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Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Cardiac Arrhythmias. Cells 2023; 12:cells12050679. [PMID: 36899814 PMCID: PMC10001005 DOI: 10.3390/cells12050679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Electrophysiological and structural disruptions in cardiac arrhythmias are closely related to mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondria are an organelle generating ATP, thereby satisfying the energy demand of the incessant electrical activity in the heart. In arrhythmias, the homeostatic supply-demand relationship is impaired, which is often accompanied by progressive mitochondrial dysfunction leading to reduced ATP production and elevated reactive oxidative species generation. Furthermore, ion homeostasis, membrane excitability, and cardiac structure can be disrupted through pathological changes in gap junctions and inflammatory signaling, which results in impaired cardiac electrical homeostasis. Herein, we review the electrical and molecular mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias, with a particular focus on mitochondrial dysfunction in ionic regulation and gap junction action. We provide an update on inherited and acquired mitochondrial dysfunction to explore the pathophysiology of different types of arrhythmias. In addition, we highlight the role of mitochondria in bradyarrhythmia, including sinus node dysfunction and atrioventricular node dysfunction. Finally, we discuss how confounding factors, such as aging, gut microbiome, cardiac reperfusion injury, and electrical stimulation, modulate mitochondrial function and cause tachyarrhythmia.
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Newell C, Khan A, Sinasac D, Shoffner J, Friederich MW, Van Hove JLK, Hume S, Shearer J, Sosova I. Hybrid gel electrophoresis using skin fibroblasts to aid in diagnosing mitochondrial disease. NEUROLOGY-GENETICS 2019; 5:e336. [PMID: 31192304 PMCID: PMC6515941 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Objective We developed a novel, hybrid method combining both blue-native (BN-PAGE) and clear-native (CN-PAGE) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, termed BCN-PAGE, to perform in-gel activity stains on the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) complexes in skin fibroblasts. Methods Four patients aged 46–65 years were seen in the Metabolic Clinic at Alberta Children's Hospital and investigated for mitochondrial disease and had BN-PAGE or CN-PAGE on skeletal muscle that showed incomplete assembly of complex V (CV) in each patient. Long-range PCR performed on muscle-extracted DNA identified 4 unique mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions spanning the ATP6 gene of CV. We developed a BCN-PAGE method in skin fibroblasts taken from the patients at the same time and compared the findings with those in skeletal muscle. Results In all 4 cases, BCN-PAGE in skin fibroblasts confirmed the abnormal CV activity found from muscle biopsy, suggesting that the mtDNA deletions involving ATP6 were most likely germline mutations that are associated with a clinical phenotype of mitochondrial disease. Conclusions The BCN-PAGE method in skin fibroblasts has a potential to be a less-invasive tool compared with muscle biopsy to screen patients for abnormalities in CV and other mitochondrial ETC complexes.
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- Christopher Newell
- Department of Medical Genetics (C.N., A.K., D.S.) and Department of Pediatrics (A.K.), Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Atlanta (J. Shoffner), GA; Departments of Pediatrics (M.W.F., J.L.K.V.H.), Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado; Department of Medical Genetics (S.H.), University of Alberta, Canada; Faculty of Kinesiology (J. Shearer), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (I.S.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics (C.N., A.K., D.S.) and Department of Pediatrics (A.K.), Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Atlanta (J. Shoffner), GA; Departments of Pediatrics (M.W.F., J.L.K.V.H.), Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado; Department of Medical Genetics (S.H.), University of Alberta, Canada; Faculty of Kinesiology (J. Shearer), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (I.S.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics (C.N., A.K., D.S.) and Department of Pediatrics (A.K.), Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Atlanta (J. Shoffner), GA; Departments of Pediatrics (M.W.F., J.L.K.V.H.), Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado; Department of Medical Genetics (S.H.), University of Alberta, Canada; Faculty of Kinesiology (J. Shearer), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (I.S.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics (C.N., A.K., D.S.) and Department of Pediatrics (A.K.), Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Atlanta (J. Shoffner), GA; Departments of Pediatrics (M.W.F., J.L.K.V.H.), Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado; Department of Medical Genetics (S.H.), University of Alberta, Canada; Faculty of Kinesiology (J. Shearer), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (I.S.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics (C.N., A.K., D.S.) and Department of Pediatrics (A.K.), Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Atlanta (J. Shoffner), GA; Departments of Pediatrics (M.W.F., J.L.K.V.H.), Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado; Department of Medical Genetics (S.H.), University of Alberta, Canada; Faculty of Kinesiology (J. Shearer), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (I.S.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics (C.N., A.K., D.S.) and Department of Pediatrics (A.K.), Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Atlanta (J. Shoffner), GA; Departments of Pediatrics (M.W.F., J.L.K.V.H.), Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado; Department of Medical Genetics (S.H.), University of Alberta, Canada; Faculty of Kinesiology (J. Shearer), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (I.S.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics (C.N., A.K., D.S.) and Department of Pediatrics (A.K.), Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Atlanta (J. Shoffner), GA; Departments of Pediatrics (M.W.F., J.L.K.V.H.), Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado; Department of Medical Genetics (S.H.), University of Alberta, Canada; Faculty of Kinesiology (J. Shearer), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (I.S.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics (C.N., A.K., D.S.) and Department of Pediatrics (A.K.), Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Atlanta (J. Shoffner), GA; Departments of Pediatrics (M.W.F., J.L.K.V.H.), Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado; Department of Medical Genetics (S.H.), University of Alberta, Canada; Faculty of Kinesiology (J. Shearer), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (I.S.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics (C.N., A.K., D.S.) and Department of Pediatrics (A.K.), Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada; Atlanta (J. Shoffner), GA; Departments of Pediatrics (M.W.F., J.L.K.V.H.), Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado; Department of Medical Genetics (S.H.), University of Alberta, Canada; Faculty of Kinesiology (J. Shearer), University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (I.S.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Singh L, Saini N, Bakhshi S, Pushker N, Sen S, Sharma A, Kaur J, Kashyap S. Prognostic significance of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation complexes: Therapeutic target in the treatment of retinoblastoma. Mitochondrion 2015; 23:55-63. [PMID: 26071002 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2015.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Revised: 03/20/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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PURPOSE Altered energy metabolism plays an important role in the development and progression of cancer. The objective of this study was to elucidate the role of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation complexes and their prognostic significance in retinoblastoma (Rb). METHODS Immunohistochemistry was performed on 109 primary enucleated retinoblastoma tissues for mitochondrial OXPHOS complexes and their expression was confirmed by western blotting. RESULTS Histopathological high risk factors (HRFs) were identified in 42.2% cases. Mitochondrial OXPHOS complexes III, IV and V were expressed in more than 50% of primary retinoblastoma cases each whereas mitochondrial complex I was expressed in only 29/109 (26.60%) cases by immunohistochemistry. Loss of mitochondrial complex I correlated well with poor tumor differentiation and tumor invasion (p < 0.05) whereas expression of mitochondrial complexes III, IV and V was associated with better survival (Kaplan-Meier method). CONCLUSIONS This was the first study predicting a relevant role of mitochondrial OXPHOS complexes and highlights the prognostic significance with patient outcome in retinoblastoma. Loss of mitochondrial complex I immunoexpression could prove to be a useful independent prognostic biomarker to identify high risk retinoblastoma patients. Differential expression of these mitochondrial complexes is a novel finding and may be used as an attractive future anticancer target in primary retinoblastoma tumors. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.
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- Lata Singh
- Department of Ocular Pathology, Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Functional Genomics Unit, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, IRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Ocular Pathology, Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Ocular Microbiology, Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Ocular Biochemistry, Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Ocular Pathology, Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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Kabunga P, Lau AK, Phan K, Puranik R, Liang C, Davis RL, Sue CM, Sy RW. Systematic review of cardiac electrical disease in Kearns–Sayre syndrome and mitochondrial cytopathy. Int J Cardiol 2015; 181:303-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Revised: 12/06/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Su YF, Yang SH, Lee YH, Wu BC, Huang SC, Liu CM, Chen SL, Pan YF, Chou S, Chou MY, Yang HW. Aspirin-induced inhibition of adipogenesis was p53-dependent and associated with inactivation of pentose phosphate pathway. Eur J Pharmacol 2014; 738:101-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2014.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 03/04/2014] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Geihs MA, Vargas MA, Nery LEM. Damage caused during hypoxia and reoxygenation in the locomotor muscle of the crab Neohelice granulata (Decapoda: Varunidae). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2014; 172:1-9. [PMID: 24534149 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2013] [Revised: 02/05/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The aim of this work was to determine whether different durations of severe hypoxia (0.5 mg O2 L(-1)) followed by reoxygenation cause damage to the locomotor muscle of the crab Neohelice granulata. We evaluated reactive oxygen species (ROS), lipid peroxidation (LPO), mitochondrial membrane potential, and aerobic fiber area of the locomotor muscle after different periods of hypoxia (1, 4, or 10h) followed by 30 or 120 min of reoxygenation. Additionally, changes in cell volume, mitochondrial dysfunction, and infiltration of hemocytes were evaluated after hypoxia and a subsequent 2, 24, or 48 h of reoxygenation. After hypoxia, neither ROS nor LPO increased. However, mitochondrial membrane potential and aerobic fiber area decreased in a time-dependent manner. After reoxygenation, the ROS and LPO levels increased and mitochondrial membrane potential decreased, but these quickly recovered in crabs exposed to 4h of hypoxia. On the other hand, alterations of mitochondria resulted in morphological changes in aerobic fibers, which required more time to recover during reoxygenation after 10h of hypoxia. The locomotor muscles of the crab N. granulata suffer damage after hypoxia and reoxygenation. The intensity of this damage is dependent on the duration of hypoxia. In all experimental situations analyzed, the locomotor muscle of this crab was capable of recovery.
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- Márcio Alberto Geihs
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas - Fisiologia Animal Comparada, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália, Km 8, Rio Grande - RS, 96201-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas - Fisiologia Animal Comparada, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália, Km 8, Rio Grande - RS, 96201-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas - Fisiologia Animal Comparada, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Av. Itália, Km 8, Rio Grande - RS, 96201-900, Brazil.
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INTRODUCTION Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) is a mitochondrial syndrome on a disease spectrum with Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS). Clinical presentation is variable and our experience suggested that phenotypic differences exist in CPEO with onset after age 20. METHODS This descriptive study is a retrospective chart review of 40 patients with late-onset CPEO. Clinical features, laboratory and neurophysiology results were reviewed. RESULTS Multisystem dysfunction was very common in this series. Gastrointestinal dysfunction was more common than expected (60%) as was migraine headache (40%). Clinical characteristics on the KSS disease spectrum were uncommon in this series with only 2.5% having pigmentary retinopathy, 5% with cardiac conduction abnormality, and 22.5% having endocrinopathy (most often thyroid dysfunction rather than diabetes). Neurophysiology abnormalities included length-dependent axonal polyneuropathy in 44% (sometimes subclinical) and myopathic EMG changes in 26%. Exposure to sources of acquired mitochondrial toxicity including cigarette use and hepatitis C infection were more common than expected in this series. DISCUSSION Phenotype was different in this late-onset series compared with previous reports in CPEO patients. In this series of late-onset patients, multi-organ dysfunction was more common than previously reported in CPEO, and some classical mitochondrial manifestations, such as pigmentary retinopathy were rare. We suggest that acquired mitochondrial toxicity may have a role in the pathogenesis of adult-onset CPEO.
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Sachdev A, Sharma R, Gupta D. Cerebrovascular complications in pediatric intensive care unit. Indian J Crit Care Med 2010; 14:129-40. [PMID: 21253346 PMCID: PMC3021828 DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.74171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Cerebrovascular complications are being frequently recognized in the pediatric intensive care unit in the recent few years. The epidemiology and risk factors for pediatric stroke are different from that of the adults. The incidence of ischemic stroke is almost slightly more than that of hemorrhagic stroke. The list of diagnostic causes is increasing with the availability of newer imaging modalities and laboratory tests. The diagnostic work up depends on the age of the child and the rapidity of presentation. Magnetic resonance imaging, computerized tomography and arteriography and venography are the mainstay of diagnosis and to differentiate between ischemic and hemorrhagic events. Very sophisticated molecular diagnostic tests are required in a very few patients. There are very few pediatric studies on the management of stroke. General supportive management is as important as the specific treatment. Most of the treatment guidelines and suggestions are extrapolated from the adult studies. Few guidelines are available for the use of anticoagulants and thrombolytic agents in pediatric patients. So, our objective was to review the available literature on the childhood stroke and to provide an insight into the subject for the pediatricians and critical care providers.
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- Anil Sachdev
- From: Department of Pediatrics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dr. B. L. Kapoor Memorial Hospital, Pusa Road, New Delhi, India
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- From: Department of Pediatrics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India
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Yuri T, Kondo Y, Kohno K, Lei YC, Kanematsu S, Kuwata M, Iwasaka T, Tsubura A. An autopsy case of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia with renal insufficiency. Med Mol Morphol 2008; 41:233-7. [PMID: 19107614 DOI: 10.1007/s00795-008-0420-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2008] [Accepted: 09/17/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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An autopsy of a 44-year-old Japanese woman with mitochondrial cytopathy confirmed the presence of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO). Immunohistochemistry using antimitochondrial antibody was performed to observe the ultrastructure of the skeletal muscle and renal tissues. The patient was born of consanguineous parents, developed normally, and was of average intelligence. At 22 years of age, the patient noticed hearing loss, and subsequently, over time, developed a progressive generalized muscle weakness, which included limitation of eye movement and ptosis. At age 41, a muscle biopsy was performed using the modified Gomori trichrome method and demonstrated the presence of ragged red fibers. After the evaluation of her results in conjunction with her clinical course, she was diagnosed with CPEO. Renal insufficiency was discovered at age 30, and the patient died at the age of 44 of respiratory failure caused by respiratory muscle weakness and pneumonia. The autopsy revealed fiber size variation within the skeletal muscle, and an antimitochondrial antibody analysis demonstrated the accumulation of mitochondria between the bundles of myofibrils, as well as in subsarcolemmal locations. Ultrastructurally, abnormal mitochondria with disoriented cristae and paracrystalline inclusions were seen. Although no remarkable histological changes were noted in the kidneys, tubular epithelial cells exhibited accumulated abnormal mitochondria, similar to those seen in the skeletal muscle. Because mitochondrial diseases can affect other energy-dependent organs in addition to the skeletal muscle, immunohistochemical examinations employing an antimitochondrial antibody are useful for obtaining further ultrastructural observations that can assist in making a distinct diagnosis of this systemic disorder.
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- Takashi Yuri
- Department of Pathology II, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8506, Japan.
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Koenig MK. Presentation and diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders in children. Pediatr Neurol 2008; 38:305-13. [PMID: 18410845 PMCID: PMC3099432 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2007] [Revised: 11/07/2007] [Accepted: 12/03/2007] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The first disorder of mitochondrial function was described by Luft in 1959. Over the ensuing decades, multiple cases of mitochondrial dysfunction were reported, and the term "mitochondrial disorder" arose to describe any defect in the mitochondrial electron transport chain. The sequence of the mitochondrial genome was elucidated in 1981 by Anderson et al., and during the next 20 years, >200 pathogenic point mutations, deletions, insertions, and rearrangements were described. Most of the original cases were adults, and the diagnosis of a mitochondrial disorder in an adult patient became relatively straightforward. Adults present with well-defined "mitochondrial syndromes" and generally carry mitochondrial DNA mutations that are easily identified. Children with mitochondrial disorders are much harder to define. Children are more likely to have a nuclear DNA mutation, whereas the "classic" syndromic findings tend to be absent. This review describes both the varying presentations of mitochondrial disorders and the common laboratory, imaging, and pathologic findings related to children.
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- Mary Kay Koenig
- Department of Pediatrics and Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 6431 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Conforto AB, Yamamoto FI, Oba-Shinjo SM, Pinto JGC, Hoshino M, Scaff M, Marie SKN. Screening for MELAS mutations in young patients with stroke of undetermined origin. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 2007; 65:371-6. [PMID: 17664998 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2007000300001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2006] [Accepted: 02/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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PURPOSE: It has been suggested that mitochondrial disease may be responsible for a substantial proportion of strokes of indetermined origin. We have preliminarily screened for MELAS (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes) mutations in young patients with cryptogenic strokes. METHOD: The mitochondrial mutations A3243G and T3271C were investigated in 38 subjects aged less than 46 years. Group 1: 15 patients with cryptogenic strokes; Group 2: 3 patients with diagnosis of MELAS syndrome, including stroke-like episodes; Group 3: 20 healthy subjects. RESULTS: The A3243G mutation was absent in all subjects in Groups 1 and 3 but was present in all subjects in Group 2. CONCLUSION: Our results do not support screening for these mutations to diagnose oligosymptomatic forms of MELAS in cryptogenic strokes in the absence of other features of the syndrome. We suggest that clinical findings should guide mitochondrial genetic testing.
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Westermann CM, Dorland L, Wijnberg ID, van der Kolk JH. Equine metabolic myopathies with emphasis on the diagnostic approach comparison with human myopathies A review. Vet Q 2007; 29:42-59. [PMID: 17663211 DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2007.9695227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022] Open
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This review gives an overview of the presently known human and equine metabolic myopathies with emphasis on the diagnostic approach. Metabolic myopathies are muscle disorders caused by a biochemical defect of the skeletal muscle energy system, which results in inefficient muscle performance. Myopathies can arise in different levels of the metabolic system. In this review the metabolic myopathies are categorized in disorders of the carbohydrate metabolism, lipid metabolism, mitochondrial myopathies (other than those described in lipid metabolism), disorders of purine metabolism, primary disorders involving ion channels and electrolyte flux and secondary or acquired metabolic myopathies.
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- C M Westermann
- Department of Equine Sciences, Medicine Section, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
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Testa M, Navazio FM, Neugebauer J. Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Mitochondrial Myopathies in Endurance Athletes. Curr Sports Med Rep 2005; 4:282-7. [PMID: 16144587 DOI: 10.1097/01.csmr.0000306223.19714.7a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Endurance athletes complaining of muscle pains concomitant with fatigue and exercise intolerance provide a diagnostic challenge. When the most common causes have been ruled out, the presence of metabolic myopathies, including mitochondrial myopathies (MMs), should be considered. MMs are a group of diseases characterized by inadequate mitochondrial ATP production needed for the energetic requirement of the exercising muscles. Athletes with myalgia, fatigue, dyspnea, and muscular cramping should be questioned for history of rhabdomyolysis or myoglobinuria as well as detailed family history, given the predominant matrilinear inheritance of MMs. In all suspected cases, blood lactate and ventilatory response on effort plus muscle biopsy for histologic and molecular studies are recommended. Therapeutic recommendations consist of a set of instructions including genetic counseling, awareness of possible myoglobinuric episodes, and controlled exercise training.
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- Massimo Testa
- Sports Performance Program, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA.
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- Kathleen Patterson
- University of Washington School of Medicine and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, 4800 Sandpoint Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
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Manczak M, Park BS, Jung Y, Reddy PH. Differential expression of oxidative phosphorylation genes in patients with Alzheimer's disease: implications for early mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative damage. Neuromolecular Med 2004; 5:147-62. [PMID: 15075441 DOI: 10.1385/nmm:5:2:147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 309] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis, increasing evidence implicates mitochondrial dysfunction resulting from molecular defects in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). The objective of the present study was to determine the role of mRNA expression of mitochondrial genes responsible for OXPHOS in brain specimens from early AD and definite AD patients. In the present article, using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques, we studied mRNA expression of 11 mitochondrial-encoded genes in early AD patients (n = 6), definite AD patients (n = 6), and control subjects (n = 6). Using immunofluorescence techniques, we determined differentially expressed mitochondrial genes NADH 15-kDa subunit (complex I), cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (complex IV), and ATPase delta-subunit (complex V) in the brain sections of AD patients and control subjects. Our quantitative reverse transcription (RT)-PCR analysis revealed a downregulation of mitochondrial genes in complex I of OXPHOS in both early and definite AD brain specimens. Further, the decrease of mRNA fold changes was higher for subunit 1 compared to all other subunits studied, suggesting that subunit 1 is critical for OXPHOS. Contrary to the downregulation of genes in complex I, complexes III and IV showed increased mRNA expressions in the brain specimens of both early and definite AD patients, suggesting a great demand on energy production. Further, mitochondrial gene expression varied greatly across AD patients, suggesting that mitochondrial DNA defects may be responsible for the heterogeneity of the phenotype in AD patients. Our immunofluorescence analyses of cytochrome oxidase and of the ATPase delta-subunit suggest that only subpopulations of neurons are differentially expressed in AD brains. Our double-labeling immunofluorescence analyses of 8-hydroxyguanosine and of cytochrome oxidase suggest that only selective, overexpressed neurons with cytochrome oxidase undergo oxidative damage in AD brains. Based on these results, we propose that an increase in cytochrome oxidase gene expression might be the result of functional compensation by the surviving neurons or an early mitochondrial alteration related to increased oxidative damage.
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- Maria Manczak
- Neurogenetics Laboratory, Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, 505 NW 185th Avenue, Beaverton, OR, USA
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DeSouza RA, Cardenas RJ, Lindler TU, De la Fuente FA, Mayorquin FJ, Trochtenberg DS. Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy with Lactic Acidosis and Strokelike Episodes (MELAS): A Mitochondrial Disorder Presents as Fibromyalgia. South Med J 2004; 97:528-31. [PMID: 15180033 DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200405000-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This case report describes a patient who presented with symptoms and signs of longstanding fibromyalgia. Routine laboratory tests revealed an elevated anion gap. Evaluation of the elevated anion gap demonstrated elevated lactate and pyruvate levels and a lactate-to-pyruvate ratio greater than 20:1. A muscle biopsy was performed, exhibiting red ragged fibers, pathognomonic for a mitochondrial disorder. The patient was diagnosed with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and strokelike episodes (MELAS). This is the first report describing fibromyalgia as the initial presentation of MELAS. This article outlines the diagnostic process that can assist the physician in distinguishing mitochondrial disorders from other muscular diseases, particularly fibromyalgia.
