Clinical and molecular features of an infant patient affected by Leigh Disease associated to m.14459G>A mitochondrial DNA mutation: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leigh Syndrome (LS) is a severe neurodegenerative disorder characterized by bilateral symmetrical necrotic lesions in the basal ganglia and brainstem. Onset is in early infancy and prognosis is poor. Causative mutations have been disclosed in mitochondrial DNA and nuclear genes affecting respiratory chain subunits and assembly factors.

Case presentation

Here we report the clinical and molecular features of a 15-month-old female LS patient. Direct sequencing of her muscle-derived mtDNA revealed the presence of two apparently homoplasmic variants: the novel m.14792C>G and the already known m.14459G>A resulting in p.His16Asp change in cytochrome b (MT-CYB) and p.Ala72Val substitution in ND6 subunit, respectively. The m.14459G>A was heteroplasmic in the mother's blood

SUBMITTER: Ronchi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3148968 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature