A novel MTTT mutation m.15933G > A revealed in analysis of mitochondrial DNA in patients with suspected mitochondrial disease
Soini, Heidi K.; Väisänen, Antti; Kärppä, Mikko; Hinttala, Reetta; Kytövuori, Laura; Moilanen, Jukka S.; Uusimaa, Johanna; Majamaa, Kari (2017-02-10)
Soini, Heidi K.; Väisänen, Antti; Kärppä, Mikko; Hinttala, Reetta; Kytövuori, Laura; Moilanen, Jukka S.; Uusimaa, Johanna; Majamaa, Kari. A novel MTTT mutation m.15933G > A revealed in analysis of mitochondrial DNA in patients with suspected mitochondrial disease. BMC Medical Genetics 201718:14. DOI: 10.1186/s12881-017-0377-8
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Abstract
Background: Mitochondrial diseases present with variable multi-organ symptoms. Common disease-causing mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are regularly screened in diagnostic work-up, but novel mutations may remain unnoticed.
Methods: Patients (N = 66) with a clinical suspicion of mitochondrial disease were screened for their mtDNA coding region using conformation sensitive gel electrophoresis and sequencing. Long-PCR was used to detect deletions followed by POLG1 sequencing in patients with multiple deletions.
Results: We discovered three novel mtDNA variants that included m.8743G > C, m.11322A > G and m.15933G > A. The novel MTTT variant m.15933G > A is suggested to be pathogenic. Analysis revealed also multiple mtDNA deletions in two patients and five nonsynonymous variants that were putatively pathogenic according to in-silico prediction algorithms. In addition, a rare haplogroup H associated m.7585_7586insT variant was discovered.
Conclusion: Among patients with a suspected mitochondrial disease, a novel MTTT variant m.15933G > A was discovered and is suggested to be pathogenic. In addition, several putatively pathogenic nonsynonymous variants and rare variants were found. These findings highlight the importance of coding region mtDNA screening among patients with clinical features suggesting a mitochondrial disease, but who lack the common mitochondrial disease mutations.
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