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Four mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations at nps 3460, 11778, 14484, and 14459 account for roughly 90% of cases of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and are designated as "primary" LHON mutations since they act as major predisposition factors for LHON. Although each primary mutation can arise independently on different mtDNA backgrounds during human evolution, they characteristically do not co-occur in LHON patients. We report here a family with the simultaneous occurrence of the 11778A and 14484C mutations. Neuro-ophthalmological examination of the proband, a nine-year-old Caucasian female, revealed the bilateral optic atrophy, central scotomas, and reduced visual acuity typical of LHON. Her mother had normal appearing optic discs and is today visually asymptomatic. Analysis of the proband blood mtDNA revealed that she harbored both the 11778A (heteroplasmic, 94% mutant) and the 14484C (homoplasmic mutant) mutation. This genotype was maintained in proband lymphoblasts and transmitochondrial cybrids. The mother also had both mutations, with the 14484C mutation homoplasmic in all cell types examined. However, only 31% of her blood mtDNAs carried the 11778 mutation, which segregated to essentially 100% wild-type in lymphoblast and cybrid mtDNA. Complex I-linked respiration and specific enzyme activity were consistently lowest in proband lymphoblast and cybrid mitochondria compared to those from the mother, 11778A patients, 14484C patients, or controls, thus demonstrating both a deleterious synergistic interaction between the 11778A and 14484C mutations and the magnitude of 11778A-associated complex I dysfunction. Remarkably, spontaneous vision recovery occurred in the proband, highlighting the complexities encountered when associating mtDNA genotype and complex I function with LHON expression.  相似文献   

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Four mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations at nps 3460, 11778, 14484, and 14459 account for roughly 90% of cases of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and are designated as “primary” LHON mutations since they act as major predisposition factors for LHON. Although each primary mutation can arise independently on different mtDNA backgrounds during human evolution, they characteristically do not co‐occur in LHON patients. We report here a family with the simultaneous occurrence of the 11778A and 14484C mutations. Neuro‐ophthalmological examination of the proband, a nine‐year‐old Caucasian female, revealed the bilateral optic atrophy, central scotomas, and reduced visual acuity typical of LHON. Her mother had normal appearing optic discs and is today visually asymptomatic. Analysis of the proband blood mtDNA revealed that she harbored both the 11778A (heteroplasmic, 94% mutant) and the 14484C (homoplasmic mutant) mutation. This genotype was maintained in proband lymphoblasts and transmitochondrial cybrids. The mother also had both mutations, with the 14484C mutation homoplasmic in all cell types examined. However, only 31% of her blood mtDNAs carried the 11778 mutation, which segregated to essentially 100% wild‐type in lymphoblast and cybrid mtDNA. Complex I‐linked respiration and specific enzyme activity were consistently lowest in proband lymphoblast and cybrid mitochondria compared to those from the mother, 11778A patients, 14484C patients, or controls, thus demonstrating both a deleterious synergistic interaction between the 11778A and 14484C mutations and the magnitude of 11778A‐associated complex I dysfunction. Remarkably, spontaneous vision recovery occurred in the proband, highlighting the complexities encountered when associating mtDNA genotype and complex I function with LHON expression. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.  相似文献   

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Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally inherited late-onset form of blindness characterized by acute or subacute bilateral retinal degradation resulting in a permanent loss of central vision. G11778A, C3460A, and T14484C mutations on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are specific for LHON and account for most, but not all, worldwide LHON cases. A six-generation Indonesian LHON family with the T14484C mutation was analyzed. Polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis showed that all of the maternal lineages had the T14484C mutation in a homoplasmic form. Penetrance of the disease (33.3%) and male predominance (3:1) was similar to other worldwide LHON with the T14484C mutation. The incidence of offspring born to affected mothers was no different from that of unaffected mothers, and the age distribution of cases was no higher than that of asymptomatic carriers. Eight secondary mutations were sought but not detected. The patients of this family belonged to haplogroup M. These findings support the idea that the mtDNA backgrounds involved in the expression of LHON mutations in southeast Asians are different from those of Europeans.T. Nishioka and M. Tasaki contributed equally to this work  相似文献   

