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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
It has been suggested that mitochondrial dysfunction is important in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders such as depression, schizophrenia and dementia. We report herein three adult patients exhibiting such psychiatric symptoms as the core manifestation, accompanied by various degrees of myopathic symptoms. Pathological findings in biopsied skeletal muscle were compatible with mitochondrial myopathy in all cases. Maternal inheritance was not apparent in all three cases; however, two patients were born to consanguineous parents. Mutation analysis on the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and seven nuclear genes, in which pathogenic mutations are known to cause mtDNA deletions, was performed. MtDNA deletion mutations were identified in skeletal muscles of all patients. Neither pathogenic mutations nor copy number variation was identified among the nuclear genes. Although further studies are needed, the molecular pathways inducing mitochondrial abnormalities may be implicated in a variety of psychiatric conditions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1872-8111
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd and the Japan Neuroscience Society. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
331-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Age of Onset, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-DNA, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Gene Dosage, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Mental Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Mitochondrial Myopathies, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:21185889-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Mitochondrial DNA deletion mutations in patients with neuropsychiatric symptoms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't