient's development was reportedly normal in the first months of life. At the age of 5 mo, he presented severe generalized hypotonia, nystagmus, and absent eye contact. Laboratory examination showed increased lactate and pyruvate in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple necrotic lesions in the basal ganglia, brain stem, and thalamus. Muscle histopathology was unremarkable, whereas respiratory chain enzyme analysis revealed a severe complex I deficiency. The patient died after an acidotic coma at age 9 mo. Sequence analysis of the entire mtDNA disclosed a new T10158C mutation with variable tissue heteroplasm (muscle: 83%; blood: 48%). The mutation was undetectable in the blood of his unaffected mother. The transition changes a serine residue into a proline, in a highly conserved region of the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 (ND3). This is the first description of a mitochondrial ND3 gene in Leigh syndrome with early lethality.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0031-3998
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
842-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-5-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-DNA, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Electron Transport, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Electron Transport Complex I, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Family Health, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Lactic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Leigh Disease, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Pyruvic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:14764913-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
A new mitochondrial DNA mutation in ND3 gene causing severe Leigh syndrome with early lethality.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro Dino Ferrari, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Centro di Eccellenza per le malattie Neuro-Degenerative, 20122 Milano, Italy. neurogene@policlinico.mi.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't