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The mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNA) from 17 Caucasian 11778-positive and 30 Caucasian 11778-negative Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) patients were PCR-amplified and subjected to high resolution restriction endonuclease analysis. Concurrently, all patient mtDNAs were screened for the common primary LHON mtDNA mutations at nucleotide pairs (nps) 3460, 11778, and 14484, the ambiguous intermediate-risk LHON mtDNA mutations at nps 5244 and 15257, and the secondary LHON mtDNA mutations at nps 3394, 4216, 4917, 7444, 13708, and 15812. Phylogenetic analysis was performed using mtDNA haplotype data from the 47 LHON patients and 175 non-LHON Caucasian controls. The superimposition of the LHON mutation screening results upon the Caucasian mtDNA phylogeny revealed (1) 35 different LHON haplotypes, (2) that all three common primary mutations have occurred multiple times in Caucasians, (3) that while recurrent mutation is common for the primary mutations, secondary mutations tend to be lineage-specific, (4) that the np 15257 mutation was confined to a single mtDNA lineage but may be etiologically important in some LHON cases since it was found in a LHON pedigree which lacked a common primary mutation; complete sequence analysis of the proband mtDNA revealed only a single other candidate missense mutation (at np 10663 of the ND4L gene) of uncertain pathological significance; and (5) that the np 14484 mutation may be less pathogenic than either the np 3460 or np 11778 mutations, as this mutation most commonly occurred on a single mtDNA lineage and almost always in association with secondary LHON mutations. A phylogenetic ageneous disease has thus provided key genetic data bearing on the relative pathogenicity of the LHON-associated mtDNA mutations. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.  相似文献   

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We report the molecular epidemiology of three primary mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) responsible for Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) based on analysis of probands suspected with LHON from 903 Chinese families. Most of them had optic neuropathy of unknown cause, and only 128 had a family history of optic neuropathy. Mutations in the mtDNA were detected in 346 probands. Of the 346 cases, 340 were homoplasmic and only six were heteroplasmic; 284 were male and 62 were female; 120 had a family history and 226 were sporadic. G11778A, T14484C and G3460A mutations were detected in 312 (90.2%), 30, and four families, respectively. The majority (226/346, 65.3%) of all LHON cases in Chinese are sporadic. These 226 probands (29.2%) were identified from 775 probands with sporadic optic neuropathy. Affected male-to-female ratio was 4.6:1 for all probands but was 2.2:1 for family members. Average age at onset was 18.5 years, ranging from 4.5 to 47 years old.  相似文献   

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目的 进一步分析中国汉族Leber遗传性视神经病变(Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy,LHON)家系的临床和分子遗传学特征,阐明LHON的分子致病机制.方法 对2例具有典型LHON临床特征的先证者和家系其他成员进行眼科学及其临床检查.对这2个家系先证者使用24对有部分重叠的引物进行线粒体DNA(mitochondrial DNA,mtDNA)全序列扩增分析.结果 检查发现这些家系成员中视力损害的外显率分别为5.3%(1/19)、18.2%(4/22).经mtDNA测序分析,并没有发现mtDNA G11778A、G3460A和T14484C 3个常见的突变,在tRNAThr上发现了A15951G同质性突变位点.线粒体DNA全序列分析显示2个家系呈现mtDNA多态性,都属于东亚单倍型D4b1.A15951G突变位于线粒体tRNAThr高度保守区(通用位点为71位),可能导致tRNA空间结构和稳定性发生改变,线粒体蛋白合成功能受损,最终发生视力损害.结论 线粒体tRNAThr A15951G可能是与Leber遗传性视神经病变相关的致病性线粒体基因突变.  相似文献   

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中国人Leber 遗传性视神经病变的原发突变及临床特征   总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6  
目的 分析中国人Leber遗传性视神经病变(Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy,LHON)线粒体DNA3个原发致病基因突变遗传及其临床特征。方法 分别用突变特异性引物聚合酶链反应,异源双链-单链构象多态性,限制性片段长度多态性和DNA测序方法,对110个家系的156例LHON患者进行11778A、3460A、14484C 3个原发位点检测,并收集患者病史及其临床资料,进行统计学分析。结果 110例LHON先证者中,11778位点突变者100例,占90.9%;3460位点突变者2例,占1.8%;14484位点突变者8例,占7,3%。不同突变位点的LHON患者发病时视力分布:125人(250眼)11778位点突变患眼中发病时视力≤0.01(占17.6%),视力介于0.01至0.1之间(占52.1%),视力≥0.1(占30.3%);28人(56眼)14484位点突变患眼中无患眼视力低于0.01视力介于001至0.1之间(占12.7%),视力≥0.1(占87.3%);3人(6眼)3460位点突变患眼视力均介于0.03至0.08之间。视力恢复情况:250只11778位点突变的患眼中,6.97%的眼视力有所恢复,平均最终视力0.03(指数~0.07);56只14484位点突变的患眼中,50%的眼视力有所恢复,占50%,平均最终视力0.8(0.3~1.2)。结论 中国人LHON患者mtDNA 3个原发致病突变中,以11778A位点突变为主、14484C位点突变较少、3460A罕见。LHON的临床表现与致病突变位点有关,14484C突变患者的发病视力及视力恢复情况明显好于11778A患者。  相似文献   

