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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy plus dystonia, and transverse myelitis due to double mutations in MT-ND4 and MT-ND6.


ABSTRACT: Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) typically presents as painless central or centrocecal scotoma and is due to maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations. Over 95% of LHON cases are caused by one of three mtDNA "common" point mutations: m.3460G>A, m.11778G>A, or m.14484T>C, which are all in genes encoding structural subunits of complex I of the respiratory chain. Intriguing features of LHON include: incomplete penetrance, tissue specificity, and male predominance, indicating that additional genetic or environmental factors are modulating the phenotypic expression of the pathogenic mtDNA mutations. However, since its original description as a purely ophthalmological disorder, LHON has also been linked to multisystemic conditions with variable neurological, cardiac, and skeletal abnormalities. Although double "common" mutations have been reported to cause LHON and LHON-plus, they are extremely rare. Here, we present a patient with an unusual double point mutation (m.11778 G>A and m.14484T>C) with a multisystemic LHON-plus phenotype characterized by: optic neuropathy, ptosis, ataxia, dystonia, dysarthria, and recurrent extensive transverse myelitis.

SUBMITTER: Berardo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7362294 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy plus dystonia, and transverse myelitis due to double mutations in MT-ND4 and MT-ND6.

Berardo Andres A   Emmanuele Valentina V   Vargas Wendy W   Tanji Kurenai K   Naini Ali A   Hirano Michio M  

Journal of neurology 20191127 3


Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) typically presents as painless central or centrocecal scotoma and is due to maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations. Over 95% of LHON cases are caused by one of three mtDNA "common" point mutations: m.3460G>A, m.11778G>A, or m.14484T>C, which are all in genes encoding structural subunits of complex I of the respiratory chain. Intriguing features of LHON include: incomplete penetrance, tissue specificity, and male predominance, indicating  ...[more]

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