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Omidsalar AA, McCullough CG, Xu L, Boedijono S, Gerke D, Webb MG, Manojlovic Z, Sequeira A, Lew MF, Santorelli M, Serrano GE, Beach TG, Limon A, Vawter MP, Hjelm BE. Common mitochondrial deletions in RNA-Seq: evaluation of bulk, single-cell, and spatial transcriptomic datasets. Commun Biol 2024; 7:200. [PMID: 38368460 PMCID: PMC10874445 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-05877-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024] Open
Abstract
Common mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions are large structural variants in the mitochondrial genome that accumulate in metabolically active tissues with age and have been investigated in various diseases. We applied the Splice-Break2 pipeline (designed for high-throughput quantification of mtDNA deletions) to human RNA-Seq datasets and describe the methodological considerations for evaluating common deletions in bulk, single-cell, and spatial transcriptomics datasets. A robust evaluation of 1570 samples from 14 RNA-Seq studies showed: (i) the abundance of some common deletions detected in PCR-amplified mtDNA correlates with levels observed in RNA-Seq data; (ii) RNA-Seq library preparation method has a strong effect on deletion detection; (iii) deletions had a significant, positive correlation with age in brain and muscle; (iv) deletions were enriched in cortical grey matter, specifically in layers 3 and 5; and (v) brain regions with dopaminergic neurons (i.e., substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area, and caudate nucleus) had remarkable enrichment of common mtDNA deletions.
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- Audrey A Omidsalar
- Department of Translational Genomics, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California - Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Banner Sun Health Research Institute (BSHRI), Sun City, AZ, USA
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- Banner Sun Health Research Institute (BSHRI), Sun City, AZ, USA
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- Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California - Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Hernández-Ainsa C, López-Gallardo E, García-Jiménez MC, Climent-Alcalá FJ, Rodríguez-Vigil C, García Fernández de Villalta M, Artuch R, Montoya J, Ruiz-Pesini E, Emperador S. Development and characterization of cell models harbouring mtDNA deletions for in vitro study of Pearson syndrome. Dis Model Mech 2022; 15:dmm049083. [PMID: 35191981 PMCID: PMC8906170 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.049083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Pearson syndrome is a rare multisystem disease caused by single large-scale mitochondrial DNA deletions (SLSMDs). The syndrome presents early in infancy and is mainly characterised by refractory sideroblastic anaemia. Prognosis is poor and treatment is supportive, thus the development of new models for the study of Pearson syndrome and new therapy strategies is essential. In this work, we report three different cell models carrying an SLMSD: fibroblasts, transmitochondrial cybrids and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). All studied models exhibited an aberrant mitochondrial ultrastructure and defective oxidative phosphorylation system function, showing a decrease in different parameters, such as mitochondrial ATP, respiratory complex IV activity and quantity or oxygen consumption. Despite this, iPSCs harbouring 'common deletion' were able to differentiate into three germ layers. Additionally, cybrid clones only showed mitochondrial dysfunction when heteroplasmy level reached 70%. Some differences observed among models may depend on their metabolic profile; therefore, we consider that these three models are useful for the in vitro study of Pearson syndrome, as well as for testing new specific therapies. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Carmen Hernández-Ainsa
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Celular, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS-Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Celular, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS-Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Clinical Biochemistry, Genetics, Pediatric Neurology and Neonatalogy Departments, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Celular, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS-Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Celular, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS-Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Celular, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS-Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Yang Q, Liu P, Anderson NS, Shpilka T, Du Y, Naresh NU, Li R, Zhu LJ, Luk K, Lavelle J, Zeinert RD, Chien P, Wolfe SA, Haynes CM. LONP-1 and ATFS-1 sustain deleterious heteroplasmy by promoting mtDNA replication in dysfunctional mitochondria. Nat Cell Biol 2022; 24:181-193. [PMID: 35165413 PMCID: PMC8868506 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-021-00840-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The accumulation of deleterious mitochondrial DNA (∆mtDNA) causes inherited mitochondrial diseases and ageing-associated decline in mitochondrial functions such as oxidative phosphorylation. Following mitochondrial perturbations, the bZIP protein ATFS-1 induces a transcriptional programme to restore mitochondrial function. Paradoxically, ATFS-1 is also required to maintain ∆mtDNAs in heteroplasmic worms. The mechanism by which ATFS-1 promotes ∆mtDNA accumulation relative to wild-type mtDNAs is unclear. Here we show that ATFS-1 accumulates in dysfunctional mitochondria. ATFS-1 is absent in healthy mitochondria owing to degradation by the mtDNA-bound protease LONP-1, which results in the nearly exclusive association between ATFS-1 and ∆mtDNAs in heteroplasmic worms. Moreover, we demonstrate that mitochondrial ATFS-1 promotes the binding of the mtDNA replicative polymerase (POLG) to ∆mtDNAs. Interestingly, inhibition of the mtDNA-bound protease LONP-1 increased ATFS-1 and POLG binding to wild-type mtDNAs. LONP-1 inhibition in Caenorhabditis elegans and human cybrid cells improved the heteroplasmy ratio and restored oxidative phosphorylation. Our findings suggest that ATFS-1 promotes mtDNA replication in dysfunctional mitochondria by promoting POLG-mtDNA binding, which is antagonized by LONP-1.
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- Qiyuan Yang
- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
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Bruhn H, Samuelsson K, Schober FA, Engvall M, Lesko N, Wibom R, Nennesmo I, Calvo-Garrido J, Press R, Stranneheim H, Freyer C, Wedell A, Wredenberg A. Novel Mutation m.10372A>G in MT-ND3 Causing Sensorimotor Axonal Polyneuropathy. Neurol Genet 2021; 7:e566. [PMID: 33732874 PMCID: PMC7962437 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the pathogenicity of a novel MT-ND3 mutation identified in a patient with adult-onset sensorimotor axonal polyneuropathy and report the clinical, morphologic, and biochemical findings. METHODS Clinical assessments and morphologic and biochemical investigations of skeletal muscle and cultured myoblasts from the patient were performed. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of DNA from skeletal muscle and Sanger sequencing of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from both skeletal muscle and cultured myoblasts were performed. Heteroplasmic levels of mutated mtDNA in different tissues were quantified by last-cycle hot PCR. RESULTS Muscle showed ragged red fibers, paracrystalline inclusions, a significant reduction in complex I (CI) respiratory chain (RC) activity, and decreased adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production for all substrates used by CI. Sanger sequencing of DNA from skeletal muscle detected a unique previously unreported heteroplasmic mutation in mtDNA encoded MT-ND3, coding for a subunit in CI. WGS confirmed the mtDNA mutation but did not detect any other mutation explaining the disease. Cultured myoblasts, however, did not carry the mutation, and RC activity measurements in myoblasts were normal. CONCLUSIONS We report a case with adult-onset sensorimotor axonal polyneuropathy caused by a novel mtDNA mutation in MT-ND3. Loss of heteroplasmy in blood, cultured fibroblasts and myoblasts from the patient, and normal measurement of RC activity of the myoblasts support pathogenicity of the mutation. These findings highlight the importance of mitochondrial investigations in patients presenting with seemingly idiopathic polyneuropathy, especially if muscle also is affected.
