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Dombi E, Marinaki T, Spingardi P, Millar V, Hadjichristou N, Carver J, Johnston IG, Fratter C, Poulton J. Nucleoside supplements as treatments for mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. Front Cell Dev Biol 2024; 12:1260496. [PMID: 38665433 PMCID: PMC11043827 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1260496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Introduction: In mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion syndrome (MDS), patients cannot maintain sufficient mtDNA for their energy needs. MDS presentations range from infantile encephalopathy with hepatopathy (Alpers syndrome) to adult chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia. Most are caused by nucleotide imbalance or by defects in the mtDNA replisome. There is currently no curative treatment available. Nucleoside therapy is a promising experimental treatment for TK2 deficiency, where patients are supplemented with exogenous deoxypyrimidines. We aimed to explore the benefits of nucleoside supplementation in POLG and TWNK deficient fibroblasts. Methods: We used high-content fluorescence microscopy with software-based image analysis to assay mtDNA content and membrane potential quantitatively, using vital dyes PicoGreen and MitoTracker Red CMXRos respectively. We tested the effect of 15 combinations (A, T, G, C, AT, AC, AG, CT, CG, GT, ATC, ATG, AGC, TGC, ATGC) of deoxynucleoside supplements on mtDNA content of fibroblasts derived from four patients with MDS (POLG1, POLG2, DGUOK, TWNK) in both a replicating (10% dialysed FCS) and quiescent (0.1% dialysed FCS) state. We used qPCR to measure mtDNA content of supplemented and non-supplemented fibroblasts following mtDNA depletion using 20 µM ddC and after 14- and 21-day recovery in a quiescent state. Results: Nucleoside treatments at 200 µM that significantly increased mtDNA content also significantly reduced the number of cells remaining in culture after 7 days of treatment, as well as mitochondrial membrane potential. These toxic effects were abolished by reducing the concentration of nucleosides to 50 µM. In POLG1 and TWNK cells the combination of ATGC treatment increased mtDNA content the most after 7 days in non-replicating cells. ATGC nucleoside combination significantly increased the rate of mtDNA recovery in quiescent POLG1 cells following mtDNA depletion by ddC. Conclusion: High-content imaging enabled us to link mtDNA copy number with key read-outs linked to patient wellbeing. Elevated G increased mtDNA copy number but severely impaired fibroblast growth, potentially by inhibiting purine synthesis and/or causing replication stress. Combinations of nucleosides ATGC, T, or TC, benefited growth of cells harbouring POLG mutations. These combinations, one of which reflects a commercially available preparation, could be explored further for treatment of POLG patients.
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- Eszter Dombi
- Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Purine Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemical Sciences, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Target Discovery Institute, Centre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Computational Biology Unit, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Oxford Genetics Laboratories, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Guzman H, Yazdani S, Harmon JL, Chapman KA, Vitola B, Pyle L, McKnight H, Sigal W, Lord K, De Leon DD, Merchant N, Ganetzky R. Case report: Two unexpected cases of DGUOK-related mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome presenting with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1268135. [PMID: 38027095 PMCID: PMC10646319 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1268135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Timely diagnosis of persistent neonatal hypoglycemia is critical to prevent neurological sequelae, but diagnosis is complicated by the heterogenicity of the causes. We discuss two cases at separate institutions in which clinical management was fundamentally altered by the results of molecular genetic testing. In both patients, critical samples demonstrated hypoketotic hypoglycemia and a partial glycemic response to glucagon stimulation, thereby suggesting hyperinsulinism (HI). However, due to rapid genetic testing, both patients were found to have deoxyguanosine kinase (DGUOK)-related mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, an unexpected diagnosis. Patients with this disease typically present with either hepatocerebral disease in the neonatal period or isolated hepatic failure in infancy. The characteristic features involved in the hepatocerebral form of the disease include lactic acidosis, hypoglycemia, cholestasis, progressive liver failure, and increasing neurologic dysfunction. Those with isolated liver involvement experience hepatomegaly, cholestasis, and liver failure. Although liver transplantation is considered, research has demonstrated that for patients with DGUOK-related mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome and neurologic symptoms, early demise occurs. Our report advocates for the prompt initiation of genetic testing in patients presenting with persistent neonatal hypoglycemia and for the incorporation of mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes in the differential diagnosis of HI.
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- Herodes Guzman
- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Division of Genetics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Rare Disease Institute, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
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- Rare Disease Institute, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
- Transplant Institute, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
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- Rare Disease Institute, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Rare Disease Institute, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
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- Division of Genetics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Wu H, Zhang W, Xu F, Peng K, Liu X, Ding W, Ma Q, Cheng H, Wang X. C17orf80 binds the mitochondrial genome to promote its replication. J Cell Biol 2023; 222:e202302037. [PMID: 37676315 PMCID: PMC10484793 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202302037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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Serving as the power plant and signaling hub of a cell, mitochondria contain their own genome which encodes proteins essential for energy metabolism and forms DNA-protein assemblies called nucleoids. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) exists in multiple copies within each cell ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands. Maintaining mtDNA homeostasis is vital for healthy cells, and its dysregulation causes multiple human diseases. However, the players involved in regulating mtDNA maintenance are largely unknown though the core components of its replication machinery have been characterized. Here, we identify C17orf80, a functionally uncharacterized protein, as a critical player in maintaining mtDNA homeostasis. C17orf80 primarily localizes to mitochondrial nucleoid foci and exhibits robust double-stranded DNA binding activity throughout the mitochondrial genome, thus constituting a bona fide new mitochondrial nucleoid protein. It controls mtDNA levels by promoting mtDNA replication and plays important roles in mitochondrial metabolism and cell proliferation. Our findings provide a potential target for therapeutics of human diseases associated with defective mtDNA control.
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- Hao Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Study, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Research Unit of Mitochondria in Brain Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PKU-Nanjing Institute of Translational Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Research Unit of Mitochondria in Brain Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PKU-Nanjing Institute of Translational Medicine, Nanjing, China
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Muscle MRI characteristic pattern for late-onset TK2 deficiency diagnosis. J Neurol 2022; 269:3550-3562. [PMID: 35286480 PMCID: PMC9217784 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-021-10957-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Background and objective TK2 deficiency (TK2d) is a rare mitochondrial disorder that manifests predominantly as a progressive myopathy with a broad spectrum of severity and age of onset. The rate of progression is variable, and the prognosis is poor due to early and severe respiratory involvement. Early and accurate diagnosis is particularly important since a specific treatment is under development. This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic value of lower limb muscle MRI in adult patients with TK2d. Methods We studied a cohort of 45 genetically confirmed patients with mitochondrial myopathy (16 with mutations in TK2, 9 with mutations in other nuclear genes involved in mitochondrial DNA [mtDNA] synthesis or maintenance, 10 with single mtDNA deletions, and 10 with point mtDNA mutations) to analyze the imaging pattern of fat replacement in lower limb muscles. We compared the identified pattern in patients with TK2d with the MRI pattern of other non-mitochondrial genetic myopathies that share similar clinical characteristics. Results We found a consistent lower limb muscle MRI pattern in patients with TK2d characterized by involvement of the gluteus maximus, gastrocnemius medialis, and sartorius muscles. The identified pattern in TK2 patients differs from the known radiological involvement of other resembling muscle dystrophies that share clinical features. Conclusions By analyzing the largest cohort of muscle MRI from patients with mitochondrial myopathies studied to date, we identified a characteristic and specific radiological pattern of muscle involvement in patients with TK2d that could be useful to speed up its diagnosis. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00415-021-10957-0.
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Fang H, Xie A, Du M, Li X, Yang K, Fu Y, Yuan X, Fan R, Yu W, Zhou Z, Sang T, Nie K, Li J, Zhao Q, Chen Z, Yang Y, Hong C, Lyu J. SERAC1 is a component of the mitochondrial serine transporter complex required for the maintenance of mitochondrial DNA. Sci Transl Med 2022; 14:eabl6992. [PMID: 35235340 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abl6992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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SERAC1 deficiency is associated with the mitochondrial 3-methylglutaconic aciduria with deafness, (hepatopathy), encephalopathy, and Leigh-like disease [MEGD(H)EL] syndrome, but the role of SERAC1 in mitochondrial physiology remains unknown. Here, we generated Serac1-/- mice that mimic the major diagnostic clinical and biochemical phenotypes of the MEGD(H)EL syndrome. We found that SERAC1 localizes to the outer mitochondrial membrane and is a protein component of the one-carbon cycle. By interacting with the mitochondrial serine transporter protein SFXN1, SERAC1 facilitated and was required for SFXN1-mediated serine transport from the cytosol to the mitochondria. Loss of SERAC1 impaired the one-carbon cycle and disrupted the balance of the nucleotide pool, which led to primary mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion in mice, HEK293T cells, and patient-derived immortalized lymphocyte cells due to insufficient supply of nucleotides. Moreover, both in vitro and in vivo supplementation of nucleosides/nucleotides restored mtDNA content and mitochondrial function. Collectively, our findings suggest that MEGD(H)EL syndrome shares both clinical and molecular features with the mtDNA depletion syndrome, and nucleotide supplementation may be an effective therapeutic strategy for MEGD(H)EL syndrome.
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- Hezhi Fang
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, China.,Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou 318000, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100000, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100000, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, College of Laboratory Medicine and Life sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.,School of Laboratory Medicine, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, China.,Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, China
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Papandreou A, Rahman S, Fratter C, Ng J, Meyer E, Carr LJ, Champion M, Clarke A, Gissen P, Hemingway C, Hussain N, Jayawant S, King MD, Lynch BJ, Mewasingh L, Patel J, Prabhakar P, Neergheen V, Pope S, Heales SJR, Poulton J, Kurian MA. Spectrum of movement disorders and neurotransmitter abnormalities in paediatric POLG disease. J Inherit Metab Dis 2018; 41:1275-1283. [PMID: 30167885 PMCID: PMC6326959 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-018-0227-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe the spectrum of movement disorders and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neurotransmitter profiles in paediatric patients with POLG disease. METHODS We identified children with genetically confirmed POLG disease, in whom CSF neurotransmitter analysis had been undertaken. Clinical data were collected retrospectively. CSF neurotransmitter levels were compared to both standardised age-related reference ranges and to non-POLG patients presenting with status epilepticus. RESULTS Forty-one patients with POLG disease were identified. Almost 50% of the patients had documented evidence of a movement disorder, including non-epileptic myoclonus, choreoathetosis and ataxia. CSF neurotransmitter analysis was undertaken in 15 cases and abnormalities were seen in the majority (87%) of cases tested. In many patients, distinctive patterns were evident, including raised neopterin, homovanillic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels. CONCLUSIONS Children with POLG mutations can manifest with a wide spectrum of abnormal movements, which are often prominent features of the clinical syndrome. Underlying pathophysiology is probably multifactorial, and aberrant monoamine metabolism is likely to play a role.
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- A Papandreou
- Molecular Neurosciences, Developmental Neurosciences Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
- Department of Neurology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
- Genetics and Genomics Medicine Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Mitochondrial Research Group, Genetics and Genomic Medicine Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
- Metabolic Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Oxford Medical Genetics Laboratories, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Molecular Neurosciences, Developmental Neurosciences Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Molecular Neurosciences, Developmental Neurosciences Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Paediatric Neurology Department, St George's University Hospital, London, UK
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- Genetics and Genomics Medicine Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
- Metabolic Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
- UCL-MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, University Hospital of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Neurometabolic Unit, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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- Neurometabolic Unit, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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- Neurometabolic Unit, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
- Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Molecular Neurosciences, Developmental Neurosciences Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK.
