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Pathogenic mtDNA mutations causing mitochondrial myopathy: The need for muscle biopsy.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Hardy, Steven A 
Blakely, Emma L 
Purvis, Andrew I 
Rocha, Mariana C 
Ahmed, Syeda 

Abstract

Pathogenic mitochondrial tRNA (mt-tRNA) gene mutations represent a prominent cause of primary mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)-related disease despite accounting for only 5%-10% of the mitochondrial genome.(1,2) Although some common mt-tRNA mutations, such as the m.3243A>G mutation, exist, the majority are rare and have been reported in only a small number of cases.(3) The MT-TP gene, encoding mt-tRNA(Pro), is one of the less polymorphic mt-tRNA genes, and only 5 MT-TP mutations have been reported as a cause of mitochondrial muscle disease to date (table e-1 at Neurology.org/ng, P6-10). We report 5 patients with myopathic phenotypes, each harboring different pathogenic mutations in the MT-TP gene, highlighting the importance of MT-TP mutations as a cause of mitochondrial muscle disease and the requirement to study clinically relevant tissue.

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Keywords

31 Biological Sciences, 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, 3105 Genetics, Genetics, 2 Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors

Journal Title

Neurol Genet

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Journal ISSN

2376-7839
2376-7839

Volume Title

2

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)