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- Helene Bruhn
- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (H.B., R.W., C.F., A. Wredenberg), Karolinska Institutet; Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (H.B., R.W., C.F., M.E., N.L., H.S., A. Wedell, A. Wredenberg), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Neurology (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (F.A.S., M.E., N.L., J.C.-G., H.S., A. Wedell), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Pathology (I.N.), Karolinska University Hospital; and Science for Life Laboratory (H.S.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (H.B., R.W., C.F., A. Wredenberg), Karolinska Institutet; Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (H.B., R.W., C.F., M.E., N.L., H.S., A. Wedell, A. Wredenberg), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Neurology (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (F.A.S., M.E., N.L., J.C.-G., H.S., A. Wedell), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Pathology (I.N.), Karolinska University Hospital; and Science for Life Laboratory (H.S.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (H.B., R.W., C.F., A. Wredenberg), Karolinska Institutet; Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (H.B., R.W., C.F., M.E., N.L., H.S., A. Wedell, A. Wredenberg), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Neurology (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (F.A.S., M.E., N.L., J.C.-G., H.S., A. Wedell), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Pathology (I.N.), Karolinska University Hospital; and Science for Life Laboratory (H.S.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (H.B., R.W., C.F., A. Wredenberg), Karolinska Institutet; Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (H.B., R.W., C.F., M.E., N.L., H.S., A. Wedell, A. Wredenberg), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Neurology (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (F.A.S., M.E., N.L., J.C.-G., H.S., A. Wedell), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Pathology (I.N.), Karolinska University Hospital; and Science for Life Laboratory (H.S.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (H.B., R.W., C.F., A. Wredenberg), Karolinska Institutet; Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (H.B., R.W., C.F., M.E., N.L., H.S., A. Wedell, A. Wredenberg), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Neurology (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (F.A.S., M.E., N.L., J.C.-G., H.S., A. Wedell), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Pathology (I.N.), Karolinska University Hospital; and Science for Life Laboratory (H.S.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (H.B., R.W., C.F., A. Wredenberg), Karolinska Institutet; Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (H.B., R.W., C.F., M.E., N.L., H.S., A. Wedell, A. Wredenberg), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Neurology (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (F.A.S., M.E., N.L., J.C.-G., H.S., A. Wedell), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Pathology (I.N.), Karolinska University Hospital; and Science for Life Laboratory (H.S.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (H.B., R.W., C.F., A. Wredenberg), Karolinska Institutet; Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (H.B., R.W., C.F., M.E., N.L., H.S., A. Wedell, A. Wredenberg), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Neurology (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (F.A.S., M.E., N.L., J.C.-G., H.S., A. Wedell), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Pathology (I.N.), Karolinska University Hospital; and Science for Life Laboratory (H.S.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (H.B., R.W., C.F., A. Wredenberg), Karolinska Institutet; Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (H.B., R.W., C.F., M.E., N.L., H.S., A. Wedell, A. Wredenberg), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Neurology (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (F.A.S., M.E., N.L., J.C.-G., H.S., A. Wedell), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Pathology (I.N.), Karolinska University Hospital; and Science for Life Laboratory (H.S.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (H.B., R.W., C.F., A. Wredenberg), Karolinska Institutet; Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (H.B., R.W., C.F., M.E., N.L., H.S., A. Wedell, A. Wredenberg), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Neurology (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (F.A.S., M.E., N.L., J.C.-G., H.S., A. Wedell), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Pathology (I.N.), Karolinska University Hospital; and Science for Life Laboratory (H.S.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (H.B., R.W., C.F., A. Wredenberg), Karolinska Institutet; Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (H.B., R.W., C.F., M.E., N.L., H.S., A. Wedell, A. Wredenberg), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Neurology (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (F.A.S., M.E., N.L., J.C.-G., H.S., A. Wedell), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Pathology (I.N.), Karolinska University Hospital; and Science for Life Laboratory (H.S.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (H.B., R.W., C.F., A. Wredenberg), Karolinska Institutet; Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (H.B., R.W., C.F., M.E., N.L., H.S., A. Wedell, A. Wredenberg), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Neurology (K.S., R.P.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery (F.A.S., M.E., N.L., J.C.-G., H.S., A. Wedell), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Pathology (I.N.), Karolinska University Hospital; and Science for Life Laboratory (H.S.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Accurate mapping of mitochondrial DNA deletions and duplications using deep sequencing. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1009242. [PMID: 33315859 PMCID: PMC7769605 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Deletions and duplications in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cause mitochondrial disease and accumulate in conditions such as cancer and age-related disorders, but validated high-throughput methodology that can readily detect and discriminate between these two types of events is lacking. Here we establish a computational method, MitoSAlt, for accurate identification, quantification and visualization of mtDNA deletions and duplications from genomic sequencing data. Our method was tested on simulated sequencing reads and human patient samples with single deletions and duplications to verify its accuracy. Application to mouse models of mtDNA maintenance disease demonstrated the ability to detect deletions and duplications even at low levels of heteroplasmy.
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Nissanka N, Moraes CT. Mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in disease and targeted nuclease-based therapeutic approaches. EMBO Rep 2020; 21:e49612. [PMID: 32073748 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201949612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encodes a subset of the genes which are responsible for oxidative phosphorylation. Pathogenic mutations in the human mtDNA are often heteroplasmic, where wild-type mtDNA species co-exist with the pathogenic mtDNA and a bioenergetic defect is only seen when the pathogenic mtDNA percentage surpasses a threshold for biochemical manifestations. mtDNA segregation during germline development can explain some of the extreme variation in heteroplasmy from one generation to the next. Patients with high heteroplasmy for deleterious mtDNA species will likely suffer from bona-fide mitochondrial diseases, which currently have no cure. Shifting mtDNA heteroplasmy toward the wild-type mtDNA species could provide a therapeutic option to patients. Mitochondrially targeted engineered nucleases, such as mitoTALENs and mitoZFNs, have been used in vitro in human cells harboring pathogenic patient-derived mtDNA mutations and more recently in vivo in a mouse model of a pathogenic mtDNA point mutation. These gene therapy tools for shifting mtDNA heteroplasmy can also be used in conjunction with other therapies aimed at eliminating and/or preventing the transfer of pathogenic mtDNA from mother to child.
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- Nadee Nissanka
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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van den Ameele J, Li AY, Ma H, Chinnery PF. Mitochondrial heteroplasmy beyond the oocyte bottleneck. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2020; 97:156-166. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2019.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Fila M, Pawłowska E, Blasiak J. Mitochondria in migraine pathophysiology - does epigenetics play a role? Arch Med Sci 2019; 15:944-956. [PMID: 31360189 PMCID: PMC6657237 DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2019.86061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The approximately three times higher rate of migraine prevalence in women than men may result from the mitochondrial transmission of this disease. Studies with imaging techniques suggest disturbances in mitochondrial metabolism in specific regions of the brain in migraine patients. Migraine shares some clinical features with several mitochondrial diseases and many other disorders include migraine headaches. Epigenetic regulation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a matter of debate and there are some conflicting results, especially on mtDNA methylation. Micro RNAs (miRNAs) and long-noncoding RNA (lncRNAs) have been detected in mitochondria. The regulation of the miRNA-lncRNA axis can be important for mitochondrial physiology and its impairment can result in a disease phenotype. Further studies on the role of mitochondrial epigenetic modifications in migraine are needed, but they require new methods and approaches.
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- Michał Fila
- Department of Neurology, Polish Mother Memorial Hospital, Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Nissanka N, Minczuk M, Moraes CT. Mechanisms of Mitochondrial DNA Deletion Formation. Trends Genet 2019; 35:235-244. [PMID: 30691869 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Revised: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encodes a subset of genes which are essential for oxidative phosphorylation. Deletions in the mtDNA can ablate a number of these genes and result in mitochondrial dysfunction, which is associated with bona fide mitochondrial disorders. Although mtDNA deletions are thought to occur as a result of replication errors or following double-strand breaks, the exact mechanism(s) behind deletion formation have yet to be determined. In this review we discuss the current knowledge about the fate of mtDNA following double-strand breaks, including the molecular players which mediate the degradation of linear mtDNA fragments and possible mechanisms of recircularization. We propose that mtDNA deletions formed from replication errors versus following double-strand breaks can be mediated by separate pathways.
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- Nadee Nissanka
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA.
