Journal
NEUROGENETICS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 9-17Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10048-010-0265-2
Keywords
Progressive cavitating leukoencephalopathy; Lactic acidosis; Complex I; NDUFS1
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- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Telethon-Mitocon Project [Telethon GUP09004]
- Ricerca Finalizzata
- European Project LeukoTreat
- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology [FCT-SFRH/BD/28197/2006]
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We present clinical, neuroimaging, and molecular data on the identification of a new homozygous c.1783A > G (p.Thr595Ala) mutation in NDUFS1 in two inbred siblings with isolated complex I deficiency associated to a progressive cavitating leukoencephalopathy, a clinical and neuroradiological entity originally related to unknown defects of the mitochondrial energy metabolism. In both sibs, the muscle biopsy showed severe reduction of complex I enzyme activity, which was not obvious in fibroblasts. We also observed complex I dysfunction in a Neurospora crassa model of the disease, obtained by insertional mutagenesis, and in patient fibroblasts grown in galactose. Altogether, these results indicate that the NDUFS1 mutation is responsible for the disease and complex I deficiency. Clinical presentation of complex I defect is heterogeneous and includes an ample array of clinical phenotypes. Expanding the number of allelic variants in NDUFS1, our findings also contribute to a better understanding on the function of complex I.
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