- Department of Neurology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
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Mitochondrial diseases are a group of genetic disorders that are characterized by defects in oxidative phosphorylation and caused by mutations in genes in the nuclear DNA (nDNA) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) that encode structural mitochondrial proteins or proteins involved in mitochondrial function. Mitochondrial diseases are the most common group of inherited metabolic disorders and are among the most common forms of inherited neurological disorders. One of the challenges of mitochondrial diseases is the marked clinical variation seen in patients, which can delay diagnosis. However, advances in next-generation sequencing techniques have substantially improved diagnosis, particularly in children. Establishing a genetic diagnosis allows patients with mitochondrial diseases to have reproductive options, but this is more challenging for women with pathogenetic mtDNA mutations that are strictly maternally inherited. Recent advances in in vitro fertilization techniques, including mitochondrial donation, will offer a better reproductive choice for these women in the future. The treatment of patients with mitochondrial diseases remains a challenge, but guidelines are available to manage the complications of disease. Moreover, an increasing number of therapeutic options are being considered, and with the development of large cohorts of patients and biomarkers, several clinical trials are in progress.
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Dalla Rosa I, Cámara Y, Durigon R, Moss CF, Vidoni S, Akman G, Hunt L, Johnson MA, Grocott S, Wang L, Thorburn DR, Hirano M, Poulton J, Taylor RW, Elgar G, Martí R, Voshol P, Holt IJ, Spinazzola A. MPV17 Loss Causes Deoxynucleotide Insufficiency and Slow DNA Replication in Mitochondria. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1005779. [PMID: 26760297 PMCID: PMC4711891 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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MPV17 is a mitochondrial inner membrane protein whose dysfunction causes mitochondrial DNA abnormalities and disease by an unknown mechanism. Perturbations of deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) pools are a recognized cause of mitochondrial genomic instability; therefore, we determined DNA copy number and dNTP levels in mitochondria of two models of MPV17 deficiency. In Mpv17 ablated mice, liver mitochondria showed substantial decreases in the levels of dGTP and dTTP and severe mitochondrial DNA depletion, whereas the dNTP pool was not significantly altered in kidney and brain mitochondria that had near normal levels of DNA. The shortage of mitochondrial dNTPs in Mpv17-/- liver slows the DNA replication in the organelle, as evidenced by the elevated level of replication intermediates. Quiescent fibroblasts of MPV17-mutant patients recapitulate key features of the primary affected tissue of the Mpv17-/- mice, displaying virtual absence of the protein, decreased dNTP levels and mitochondrial DNA depletion. Notably, the mitochondrial DNA loss in the patients’ quiescent fibroblasts was prevented and rescued by deoxynucleoside supplementation. Thus, our study establishes dNTP insufficiency in the mitochondria as the cause of mitochondrial DNA depletion in MPV17 deficiency, and identifies deoxynucleoside supplementation as a potential therapeutic strategy for MPV17-related disease. Moreover, changes in the expression of factors involved in mitochondrial deoxynucleotide homeostasis indicate a remodeling of nucleotide metabolism in MPV17 disease models, which suggests mitochondria lacking functional MPV17 have a restricted purine mitochondrial salvage pathway. Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDS) is a genetically heterogeneous condition characterized by a decrease of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number and decreased activities of respiratory chain enzymes. Depletion of mtDNA has been associated with mutations in several genes, which encode either proteins directly involved in mtDNA replication or factors regulating the homeostasis of the mitochondrial deoxynucleotide pool. However, for some genes the mechanism linking mutations and mtDNA depletion is not known. One such gene is MPV17, whose loss-of-function causes mtDNA abnormalities in human, mouse and yeast. Here we show that MPV17 dysfunction leads to a shortage of the precursors for DNA synthesis in the mitochondria, slowing DNA replication in the organelle. Not only does mtDNA copy number correlate with dNTP pool size in both mouse tissues and human cells, deoxynucleoside supplementation of the growth medium prevents depletion and restores mtDNA copy number in quiescent MPV17-deficient cells. Hence, our study links MPV17 deficiency, insufficiency of mitochondrial dNTPs, and slow replication in mitochondria to depletion of mtDNA manifesting in the human disease, and places MPV17-related disease firmly in the category of mtDNA disorders caused by deoxynucleotide perturbation. The prevention and reversal of mtDNA loss in MPV17 patient-derived cells identifies potential therapeutic strategy for a currently untreatable disease.
