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DIAGNOSTICS
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10020068
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mitochondrial myopathy; polymerase gamma 2 (POLG2); camptocormia; mutations of nuclear origin
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- Hertha-Nathorff-Programm (HNP) of the Ulm Medical University, Germany - German Ministry of Education and Research
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is known to play a key role in the pathophysiological pathway of neurodegenerative disorders. Nuclear-encoded proteins are involved in mtDNA replication, including DNA polymerase gamma, which is the only known replicative mtDNA polymerase, encoded by nuclear genes Polymerase gamma 1 (POLG) and Polymerase gamma 2 (POLG2). POLG mutations are well-known as a frequent cause of mitochondrial myopathies of nuclear origin. However, only rare descriptions of POLG2 mutations leading to mitochondriopathies exist. Here we describe a 68-year-old woman presenting with a 20-year history of camptocormia, mild proximal weakness, and moderate CK increase. Muscle histology showed COX-negative fibres. Genetic analysis by next generation sequencing revealed an already reported heterozygous c.1192-8_1207dup24 mutation in the POLG2 gene. This is the first report on a POLG2 mutation leading to camptocormia as the main clinical phenotype, extending the phenotypic spectrum of POLG2 associated diseases. This underlines the broad phenotypic spectrum found in mitochondrial diseases, especially in mitochondrial disorders of nuclear origin.
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