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We report a 22-year-old man with PEO and optic atrophy. PEO developed before the onset of optic atrophy. The patient showed mitochondrial myopathy with cytochrome c oxidase deficient fibers.In skeletal muscle the patient was homoplasmic for the mtDNA G11778A Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) mutation and heteroplasmic for the mtDNA 5 kb “common” deletion mutation. In blood only the homoplasmic LHON mutation was identified.The occurrence of two pathogenic mtDNA mutations is exceedingly rare. The clinical findings in this patient indicate that the combination of the two mtDNA mutations resulted in the expected combined phenotype since the mtDNA deletion mutation accounted for the PEO and the mtDNA G11778A point mutation for the optic atrophy.  相似文献   

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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy   总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6       下载免费PDF全文
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a mitochondrial genetic disease that preferentially causes blindness in young adult males, affecting about 1 in 25 000 of the British population. It is characterised by bilateral subacute loss of central vision owing to focal degeneration of the retinal ganglion cell layer and optic nerve. Over 95% of LHON cases are primarily the result of one of three mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutations, G3460A, G11778A, and T14484C, which all involve genes encoding complex I subunits of the respiratory chain. An intriguing feature of LHON is that only approximately 50% of males and approximately 10% of females who harbour a pathogenic mtDNA mutation actually develop the optic neuropathy. This marked incomplete penetrance and gender bias imply that additional mitochondrial and/or nuclear genetic factors must be modulating the phenotypic expression of LHON. It is also likely that environmental factors contribute to the onset of visual failure. However, these secondary precipitating factors remain poorly defined at present. In this review, we describe the natural history of this optic nerve disorder and highlight issues relating to clinical diagnosis, management, and genetic counselling. We also discuss the findings of recently published studies and the light they shed on the complex aetiology and pathophysiology of LHON.  相似文献   

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目的 研究Leber病一大家系的遗传因素,探讨其外显率、遗传早现、自发视力恢复,以及与mtDNA的关联性.方法 对家系中18例患者进行调查,并行视力、眼底等常规检查;5例患者作了视觉诱发电位(visual evoked potential,VEP)及视野检查;应用聚合酶链反应对6例患者外周血液进行mtDNA11778、3460及144843个位点检查.结果 (1)本家系第Ⅰ代娶二妻,前妻后代皆无明显诱因出现双眼视力下降,经眼底镜检查符合视神经萎缩诊断.后妻无眼病,其后代均无眼病.(2)6例患者的mtDNA检查显示11778、3460位点未发现突变,而在14484位点出现同质性突变.结论 该家系Leber病呈典型母系遗传,该病的临床表现可能与mtDNA14484位点突变密切关联.  相似文献   

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We studied 19 patients of Southeast Asian (SEA) ethnic ancestry with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) to investigate the mtDNA haplotypes associated with the primary mutation(s). Eighteen patients carried a mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) G11778A mutation (Arg340His in the respiratory complex I ND4 subunit), while one had a T14484C mutation (Met64Val in the ND6 subunit). One patient had a class II LHON mtDNA mutation, G3316A. Sequencing data of the ND genes showed many single-nucleotide polymorphisms (62 SNPs in 17 individuals; 10 LHON patients and 7 normal controls) not previously reported in Europeans or Japanese. The SEA G11778A LHON mutation was associated mostly with two mtDNA haplogroups, M (47%) and a novel lineage, characterized by the gain of a 10394 DdeI site but absence of the 10397 AluI site, designated BM (37%). A significant association was observed between one SNP, A10398G, resulting in a Thr114Ala substitution in the ND3 subunit, and the primary LHON mutation. This SNP also characterizes haplogroup J, with which the European LHON 11778 and 14484 mutations show preferential association. The combination of A10398G and other SNPs, specific for the haplogroups J, M, or BM, might act synergistically to increase the penetrance of the LHON mutations, thus allowing their detection. Received: June 6, 2002 / Accepted: August 23, 2002 Acknowledgments We thank Dr. Mulia Sitepu, School of Medicine, University of Atmajaya, Jakarta, Drs. Norma Handoyo and Inakawati Rivai of the School of Medicine, University of Diponegoro, Semarang, and Dr. Tjahyono Ghondowiardjo of the School of Medicine, University of Indonesia, for referring their patients for DNA analysis. This work was supported by grants from PT Krakatau Steel and PT Inti through the Agency for Strategic Industries (Indonesia) and by a generous development fund from the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) of the Republic of Indonesia. Correspondence to:S. Marzuki  相似文献   

