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Xu Q, Sun P, Feng C, Chen Q, Sun X, Chen Y, Tian G. Varying Clinical Phenotypes of Mitochondrial DNA T12811C Mutation: A Case Series Report. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:912103. [PMID: 35860740 PMCID: PMC9291510 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.912103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The T12811C mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation has been reported in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) previously, with vision loss as the main manifestation. The involvement of other organ systems, including the central and peripheral nervous system, heart, and extraocular muscles, has not been well described. This case series report investigated four patients with T12811C mtDNA mutation, verified through a next generation sequencing. Two male patients presented with bilateral subacute visual decrease combined with involvement of multiple organ systems: leukoencephalopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, neurosensory deafness, spinal cord lesion and peripheral neuropathies. Two female patients presented with progressive ptosis and ophthalmoplegia, one of whom also manifested optic atrophy. This study found out that patients harboring T12811C mtDNA mutation manifested not only as vision loss, but also as a multi-system disorder affecting the nervous system, heart, and extraocular muscles.
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- Qingdan Xu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Yuhong Chen,
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Guohong Tian,
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Carelli V, Achilli A, Valentino ML, Rengo C, Semino O, Pala M, Olivieri A, Mattiazzi M, Pallotti F, Carrara F, Zeviani M, Leuzzi V, Carducci C, Valle G, Simionati B, Mendieta L, Salomao S, Belfort R, Sadun AA, Torroni A. Haplogroup effects and recombination of mitochondrial DNA: novel clues from the analysis of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy pedigrees. Am J Hum Genet 2006; 78:564-74. [PMID: 16532388 PMCID: PMC1424694 DOI: 10.1086/501236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2005] [Accepted: 01/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
Abstract
The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of 87 index cases with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) sequentially diagnosed in Italy, including an extremely large Brazilian family of Italian maternal ancestry, was evaluated in detail. Only seven pairs and three triplets of identical haplotypes were observed, attesting that the large majority of the LHON mutations were due to independent mutational events. Assignment of the mutational events into haplogroups confirmed that J1 and J2 play a role in LHON expression but narrowed the association to the subclades J1c and J2b, thus suggesting that two specific combinations of amino acid changes in the cytochrome b are the cause of the mtDNA background effect and that this may occur at the level of the supercomplex formed by respiratory-chain complexes I and III. The families with identical haplotypes were genealogically reinvestigated, which led to the reconnection into extended pedigrees of three pairs of families, including the Brazilian family with its Italian counterpart. The sequencing of entire mtDNA samples from the reconnected families confirmed the genealogical reconstruction but showed that the Brazilian family was heteroplasmic at two control-region positions. The survey of the two sites in 12 of the Brazilian subjects revealed triplasmy in most cases, but there was no evidence of the tetraplasmy that would be expected in the case of mtDNA recombination.
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- Valerio Carelli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Bologna; Doheny Eye Institute, Keck/University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York; Division of Molecular Neurogenetics, National Neurological Institute “Carlo Besta,” Milan; Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell’ Età Evolutiva and Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome; Centro Ricerca Interdipartimentale Biotecnologie Innovative, Università di Padua, Padua, Italy; and Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
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