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MITOCHONDRION
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 379-387Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2013.02.001
Keywords
Mitochondrial disorders; Next generation sequencing; Massively parallel sequencing; mtDNA mutations; Comprehensive diagnosis of mitochondrial; disorders; MITOME; MitoExome
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Mitochondrial disorders are by far the most genetically heterogeneous group of diseases, involving two genomes, the 16.6 kb mitochondrial genome and similar to 1500 genes encoded in the nuclear genome. For maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA disorders, a complete molecular diagnosis requires several different methods for the detection and quantification of mtDNA point mutations and large deletions. For mitochondrial disorders caused by autosomal recessive, dominant, and X-linked nuclear genes, the diagnosis has relied on clinical, biochemical, and molecular studies to point to a group of candidate genes followed by stepwise Sanger sequencing of the candidate genes one-by-one. The development of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized the diagnostic approach. Using massively parallel sequencing (MPS) analysis of the entire mitochondria( genome, mtDNA point mutations and deletions can be detected and quantified in one single step. The NGS approach also allows simultaneous analyses of a group of genes or the whole exome, thus, the mutations in causative gene(s) can be identified in one-step. New approaches make genetic analyses much faster and more efficient. Huge amounts of sequencing data produced by the new technologies brought new challenges to bioinformatics, analytical pipelines, and interpretation of numerous novel variants. This article reviews the clinical utility of next generation sequencing for the molecular diagnoses of complex dual genome mitochondrial disorders. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. and Mitochondria Research Society. All rights reserved.
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