A novel D104G mutation in the adenine nucleotide translocator 1 gene in autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia patients with mitochondrial DNA with multiple deletions
- 23 April 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Annals of Neurology
- Vol. 51 (5) , 645-648
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.10172
Abstract
Autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia is a mitochondrial disorder characterized by multiple large deletions of mitochondrial DNA. A recent study showed pathogenic heterozygous missense mutations in the heart/skeletal muscle isoform of the adenine nucleotide translocator 1 gene in autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia patients. In one Japanese autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia family, we found a novel A‐to‐G heterozygous mutation at nucleotide 311 of the adenine nucleotide translocator 1 gene, which segregated with affected individuals and could not be detected in the genomic DNA sequence of 120 normal controls. This mutation converted a highly conserved aspartic acid into a glycine at codon 104. Polymerase chain reaction analysis of single muscle fibers showed the presence of one type of deletion in each fiber, suggesting clonal expansion of mitochondrial DNA with deletions. These findings support the pathogenesis of the adenine nucleotide translocator 1 gene mutation in human disease.Keywords
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