Identification and characterization of new RNASEH1 mutations associated with PEO syndrome and multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions

Lidia Carreño Gago, Cora Blázquez-Bermejo, Jordi. Diaz-Manera, Yolanda Cámara, Eduard Gallardo, R. Martí, J. Torres-Torronteras, Elena Garcia-Arumi

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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion and deletion syndrome encompasses a group of disorders caused by mutations in genes involved in mtDNA replication and maintenance. The clinical phenotype ranges from fatal infantile hepatocerebral forms to mild adult onset progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO). We report the case of a patient with PEO and multiple mtDNA deletions, with two new homozygous mutations in RNASEH1. The first mutation (c.487T>C) is located in the same catalytic domain as the four previously reported mutations, and the second (c.258-260del) is located in the connection domain, where no mutations have been reported. In silico study of the mutations predicted only the first mutation as pathogenic, but functional studies showed that both mutations cause loss of ribonuclease H1 activity. mtDNA replication dysfunction was demonstrated in patient fibroblasts, which were unable to recover normal mtDNA copy number after ethidium bromide-induced mtDNA depletion. Our results demonstrate the pathogenicity of two new RNASEH1 variants found in a patient with PEO syndrome, multiple deletions, and mild mitochondrial myopathy.
Idioma originalAnglès
RevistaFrontiers in Genetics
Volum10
NúmeroJUN
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Estat de la publicacióPublicada - 2019

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