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Ghezzi, D.* ; Baruffini, E.* ; Haack, T.B. ; Invernizzi, F.* ; Melchionda, L.* ; Dallabona, C.* ; Strom, T.M. ; Parini, R.* ; Burlina, A.B.* ; Meitinger, T. ; Prokisch, H. ; Ferrero, I.* ; Zeviani, M.*

Mutations of the mitochondrial-tRNA modifier MTO1 cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and lactic acidosis.

Am. J. Hum. Genet. 90, 1079-1087 (2012)
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Dysfunction of mitochondrial respiration is an increasingly recognized cause of isolated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. To gain insight into the genetic origin of this condition, we used next-generation exome sequencing to identify mutations in MTO1, which encodes mitochondrial translation optimization 1. Two affected siblings carried a maternal c.1858dup (p.Arg620Lysfs(star)8) frameshift and a paternal c.1282G>A (p.Ala428Thr) missense mutation. A third unrelated individual was homozygous for the latter change. In both humans and yeast, MTO1 increases the accuracy and efficiency of mtDNA translation by catalyzing the 5-carboxymethylaminomethylation of the wobble uridine base in three mitochondrial tRNAs (mt-tRNAs). Accordingly, mutant muscle and fibroblasts showed variably combined reduction in mt DNA-dependent respiratory chain activities. Reduced respiration in mutant cells was corrected by expressing a wild-type MTO1 cDNA. Conversely, defective respiration of a yeast mto1 Delta strain failed to be corrected by an Mto1(Pro622 star) variant, equivalent to human MTO1(Arg620Lysfs star 8) whereas incomplete correction was achieved by an Mto1(Ala431Thr) variant, corresponding to human MTO1(Ala28Thr). The respiratory yeast phenotype was dramatically worsened in stress conditions and in the presence of a paromomycin-resistant (P-R) mitochondrial rRNA mutation. Lastly, in vivo mtDNA translation was impaired in the mutant yeast strains.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords PHOSPHORYLATION COMPLEX I; DEFICIENCY; GENE; DEAFNESS; PATHOGENESIS; TRANSLATION; EXPRESSION; ACAD9
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0002-9297
e-ISSN 1537-6605
Quellenangaben Volume: 90, Issue: 6, Pages: 1079-1087 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
Publishing Place New York, NY
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed