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Aoki K, Tanaka H, Kawahara T. Multiplexed Microsphere Suspension-Array Assay for Urine Mitochondrial DNA Typing by C-Stretch Length in Hypervariable Regions. J Clin Med Res 2018; 10:552-561. [PMID: 29904439 PMCID: PMC5997413 DOI: 10.14740/jocmr3302w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background The standard method for personal identification and verification of urine samples in doping control is short tandem repeat (STR) analysis using nuclear DNA (nDNA). The DNA concentration of urine is very low and decreases under most conditions used for sample storage; therefore, the amount of DNA from cryopreserved urine samples may be insufficient for STR analysis. We aimed to establish a multiplexed assay for urine mitochondrial DNA typing containing only trace amounts of DNA, particularly for Japanese populations. Methods A multiplexed suspension-array assay using oligo-tagged microspheres (Luminex MagPlex-TAG) was developed to measure C-stretch length in hypervariable region 1 (HV1) and 2 (HV2), five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and one polymorphic indel. Based on these SNPs and the indel, the Japanese population can be classified into five major haplogroups (D4, B, M7a, A, D5). The assay was applied to DNA samples from urine cryopreserved for 1 - 1.5 years (n = 63) and fresh blood (n = 150). Results The assay with blood DNA enabled Japanese subjects to be categorized into 62 types, exhibiting a discriminatory power of 0.960. The detection limit for cryopreserved urine was 0.005 ng of nDNA. Profiling of blood and urine pairs revealed that 5 of 63 pairs showed different C-stretch patterns in HV1 or HV2. Conclusions The assay described here yields valuable information in terms of the verification of urine sample sources employing only trace amounts of recovered DNA. However, blood cannot be used as a reference sample.
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- Kimiko Aoki
- Anti-doping Research Laboratory, Japan Chemical Analysis Center, 6-39-4, Minami Senju, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-0003, Japan.,Nihon Pharmaceutical University, 10281, Komuro, Inamachi, Kitaadachi-gun, Saitama 362-0806, Japan
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- Anti-doping Research Laboratory, Japan Chemical Analysis Center, 6-39-4, Minami Senju, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-0003, Japan
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- Anti-doping Research Laboratory, Japan Chemical Analysis Center, 6-39-4, Minami Senju, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-0003, Japan
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Naue J, Hörer S, Sänger T, Strobl C, Hatzer-Grubwieser P, Parson W, Lutz-Bonengel S. Evidence for frequent and tissue-specific sequence heteroplasmy in human mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrion 2014; 20:82-94. [PMID: 25526677 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2014.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Revised: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Mitochondrial point heteroplasmy is a common event observed not only in patients with mitochondrial diseases but also in healthy individuals. We here report a comprehensive investigation of heteroplasmy occurrence in human including the whole mitochondrial control region from nine different tissue types of 100 individuals. Sanger sequencing was used as a standard method and results were supported by cloning, minisequencing, and massively parallel sequencing. Only 12% of all individuals showed no heteroplasmy, whereas 88% showed at least one heteroplasmic position within the investigated tissues. In 66% of individuals up to 8 positions were affected. The highest relative number of heteroplasmies was detected in muscle and liver (79%, 69%), followed by brain, hair, and heart (36.7%-30.2%). Lower percentages were observed in bone, blood, lung, and buccal cells (19.8%-16.2%). Accumulation of position-specific heteroplasmies was found in muscle (positions 64, 72, 73, 189, and 408), liver (position 72) and brain (partial deletion at position 71). Deeper analysis of these specific positions in muscle revealed a non-random appearance and position-specific dependency on age. MtDNA heteroplasmy frequency and its potential functional importance have been underestimated in the past and its occurrence is ubiquitous and dependent at least on age, tissue, and position-specific mutation rates.
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- Jana Naue
- Institute of Legal Medicine, Freiburg University Medical Center, Albertstrasse 9, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany; Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schaenzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Freiburg University Medical Center, Albertstrasse 9, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Freiburg University Medical Center, Albertstrasse 9, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Muellerstrasse 44, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Muellerstrasse 44, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Muellerstrasse 44, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; Penn State Eberly College of Science, University Park, PA, USA.
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, Freiburg University Medical Center, Albertstrasse 9, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Hall TA, Sannes-Lowery KA, McCurdy LD, Fisher C, Anderson T, Henthorne A, Gioeni L, Budowle B, Hofstadler SA. Base Composition Profiling of Human Mitochondrial DNA Using Polymerase Chain Reaction and Direct Automated Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2009; 81:7515-26. [DOI: 10.1021/ac901222y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Thomas A. Hall
- Ibis Biosciences, subsidiary of Abbott Molecular, Inc., Carlsbad, California 92008, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia 22135, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, Institute of Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
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- Ibis Biosciences, subsidiary of Abbott Molecular, Inc., Carlsbad, California 92008, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia 22135, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, Institute of Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
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- Ibis Biosciences, subsidiary of Abbott Molecular, Inc., Carlsbad, California 92008, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia 22135, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, Institute of Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
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- Ibis Biosciences, subsidiary of Abbott Molecular, Inc., Carlsbad, California 92008, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia 22135, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, Institute of Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
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- Ibis Biosciences, subsidiary of Abbott Molecular, Inc., Carlsbad, California 92008, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia 22135, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, Institute of Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
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- Ibis Biosciences, subsidiary of Abbott Molecular, Inc., Carlsbad, California 92008, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia 22135, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, Institute of Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
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- Ibis Biosciences, subsidiary of Abbott Molecular, Inc., Carlsbad, California 92008, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia 22135, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, Institute of Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
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- Ibis Biosciences, subsidiary of Abbott Molecular, Inc., Carlsbad, California 92008, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia 22135, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, Institute of Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
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- Ibis Biosciences, subsidiary of Abbott Molecular, Inc., Carlsbad, California 92008, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia 22135, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, Institute of Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
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Genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms by multiplex minisequencing using tag-arrays. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 529:215-29. [PMID: 19381977 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-538-1_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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The need for multiplexed methods for SNP genotyping has rapidly increased during the last decade. We present here a flexible system that combines highly specific genotyping by minisequencing single-base extension with the advantages of a microarray format that allows highly multiplexed and parallel analysis of any custom selected SNPs.Cyclic minisequencing reactions with fluorescently labeled dideoxynucleotides (ddNTPs) are performed in solution using multiplex PCR product as template and detection primers, designed to anneal immediately adjacent and upstream of the SNP site. The detection primers carry unique Tag-sequences at their 5' ends and oligonucleotides complementary to the Tag-sequence, cTags, are immobilized on a microarray. After extension, the tagged detection primers are allowed to hybridize to the cTags, and the fluorescent signals from the array are measured and the genotypes are deduced by cluster analysis of the incorporated labels. The "array of arrays" format of the system, accomplished by a silicon rubber grid to form separate reaction chambers, allows either 80 or 16 samples to be analyzed for up to 200 or 600 SNPs, respectively on a single microscope slide.
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Lutz-Bonengel S, Schmidt U, Sänger T, Heinrich M, Schneider PM, Pollak S. Analysis of mitochondrial length heteroplasmy in monozygous and non-monozygous siblings. Int J Legal Med 2008; 122:315-21. [PMID: 18478247 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-008-0240-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2008] [Accepted: 04/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The segregation of mitochondrial genomes and the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA are constant matters of debate. To obtain more information about this issue and to answer the question whether or not it is possible to distinguish mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) samples from monozygous individuals by analysing heteroplasmic length variants, 290 monozygous and 121 dizygous twin pairs and 34 sets of multiples were studied by RFLP and partly by direct sequencing. A factor D describing the respective pattern of length variants in a given sample was also calculated. The results show that monozygous individuals exhibit a significantly lower median and closer distribution of D than non-monozygous siblings. Thus, a differentiation of mtDNA samples from monozygous twins by this trait is not possible. The high percentage of heteroplasmic individuals, the low median of the D values and the unexpectedly very similar distribution of length variants in monozygotic individuals support the existence of a relatively wide bottleneck or the assumption of a regeneration of length heteroplasmy following a tight bottleneck and agree with a random segregation of mtDNA genomes in dividing oocytes.
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- S Lutz-Bonengel
- Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Freiburg, Albertstr. 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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White HE, Durston VJ, Seller A, Fratter C, Harvey JF, Cross NCP. Accurate detection and quantitation of heteroplasmic mitochondrial point mutations by pyrosequencing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 9:190-9. [PMID: 16225398 DOI: 10.1089/gte.2005.9.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Disease-causing mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are typically heteroplasmic and therefore interpretation of genetic tests for mitochondrial disorders can be problematic. Detection of low level heteroplasmy is technically demanding and it is often difficult to discriminate between the absence of a mutation or the failure of a technique to detect the mutation in a particular tissue. The reliable measurement of heteroplasmy in different tissues may help identify individuals who are at risk of developing specific complications and allow improved prognostic advice for patients and family members. We have evaluated Pyrosequencing technology for the detection and estimation of heteroplasmy for six mitochondrial point mutations associated with the following diseases: Leber's hereditary optical neuropathy (LHON), G3460A, G11778A, and T14484C; mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS), A3243G; myoclonus epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERRF), A8344G, and neurogenic muscle weakness, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa (NARP)/Leighs: T8993G/C. Results obtained from the Pyrosequencing assays for 50 patients with presumptive mitochondrial disease were compared to those obtained using the commonly used diagnostic technique of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction enzyme digestion. The Pyrosequencing assays provided accurate genotyping and quantitative determination of mutational load with a sensitivity and specificity of 100%. The MELAS A3243G mutation was detected reliably at a level of 1% heteroplasmy. We conclude that Pyrosequencing is a rapid and robust method for detecting heteroplasmic mitochondrial point mutations.
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- Helen E White
- National Genetics Reference Laboratory (Wessex), Salisbury District Hospital, Odstock, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
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Oberacher H, Niederstätter H, Huber CG, Parson W. Accurate determination of allelic frequencies in mitochondrial DNA mixtures by electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2006; 384:1155-63. [PMID: 16421710 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-005-0269-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2005] [Revised: 12/01/2005] [Accepted: 12/02/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The mitochondrial locus 16519T/C was used as a model for the evaluation of the benefits of ion-pair reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography on-line hyphenated to electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ICEMS assay) for the determination of allelic frequencies of single nucleotide polymorphisms. This marker has gained interest in forensic science owing to its ability to increase the discrimination power of mitochondrial DNA testing as a consequence of its high variability across various populations. In a first set of experiments, artificial mitochondrial DNA mixtures prepared from all four theoretically possible 16519 alleles served as samples. Any allele occurring at a frequency of as low as 1-5% was unequivocally detectable irrespective of the kind of allelic mixture. Measured and expected allelic frequencies correlated well following correction of observed experimental bias, which was most probably attributable to differential PCR amplification and/or preferential ionization. For thirteen different T/C mixtures with C contents in the range 1.0-99.0%, an average error of 1.2% and a maximum error of 2.2% were observed. Furthermore, ICEMS was applied to the quantitative genotyping of eight selected individuals of which four were heteroplasmic with C contents in the range 1.9-34.1%. To check the reliability of these results, allelic proportions were additionally determined by a cloning assay. The results of the two assays correlated well (R (2)=0.9971). In all cases, deviations were obtained that were smaller than 5.4%. The overall observed assay performance suggests that the described mass spectrometric technique represents one of the most powerful assays for the determination of allelic frequencies available today.
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- Herbert Oberacher
- Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Muellerstrasse 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Fredriksson M, Barbany G, Liljedahl U, Hermanson M, Kataja M, Syvänen AC. Assessing hematopoietic chimerism after allogeneic stem cell transplantation by multiplexed SNP genotyping using microarrays and quantitative analysis of SNP alleles. Leukemia 2003; 18:255-66. [PMID: 14671647 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have the potential to be particularly useful as markers for monitoring of chimerism after stem cell transplantation (SCT) because they can be analyzed by accurate and robust methods. We used a two-phased minisequencing strategy for monitoring chimerism after SCT. First, informative SNPs with alleles differing between donor and recipient were identified using a multiplex microarray-based minisequencing system screening 51 SNPs to ensure that multiple informative SNPs were detected in each donor-recipient pair. Secondly, the development of chimerism was followed up after SCT by sensitive, quantitative analysis of individual informative SNPs by applying the minisequencing method in a microtiter plate format. Using this panel of SNPs, we identified multiple informative SNPs in nine unrelated and in 16 related donor-recipient pairs. Samples from nine of the donor-recipient pairs taken at time points ranging from 1 month to 8 years after transplantation were available for analysis. In these samples, we monitored the allelic ratios of two or three informative SNPs in individual minisequencing reactions. The results agreed well with the data obtained by microsatellite analysis. Thus, we conclude that the two-phased minisequencing strategy is a useful approach in the following up of patients after SCT.
