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Alston, C.L.* ; Howard, C.R.* ; Oláhová, M.* ; Hardy, S.A.* ; He, L.* ; Murray, P.G.* ; O'Sullivan, S.* ; Doherty, G.* ; Shield, J.P.* ; Hargreaves, I.P.* ; Monavari, A.A.* ; Knerr, I.* ; McCarthy, P.* ; Morris, A.A.* ; Thorburn, D.R.* ; Prokisch, H. ; Clayton, P.E.* ; McFarland, R.* ; Hughes, J.* ; Crushell, E.* ; Taylor, R.W.*

A recurrent mitochondrial p.Trp22Arg NDUFB3 variant causes a distinctive facial appearance, short stature and a mild biochemical and clinical phenotype.

J. Med. Genet. 53, 634-641 (2016)
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BACKGROUND: Isolated Complex I deficiency is the most common paediatric mitochondrial disease presentation, associated with poor prognosis and high mortality. Complex I comprises 44 structural subunits with at least 10 ancillary proteins; mutations in 29 of these have so far been associated with mitochondrial disease but there are limited genotype-phenotype correlations to guide clinicians to the correct genetic diagnosis. METHODS: Patients were analysed by whole-exome sequencing, targeted capture or candidate gene sequencing. Clinical phenotyping of affected individuals was performed. RESULTS: We identified a cohort of 10 patients from 8 families (7 families are of unrelated Irish ancestry) all of whom have short stature (<9th centile) and similar facial features including a prominent forehead, smooth philtrum and deep-set eyes associated with a recurrent homozygous c.64T>C, p.Trp22Arg NDUFB3 variant. Two sibs presented with primary short stature without obvious metabolic dysfunction. Analysis of skeletal muscle from three patients confirmed a defect in Complex I assembly. CONCLUSIONS: Our report highlights that the long-term prognosis related to the p.Trp22Arg NDUFB3 mutation can be good, even for some patients presenting in acute metabolic crisis with evidence of an isolated Complex I deficiency in muscle. Recognition of the distinctive facial features-particularly when associated with markers of mitochondrial dysfunction and/or Irish ancestry-should suggest screening for the p.Trp22Arg NDUFB3 mutation to establish a genetic diagnosis, circumventing the requirement of muscle biopsy to direct genetic investigations.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Complex I Deficiency ; Dysmorphic Features ; Mitochondrial Disease ; Prognosis; Complex-i Deficiency; Dna Mutations; Disease; Nuclear; Prevalence; Diagnosis; Spectrum
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0022-2593
e-ISSN 1468-6244
Journal Journal of Medical Genetics
Quellenangaben Volume: 53, Issue: 9, Pages: 634-641 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher BMJ Publishing Group
Publishing Place London
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Human Genetics (IHG)