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- Laboratory of Mitochondrial Disorders, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia
- Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Wellcome Trust-MRC Building, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- MRC Mill Hill Laboratory, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Mill Hill Laboratory, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Wellcome Trust-MRC Building, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Mitochondrial Genetics Group, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Women's Centre, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Biomedical Center, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Mitochondrial Genetics Group, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Women's Centre, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, The Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- MRC Mill Hill Laboratory, London, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Mitochondrial Disorders, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia
- Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- MRC Mill Hill Laboratory, London, United Kingdom
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Jung J, Eom MS, Baek K, Lee WS, Chang SK, Han MS. Sensitive fluorescence chemosensor for detection of thymidine nucleotides using Hg2+-benzo[g]quinazoline-2,4-(1H,3H)-dione complex. Tetrahedron Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.08.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Snowdin JW, Hsiung CH, Kesterson DG, Kamath VG, McKee EE. Effects of Zidovudine Treatment on Heart mRNA Expression and Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Associated with Alterations in Deoxynucleoside Triphosphate Composition in a Neonatal Rat Model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2015; 59:6328-36. [PMID: 26248377 PMCID: PMC4576025 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01180-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV is a crucial component in HIV therapy. Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), primarily 3'-azido-3'-thymidine (AZT [zidovudine]), have been used to treat both mothers and neonates. While AZT is being replaced with less toxic drugs in treating mothers in MTCT prevention, it is still commonly used to treat neonates. Problems related to mitochondrial toxicity and potential mutagenesis associated with AZT treatment have been reported in treated cohorts. Yet little is known concerning the metabolism and potential toxicity of AZT on embryonic and neonatal tissues, especially considering that the enzymes of nucleoside metabolism change dramatically as many tissues convert from hyperplastic to hypertrophic growth during this period. AZT is known to inhibit thymidine phosphorylation and potentially alter deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) pools in adults. This study examines the effects of AZT on dNTP pools, mRNA expression of deoxynucleoside/deoxynucleotide metabolic enzymes, and mitochondrial DNA levels in a neonatal rat model. Results show that AZT treatment dramatically altered dNTP pools in the first 7 days of life after birth, which normalized to age-matched controls in the second and third weeks. Additionally, AZT treatment dramatically increased the mRNA levels of many enzymes involved in deoxynucleotide synthesis and mitochondrial biogenesis during the first week of life, which normalized to age-matched controls by the third week. These results were correlated with depletion of mitochondrial DNA noted in the second week. Taken together, results demonstrated that AZT treatment has a powerful effect on the deoxynucleotide synthesis pathways that may be associated with toxicity and mutagenesis.
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- Jacob W Snowdin
- Foundational Sciences, College of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA
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- Foundational Sciences, College of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA
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- Foundational Sciences, College of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA
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- Foundational Sciences, College of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA
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- Foundational Sciences, College of Medicine, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA
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A continuous enzyme-coupled assay for triphosphohydrolase activity of HIV-1 restriction factor SAMHD1. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2014; 59:186-92. [PMID: 25331707 PMCID: PMC4291348 DOI: 10.1128/aac.03903-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The development of deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP)-based drugs requires a quantitative understanding of any inhibition, activation, or hydrolysis by off-target cellular enzymes. SAMHD1 is a regulatory dNTP-triphosphohydrolase that inhibits HIV-1 replication in human myeloid cells. We describe here an enzyme-coupled assay for quantifying the activation, inhibition, and hydrolysis of dNTPs, nucleotide analogues, and nucleotide analogue inhibitors by triphosphohydrolase enzymes. The assay facilitates mechanistic studies of triphosphohydrolase enzymes and the quantification of off-target effects of nucleotide-based antiviral and chemotherapeutic agents.
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Siciliano G, Pasquali L, Mancuso M, Murri L. Molecular diagnostics and mitochondrial dysfunction: a future perspective. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2014; 8:531-49. [DOI: 10.1586/14737159.8.4.531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mutations in the human mitochondrial genome are known to cause an array of diverse disorders, most of which are maternally inherited, and all of which are associated with defects in oxidative energy metabolism. It is now emerging that somatic mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are also linked to other complex traits, including neurodegenerative diseases, ageing and cancer. Here we discuss insights into the roles of mtDNA mutations in a wide variety of diseases, highlighting the interesting genetic characteristics of the mitochondrial genome and challenges in studying its contribution to pathogenesis.
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Bulst S, Holinski-Feder E, Payne B, Abicht A, Krause S, Lochmüller H, Chinnery PF, Walter MC, Horvath R. In vitro supplementation with deoxynucleoside monophosphates rescues mitochondrial DNA depletion. Mol Genet Metab 2012; 107:95-103. [PMID: 22608879 PMCID: PMC4038513 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2012] [Accepted: 04/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes are a genetically heterogeneous group of often severe diseases, characterized by reduced cellular mitochondrial DNA content. Investigation of potential therapeutic strategies for mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes will be dependent on good model systems. We have previously suggested that myotubes may be the optimal model system for such studies. Here we firstly validate this technique in a diverse range of cells of patients with mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes, showing contrasting effects in cell lines from genetically and phenotypically differing patients. Secondly, we developed a putative therapeutic approach using variable combinations of deoxynucleoside monophosphates in different types of mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes, showing near normalization of mitochondrial DNA content in many cases. Furthermore, we used nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors to precisely titrate mtDNA depletion in vitro. In this manner we can unmask a physiological defect in mitochondrial depletion syndrome cell lines which is also ameliorated by deoxynucleoside monophosphate supplementation. Finally, we have extended this model to study fibroblasts after myogenic transdifferentiation by MyoD transfection, which similar to primary myotubes also showed deoxynucleoside monophosphate responsive mitochondrial DNA depletion in vitro, thus providing a more convenient method for deriving future models of mitochondrial DNA depletion. Our results suggest that using different combinations of deoxynucleoside monophosphates depending on the primary gene defect and molecular mechanism may be a possible therapeutic approach for many patients with mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes and is worthy of further clinical investigation.
