Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 141-144Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200773
Keywords
Leigh disease; complex I; mitochondrial DNA; mutation; heteroplasmy
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Leigh disease is a genetically heterogeneous, neurodegenerative disorder of childhood that is caused by defects of either the nuclear or mitochondrial genome. Here, we report the molecular genetic findings in a patient with neuropathological hallmarks of Leigh disease and complex I deficiency. Direct sequencing of the seven mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)-encoded complex I (ND) genes revealed a novel missense mutation (T12706C) in the mitochondrial ND5 gene. The mutation is predicted to change an invariant amino acid in a highly conserved transmembrane helix of the mature polypeptide and was heteroplasmic in both skeletal muscle and cultured skin fibroblasts. The association of the T12706C ND5 mutation with a specific biochemical defect involving complex I is highly suggestive of a pathogenic role for this mutation.
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