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- M Fredriksson
- Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Liu VWS, Yang HJ, Wang Y, Tsang PCK, Cheung ANY, Chiu PM, Ng TY, Wong LC, Nagley P, Ngan HYS. High frequency of mitochondrial genome instability in human endometrial carcinomas. Br J Cancer 2003; 89:697-701. [PMID: 12915881 PMCID: PMC2376924 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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To investigate the occurrence of somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations in human primary endometrial carcinomas, we sequenced the D-loop region, the 12S and 16S rRNA genes of mtDNA of cancer tissues and their matched normal controls. About 56% (28 out of 50) of cases carry one or more somatic changes in mtDNA including deletion, point mutation and mitochondrial microsatellite instability (mtMSI), namely the change in length of short base-repetitive sequences of mtDNA. In particular, mtMSI was frequently detected in 89% (25 out of 28) of all the cases carrying somatic changes followed by point mutations (25%; seven out of 28) and deletion (3.5%; one out of 28). The CCCCCTCCCC sequences located in the Hypervariable Regions I and II of the D-loop and 12S rRNA gene are instability hot spot regions in endometrial carcinomas. It is suggested that errors in replication may account for the high frequency of mtMSI in human endometrial carcinomas. The relatively high prevalence of mtMSI may be a potential new tool for detection of endometrial cancer.
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- V W S Liu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Austraila
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Hong Kong, 6/Fl, Professorial Block, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. E-mail:
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Puomila A, Viitanen T, Savontaus ML, Nikoskelainen E, Huoponen K. Segregation of the ND4/11778 and the ND1/3460 mutations in four heteroplasmic LHON families. J Neurol Sci 2002; 205:41-5. [PMID: 12409182 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(02)00276-9] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is an ocular disease associated with mutations in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The level of heteroplasmy in the mtDNA mutations ND4/11778 and ND1/3460 was followed over a period of 4-12 years in blood samples taken from nine members of four heteroplasmic LHON families. In addition, hair follicle and urinary tract epithelium samples of one individual were studied. The quantification of heteroplasmy was performed using the solid-phase minisequencing method. Only minor and random shifts in the heteroplasmy levels were observed over time, but there were no systematic changes towards an increasing or decreasing proportion of either LHON mutant in the individuals. This indicates that there is no selection for either mtDNA genotype but the segregation of the wild-type mtDNAs and those carrying LHON mutations is a stochastic process governed by random genetic drift. In this respect, LHON mutations seem to behave like neutral polymorphisms.
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- Anu Puomila
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland.
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D'Eustachio P. High levels of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in human hairs by Budowle et al. Forensic Sci Int 2002; 130:63-7; author reply 68-70. [PMID: 12427453 DOI: 10.1016/s0379-0738(02)00275-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Forster L, Forster P, Lutz-Bonengel S, Willkomm H, Brinkmann B. Natural radioactivity and human mitochondrial DNA mutations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:13950-4. [PMID: 12370437 PMCID: PMC129803 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.202400499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2002] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Radioactivity is known to induce tumors, chromosome lesions, and minisatellite length mutations, but its effects on the DNA sequence have not previously been studied. A coastal peninsula in Kerala (India) contains the world's highest level of natural radioactivity in a densely populated area, offering an opportunity to characterize radiation-associated DNA mutations. We sampled 248 pedigrees (988 individuals) in the high-radiation peninsula and in nearby low-radiation islands as a control population. We sequenced their mtDNA, and found that the pedigrees living in the high-radiation area have significantly (P < 0.01) increased germ-line point mutations between mothers and their offspring. In each mutation case, we confirmed maternity by autosomal profiling. Strikingly, the radioactive conditions accelerate mutations at nucleotide positions that have been evolutionary hot spots for at least 60,000 years.
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- Lucy Forster
- Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Münster, 48129 Münster, Germany
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Olsson C, Johnsen E, Nilsson M, Wilander E, Syvänen AC, Lagerström-Fermér M. The level of the mitochondrial mutation A3243G decreases upon ageing in epithelial cells from individuals with diabetes and deafness. Eur J Hum Genet 2001; 9:917-21. [PMID: 11840193 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2001] [Revised: 10/12/2001] [Accepted: 10/16/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We have in a longitudinal study determined the proportion of the mitochondrial A3243G mutation in DNA obtained from cervical cell samples collected from three individuals affected with mitochondrial diabetes and hearing loss during a period of up to 18 years. Using the minisequencing method we were able to sensitively determine the proportion between mutant and normal mitochondrial DNA. Our results demonstrate a constant decrease in the levels of the pathogenic mutation in mitotic tissues of affected individuals with time.
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- C Olsson
- Molecular Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
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