| Literature DB >> 16240368 |
Patrizia Amati-Bonneau1, Agnès Guichet, Aurélien Olichon, Arnaud Chevrollier, Frédérique Viala, Stéphanie Miot, Carmen Ayuso, Sylvie Odent, Catherine Arrouet, Christophe Verny, Marie-Noelle Calmels, Gilles Simard, Pascale Belenguer, Jing Wang, Jean-Luc Puel, Christian Hamel, Yves Malthièry, Dominique Bonneau, Guy Lenaers, Pascal Reynier.
Abstract
The heterozygous R445H mutation in OPA1 was found in five patients with optic atrophy and deafness. Audiometry suggested that the sensorineural deafness resulted from auditory neuropathy. Skin fibroblasts showed hyperfragmentation of the mitochondrial network, decreased mitochondrial membrane potential, and adenosine triphosphate synthesis defect. In addition, OPA1 was found to be widely expressed in the sensory and neural cochlear cells of the guinea pig. Thus, optic atrophy and deafness may be related to energy defects due to a fragmented mitochondrial network.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16240368 DOI: 10.1002/ana.20681
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Neurol ISSN: 0364-5134 Impact factor: 10.422