1.School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China; 2.School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
LYU Yuanyuan,XU Man,ZHANG Juanjuan, et al. Phenotypic analysis on Leber hereditary optic neuropathy pedigrees of only female-onset[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2019, 49(7): 475-481,496.
Abstract:Objective: Phenotypic performance of 11 Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) pedigrees carrying m.11778G>A mutations, who had only female-onset, was analyzed. Methods: In this study we systematically screened, the MT-ND4 gene of 1 362 patients of the Chinese Han nationality with LHON. Mitochondrial genome sequencing and mitochondrial haplotype analysis were performed on 11 pedigrees carrying MT-ND4 m.11778G>A mutation. Results: Screening revealed that 11 cases of LHON pedigrees carrying m.11778G>A mutation only affected female maternal members. The LHON penetrance rate of these pedigrees showed low level, with 16.7%, 18.8%, 15.0%, 6.7%, 6.7%, 33.3%, 20.0%, 16.7%, 7.7%, 8.3%, 25.0% respectively. The average penetrance rate of each pedigree was 15.90%±0.08%. The degree of visual impairment in patients with LHON varied from mild to severe. The age of onset ranged from 7 to 25 years old. The average age of onset was (12.4±4.8) years old, being the high-risk age of LHON. The mitochondrial haplotype of 11 proband were B5a, Z, N9, B4c1b, G2h, B5a, M7b, N9a10, C7b, M7b1, M10 respectively. Conclusion: In this article, there were significant differences in LHON penetrance and age of onset between 11 different pedigrees with the same m.11778G>A mutation and different maternal members in the same mitochondrial genetic background. This suggests that m.11778G>A mutation is the molecular basis of the pathogenesis of LHON, but the mutation itself is not sufficient to induce the phenotypic expression of LHON, suggesting that other modification factors (mitochondrial haplotypes, nuclear modifier genes and environmental factors) may play a role in the development of LHON.
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