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Scarpelli M, Carreño-Gago L, Russignan A, de Luna N, Carnicer-Cáceres C, Ariatti A, Verriello L, Devigili G, Tonin P, Garcia-Arumi E, Pinós T. Identification and characterization of the novel m.8305C>T MTTK and m.4440G>A MTTM gene mutations causing mitochondrial myopathies. Neuromuscul Disord 2017; 28:137-143. [PMID: 29174468 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2017.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Revised: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We report on two novel mtDNA mutations in patients affected with mitochondrial myopathy. The first patient, a 44-year-old woman, had bilateral eyelid ptosis and the m.8305C>T mutation in the MTTK gene. The second patient, a 56-year-old man, had four-limb muscle weakness and the MTTM gene m.4440G>A mutation. Muscle biopsies in both patients showed ragged red fibers and numerous COX-negative fibers as well as a combined defect of complex I, III and IV activities. The two mutations were heteroplasmic and detected only in muscle tissue, with a higher mutation load in COX-negative fibers. Additionally, both mutations occurred in highly conserved mt-tRNA sites, and were not found by an in silico search in 30,589 human mtDNA sequences. Our report further expands the mutational and phenotypic spectrum of diseases associated with mutations in mitochondrial tRNA genes and reinforces the notion that mutations in mitochondrial tRNAs represent hot spots for mitochondrial myopathies in adults.
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- Mauro Scarpelli
- Section of Neurology, Department of Neurological, Biomedical and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Mitochondrial Disorders Unit, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain
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- Section of Neurology, Department of Neurological, Biomedical and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain; Laboratori de Malalties Neuromusculars, Institut de Recerca Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Unidad de Metabolopatías, Servicio de Bioquímica, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurosciences and Department of Onco-Haematology, University Hospitals of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Udine, Italy
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Udine, Italy
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- Section of Neurology, Department of Neurological, Biomedical and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Mitochondrial Disorders Unit, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain; Àrea de Genètica Clínica i Molecular, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Mitochondrial Disorders Unit, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain.
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Pitceathly RD, Viscomi C. Effects of ketosis in mitochondrial myopathy: potential benefits of a mitotoxic diet. EMBO Mol Med 2016; 8:1231-1233. [PMID: 27729389 PMCID: PMC5090656 DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201606933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Robert Ds Pitceathly
- MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.,Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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Evidence for caspase-dependent programmed cell death along with repair processes in affected skeletal muscle fibres in patients with mitochondrial disorders. Clin Sci (Lond) 2015; 130:167-81. [PMID: 26527739 DOI: 10.1042/cs20150394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mitochondrial disorders are heterogeneous multisystemic disorders due to impaired oxidative phosphorylation causing defective mitochondrial energy production. Common histological hallmarks of mitochondrial disorders are RRFs (ragged red fibres), muscle fibres with abnormal focal accumulations of mitochondria. In contrast with the growing understanding of the genetic basis of mitochondrial disorders, the fate of phenotypically affected muscle fibres remains largely unknown. We investigated PCD (programmed cell death) in muscle of 17 patients with mitochondrial respiratory chain dysfunction. We documented that in affected muscle fibres, nuclear chromatin is condensed in lumpy irregular masses and cytochrome c is released into the cytosol to activate, along with Apaf-1 (apoptotic protease-activating factor 1), caspase 9 that, in turn, activates effector caspase 3, caspase 6, and caspase 7, suggesting the execution of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway. Whereas active caspase 3 underwent nuclear translocation, AIF (apoptosis-inducing factor) mainly stayed within mitochondria, into which an up-regulated Bax is relocated. The significant increase in caspase 2, caspase 3 and caspase 6 activity strongly suggest that the cell death programme is caspase-dependent and the activation of caspase 2 together with PUMA (p53 up-regulated modulator of apoptosis) up-regulation point to a role for oxidative stress in triggering the intrinsic pathway. Concurrently, in muscle of patients, the number of satellite cells was significantly increased and myonuclei were detected at different stages of myogenic differentiation, indicating that a reparative programme is ongoing in muscle of patients with mitochondrial disorders. Together, these data suggest that, in patients with mitochondrial disorders, affected muscle fibres are trapped in a mitochondria-regulated caspase-dependent PCD while repairing events take place.
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Holt IJ, Speijer D, Kirkwood TBL. The road to rack and ruin: selecting deleterious mitochondrial DNA variants. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2015; 369:20130451. [PMID: 24864317 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Mitochondria constitute the major energy-producing compartment of the eukaryotic cell. These organelles contain many molecules of DNA that contribute only a handful of proteins required for energy production. Mutations in the DNA of mitochondria were identified as a cause of human disease a quarter of a century ago, and they have subsequently been implicated in ageing. The process whereby deleterious variants come to dominate a cell, tissue or human is the subject of debate. It is likely to involve multiple, often competing, factors, as selection pressures on mitochondrial DNA can be both indirect and intermittent, and are subjected to rapid change. Here, we assess the different models and the prospects for preventing the accumulation of deleterious mitochondrial DNA variants with time.
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- Ian J Holt
- MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, UK
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Popadin K, Safdar A, Kraytsberg Y, Khrapko K. When man got his mtDNA deletions? Aging Cell 2014; 13:579-82. [PMID: 24894296 PMCID: PMC4326951 DOI: 10.1111/acel.12231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Somatic mtDNA mutations and deletions in particular are known to clonally expand within cells, eventually reaching detrimental intracellular concentrations. The possibility that clonal expansion is a slow process taking a lifetime had prompted an idea that founder mutations of mutant clones that cause mitochondrial dysfunction in the aged tissue might have originated early in life. If, conversely, expansion was fast, founder mutations should predominantly originate later in life. This distinction is important: indeed, from which mutations should we protect ourselves – those of early development/childhood or those happening at old age? Recently, high-resolution data describing the distribution of mtDNA deletions have been obtained using a novel, highly efficient method (Taylor et al., 2014). These data have been interpreted as supporting predominantly early origin of founder mutations. Re-analysis of the data implies that the data actually better fit mostly late origin of founders, although more research is clearly needed to resolve the controversy.
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Boston, MA USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Boston, MA USA
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Grzybowska-Szatkowska L, Slaska B. Mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase polymorphisms are associated with breast cancer in Poland. J Appl Genet 2014; 55:173-81. [PMID: 24414975 PMCID: PMC3990858 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-013-0190-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Revised: 11/30/2013] [Accepted: 12/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Complex I NADH-oxidoreductase-ubiquinone transports reducing equivalents from the reduced form of NADH to ubiquinone (coenzyme Q-CoQ). The purpose of this study was to analyze mutations in MT-ND1, MT-ND2, MT-ND3 and MT-ND6 genes and their effect on the biochemical properties, structure and functioning of proteins in patients with breast tumours. In research materials, in 50 patients, 28 total polymorphisms and five mutations were detected. Most detected polymorphisms (50 %, 14/28) were observed in MT-ND2 gene. Most of them were silent mutations. Five polymorphisms (m.G3916A, m.C4888T, m.A4918G, m.C5363T, m.C10283T) do not exist in the database. A total of five mutations in 13 patients (13/50) were detected, including two not described in the literature: m.C4987G and m.T10173C. It cannot be excluded that, through the mutations and polymorphism impact on the protein structure, they may cause mitochondrial dysfunction and contribute to the appearance of other changes in mtDNA. The results of our study indicate the presence of homological changes in the sequence of mtDNA in both breast cancer and in some mitochondrial diseases. Mutations in the examined genes in breast cancer may affect the cell and cause its dysfunction, as is the case in mitochondrial diseases.
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Spendiff S, Reza M, Murphy JL, Gorman G, Blakely EL, Taylor RW, Horvath R, Campbell G, Newman J, Lochmüller H, Turnbull DM. Mitochondrial DNA deletions in muscle satellite cells: implications for therapies. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 22:4739-47. [PMID: 23847047 PMCID: PMC3820134 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Progressive myopathy is a major clinical feature of patients with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disease. There is limited treatment available for these patients although exercise and other approaches to activate muscle stem cells (satellite cells) have been proposed. The majority of mtDNA defects are heteroplasmic (a mixture of mutated and wild-type mtDNA present within the muscle) with high levels of mutated mtDNA and low levels of wild-type mtDNA associated with more severe disease. The culture of satellite cell-derived myoblasts often reveals no evidence of the original mtDNA mutation although it is not known if this is lost by selection or simply not present in these cells. We have explored if the mtDNA mutation is present in the satellite cells in one of the commonest genotypes associated with mitochondrial myopathies (patients with single, large-scale mtDNA deletions). Analysis of satellite cells from eight patients showed that the level of mtDNA mutation in the satellite cells is the same as in the mature muscle but is most often subsequently lost during culture. We show that there are two periods of selection against the mutated form, one early on possibly during satellite cell activation and the other during the rapid replication phase of myoblast culture. Our data suggest that the mutations are also lost during rapid replication in vivo, implying that strategies to activate satellite cells remain a viable treatment for mitochondrial myopathies in specific patient groups.
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- Sally Spendiff
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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Sanaker PS, Bindoff LA. MT-ND5 mutation causing exercise intolerance displays intercellular heteroplasmy and rapid shifts between generations. Hum Mutat 2012; 34:292-5. [PMID: 23065728 DOI: 10.1002/humu.22238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We studied the inheritance and cellular segregation of a maternally inherited, heteroplasmic MT-ND5 mutation, m.13271T>C, previously shown to cause only exercise intolerance despite being present in multiple tissues. The mutation was present at low levels in early passage, bulk muscle culture, but on subcloning, only homoplasmic clones were found. Studies of transmission showed that the mutation expanded from very low levels in the patient's mother to higher levels in the patient, particularly skeletal muscle, but was not found in the placenta and umbilical cord blood of her child. Our study suggests that the m.13271T>C is either already strictly segregated (intercellular heteroplasmy), or moves rapidly to this state in cultured cells. Transmission studies suggest that intercellular heteroplasmy may also be present in the patient's germline. Although rapid shifts in heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA mutations reflect a bottleneck in the female germline, complete segregation will accentuate the effects of this and further complicate genetic counseling.
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A possible role for mitochondrial dysfunction in migraine. Mol Genet Genomics 2012; 287:837-44. [DOI: 10.1007/s00438-012-0723-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2012] [Accepted: 09/22/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Duraisamy P, Elango S, Vishwanandha VP, Balamurugan R. Prevalence of mitochondrial tRNA gene mutations and their association with specific clinical phenotypes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus of Coimbatore. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 2010; 14:49-55. [PMID: 20143911 DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2009.0024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The association of mitochondrial DNA mutation with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is well established. In this study we aimed to assess the frequency of A3243G, A8296G, and other mitochondrial mutations with reference to clinical features in the diabetic population of Coimbatore, India. The study group included 150 patients (89 women and 61 men) with T2DM, whereas the control group included 100 nondiabetic people (59 women and 41 men). Genotyping was done by polymerase chain reaction followed by single-strand confirmation polymorphism method. A3243G and A8296G mutations were found to be prevalent in patients with T2DM when compared with the control group. The A3243G mutation was found in two patients, and both these patients showed similar clinical characteristics, thus representing a putative clinical subtype. A8296G mutation was detected in one patient. The same mutation was shared with his mother who was diagnosed to have diabetes mellitus (DM) with neuromuscular disorder. The siblings of the patient did not show any symptoms of DM. Lipid profile and urea and creatinine levels were found to be significantly high (10% and 0.064%) in patients with T2DM compared with control subjects. We concluded that the identification of these mitochondrial point mutations indicates a new genetic predisposition of DM in Coimbatore population.
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- Pradeepa Duraisamy
- School of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
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von Wurmb-Schwark N, Cavelier L, Cortopassi GA. A low dose of ethidium bromide leads to an increase of total mitochondrial DNA while higher concentrations induce the mtDNA 4997 deletion in a human neuronal cell line. Mutat Res 2006; 596:57-63. [PMID: 16488450 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2005.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2005] [Accepted: 12/15/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Ethidium bromide (EtBr) is widely used to deplete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and produce mitochondrial DNA-less cell lines. However, it frequently fails to deplete mtDNA in mouse cells. In this study we show by using a highly sensitive real-time PCR, that low doses of EtBr (10 microM) did lead to a three-fold increase of the total amount of mitochondrial DNA in a human neuronal cell line (Ntera 2). A higher dose of EtBr (25 microM) led to the expected decrease of mtDNA until day 22 when the cells almost died. Cell growth and mtDNA content could be restored after additional 22 days of non-EtBr treatment. The highest concentration of 50 microM also led to a significant increase of mtDNA. The cells died when they had only about 10% of mtDNA left, indicating a mtDNA threshold for cell survival. Additionally, the so-called common 4977 bp deletion could be induced by prolonged exposure to ethidium bromide. Whereas the higher doses led to significant higher amounts of deleted mtDNA.
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- N von Wurmb-Schwark
- Institute of Legal Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 12, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
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Exil VJ, Summar M, Boles MA, Atkinson J, Johns JA, Matern D, Strauss AW, Canter CE. Metabolic basis of pediatric heart disease. PROGRESS IN PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2005.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Niers L, van den Heuvel L, Trijbels F, Sengers R, Smeitink J. Prerequisites and strategies for prenatal diagnosis of respiratory chain deficiency in chorionic villi. J Inherit Metab Dis 2003; 26:647-58. [PMID: 14707513 DOI: 10.1023/b:boli.0000005605.57420.b4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Prenatal diagnosis for respiratory chain deficiencies is a complex procedure that requires a thorough diagnostic work-up of the index patient. This includes confirmation of the clinical and metabolic evaluations through histological and enzymatic examinations of tissue biopsies. Prenatal diagnosis currently relies on biochemical assays of respiratory chain complexes in chorionic villi or amniocytes and is possible by mutation analysis of nuclear genes in a limited but increasing proportion of cases. Based on a recent survey of prenatal diagnosis in families with complex I and complex IV deficiencies, performed at Nijmegen Centre for Mitochondrial Disorders (NCMD), prerequisites and strategies for performing prenatal diagnosis have been developed to increase reliability. Biochemical investigations in chorionic villi can be done reliably if the respiratory chain enzyme deficiency is expressed in both skeletal muscle and skin fibroblasts to rule out tissue specificity. No mitochondrial DNA defects must be suspected or established. The NCMD does not offer prenatal diagnosis until all the prerequisites have been confirmed. We expect prenatal diagnosis at the molecular level to become more feasible in time as the mutational spectrum broadens with advances in medical research.
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- L Niers
- Department of Paediatrics, Nijmegen Centre for Mitochondrial Disorders, The Netherlands
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Koch H, Wittern KP, Bergemann J. In human keratinocytes the Common Deletion reflects donor variabilities rather than chronologic aging and can be induced by ultraviolet A irradiation. J Invest Dermatol 2001; 117:892-7. [PMID: 11676829 DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01513.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mitochondrial DNA mutations play a major role in human aging processes and degenerative diseases. The most frequently reported marker for mutations of the mitochondrial DNA in human skin is a 4977 bp large-scale deletion, called the Common Deletion. Although this deletion is rarely detectable and constitutes only one example of the multitude of about 50,000 known mutations in mitochondrial DNA, it can represent "the tip of the iceberg" of all types of mitochondrial DNA mutations. We established a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay to detect the Common Deletion in vitro as well as in vivo/ex vivo. In contrast to previous studies, we were able to demonstrate that the Common Deletion is frequently abundant in keratinocytes isolated from various donors. Quantitative analysis of the mutation indicated interperson variations but obviously no relation to the donors' ages. Prolonged proliferation of keratinocytes led to a distinct reduction in the amount of the Common Deletion. Single ultraviolet A irradiation (12 J per cm2 and 15 J per cm2) neither in vitro nor in vivo increased the incidence of the mutation in keratinocytes, whereas repetitive irradiation resulted in a clear increase in vitro. Again, prolonged cultivation of these irradiated cells caused a significant reduction in the amounts of the deletion. In view of these results, the Common Deletion appears to be a useful marker rather for ultraviolet-A-induced alterations than for chronologic aging in human skin keratinocytes.
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- H Koch
- Beiersdorf AG, Paul Gerson Unna Skin Research Center, Hamburg, Germany
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Chowdhury SK, Drahota Z, Floryk D, Calda P, Houstek J. Activities of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation enzymes in cultured amniocytes. Clin Chim Acta 2000; 298:157-73. [PMID: 10876012 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-8981(00)00300-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Amniocytes represent a population of foetal cells that can be used for prenatal diagnosis in families with suspected mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) defects. In this paper, we present a complex protocol for evaluation of the function of mitochondrial OXPHOS enzymes in cultured amniocytes using three independent and complementary methods: (a) spectrophotometry as a tool for determination of the capacities of mitochondrial respiratory-chain enzymes (NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase, succinate- and glycerophosphate cytochrome c reductase, cytochrome c oxidase and citrate synthase); (b) polarography as a tool for the evaluation of mitochondrial OXPHOS enzyme functions in situ using digitonin-permeabilised amniocytes (rotenone-sensitive oxidation of pyruvate+malate, antimycin A-sensitive oxidation of succinate, KCN-sensitive oxidation of cytochrome c, ADP-activated substrate oxidation) and (c) cytofluorometric determination of tetramethyl rhodamine methyl ester (TMRM) fluorescence in digitonin-permeabilised amniocytes as a sensitive way to determine the mitochondrial membrane potential under steady-state conditions (state 4 with succinate). These protocols are presented together with reference control values using 9-22 independent cultures of amniocytes.
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- S K Chowdhury
- Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídenská 1083, 142 20 4, Prague, Czech Republic
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Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a sporadic progressive myopathy, which is morphologically characterized by inflammatory cell infiltrates and rimmed vacuoles in muscle fibers. Mitochondrial changes are regularly present with ragged-red fibers showing deficiency of cytochrome c oxidase. In these muscle fiber segments, there is accumulation of mitochondria with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions. There are different deletions in different muscle fibers. In this study, we have sequenced for the first time the multiple mtDNA deletions in muscle from four patients with IBM. The deletion breakpoints were sequenced from cloned polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified mtDNA fragments. The sequencing was performed directly from the bacterial colonies used for cloning. Of 122 analyzed clones, 33 different deletions were identified. The majority of these have not previously been described. There was a marked predominance of deletion breakpoints in certain regions of mtDNA. These predominant breakpoint regions are similar to those described in other conditions with multiple deletions, such as autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia (adPEO) and normal aging, but different from those described in diseases due to single deletions such as Kearns-Sayre syndrome and sporadic PEO. These findings indicate that common factors are involved in the development of multiple mtDNA deletions in IBM, adPEO, and aging.
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- A R Moslemi
- Department of Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Hoffbuhr KC, Davidson E, Filiano BA, Davidson M, Kennaway NG, King MP. A pathogenic 15-base pair deletion in mitochondrial DNA-encoded cytochrome c oxidase subunit III results in the absence of functional cytochrome c oxidase. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:13994-4003. [PMID: 10788526 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.18.13994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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A 15-base pair, in-frame, deletion (9480del15) in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)-encoded cytochrome c oxidase subunit III (COX III) gene was identified previously in a patient with recurrent episodes of myoglobinuria and an isolated COX deficiency. Transmitochondrial cell lines harboring 0, 97, and 100% of the 9480del15 deletion were created by fusing human cells lacking mtDNA (rho(0) cells) with platelet and lymphocyte fractions isolated from the patient. The COX III gene mutation resulted in a severe respiratory chain defect in all mutant cell lines. Cells homoplasmic for the mutation had no detectable COX activity or respiratory ATP synthesis, and required uridine and pyruvate supplementation for growth, a phenotype similar to rho(0) cells. The cells with 97% mutated mtDNA exhibited severe reductions in both COX activity (6% of wild-type levels) and rates of ATP synthesis (9% of wild-type). The COX III polypeptide in the mutant cells, although translated at rates similar to wild-type, had reduced stability. There was no evidence for assembly of COX I, COX II, or COX III subunits in a multisubunit complex in cells homoplasmic for the mutation, thus indicating that there was no stable assembly of COX I with COX II in the absence of wild-type COX III. In contrast, the COX I and COX II subunits were assembled in cells with 97% mutated mtDNA.
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- K C Hoffbuhr
- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA
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Tang Y, Schon EA, Wilichowski E, Vazquez-Memije ME, Davidson E, King MP. Rearrangements of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA): new insights into the regulation of mtDNA copy number and gene expression. Mol Biol Cell 2000; 11:1471-85. [PMID: 10749943 PMCID: PMC14860 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.4.1471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Mitochondria from patients with Kearns-Sayre syndrome harboring large-scale rearrangements of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA; both partial deletions and a partial duplication) were introduced into human cells lacking endogenous mtDNA. Cytoplasmic hybrids containing 100% wild-type mtDNA, 100% mtDNA with partial duplications, and 100% mtDNA with partial deletions were isolated and characterized. The cell lines with 100% deleted mtDNAs exhibited a complete impairment of respiratory chain function and oxidative phosphorylation. In contrast, there were no detectable respiratory chain or protein synthesis defects in the cell lines with 100% duplicated mtDNAs. Unexpectedly, the mass of mtDNA was identical in all cell lines, despite the fact that different lines contained mtDNAs of vastly different sizes and with different numbers of replication origins, suggesting that mtDNA copy number may be regulated by tightly controlled mitochondrial dNTP pools. In addition, quantitation of mtDNA-encoded RNAs and polypeptides in these lines provided evidence that mtDNA gene copy number affects gene expression, which, in turn, is regulated at both the post-transcriptional and translational levels.
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- Y Tang
- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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Gattermann N. From sideroblastic anemia to the role of mitochondrial DNA mutations in myelodysplastic syndromes. Leuk Res 2000; 24:141-51. [PMID: 10654450 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(99)00160-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A primary mitochondrial defect may be pivotal in the pathogenesis of acquired idiopathic sideroblastic anemia (AISA). The mitochondrial respiratory chain is involved in mitochondrial iron uptake and supply of ferrous iron (Fe2+) for heme synthesis. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) comes into play because several subunits of the respiratory chain are encoded by the mitochondrial genome. We have identified heteroplasmic mutations of mtDNA, which may not only impair mitochondrial iron metabolism and heme synthesis, but through impairment of mitochondrial energy production may have much broader implications for MDS pathogenesis. For example, increased apoptosis and genetic instability may be phenomena linked to mitochondrial dysfunction.
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- N Gattermann
- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Sobreira C, King MP, Davidson MM, Park H, Koga Y, Miranda AF. Long-term analysis of differentiation in human myoblasts repopulated with mitochondria harboring mtDNA mutations. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 266:179-86. [PMID: 10581186 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Short-term analysis of myogenesis in respiration-deficient myoblasts demonstrated that respiratory chain dysfunction impairs muscle differentiation. To investigate long-term consequences of a deficiency in oxidative phosphorylation on myogenesis, we quantitated myoblast fusion and expression of sarcomeric myosin in respiration-deficient myogenic cybrids. We produced viable myoblasts harboring exclusively mtDNA with large-scale deletions by treating wild-type myoblasts with rhodamine 6G and fusing them with cytoplasts homoplasmic for two different mutated mtDNAs. Recovery of growth in transmitochondrial myoblasts demonstrated that respiratory chain function is not required for recovery of rhodamine 6G-treated cells. Both transmitochondrial respiration-deficient cultures exhibited impaired myoblast fusion. Expression of sarcomeric myosin was also delayed in deficient myoblasts. However, 4 weeks after induction of differentiation, one cell line was able to quantitatively recover its capacity to form postmitotic muscle cells. This indicates that while oxidative phosphorylation is an important source of ATP for muscle development, myoblast differentiation can be supported entirely by glycolysis.