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目的对两个中国Leber遗传性视神经病变(Leber’shereditary optic neuropathy,LHON)家系的临床和分子遗传学特征进行分析。方法眼科临床检查发现在这两个家系中只有先证者1人出现视力障碍,发病年龄分别为10岁和17岁。对这两个家系先证者使用24对有部分重叠的引物进行线粒体DNA(mitochondrial DNA,mtDNA)全序列扩增分析。结果没有发现mtDNAG11778A、G3460A和T14484C3个常见的突变位点,而发现了与LHON相关的ND4G11196A同质性突变位点的存在,在167名正常对照只发现1例G11696A突变。结论线粒体DNA全序列分析发现两个家系呈现独特的mtDNA多态性,都属于东亚单体型D4。不完全外显率和正常对照频率(1/167)表明G11696A突变本身不足以导致LHON的发生,说明其它因素在这两个LHON家系的表型表达中也起一定的作用。在这些家系mtDNA中缺乏影响重要功能突变位点的存在,排除了线粒体背景对LHON临床表型的影响。因此,核修饰基因、环境因素可能对两个中国G11696A突变家系的外显率和发病严重程度起促进作用。  相似文献   

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Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), the most frequent mitochondrial disorder, is mostly due to three mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations in respiratory chain complex I subunit genes: 3460/ND1, 11778/ND4 and 14484/ND6. Despite considerable clinical evidences, a genetic modifying role of the mtDNA haplogroup background in the clinical expression of LHON remains experimentally unproven. We investigated the effect of mtDNA haplogroups on the assembly of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) complexes in transmitochondrial hybrids (cybrids) harboring the three common LHON mutations. The steady-state levels of respiratory chain complexes appeared normal in mutant cybrids. However, an accumulation of low molecular weight subcomplexes suggested a complex I assembly/stability defect, which was further demonstrated by reversibly inhibiting mitochondrial protein translation with doxycycline. Our results showed differentially delayed assembly rates of respiratory chain complexes I, III and IV amongst mutants belonging to different mtDNA haplogroups, revealing that specific mtDNA polymorphisms may modify the pathogenic potential of LHON mutations by affecting the overall assembly kinetics of OXPHOS complexes.  相似文献   

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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally inherited eye disease most commonly caused by mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutation at position 11778, 3460, or 14484. Approximately 14% of families show heteroplasmy for the pathogenic mutations but little is known about the mutational burden in different tissues of these heteroplasmic individuals. Consequently, estimating the risks of visual loss is difficult. This study presents quantitative mutation analyses of tissues representing all embryonal layers in two families heteroplasmic for the 11778 mutation. These analyses show that a high amount of mutated mtDNA in leukocytes is correlated with a high proportion of mutated mtDNA in other tissues. Hum Mutat 9:412–417, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.  相似文献   

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Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally inherited disease associated with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations. We describe the distribution of seven different mtDNA mutations and the clinical findings in 334 LHON patients belonging to 29 families. Mutations described only in LHON at nucleotide positions 11778, 3460, and 14484 were found in 15, two, and nine families respectively. In three families none of these mutations was found. Mutations described in LHON but also in controls at nucleotide positions 15257, 13708, 4917, and 4216 were found in one, 10, three and 12 families respectively. Combinations of mtDNA mutations were found in most families. The patient population mainly consisted of 79.2% to 89.5% males except for one family with only 10 of 17 patients being males (58.9%, p approximately 0.036). In 11 families only the 11778 mutation was found; in this group (WX) the affected males had a mean age of onset of 29.2 years and a mean visual outcome of 0.113. In seven families the 14484, 13708, and 4216 mutations were found; in this group (MA) the affected males had a mean age of onset of 22.0 years and a mean visual outcome of 0.442. In two families no mutation was found at all; in this group (YX) the affected males had a mean age of onset of 18.9 years and a mean visual outcome of 0.167. The mean age of onset in the WX group is significantly higher than in the MA group (p < or = 0.001) and in the YX group (p approximately 0.01). The mean visual outcome in the MA group is significantly better than in the WX group (p </= 0.001) and the YX group (p = 0.05). No significant clinical differences were found between families exhibiting only the 11778 mutation and those with additional mutations at np 13708, 4917, or 4216, suggesting that these mutations are of little phenotypic importance. Other mutations were present in relatively small numbers of patients. These results show that the clinical severity is dependent on the mitochondrial genotype.  相似文献   

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目的检测两例Leber's遗传性视神经病的突变位点.方法常规酚-氯仿法提取2名LHON患者基因组DNA,PCR扩增后对mtDNA11778进行检测.结果mtDNA11778位点处存在G→A突变.  相似文献   

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Inheritance of one of three primary mutations at positions 11778, 3460 or 14484 of the mitochondrial genome in subunits of Complex I causes Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), a specific degeneration of the optic nerve, resulting in bilateral blindness. It has been unclear why inheritance of a systemic mitochondrial mutation would result in a specific neurodegeneration. To address the neuron-specific degenerative phenotype of the LHON genotype, we have created cybrids using a neuronal precursor cell line, Ntera 2/D1 (NT2), containing mitochondria from patient lymphoblasts bearing the most common LHON mutation (11778) and the most severe LHON mutation (3460). The undifferentiated LHON-NT2 mutant cells were not significantly different from the parental cell control in terms of mtDNA/nDNA ratio, mitochondrial membrane potential, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production or the ability to reduce Alamar Blue. Differentiation of NT2s resulted in a neuronal morphology and neuron-specific pattern of gene expression, and a 3-fold reduction in mtDNA/nDNA ratio in both mutant and control cells; however, the differentiation protocol yielded significantly less LHON cells than controls, by 30%, indicating either a decreased proliferative potential or increased cell death of the LHON-NT2 cells. Differentiation of the cells to the neuronal form also resulted in significant increases in ROS production in the LHON-NT2 neurons versus controls, which is abolished by rotenone, a specific inhibitor of Complex I. We infer that the LHON genotype requires a differentiated neuronal environment in order to induce increased mitochondrial ROS, which may be the cause of the reduced NT2 yield; and suggest that the LHON degenerative phenotype may be the result of an increase in mitochondrial superoxide which is caused by the LHON mutations, possibly mediated through neuron-specific alterations in Complex I structure.  相似文献   

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Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA haplogroup TJ in a Finnish population   总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3  
An association between mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations 11778G>A and 14484T>C and mtDNA haplogroup J suggests that this haplogroup harbors substitutions capable of modifying the phenotype of Leber's disease. Our knowledge of the compilation of substitutions in haplogroup J is based on only a small number of complete mtDNA sequences, however. We constructed phylogenetic networks for mtDNA haplogroup TJ that were based on the sequence of the complete coding region and the hypervariable segment I, respectively, in 28 Finnish samples. The networks revealed a subdivision of the haplogroup into subclusters T1, T2, J1, and J2, while comparison of the two networks suggested nine fast evolving nucleotide sites in the hypervariable segment I. Genotypes of patients harboring 11778G>A or 14484T>C were obtained from the literature and were then placed in the network. Only four substitutions were found to be common to the patients, but none of these was unique to haplogroup J. If increased penetrance of the 11778G>A and 14484T>C mutations in patients belonging to haplogroup J is assumed, combinations of ancient substitutions must be implicated. Received: September 29, 2000 / Accepted: November 10, 2000  相似文献   

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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is characterized by acute or subacute bilateral visual loss, and affects mostly young males. The most common mitochondrial DNA mutation responsible for LHON worldwide is G11778A. Despite different genetic backgrounds, which are believed to influence the disease expression, most features of LHON are quite common in different populations. However, there seem to be a few ethnic-specific differences. Analyses of our 30 G11778A LHON pedigrees in Thailand showed some characteristics different from those of Caucasians and Japanese. In particular, our pedigrees showed a lower male to female ratio of affected persons (2.6:1) and much higher prevalence of G11778A blood heteroplasmy (37% of the pedigrees contained at least one heteroplasmic G11778A individual). Heteroplasmicity seemed to influence disease manifestation in our patients but did not appear to alter the onset of the disease. The estimated overall penetrance of our G11778A LHON population was 37% for males and 13% for females. When each of our large pedigrees were considered separately, disease penetration varied from 9 to 45% between the pedigrees, and also varied between different branches of the same large pedigree. Survival analysis showed that the secondary LHON mutations G3316A and C3497T had a synergistic deleterious effect with the G11778A mutation, accelerating the onset of the disease in our patients.  相似文献   

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Leber遗传性视神经病变(Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy,LHON)为母系遗传病,线粒体基因组m.11778G>A、m.14484T>C和m.3460G>A突变是其主要的分子基础,但其发病亦受到核基因、线粒体遗传背景和环境因素的共同影响。本指南的编写在参考国内外相关领域的基础和临床研究以及其他国家发布的指南和共识的基础上,结合了中国人群的实际资料,旨在总结关于LHON的遗传学知识和临床处置要点,以提高临床医师对该病的诊断水平,并为患者临床管理的规范化提供建议。  相似文献   

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