Abstract:
:Leigh syndrome is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder occurring in infancy and childhood characterized in most cases by a psychomotor retardation, optic atrophy, ataxia, dystonia, failure to thrive, seizures and respiratory failure. In this study, we performed a systematic sequence analysis of mitochondrial genes associated with LS in Tunisian patients. We sequenced the encoded complex I units: ND2, ND3, ND4, ND5 and ND6 genes and the mitochondrial ATPase 6, tRNA(Val), tRNA(Leu(UUR)), tRNA(Trp) and tRNA(Lys) genes in 10 unrelated patients with Leigh syndrome. We revealed the presence of 34 reported polymorphisms, nine novel nucleotide variants and two new mutations (T5523G and A5559G) in the tested patients. These two mutations were localized in two conserved regions of the tRNA(Trp) and affect, respectively, the D-stem and the T-stem of the mitochondrial tRNA leading to a disruption of the secondary structure of this tRNA. SSP-PCR analysis showed that the T5523G and A5559G mutations were present with respective heteroplasmic rates of 66% and 43 %. We report here the first mutational screening of mitochondrial mutations in Tunisian patients with Leigh syndrome which described two novel mutations associated with this disorder.
journal_name
Mol Genet Metabjournal_title
Molecular genetics and metabolismauthors
Mkaouar-Rebai E,Chamkha I,Kammoun F,Kammoun T,Aloulou H,Hachicha M,Triki C,Fakhfakh Fdoi
10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.03.003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-07-01 00:00:00pages
179-84issue
3eissn
1096-7192issn
1096-7206pii
S1096-7192(09)00069-9journal_volume
97pub_type
杂志文章abstract::3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase (HL) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects ketogenesis and l-leucine catabolism, which generally appears during the first year of life. Patients with HL deficiency have a reduced capacity to synthesize ketone bodies. The disease is caused by lethal ...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2007.06.020
更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The Wnt pathway has been shown to play an important role in maintenance of stem cells and cell fate decisions in embryonic and adult stem cell populations. Activation of the Wnt pathway in mesenchymal stem cells and 3 T3-L1 cells inhibits adipogenesis and can lead to osteoblastogenesis. To evaluate the role of the Wnt...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.11.197
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.02.011
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.04.017
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Prior to the advent of expanded newborn screening, sudden and unexplained death was often the first and only symptom of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD). With the use of tandem mass spectrometry, infants can now be identified and treated before a life threatening metabolic decompensation occurs. ...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.01.011
更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2013.10.018
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2017.06.012
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.09.006
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.08.003
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s1096-7192(02)00026-4
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/mgme.1999.2820
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/mgme.1998.2706
更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.10.006
更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::In lysosomal glycosphingolipid storage disorders, marked elevations in corresponding glycosphingoid bases (lyso-glycosphingolipids) have been reported, such as galactosylsphingosine in Krabbe disease, glucosylsphingosine in Gaucher disease and globotriaosylsphingosine in Fabry disease. Using LC–MS/MS, we comparatively...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.12.006
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2019.01.015
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Medium-chain acyl-coA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency is a commonly detected fatty acid oxidation disorder and its diagnosis relies on both biochemical and molecular analyses. Over a 5-year period, sequencing all 12 exons of the MCAD gene (ACADM) in our laboratory revealed a total of 54 variants in 549 subjects analyz...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2010.04.001
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Combined alpha-delta platelet storage pool deficiency is characterized by the absence or reduction in the number of both alpha granules and dense bodies. This disorder can have variable severity as well as a variable inheritance pattern. We describe two patients from unrelated families with combined alpha-delta storag...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2016.12.006
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::3-MCC deficiency is among the most common inborn errors of metabolism identified on expanded newborn screening (1:36,000 births). However, evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and management of this disorder are lacking. Using the traditional Delphi method, a panel of 15 experts in inborn errors of metabolism was c...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 共识发展会议,杂志文章,实务指引
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2007.11.002
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (MPS VI) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by a deficiency of N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase (ARSB). Over 130 ARSB gene mutations have been identified thus far and most mutations are unique to individual families. We aimed to analyze the spectrum of mutations in the ARSB gene re...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.11.003
更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mucolipidosis type II is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease caused by N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferese deficiency. We report here pathological findings of an autopsy case of mucolipidosis type II. The patient was an 8-year-old boy with mucolipidosis type II and was complicated with hypertrophic c...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2014.05.001
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2006.12.010
更新日期:2007-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The initial data on the effect of ruthenium red on mature human type-1 VDAC are presented. Highly enriched human type-1 porin in planar lipid bilayers shows lowered voltage-dependence whenever a commercially available ruthenium red preparation is applied. The hexavalent polycationic dye ruthenium red affects different...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/mgme.1998.2764
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pompe Disease (PD) is a lysosomal storage disease caused by acid α-glucosidase deficiency. The infantile form typically results in death in the first year of life. Patient survival has improved with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), but new complications are being recognized. We report three cases of infantile onset P...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.11.013
更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Since the 1950s, scientists have attempted to characterize the relationship between diabetes mellitus (DM) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Similar complications are seen in patients with diabetes and Cushing's syndrome, leading some to suggest that an underlying abnormality in the HPA axis may be re...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2010.09.012
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess whether or not pyrimethamine (PMT) can be used to enhance β-hexosaminidase A activity (HexA) in subjects with Late Onset Tay Sachs (LOTS), we studied the effect of incremental doses of PMT in vivo in 9 LOTS patients carrying the αG269S/c.1278insTACT mutations. METHODS:PMT treatment was initiated at...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2010.11.163
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Quantitative fluorescent multiplex PCR (QFM-PCR) was established in order to make possible the rapid and efficient mutational analysis of the pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (SPINK1) gene. Using QFM-PCR, a novel heterozygous deletion encompassing the entire SPINK1 gene was identified in one of nine newly recrui...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2007.06.006
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Hemophilia B, an X-linked disease, manifests with recurrent soft tissue bleeding episodes. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, a rare autosomal recessive disorder, is characterized by oculocutaneous albinism and an increased tendency to bleed due to a platelet storage pool defect. We report a novel mutation in HPS6 in a...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2016.08.009
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Inborn defects of cholesterol biosynthesis are metabolic disorders presenting with multi-organ and tissue anomalies. An autosomal recessive defect involving the demethylating enzyme C4-methyl sterol (SC4MOL) has been reported in only 4 patients so far. In infancy, all patients were affected by microcephaly, bilateral ...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2017.06.013
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mevalonate kinase deficiency is a rare autosomal recessively inherited organic aciduria with a complex multi-systemic phenotype. We describe two deceased patients with clinically severe mevalonate kinase (MK) deficiency confirmed by MK mutation analysis. The phenotype in our patients ranged from neonatal hydrops in th...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.10.019
更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pompe disease is a generalized lysosomal glycogenosis affecting essentially the skeletal muscles and the heart. It is due to the deficiency of acid alpha-glucosidase, also called acid maltase, involved in glycogen degradation by the cleavage of alpha-1,4 and alpha-1,6 glycosidic linkages. The severe infantile, milder ...
journal_title:Molecular genetics and metabolism
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1006/mgme.2000.3003
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00