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- C Sobreira
- College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10032, USA
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Andrews RM, Griffiths PG, Chinnery PF, Turnbull DM. Evaluation of bupivacaine-induced muscle regeneration in the treatment of ptosis in patients with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia and Kearns-Sayre syndrome. Eye (Lond) 1999; 13 ( Pt 6):769-72. [PMID: 10707142 DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Ptosis is common in patients with mitochondrial disease. Whilst surgical shortening of the levator muscle can mechanically elevate the lid, this procedure does not restore normal movement and leaves patients at risk of corneal exposure due to concomitant ophthalmoparesis. Recent studies have shown that bupivacaine-induced muscle regeneration is capable of reversing the molecular genetic and biochemical defect in patients with mitochondrial myopathies. This study was undertaken to assess the potential of this approach in restoring levator muscle function in patients with mitochondrial disease and ptosis. METHODS The levator muscle of one eye in five patients with molecularly genetically confirmed mitochondrial DNA disease and ptosis was directly injected with 3 ml of bupivacaine hydrochloride (0.75%). Levator function was compared before and 3 months after the injection. RESULTS No objective clinical improvement in levator function was detected following bupivacaine administration. DISCUSSION The lack of functional recovery seen in our patients is most likely to result from a failure of bupivacaine to induce sufficient regeneration necessary to improve levator muscle function. This result indicates that consideration now needs to be given to the use of alternative and more potent myotoxic agents capable of inducing a more widespread regenerative response from the endogenous muscle satellite cells which contain low or undetectable amounts of mutant mitochondrial DNA.
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- R M Andrews
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Carrozzo R, Davidson MM, Walker WF, Hirano M, Miranda AF. Cellular and molecular studies in muscle and cultures from patients with multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions. J Neurol Sci 1999; 170:24-31. [PMID: 10540032 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(99)00193-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In the last decade, several mitochondrial encephalomyopathies have been pathogenically associated with large-scale mitochondrial DNA deletions that are sporadic, or with point mutations that are maternally inherited. The mutations were also demonstrated in cultures of muscle satellite cells obtained from the patients. Subsequently, multiple deletions in mitochondrial DNA were found in several families. The affected members had progressive external ophthalmoplegia, cataracts and limb weakness, inherited as an autosomal dominant trait, or progressive external ophthalmoplegia with neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy or with cardiomyopathy, inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. To better understand the developmental pathobiology and localization of the multiple deletions, we performed comparative molecular genetic studies in muscle and cultures from patients. Whereas multiple deletions were found in muscle fragments from which muscle satellite cells were removed by enzymatic digestion, no deletions were found in the satellite cells or their cultured progeny. Our results suggest that multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions arise as somatic mutations during later stages of muscle development, or in terminally differentiated myofibers.
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- R Carrozzo
- H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center for Muscular Dystrophy and Related Diseases, Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 630 W 168 Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Bruno C, Martinuzzi A, Tang Y, Andreu AL, Pallotti F, Bonilla E, Shanske S, Fu J, Sue CM, Angelini C, DiMauro S, Manfredi G. A stop-codon mutation in the human mtDNA cytochrome c oxidase I gene disrupts the functional structure of complex IV. Am J Hum Genet 1999; 65:611-20. [PMID: 10441567 PMCID: PMC1377967 DOI: 10.1086/302546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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We have identified a novel stop-codon mutation in the mtDNA of a young woman with a multisystem mitochondrial disorder. Histochemical analysis of a muscle-biopsy sample showed virtually absent cytochrome c oxidase (COX) stain, and biochemical studies confirmed an isolated reduction of COX activity. Sequence analysis of the mitochondrial-encoded COX-subunit genes identified a heteroplasmic G-->A transition at nucleotide position 6930 in the gene for subunit I (COX I). The mutation changes a glycine codon to a stop codon, resulting in a predicted loss of the last 170 amino acids (33%) of the polypeptide. The mutation was present in the patient's muscle, myoblasts, and blood and was not detected in normal or disease controls. It was not detected in mtDNA from leukocytes of the patient's mother, sister, and four maternal aunts. We studied the genetic, biochemical, and morphological characteristics of transmitochondrial cybrid cell lines, obtained by fusing of platelets from the patient with human cells lacking endogenous mtDNA (rho0 cells). There was a direct relationship between the proportion of mutant mtDNA and the biochemical defect. We also observed that the threshold for the phenotypic expression of this mutation was lower than that reported in mutations involving tRNA genes. We suggest that the G6930A mutation causes a disruption in the assembly of the respiratory-chain complex IV.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Blood Platelets/cytology
- Blood Platelets/enzymology
- Blood Platelets/metabolism
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Division
- Codon, Terminator/genetics
- Cytochrome-c Oxidase Deficiency
- DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics
- Electron Transport Complex IV/chemistry
- Electron Transport Complex IV/genetics
- Electron Transport Complex IV/metabolism
- Female
- Humans
- Hybrid Cells/cytology
- Hybrid Cells/enzymology
- Hybrid Cells/metabolism
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mitochondria, Muscle/enzymology
- Mitochondria, Muscle/genetics
- Mitochondria, Muscle/metabolism
- Mitochondria, Muscle/pathology
- Mitochondrial Myopathies/enzymology
- Mitochondrial Myopathies/genetics
- Muscle, Skeletal/enzymology
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology
- Mutation
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Sequence Deletion/genetics
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- C Bruno
- Department of Neurology, H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center for Muscular Dystrophy and Related Diseases, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA
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Mutations of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are associated with a number of human diseases. To become relevant in terms of pathology, a mutation must generally affect at least 50-70% of mtDNA molecules in a tissue. One way to reach this level is by inheritance. Mitotic segregation of mtDNA in the female germline can result in large increases in the percentage of mutant mtDNA between generations. A different explanation is required if a particular mtDNA mutation accumulates over time in somatic cells. We discuss the possibility that mutant mtDNA, by causing deficient oxidative phosphorylation, may become preferentially replicated and may thus thrive in the cell like a cuckoo in the nest. However, despite preferential replication, a de novo mtDNA mutation will be confined to that particular cell or a small clone of daughter cells. Significant accumulation can only occur if the cell harbouring the mutant mtDNA undergoes malignant transformation and therefore starts proliferating continuously. This type of amplification of mutant mtDNA has recently been demonstrated in certain bone marrow disorders (myelodysplastic syndromes) and in colon cancer cell lines. Finally, in postmitotic tissues, an inherited mutation which is present in virtually all cells of the tissue, may accumulate through replicative advantage. This may contribute to the development of degenerative diseases.
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- G Hofhaus
- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Houstek J, Klement P, Hermanská J, Antonická H, Houstková H, Stratilová L, Wanders RJ, Zeman J. Complex approach to prenatal diagnosis of cytochrome c oxidase deficiencies. Prenat Diagn 1999; 19:552-8. [PMID: 10416972 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199906)19:6<552::aid-pd588>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Different severe disorders of cytochrome c oxidase (COX) have been described in children, but only the defects with autosomal inheritance are suitable for prenatal diagnosis. To perform prenatal diagnosis of fatal infantile COX deficiency a complex approach has been used which combined determination of the genetic origin of the defect, and detailed analysis of the function, content and subunit composition of the enzyme in cultured fetal cells. The tissues and cultured fibroblasts of the patient with Leigh's syndrome showed a COX deficiency of systemic character. The decrease of COX activity to 5-11 per cent was accompanied by proportionally decreased content of the assembled COX enzyme. With the help of transmitochondrial cybrids derived from patient fibroblasts it was proven that the COX defect was of nuclear origin. In a successive pregnancy, the function of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) was analysed in cultured amniocytes by substrate-stimulated ATP production and COX activity was compared with the activity of citrate synthase. The amount and composition of OXPHOS complexes was estimated by two-dimensional (Blue Native/SDS) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and was verified immunochemically with specific antibodies. Three independent lines of evidence provided us with reliable data on the function of COX and OXPHOS in fetal cells which were sufficient to rule out the expected enzymatic defect within three weeks after amniocentesis.