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- Stefanie Bulst
- Medical Genetic Center, Munich, Germany
- Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, UK
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- Medical Genetic Center, Munich, Germany
- Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Medical Genetic Center, Munich, Germany
- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, UK
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Kim KM, Oh DJ, Ahn KH. Competition Assay of Thymidine Phosphates with a (Zn 2+-cyclen)-Lumazine Ensemble. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2011. [DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2011.32.8.3133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cameron SL, Yoshizawa K, Mizukoshi A, Whiting MF, Johnson KP. Mitochondrial genome deletions and minicircles are common in lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). BMC Genomics 2011; 12:394. [PMID: 21813020 PMCID: PMC3199782 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2011] [Accepted: 08/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Background The gene composition, gene order and structure of the mitochondrial genome are remarkably stable across bilaterian animals. Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) are a major exception to this genomic stability in that the canonical single chromosome with 37 genes found in almost all other bilaterians has been lost in multiple lineages in favour of multiple, minicircular chromosomes with less than 37 genes on each chromosome. Results Minicircular mt genomes are found in six of the ten louse species examined to date and three types of minicircles were identified: heteroplasmic minicircles which coexist with full sized mt genomes (type 1); multigene chromosomes with short, simple control regions, we infer that the genome consists of several such chromosomes (type 2); and multiple, single to three gene chromosomes with large, complex control regions (type 3). Mapping minicircle types onto a phylogenetic tree of lice fails to show a pattern of their occurrence consistent with an evolutionary series of minicircle types. Analysis of the nuclear-encoded, mitochondrially-targetted genes inferred from the body louse, Pediculus, suggests that the loss of mitochondrial single-stranded binding protein (mtSSB) may be responsible for the presence of minicircles in at least species with the most derived type 3 minicircles (Pediculus, Damalinia). Conclusions Minicircular mt genomes are common in lice and appear to have arisen multiple times within the group. Life history adaptive explanations which attribute minicircular mt genomes in lice to the adoption of blood-feeding in the Anoplura are not supported by this expanded data set as minicircles are found in multiple non-blood feeding louse groups but are not found in the blood-feeding genus Heterodoxus. In contrast, a mechanist explanation based on the loss of mtSSB suggests that minicircles may be selectively favoured due to the incapacity of the mt replisome to synthesize long replicative products without mtSSB and thus the loss of this gene lead to the formation of minicircles in lice.
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- Stephen L Cameron
- Discipline of Biogeosciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia.
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Elachouri G, Vidoni S, Zanna C, Pattyn A, Boukhaddaoui H, Gaget K, Yu-Wai-Man P, Gasparre G, Sarzi E, Delettre C, Olichon A, Loiseau D, Reynier P, Chinnery PF, Rotig A, Carelli V, Hamel CP, Rugolo M, Lenaers G. OPA1 links human mitochondrial genome maintenance to mtDNA replication and distribution. Genome Res 2010; 21:12-20. [PMID: 20974897 DOI: 10.1101/gr.108696.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Eukaryotic cells harbor a small multiploid mitochondrial genome, organized in nucleoids spread within the mitochondrial network. Maintenance and distribution of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are essential for energy metabolism, mitochondrial lineage in primordial germ cells, and to prevent mtDNA instability, which leads to many debilitating human diseases. Mounting evidence suggests that the actors of the mitochondrial network dynamics, among which is the intramitochondrial dynamin OPA1, might be involved in these processes. Here, using siRNAs specific to OPA1 alternate spliced exons, we evidenced that silencing of the OPA1 variants including exon 4b leads to mtDNA depletion, secondary to inhibition of mtDNA replication, and to marked alteration of mtDNA distribution in nucleoid and nucleoid distribution throughout the mitochondrial network. We demonstrate that a small hydrophobic 10-kDa peptide generated by cleavage of the OPA1-exon4b isoform is responsible for this process and show that this peptide is embedded in the inner membrane and colocalizes and coimmunoprecipitates with nucleoid components. We propose a novel synthetic model in which a peptide, including two trans-membrane domains derived from the N terminus of the OPA1-exon4b isoform in vertebrates or from its ortholog in lower eukaryotes, might contribute to nucleoid attachment to the inner mitochondrial membrane and promotes mtDNA replication and distribution. Thus, this study places OPA1 as a direct actor in the maintenance of mitochondrial genome integrity.
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- Ghizlane Elachouri
- INSERM U-583, Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Jarrett SG, Lewin AS, Boulton ME. The importance of mitochondria in age-related and inherited eye disorders. Ophthalmic Res 2010; 44:179-90. [PMID: 20829642 PMCID: PMC2952187 DOI: 10.1159/000316480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Mitochondria are critical for ocular function as they represent the major source of a cell's supply of energy and play an important role in cell differentiation and survival. Mitochondrial dysfunction can occur as a result of inherited mitochondrial mutations (e.g. Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy and chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia) or stochastic oxidative damage which leads to cumulative mitochondrial damage and is an important factor in age-related disorders (e.g. age-related macular degeneration, cataract and diabetic retinopathy). Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) instability is an important factor in mitochondrial impairment culminating in age-related changes and pathology, and in all regions of the eye mtDNA damage is increased as a consequence of aging and age-related disease. It is now apparent that the mitochondrial genome is a weak link in the defenses of ocular cells since it is susceptible to oxidative damage and it lacks some of the systems that protect the nuclear genome, such as nucleotide excision repair. Accumulation of mitochondrial mutations leads to cellular dysfunction and increased susceptibility to adverse events which contribute to the pathogenesis of numerous sporadic and chronic disorders in the eye.
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- Stuart G. Jarrett
- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., USA
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Ylikallio E, Page JL, Xu X, Lampinen M, Bepler G, Ide T, Tyynismaa H, Weiss RS, Suomalainen A. Ribonucleotide reductase is not limiting for mitochondrial DNA copy number in mice. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:8208-18. [PMID: 20724444 PMCID: PMC3001089 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) is the rate-limiting enzyme in deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) biosynthesis, with important roles in nuclear genome maintenance. RNR is also essential for maintenance of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in mammals. The mechanisms regulating mtDNA copy number in mammals are only being discovered. In budding yeast, RNR overexpression resulted in increased mtDNA levels, and rescued the disease phenotypes caused by a mutant mtDNA polymerase. This raised the question of whether mtDNA copy number increase by RNR induction could be a strategy for treating diseases with mtDNA mutations. We show here that high-level overexpression of RNR subunits (Rrm1, Rrm2 and p53R2; separately or in different combinations) in mice does not result in mtDNA copy number elevation. Instead, simultaneous expression of two RNR subunits leads to imbalanced dNTP pools and progressive mtDNA depletion in the skeletal muscle, without mtDNA mutagenesis. We also show that endogenous RNR transcripts are downregulated in response to large increases of mtDNA in mice, which is indicative of nuclear-mitochondrial crosstalk with regard to mtDNA copy number. Our results establish that RNR is not limiting for mtDNA copy number in mice, and provide new evidence for the importance of balanced dNTP pools in mtDNA maintenance in postmitotic tissues.
