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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#typehttp://purl.uniprot.org/core/Journal_Citation
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Objective

To present 2 families with maternally inherited severe epilepsy as the main symptom of mitochondrial disease due to point mutations at position 616 in the mitochondrial tRNA(Phe) (MT-TF) gene.

Methods

Histologic stainings were performed on skeletal muscle slices from the 2 index patients. Oxidative phosphorylation activity was measured by oxygraphic and spectrophotometric methods. The patients' complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and the relevant mtDNA region in maternal relatives were sequenced.

Results

Muscle histology showed only decreased overall COX staining, while a combined respiratory chain defect, most severely affecting complex IV, was noted in both patients' skeletal muscle. Sequencing of the mtDNA revealed in both patients a mutation at position 616 in the MT-TF gene (T>C or T>G). These mutations disrupt a base pair in the anticodon stem at a highly conserved position. They were apparently homoplasmic in both patients, and had different heteroplasmy levels in the investigated maternal relatives.

Conclusions

Deleterious mutations in the mitochondrial tRNA(Phe) may solely manifest with epilepsy when segregating to homoplasmy. They may be overlooked in the absence of lactate accumulation and typical mosaic mitochondrial defects in muscle."xsd:string
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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Marcorelles P."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Marcorelles P."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Lombes A."xsd:string
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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Zsurka G."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Zsurka G."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Kunz W.S."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Kunz W.S."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Sassen R."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Sassen R."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Nelson I."xsd:string
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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Mirandola S.R."xsd:string
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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Hampel K.G."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/20142618http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Hampel K.G."xsd:string
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