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- J Houstek
- Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
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Chapter 9 The Role of Mitochondrial Genome Mutations in Neurodegenerative Disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s1566-3124(08)60029-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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von Wurmb N, Oehmichen M, Meissner C. Demonstration of the 4977 bp deletion in human mitochondrial DNA from intravital and postmortem blood. Mutat Res 1998; 422:247-54. [PMID: 9838148 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(98)00205-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The 4977 bp deletion in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is known to accumulate with age in various human tissues. Findings regarding its accumulation in blood, however, have so far been contradictory. We investigated the levels of the 4977 bp deletion in mtDNA from 100 intravital and postmortem blood samples. Applying an improved version of a PCR plus silver staining of polyacrylamide gels, we could detect the 4977 bp deletion in blood of healthy individuals over 20 years of age. While the 4977 bp deletion in blood is subject to a certain age dependence, it appears to be influenced by additional factors. A Primer-Shift-Assay amplifying four different deletion-specific fragments showed that the smaller fragments were amplified with a higher amplification efficiency than the larger fragments. The deletion-specific 389 bp fragment was demonstrated in 73% of individuals over 80 years of age, but in only 46% of individuals between 21 and 30 years old whereas the largest 802 bp deletion-specific fragment was detectable in 38% of subjects over 80 years of age, and in only 15% of individuals under 30 years of age. Deletion-specific fragments were not detected in a single individual under 20 years old, nor in fetal blood. In this work, we demonstrate for the first time the detection of 4977 bp specific fragments in blood of healthy individuals without the necessity of using a nested PCR. The deletion is detectable in postmortal and intravital blood, so that the occurrence of the 4977 bp deletion seems to be a physiological and not only a postmortal process.
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- N von Wurmb
- University of California Davis, 1311 Haring Hall, Davis, CA 95616,
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Siregar NC, Jean-François MJ, Blok RB, Byrne E. Genotypic and phenotypic changes in exhaustively grown cell lines from mitochondrial cytopathy patients. Muscle Nerve 1998; 21:599-609. [PMID: 9572239 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199805)21:5<599::aid-mus6>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Understanding the pathobiology of mitochondrial (mt) DNA diseases involves both characterization of the effects of individual mutations on respiratory function and elucidation of the changes in mutation load and distribution (energy mosaicism) over serial cell generations. Whether a given mutation is stably maintained, or increases or decreases with cell growth, is one of the determinants as to whether a particular tissue will be affected by oxidative phosphorylation failure. In this study, we correlated mt genotype with biochemical phenotype in myoblasts from patients with pathogenic mtDNA mutations. The dominant process detected was a progressive elimination of mutant mtDNA genomes concomitant with an improvement in respiratory chain activity, suggesting that energetically normal cells have a growth advantage over those with a high mutation load. We propose that this elimination is by biased distribution of wild-type mtDNA to daughter cells, and that a similar mechanism could operate in vivo and contribute to both the clinical expression of mt disease and the maintenance of a predominantly wild-type mt genome pool across generations.
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- N C Siregar
- Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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Heteroplasmic Point Mutations of Mitochondrial DNA Affecting Subunit I of Cytochrome c Oxidase in Two Patients With Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia. Blood 1997. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.12.4961.4961_4961_4972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial iron overload in acquired idiopathic sideroblastic anemia (AISA) may be attributable to mutations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), because these can cause respiratory chain dysfunction, thereby impairing reduction of ferric iron (Fe3+) to ferrous iron (Fe2+). The reduced form of iron is essential to the last step of mitochondrial heme biosynthesis. It is not yet understood to which part of the respiratory chain the reduction of ferric iron is linked. In two patients with AISA we identified point mutations of mtDNA affecting the same transmembrane helix within subunit I of cytochrome c oxidase (COX I; ie, complex IV of the respiratory chain). The mutations were detected by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and temperature gradient gel electrophoresis. One of the mutations involves a T → C transition in nucleotide position 6742, causing an amino acid change from methionine to threonine. The other mutation is a T → C transition at nt 6721, changing isoleucine to threonine. Both amino acids are highly conserved in a wide range of species. Both mutations are heteroplasmic, ie, they establish a mixture of normal and mutated mitochondrial genomes, which is typical of disorders of mtDNA. The mutations were present in bone marrow and whole blood samples, in isolated platelets, and in granulocytes, but appeared to be absent from T and B lymphocytes purified by immunomagnetic bead separation. They were not detected in buccal mucosa cells obtained by mouthwashes and in cultured skin fibroblasts examined in one of the patients. In both patients, this pattern of involvement suggests that the mtDNA mutation occurred in a self-renewing bone marrow stem cell with myeloid determination. Identification of two point mutations with very similar location suggests that cytochrome c oxidase plays an important role in the pathogenesis of AISA. COX may be the physiologic site of iron reduction and transport through the inner mitochondrial membrane.
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Heteroplasmic Point Mutations of Mitochondrial DNA Affecting Subunit I of Cytochrome c Oxidase in Two Patients With Acquired Idiopathic Sideroblastic Anemia. Blood 1997. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.12.4961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractMitochondrial iron overload in acquired idiopathic sideroblastic anemia (AISA) may be attributable to mutations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), because these can cause respiratory chain dysfunction, thereby impairing reduction of ferric iron (Fe3+) to ferrous iron (Fe2+). The reduced form of iron is essential to the last step of mitochondrial heme biosynthesis. It is not yet understood to which part of the respiratory chain the reduction of ferric iron is linked. In two patients with AISA we identified point mutations of mtDNA affecting the same transmembrane helix within subunit I of cytochrome c oxidase (COX I; ie, complex IV of the respiratory chain). The mutations were detected by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and temperature gradient gel electrophoresis. One of the mutations involves a T → C transition in nucleotide position 6742, causing an amino acid change from methionine to threonine. The other mutation is a T → C transition at nt 6721, changing isoleucine to threonine. Both amino acids are highly conserved in a wide range of species. Both mutations are heteroplasmic, ie, they establish a mixture of normal and mutated mitochondrial genomes, which is typical of disorders of mtDNA. The mutations were present in bone marrow and whole blood samples, in isolated platelets, and in granulocytes, but appeared to be absent from T and B lymphocytes purified by immunomagnetic bead separation. They were not detected in buccal mucosa cells obtained by mouthwashes and in cultured skin fibroblasts examined in one of the patients. In both patients, this pattern of involvement suggests that the mtDNA mutation occurred in a self-renewing bone marrow stem cell with myeloid determination. Identification of two point mutations with very similar location suggests that cytochrome c oxidase plays an important role in the pathogenesis of AISA. COX may be the physiologic site of iron reduction and transport through the inner mitochondrial membrane.