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- Rowena A DeSouza
- Meharry Medical College and Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN 38208-3599, USA
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The venues opened to all by the remarkable studies of the genome are just starting to become manifest; they can now distinguish different variants of a disease; they are given the tools to better understand the pathophysiology of illness; they hope to be able to provide better treatment alternatives to our patients. The examples described in this review demonstrate the applicability of these concepts to pancreatic disorders. Researchers may be just scratching the surface at this time, but the potential is enormous. Many philosophic and ethical questions need to be answered as physicians move along: Should all family members of an index case be screened? Who should pay for testing? Who should get results? But, without the participation of so many patients, their family members, and numerous volunteers, researchers would not have witnessed the bridging of so many gaps as they have so far. All of us may now look forward to the application of this incredible knowledge to the therapeutic solutions so eagerly awaited.
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- Véronique Morinville
- Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, McGill University Health Center, Montreal Children's Hospital, 2300 Tupper Street #D562, Montreal, QC H3H 1P3 Canada
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Hansen JE, Casaburi R. Mitochondrial disorders and exertional intolerance: controversy continues. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 166:118; author reply 119-20. [PMID: 12091181 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.166.1.16611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The metabolic myopathies are a heterogeneous group of disorders inherited by a variety of modes that include gene defects in both the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. Many factors impact on the expression of the pathogenic mutations that cause these disorders including genetic background, environmental factors, and coexisting disorders. Molecular technology has greatly improved the ability to make definitive diagnoses in many of the metabolic myopathies in the last decade and particularly has demonstrated that the wide diversity in the severity of mutations contributes to understanding genotype-phenotype correlations. In some cases, molecular testing obviates the necessity to perform an invasive muscle biopsy. However, it is also clear that the diagnostic yield from molecular testing is incomplete and particularly low among the mitochondrial myopathies as a group, ranging from approximately 6% to 19% in well-classified high-risk groups. Therefore, it is often essential to combine clinical, biochemical, histopathologic, and molecular data for each patient in order to arrive at a definitive diagnosis. The approach to the laboratory diagnosis of metabolic myopathies is described emphasizing both noninvasive and invasive testing, highlighting the molecular methodologies with the benefits and disadvantages of each technology, and documenting how to determine whether patients have coexisting disorders.
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- Georgirene D Vladutiu
- Departments of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Pathology, Division of Genetics, School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Buffalo, 936 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York, 14209, USA
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Rollins S, Prayson RA, McMahon JT, Cohen BH. Diagnostic yield muscle biopsy in patients with clinical evidence of mitochondrial cytopathy. Am J Clin Pathol 2001; 116:326-30. [PMID: 11554158 DOI: 10.1309/watb-w4qv-na53-b9my] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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We retrospectively reviewed 118 muscle biopsy specimens from 113 patients with clinical and/or biochemical evidence of mitochondrial cytopathy. Light microscopic evaluation revealed histologic abnormalities in 65 specimens. The most common histologic findings included angular atrophic esterase-positive muscle fibers, type II muscle atrophy, regenerating muscle fibers, and scattered cytochrome-oxidase deficient fibers. Ragged red fibers were noted in 3 specimens on a Gomori trichrome stain. Electron microscopic evaluation was performed in 113 muscle specimens, and in 34, no abnormalities were identified. Increased numbers of mitochondria, particularly in the subsarcolemmal region, were identified in 54 specimens. Increased mitochondrial size was seen in 8 specimens and paracrystalline mitochondrial inclusions in 3. Other ultrastructural findings included focally increased glycogen deposition, focal Z-band streaming, and focally increased lipid accumulation. For 39 cases, concomitant skin biopsy specimens were available; abnormalities were identified by electron microscopy in 12. The majority of biopsy specimens demonstrated some light or electron microscopic abnormality. Specific histologic findings suggestive of mitochondrial abnormalities (partial cytochrome oxidase deficiency, ragged red fibers) were noted in a minority of cases. Ultrastructural evidence of mitochondrial abnormalities was noted in the majority of cases.
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- S Rollins
- Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Cleveland, USA
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