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- Emil Ylikallio
- Biomedicum Helsinki, Research Programme of Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, PO Box 63, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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Antes A, Tappin I, Chung S, Lim R, Lu B, Parrott AM, Hill HZ, Suzuki CK, Lee CG. Differential regulation of full-length genome and a single-stranded 7S DNA along the cell cycle in human mitochondria. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:6466-76. [PMID: 20530535 PMCID: PMC2965228 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mammalian mitochondria contain full-length genome and a single-stranded 7S DNA. Although the copy number of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) varies depending on the cell type and also in response to diverse environmental stresses, our understanding of how mtDNA and 7S DNA are maintained and regulated is limited, partly due to lack of reliable in vitro assay systems that reflect the in vivo functionality of mitochondria. Here we report an in vitro assay system to measure synthesis of both mtDNA and 7S DNA under a controllable in vitro condition. With this assay system, we demonstrate that the replication capacity of mitochondria correlates with endogenous copy numbers of mtDNA and 7S DNA. Our study also shows that higher nucleotide concentrations increasingly promote 7S DNA synthesis but not mtDNA synthesis. Consistently, the mitochondrial capacity to synthesize 7S DNA but not mtDNA noticeably varied along the cell cycle, reaching its highest level in S phase. These findings suggest that syntheses of mtDNA and 7S DNA proceed independently and that the mitochondrial capacity to synthesize 7S DNA dynamically changes not only with cell-cycle progression but also in response to varying nucleotide concentrations.
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- Anita Antes
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Wanrooij S, Falkenberg M. The human mitochondrial replication fork in health and disease. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2010; 1797:1378-88. [PMID: 20417176 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2010] [Revised: 04/13/2010] [Accepted: 04/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mitochondria are organelles whose main function is to generate power by oxidative phosphorylation. Some of the essential genes required for this energy production are encoded by the mitochondrial genome, a small circular double stranded DNA molecule. Human mtDNA is replicated by a specialized machinery distinct from the nuclear replisome. Defects in the mitochondrial replication machinery can lead to loss of genetic information by deletion and/or depletion of the mtDNA, which subsequently may cause disturbed oxidative phosphorylation and neuromuscular symptoms in patients. We discuss here the different components of the mitochondrial replication machinery and their role in disease. We also review the mode of mammalian mtDNA replication.
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- Sjoerd Wanrooij
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 440, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Rivera H, Merinero B, Martinez-Pardo M, Arroyo I, Ruiz-Sala P, Bornstein B, Serra-Suhe C, Gallardo E, Marti R, Moran MJ, Ugalde C, Perez-Jurado LA, Andreu AL, Garesse R, Ugarte M, Arenas J, Martin MA. Marked mitochondrial DNA depletion associated with a novel SUCLG1 gene mutation resulting in lethal neonatal acidosis, multi-organ failure, and interrupted aortic arch. Mitochondrion 2010; 10:362-8. [PMID: 20227526 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2010.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2009] [Revised: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The aim of this study was to identify the causative genetic lesion in two apparently unrelated newborns having lethal lactic acidosis, multi-organ failure and congenital malformations including interrupted aortic arch, who exhibited mild methylmalonic aciduria, combined mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency, and marked muscle mitochondrial DNA depletion. A novel mutation in the SUCLG1 gene was identified. Phenotype severity in Succinate-CoA ligase dysfunction appears to be more correlated to the muscle mtDNA content than to the tissue distribution of the heterodimer subunits. Prominent impairment of mitochondrial respiratory chain may result in deep ravages in developmental tissues leading to multiple organ failure and malformations.
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- Henry Rivera
- Laboratorio de enfermedades mitocondriales, Centro de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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Zeng Z, Spiccia L. OFF-ON fluorescent detection of thymidine nucleotides by a zinc(II)-cyclen complex bearing two diagonal pyrenes. Chemistry 2010; 15:12941-4. [PMID: 19862780 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Zhanghua Zeng
- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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Chen JM, Férec C, Cooper DN. Closely spaced multiple mutations as potential signatures of transient hypermutability in human genes. Hum Mutat 2009; 30:1435-48. [PMID: 19685533 DOI: 10.1002/humu.21088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Data from diverse organisms suggests that transient hypermutability is a general mutational mechanism with the potential to generate multiple synchronous mutations, a phenomenon probably best exemplified by closely spaced multiple mutations (CSMMs). Here we have attempted to extend the concept of transient hypermutability from somatic cells to the germline, using human inherited disease-causing multiple mutations as a model system. Employing stringent criteria for data inclusion, we have retrospectively identified numerous potential examples of pathogenic CSMMs that exhibit marked similarities to the CSMMs reported in other systems. These examples include (1) eight multiple mutations, each comprising three or more components within a sequence tract of <100 bp; (2) three possible instances of "mutation showers"; and (3) numerous highly informative "homocoordinate" mutations. Using the proportion of CpG substitution as a crude indicator of the relative likelihood of transient hypermutability, we present evidence to suggest that CSMMs comprising at least one pair of mutations separated by < or =100 bp may constitute signatures of transient hypermutability in human genes. Although this analysis extends the generality of the concept of transient hypermutability and provides new insights into what may be considered a novel mechanism of mutagenesis underlying human inherited disease, it has raised serious concerns regarding current practices in mutation screening.
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- Jian-Min Chen
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U613, Brest, France.
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Ashley N, Poulton J. Anticancer DNA intercalators cause p53-dependent mitochondrial DNA nucleoid re-modelling. Oncogene 2009; 28:3880-91. [PMID: 19684617 PMCID: PMC4548715 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2009] [Revised: 06/07/2009] [Accepted: 07/08/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Many anticancer drugs, such as doxorubicin (DXR), intercalate into nuclear DNA of cancer cells, thereby inhibiting their growth. However, it is not well understood how such drugs interact with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Using cell and molecular studies of cultured cells, we show that DXR and other DNA intercalators, such as ethidium bromide, can rapidly intercalate into mtDNA within living cells, causing aggregation of mtDNA nucleoids and altering the distribution of nucleoid proteins. Remodelled nucleoids excluded DXR and maintained mtDNA synthesis, whereas non-remodelled nucleoids became heavily intercalated with DXR, which inhibited their replication, thus leading to mtDNA depletion. Remodelling was accompanied by extensive mitochondrial elongation or interconnection, and was suppressed in cells lacking mitofusin 1 and optic atrophy 1 (OPA1), the key proteins for mitochondrial fusion. In contrast, remodelling was significantly increased by p53 or ataxia telangiectasia mutated inhibition (ATM), indicating a link between nucleoid dynamics and the genomic DNA damage response. Collectively, our results show that DNA intercalators can trigger a common mitochondrial response, which likely contributes to the marked clinical toxicity associated with these drugs.
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- N Ashley
- Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, Level 3, Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK.
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163rd ENMC International Workshop: nucleoid and nucleotide biology in syndromes of mitochondrial DNA depletion myopathy 12-14 December 2008, Naarden, The Netherlands. Neuromuscul Disord 2009; 19:439-43. [PMID: 19464176 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Spinazzola A, Invernizzi F, Carrara F, Lamantea E, Donati A, Dirocco M, Giordano I, Meznaric-Petrusa M, Baruffini E, Ferrero I, Zeviani M. Clinical and molecular features of mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes. J Inherit Metab Dis 2009; 32:143-58. [PMID: 19125351 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-008-1038-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2008] [Revised: 11/03/2008] [Accepted: 11/06/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes (MDSs) form a group of autosomal recessive disorders characterized by profoundly decreased mitochondrial DNA copy numbers in affected tissues. Three main clinical presentations are known: myopathic, encephalomyopathic and hepatocerebral. The first is associated with mutations in thymidine kinase 2 (TK2) and p53-induced ribonucleotide reductase B subunit (RRM2B); the second with mutations in succinate synthase A (SUCLA2) and B (SUCLG1); the third with mutations in Twinkle (PEO1), pol-gammaA (POLG1), deoxyguanosine kinase (DGUOK) and MPV17 (MPV17). In this work, we review the MDS-associated phenotypes and present our own experience of 32 MDS patients, with the aim of defining the mutation frequency of the known genes, the clinical spectrum of the diseases, and the genotype-phenotype correlations. Five of our patients carried previously unreported mutations in one of the eight MDS genes.
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- A Spinazzola
- Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute 'C. Besta', Via Temolo, 4, 20126, Milan, Italy
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Bulst S, Abicht A, Holinski-Feder E, Müller-Ziermann S, Koehler U, Thirion C, Walter MC, Stewart JD, Chinnery PF, Lochmüller H, Horvath R. In vitro supplementation with dAMP/dGMP leads to partial restoration of mtDNA levels in mitochondrial depletion syndromes. Hum Mol Genet 2009; 18:1590-9. [PMID: 19221117 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, a frequent cause of childhood (hepato)encephalomyopathies, is defined as a reduction of mitochondrial DNA copy number related to nuclear DNA. It was previously shown that mtDNA depletion can be prevented by dAMP/dGMP supplementation in deoxyguanosine kinase-deficient fibroblasts. We investigated myotubes of patients diagnosed with mtDNA depletion carrying pathogenic mutations in DGUOK, POLG1 (Alpers syndrome) and TYMP. Differentiating myotubes of all patients and controls were supplemented with different doses of dAMP/dGMP or dAMP/dGMP/dCMP in TYMP deficiency, and analysed for mtDNA/nDNA ratio and for cytochrome c oxidase (COX) activity. Serum deprivation and myotube formation triggered a decrease in mtDNA copy number in DGUOK or POLG1 deficient myotubes, but not in TYMP deficiency and healthy controls. Supplementation with dAMP/dGMP leads to a significant and reproducible rescue of mtDNA depletion in DGUOK deficiency. POLG1 deficient myotubes also showed a mild, not significant increase in mtDNA copy number. MtDNA depletion did not result in deficient COX staining in DGUOK and POLG1-deficient myotubes. Treatment with ethidium bromide resulted in very severe depletion and absence of COX staining in all cell types, and no recovery was observed after supplementation with dAMP/dGMP. We show that supplementation with dAMP/dGMP increases mtDNA copy number significantly in DGUOK deficient myotubes and, leads to a mild, non-significant improvement of mtDNA depletion in POLG1 deficiency. No adverse effect on mtDNA copy number was observed on high-dose supplementation in vitro. Further studies are needed to determine possible therapeutic implications of dAMP/dGMP supplementation for DGUOK deficiency in vivo.
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- Stefanie Bulst
- Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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In the course of evolution, mitochondria lost their independence, and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) became the 'slave' of nuclear DNA, depending on numerous nucleus-encoded factors for its integrity, replication and expression. Mutations in any of these factors may alter the cross-talk between the two genomes and cause Mendelian disorders characterized by qualitative (multiple deletions) or quantitative (depletion) alterations of mtDNA, or by defective translation of mtDNA-encoded respiratory chain components.
