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线粒体tRNA A14693G可能是与Leber遗传性视神经病变相关的基因突变

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  • 1. 温州医学院浙江省医学遗传学重点实验室, 温州 325035; 
    2. 温州医学院眼视光学院, 温州 325027; 
    3. 北京中医药大学东方医院眼科, 北京 100078; 
    4. Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH 45229, USA; 
    5. Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH 45229, USA

收稿日期: 2009-09-17

  修回日期: 2010-01-29

  网络出版日期: 2010-03-24

基金资助

国家杰出青年科学基金及海外、港澳青年学者合作研究基金(编号:30628013), 浙江省自然科学基金重大项目(编号:Z204492)和浙江省自然科学基金项目(编号:Y2090649)资助

Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy may be associated with the mi-tochondrial tRNA A14693G mutation in three Chinese families

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  • 1. Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325035, China;
    2. School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325027, China;
    3. Department of Ophthalmology, Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology, Beijing 100078, China
    4. Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH 45229, USA
    5. Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati OH 45229, USA

Received date: 2009-09-17

  Revised date: 2010-01-29

  Online published: 2010-03-24

摘要

收集了3个具有典型临床特征的中国汉族Leber遗传性视神经病变(Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, LHON)家系。通过对先证者和家系其他成员进行眼科临床(如视力损害程度和发病年龄)检查, 发现这些家系成员中视力损害的外显率很低, 经mtDNA测序分析, 在tRNAGlu 上发现了A14693G同质性突变位点, 多态性位点分别属于东亚单体型Y1b、Y1和Y1, 没有发现其他高度保守和有功能意义的突变位点。A14693G突变位于线粒体tRNAGlu高度保守区(通用位点为54位), 可能导致tRNA空间结构和稳定性发生改变, 继而影响tRNA的代谢, 导致线粒体蛋白合成功能受损和ATP障碍, 最终导致视力损害。所以, tRNAGlu A14693G突变可能是与视神经病变相关的致病性线粒体突变位点。

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张永梅,冀延春,刘晓玲,周翔天,赵福新,孙艳红,韦企平,张娟娟,刘燕,瞿佳,管敏鑫 . 线粒体tRNA A14693G可能是与Leber遗传性视神经病变相关的基因突变[J]. 遗传, 2010 , 32(4) : 353 -359 . DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2010.00353

Abstract

We reported here the clinical, genetic and molecular characterization of three Han Chinese families with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy. Ophthalmologic examinations revealed the variable severity and age-at-onset of visual loss among probands and other matrilineal relatives of these families. Strikingly, these families exhibited extremely low penetrances of visual impairment. Sequence analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes in these pedigrees identified the known homoplasmic tRNAGlu A14693G mutation and distinct sets of polymorphism belonging to haplogroups Y1b, Y1 and Y1, respectively. The A14693G mutation occurs at the extremely conserved nucleotide (conventional position 54) of tRNAGlu. Thus, this mutation may alter structural formation and stabilization of functional tRNAs, thereby leading to a failure in tRNA metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction involved in visual impairment. However, none of other variants showed the evolutionary conservation and functional significance. These observations suggested that the tRNAGlu A14693G mutation may be involved in the pathogenesis of optic neuropathy in these families.

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