1.School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Attardi Institute of Mitochondrial Biomedicine, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China; 2.Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo 315040, China; 3.Scientific Research Center, Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
XU Man,CI Xiaorui,LYU Yuanyuan, et al. The mitochondrial tRNAPhe 593T>C mutation may influence the phenotypic expression of the LHONassociated m.14484T>C mutation[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2020, 50(5): 356-363.
Abstract:Objective: To investigate the role of mitochondrial tRNAPhe 593T>C in the development of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON)-associated with the MT-ND6 14484T>C mutation. Methods: A cohort of 742 Han Chinese subjects with LHON and 376 control subjects underwent sequence analysis of the complete mitochondrial DNA. 4 Chinese families with LHON were evaluated for clinical, genetic and molecular biological characteristics. Results: The penetrance of vision loss in these pedigrees (WZ133, WZ1224, WZ1225 and WZ1260) was 42.9%, 12.5%, 12.5% and 5.6%, respectively. The age-at-onset of vision impairment in the four families varied from 9 to 23 years. The average age-of-onset was 16. Sequence analysis of mitochondrial genome indicated that WZ133 carried m.14484T>C and m.593T>C, while the other three families only carried m.593T>C. Analysis of the secondary structure of mitochondrial tRNA showed that this mutation resulted in a secondary structure change and higher free energy of tRNAPhe. The alterations reduced the stability of tRNAPhe structure and led to mitochondrial dysfunction. Conclusion: The tRNAPhe 593T>C mutation may have a potential modifier role in the phenotypic manifestation of the primary LHON-associated m.14484T>C mutation.
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