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Mutation of OPA1 causes dominant optic atrophy with external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, deafness and multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions: a novel disorder of mtDNA maintenance

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Hudson, Gavin, Amati-Bonneau, Patrizia, Blakely, Emma L., Stewart, Joanna D., He, Langping, Schaefer, Andrew M., Griffiths, Philip G., Ahlqvist, Kati +6 more·2008·Brain

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Mutations in nuclear genes involved in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) maintenance cause a wide range of clinical phenotypes associated with the secondary accumulation of multiple mtDNA deletions in affected tissues. The majority of families with autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) harbour mutations in genes encoding one of three well-characterized proteins--pol gamma, Twinkle or Ant 1. Here we show that a heterozygous mis-sense mutation in OPA1 leads to multiple mtDNA deletions in skeletal muscle and a mosaic defect of cytochrome c oxidase (COX). The disorder presented with visual failure and optic atrophy in childhood, followed by PEO, ataxia, deafness and a sensory-motor neuropathy in adult life. COX-deficient skeletal muscle fibres contained supra-threshold levels of multiple mtDNA deletions, and genetic linkage, sequencing and expression analysis excluded POLG1, PEO1 and SLC25A4, the gene encoding Ant 1, as the cause. This demonstrates the importance of OPA1 in mtDNA maintenance, and implicates OPA1 in diseases associated with secondary defects of mtDNA.

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  • OPA1 mutations cause ADOA plus syndrome, which includes severe myopathy.

    “In addition to dominant optic atrophy, OPA1 mutations also cause a multi-systemic disorder called ADOA plus syndrome, which results in severe myopathy (Amati-Bonneau et al, 2008;Hudson et al, 2008;Zeviani, 2008).”

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  1. Cortopassi GA, Shibata D, Soong NW, Arnheim N. A pattern of accumulation of a somatic deletion in tissues of older humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1992a; 89: 7370-4.
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Hudson, G., Amati-Bonneau, P., Blakely, E. L., Stewart, J. D., He, L., Schaefer, A. M., Griffiths, P. G., Ahlqvist, K., Suomalainen, A., Reynier, P., McFarland, R., Turnbull, D. M., Chinnery, P. F., & Taylor, R. W.
Affiliations
University of Helsinki (FI)
Venue
Brain
Published
2007-12-07
Volume
131
Issue
2
Pages
329-337
ISSN
  • 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2156
OpenAlex
W2120695551
Cited by
428
References
53
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FWCI
12.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • Brain (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (074454)
  • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Muscular Dystrophy UK
  • Universite Angers
  • Retina France
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Hereditary Neurological Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
Keywords
OPA1, mitochondrial DNA maintenance, chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia, optic atrophy, ataxia, deafness, cytochrome c oxidase deficiency, skeletal muscle, mitochondrial disease, autosomal dominant inheritance, mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma, Twinkle
MeSH terms
Adult, Amino Acid Sequence, Ataxia, Base Sequence, Child, Child, Preschool, Deafness, DNA, Mitochondrial, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mitochondria, Muscle, Molecular Sequence Data, Pedigree, Ophthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive External, Gene Deletion, Muscle, Skeletal, Mutation, Missense, GTP Phosphohydrolases, Optic Atrophy, Autosomal Dominant

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