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- A Spinazzola
- Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, C. Besta Neurological Institute, Foundation IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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Ashley N, Poulton J. Mitochondrial DNA is a direct target of anti-cancer anthracycline drugs. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 378:450-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.11.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2008] [Accepted: 11/14/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Effects of zidovudine and stavudine on mitochondrial DNA of differentiating 3T3-F442a cells are not associated with imbalanced deoxynucleotide pools. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2008; 53:1252-5. [PMID: 19104011 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01115-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To test whether zidovudine (3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine) (AZT) inhibition of thymidine phosphorylation causes depletion of the TTP pool resulting in mitochondrial DNA depletion, 3T3-F442a cells were differentiated in the presence of AZT and analyzed to determine mitochondrial DNA content and deoxynucleotide levels. These results suggest that AZT toxicity may not be related to deoxynucleotide pool alterations.
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Saada A. Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleotide pools in deoxyguanosine kinase deficiency. Mol Genet Metab 2008; 95:169-73. [PMID: 18723380 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2008.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2008] [Accepted: 07/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mutated deoxyguanosine kinase (dGK), which catalyses the first step of the mitochondrial deoxypurine salvage pathway, accounts for a hepatocerebral variant of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion syndromes. In order to elucidate the pathogenic mechanism of dGK deficiency, mitochondrial and cytoplasmic deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) pools in cycling and quiescent fibroblasts from a dGK deficient patient were measured. The mitochondrial dNTP pools were found to be imbalanced, mainly in quiescent cells due to decreased dGTP while mtDNA content and mitochondrial respiratory chain activities were concomitantly decreased. Supplementation of deoxyguanosine and deoxyadenosine normalized mitochondrial dNTP pools, mtDNA content and partially restored the MRC function. It is suggested that the cytoplasmic deoxycytine kinase supplemented with external substrates may compensate for the deficient dGK.
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- Ann Saada
- Metabolic disease Unit, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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Ashley N, O'Rourke A, Smith C, Adams S, Gowda V, Zeviani M, Brown GK, Fratter C, Poulton J. Depletion of mitochondrial DNA in fibroblast cultures from patients with POLG1 mutations is a consequence of catalytic mutations. Hum Mol Genet 2008; 17:2496-506. [PMID: 18487244 PMCID: PMC2486441 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We investigated clinical and cellular phenotypes of 24 children with mutations in the catalytic (alpha) subunit of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) gamma polymerase (POLG1). Twenty-one had Alpers syndrome, the commonest severe POLG1 autosomal recessive phenotype, comprising hepatoencephalopathy and often mtDNA depletion. The cellular mtDNA content reflected the genotype more closely than did clinical features. Patients with tissue depletion of mtDNA all had at least one allele with either a missense mutation in a catalytic domain or a nonsense mutation. Four out of 12 patients exhibited a progressive, mosaic pattern of mtDNA depletion in cultured fibroblasts. All these patients had mutations in a catalytic domain in both POLG1 alleles, in either the polymerase or exonuclease domain or both. The tissue mtDNA content of patients who had two linker mutations was normal, and their phenotypes the mildest. Epilepsy and/or movement disorder were major features in all 21. Previous studies have implicated replication stalling as a mechanism for mtDNA depletion. The mosaic cellular depletion that we have demonstrated in cell cultures may be a manifestation of severe replication stalling. One patient with a severe cellular and clinical phenotype was a compound heterozygote with POLG1 mutations in the polymerase and exonuclease domain intrans. This suggests that POLG1 requires both polymerase and 3'-5' exonuclease activity in the same molecule. This is consistent with current functional models for eukaryotic DNA polymerases, which alternate between polymerizing and editing modes, as determined by competition between these two active sites for the 3' end of the DNA.
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- Neil Ashley
- Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Mitochondrial disorders are increasingly acknowledged as a major category in clinical neurology. In this review we highlight the most recent advances in the field, including the characterization of new disease genes, new physiopathological insights, and the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegeneration. RECENT FINDINGS Substantial progress has been made on the genetic basis and pathogenic mechanisms in disorders associated with altered mitochondrial DNA stability and expression. These defects include a wide spectrum of neurological conditions caused by genetic abnormalities of the mitochondrial replication and translation machineries, and of the metabolic pathways controlling the nucleotide supply to organelles, cells and tissues. Another relevant contribution has been given to the molecular dissection of coenzyme Q deficiency, a clinically heterogeneous, potentially treatable condition, thanks to the biochemical and genetic characterization of the first defects in coenzyme Q biosynthesis. Finally, the genetic determinants controlling the penetrance of mitochondrial disorders, as well as the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, have been investigated in both patients and animal models. SUMMARY The dual genetic contribution controlling mitochondrial biogenesis, and the intricacy and universality of the metabolic pathways operating in the mitochondrion explain the complexity of what is now known as 'mitochondrial medicine'.
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- Massimo Zeviani
- Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, Institute of Neurology C. Besta, Foundation IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
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Bibliography. Current world literature. Neuro-muscular diseases: nerve. Curr Opin Neurol 2007; 20:600-4. [PMID: 17885452 DOI: 10.1097/wco.0b013e3282efeb3b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dykens JA, Will Y. The significance of mitochondrial toxicity testing in drug development. Drug Discov Today 2007; 12:777-85. [PMID: 17826691 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2007.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2007] [Revised: 07/13/2007] [Accepted: 07/16/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is increasingly implicated in the etiology of drug-induced toxicities. Members of diverse drug classes undermine mitochondrial function, and among the most potent are drugs that have been withdrawn from the market, or have received Black Box warnings from the FDA. To avoid mitochondrial liabilities, routine screens need to be positioned within the drug-development process. Assays for mitochondrial function, cell models that better report mitochondrial impairment, and new animal models that more faithfully reflect clinical manifestations of mitochondrial dysfunction are discussed in the context of how such data can reduce late stage attrition of drug candidates and can yield safer drugs in the future.
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- James A Dykens
- Drug Safety Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., 10646 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, United States.
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