Multiple Deletions in Mitochondrial DNA in a Patient with Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia, Leukoencephalopathy and Hypogonadism

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作者
Ohnuki, Yuko [1 ,2 ]
Takahashi, Kazumi [2 ,3 ]
Iijima, Eri [4 ]
Takahashi, Wakoh [4 ]
Suzuki, Shingo [1 ]
Ozaki, Yuki [1 ]
Kitao, Ruriko
Mihara, Masatoshi [5 ]
Ishihara, Tadayuki [5 ]
Nakamura, Michiyo [6 ]
Sawano, Yoshie [6 ]
Goto, Yu-ichi [6 ]
Izumi, Shunichiro [2 ,3 ]
Kulski, Jerzy K. [1 ,7 ]
Shiina, Takashi [1 ]
Takizawa, Shunya [4 ]
机构
[1] Tokai Univ, Sch Med, Dept Mol Life Sci Basic Med Sci & Mol Med, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 25912, Japan
[2] Tokai Univ Hosp, Dept Clin Genet, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan
[3] Tokai Univ, Sch Med, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 25912, Japan
[4] Tokai Univ, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Div Neurol, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 25912, Japan
[5] Natl Hakone Hosp, Dept Neurol, Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan
[6] Natl Ctr Neurol & Psychiat, Dept Mental Retardat & Birth Defect Res, Tokyo, Japan
[7] Univ Western Australia, Ctr Forens Sci, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
关键词
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA); multiple deletion; progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO); hypogonadism; leukoencephalopathy; MUTATIONS;
D O I
10.2169/internalmedicine.53.1320
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) is one of a number of major types of mitochondrial disorders. Most sporadic PEO patients have a heteroplasmic large deletion of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in the mitochondria in skeletal muscles. We herein analyzed mtDNA deletions using sub-cloning and Sanger sequencing of PCR products in a 31-year-old Japanese man with multiple symptoms, including PEO, muscle weakness, hearing loss, leukoencephalopathy and hypogonadism. A large number of multiple deletions was detected, as well as four kinds of deletion breakpoints identified in different locations, including m.3347_12322, m.5818_13964, m.5829_13964 and m.5837_13503.
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页码:1365 / 1369
页数:5
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