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Berneburg M, Gattermann N, Stege H, Grewe M, Vogelsang K, Ruzicka T, Krutmann J. Chronically ultraviolet-exposed human skin shows a higher mutation frequency of mitochondrial DNA as compared to unexposed skin and the hematopoietic system. Photochem Photobiol 1997; 66:271-5. [PMID: 9277148 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb08654.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Normal ageing processes are associated with an accumulation of mutations within the mitochondrial (mt) DNA. The most frequent mutation is a 4977 base pair (bp) deletion known as common deletion. In order to test the hypothesis that chronically sun-exposed skin is characterized by an increased mutation frequency of mtDNA, the mutation frequency of the common deletion between skin and another replicating tissue (the hematopoietic system) and chronically sun-exposed versus sun-protected skin was compared in the same individuals. This was done by comparing the amount of mutated mtDNA molecules with the whole mitochondrial genome in the same specimen with a semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction method, thus allowing direct comparison of different tissues. In all skin specimens the common deletion could be observed. In contrast only 3 of 10 blood samples revealed detectable amounts of the common deletion. Comparison of sun-exposed versus sun-protected skin exhibited a higher content of the common deletion in sun-exposed skin in 7 of 10 individuals. Additionally, a hitherto undescribed mtDNA mutation was detected exclusively in human skin. These studies indicate that exposure of human skin to solar radiation leads to an accumulation of mtDNA mutations, possibly via oxidative damage, which may play an important role in photoageing.
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- M Berneburg
- Department of Dermatology, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Clark KM, Bindoff LA, Lightowlers RN, Andrews RM, Griffiths PG, Johnson MA, Brierley EJ, Turnbull DM. Reversal of a mitochondrial DNA defect in human skeletal muscle. Nat Genet 1997; 16:222-4. [PMID: 9207784 DOI: 10.1038/ng0797-222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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van de Corput MP, van den Ouweland JM, Dirks RW, Hart LM, Bruining GJ, Maassen JA, Raap AK. Detection of mitochondrial DNA deletions in human skin fibroblasts of patients with Pearson's syndrome by two-color fluorescence in situ hybridization. J Histochem Cytochem 1997; 45:55-61. [PMID: 9010469 DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Pearson's marrow/pancreas syndrome is a disease associated with a large mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletion. The various tissues of a patient contain heteroplasmic populations of wild-type (WT) and deleted mtDNA molecules. The clinical phenotype of Pearson's syndrome is variable and is not correlated with the size and position of the deletion. The histo- and cytological distribution of WT and deleted mtDNA molecules may be factors that correlate with the phenotypical expression of the disease. Here we introduce a new application of two-color FISH to visualize WT and deleted mtDNA simultaneously in a cell population of in vitro cultured skin fibroblasts of two patients with Pearson's syndrome. At the third passage of culturing, fibroblasts showed a remarkable heterogeneity of WT and deleted mtDNA: about 90% of the cells contained almost 100% WT mtDNA, and 10% of the cells contained predominantly deleted mtDNA. At the tenth passage of culturing, fibroblasts showed a reduction of intercellular heteroplasmy from 10% to 1%, while intracellular heteroplasmy was maintained. This new approach enables detailed analysis of distribution patterns of WT and deleted mtDNA molecules at the inter- and intracellular levels in clinical samples, and may contribute to a better understanding of genotype-phenotype relationships in patients with mitochondrial diseases.
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Masucci JP, Davidson M, Koga Y, Schon EA, King MP. In vitro analysis of mutations causing myoclonus epilepsy with ragged-red fibers in the mitochondrial tRNA(Lys)gene: two genotypes produce similar phenotypes. Mol Cell Biol 1995; 15:2872-81. [PMID: 7739567 PMCID: PMC230518 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.15.5.2872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Cytoplasts from patients with myoclonus epilepsy with ragged-red fibers harboring a pathogenic point mutation at either nucleotide 8344 or 8356 in the human mitochondrial tRNA(Lys) gene were fused with human cells lacking endogenous mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). For each mutation, cytoplasmic hybrid (cybrid) cell lines containing 0 or 100% mutated mtDNAs were isolated and their genetic, biochemical, and morphological characteristics were examined. Both mutations resulted in the same biochemical and molecular genetic phenotypes. Specifically, cybrids containing 100% mutated mtDNAs, but not those containing the corresponding wild-type mtDNAs, exhibited severe defects in respiratory chain activity, in the rates of protein synthesis, and in the steady-state levels of mitochondrial translation products. In addition, aberrant mitochondrial translation products were detected with both mutations. No significant alterations were observed in the processing of polycistronic RNA precursor transcripts derived from the region containing the tRNA(Lys) gene. These results demonstrate that two different mtDNA mutations in tRNA(Lys), both associated with the same mitochondrial disorder, result in fundamentally identical defects at the cellular level and strongly suggest that specific protein synthesis abnormalities contribute to the pathogenesis of myoclonus epilepsy with ragged-red fibers.
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- J P Masucci
- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Replication of a heteroplasmic population of normal and partially-deleted human mitochondrial genomes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-82235-2.50039-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Fromenty B, Grimbert S, Mansouri A, Beaugrand M, Erlinger S, Rötig A, Pessayre D. Hepatic mitochondrial DNA deletion in alcoholics: association with microvesicular steatosis. Gastroenterology 1995; 108:193-200. [PMID: 7806041 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(95)90024-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Alcohol abuse may lead to microvesicular steatosis, a lesion ascribed to impaired mitochondrial function. Because alcohol abuse leads to reactive oxygen species in the hepatic mitochondria, it may damage mitochondrial DNA. The aim of this study was to look for the presence of the "common" 4977-base pair deletion in the hepatic mitochondrial DNA of alcoholic patients and age-matched, nonalcoholic controls. METHODS Hepatic DNA was subjected to two polymerase chain reactions that amplified non-deleted and deleted mitochondrial DNA, respectively. RESULTS The deletion was found in 6 of 10 alcoholics with microvesicular steatosis, 2 of 17 alcoholic patients with macrovacuolar steatosis, but in none of 12 patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis, 11 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, or 62 nonalcoholic patients of comparable ages with various other liver diseases or normal liver histology. In all patients with the deletion, restriction fragments of deleted mitochondrial DNA co-migrated with those of reference Pearson bone marrow-pancreas syndrome patients with the common mitochondrial DNA deletion. CONCLUSIONS The common deletion is frequent in the hepatic DNA of alcoholic patients with microvesicular steatosis. Alcohol-induced mitochondrial DNA damage may contribute to the occurrence of this lesion in some alcoholics.
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- B Fromenty
- INSERM Unité 24, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France
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Large-scale deletions and tRNA point mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are associated with a variety of different mitochondrial encephalomyopathies. Skeletal muscle in these patients shows a typical pathology, characterized by the focal accumulation of large numbers of morphologically and biochemically abnormal mitochondrial (ragged-red fibers). Both mtDNA deletions and tRNA point mutations impair mitochondrial translation and produce deficiencies in oxidative phosphorylation. However, mutant and wild-type mtDNAs co-exist (mtDNA heteroplasmy) and the translation defect is not expressed until the ratio of mutant: wild-type mtDNAs exceeds a specific threshold. Below the threshold the phenotype can be rescued by intramitochondrial genetic complementation. The mosaic expression of the skeletal muscle pathology is thus determined by both the cellular and organellar distribution of mtDNA mutants.
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- E A Shoubridge
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Kawakami Y, Sakuta R, Hashimoto K, Fujino O, Fujita T, Hida M, Horai S, Goto Y, Nonaka I. Mitochondrial myopathy with progressive decrease in mitochondrial tRNA(Leu)(UUR) mutant genomes. Ann Neurol 1994; 35:370-3. [PMID: 8122892 DOI: 10.1002/ana.410350322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A female patient with mitochondrial myopathy had a mitochondrial DNA mutation at nucleotide pair 3243, commonly seen in patients with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS), but unlike MELAS patients, she had no central nervous system symptoms. Muscle weakness, which was most severe when she was 7 years old, improved gradually with age. Comparison of two muscle biopsies obtained at an interval of 12.5 years (7 and 20 years of age, respectively), revealed that the number of ragged-red fibers was markedly decreased and histochemical cytochrome c oxidase activity increased in parallel with the decrease in population of mutant genomes.
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- Y Kawakami
- Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tama Nagayama Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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