Abstract
New mutations in mitochondrial DNA encoded genes of complex I are rarely reported. An infant developed Leigh disease with infantile spasms. Complex I enzyme activity was deficient and response to increasing coenzyme Q concentrations was reduced. Complex I assembly was intact. A new mutation in MT-ND1 m.3928G>C p.V208L, affecting a conserved amino acid in a critical domain, part of the coenzyme Q binding pocket, was present at high heteroplasmy. The unaffected mother did not carry measurable mutant mitochondrial DNA, but concern remained for gonadal mosaicism. Prenatal testing was possible for a subsequent sibling. The ND1 p.V208L mutation causes Leigh disease.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 656-661 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Mitochondrion |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2013 |
Keywords
- Coenzyme Q binding
- Electron transport chain complex 1
- Infantile spasms
- Leigh disease
- ND1
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Medicine
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology