Yan-Yan Ma1, Tong-Fei Wu2, Yu-Peng Liu2, Qiao Wang2, Xi-Yuan Li2, Yuan Ding2, Jin-Qing Song2, Xiu-Yu Shi1, Wei-Na Zhang1, Meng Zhao1, Ling-Yan Hu1, Jun Ju1, Zhi-Long Wang3, Yan-Ling Yang4, Li-Ping Zou5. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Chinese Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, PR China. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, PR China. 3. Clinical Laboratory of Zhongke, Beijing, PR China. 4. Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, PR China. Electronic address: amino_acid3003@126.com. 5. Department of Pediatrics, Chinese Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, PR China. Electronic address: zouliping21@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate respiratory chain complex II deficiency resulted from mutation in succinate dehydrogenase gene (SDH) encoding complex II subunits in China. METHODS: An 11-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital. He had a history of progressive psychomotor regression and weakness since the age of 4years. His cranial magnetic resonance imaging revealed focal, bilaterally symmetrical lesions in the basal ganglia and thalamus, indicating mitochondrial encephalopathy. The activities of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes I-V in peripheral leukocytes were determined via spectrophotometry. Mitochondrial DNA and the succinate dehydrogenase A (SDHA) gene were analyzed by direct sequencing. RESULTS: Complex II activity in the leukocytes had decreased to 33.07nmol/min/mg mitochondrial protein (normal control 71.8±12.9); the activities of complexes I, III, IV and V were normal. The entire sequence of the mitochondrial DNA was normal. The SDHA gene showed two heterozygous frame-shift mutations: c.G117G/del in exon 2 and c.T220T/insT in exon 3, which resulted in stop codons at residues 56 and 81, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: We have described the first Chinese case of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex II deficiency, which was diagnosed using enzyme assays and gene analysis. Two novel, compound, frame-shift mutations, c.G117G/del in exon 2 and c.T220T/insT in exon 3 of the SDHA gene, were found in our patient.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate respiratory chain complex II deficiency resulted from mutation in succinate dehydrogenase gene (SDH) encoding complex II subunits in China. METHODS: An 11-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital. He had a history of progressive psychomotor regression and weakness since the age of 4years. His cranial magnetic resonance imaging revealed focal, bilaterally symmetrical lesions in the basal ganglia and thalamus, indicating mitochondrial encephalopathy. The activities of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes I-V in peripheral leukocytes were determined via spectrophotometry. Mitochondrial DNA and the succinate dehydrogenase A (SDHA) gene were analyzed by direct sequencing. RESULTS: Complex II activity in the leukocytes had decreased to 33.07nmol/min/mg mitochondrial protein (normal control 71.8±12.9); the activities of complexes I, III, IV and V were normal. The entire sequence of the mitochondrial DNA was normal. The SDHA gene showed two heterozygous frame-shift mutations: c.G117G/del in exon 2 and c.T220T/insT in exon 3, which resulted in stop codons at residues 56 and 81, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: We have described the first Chinese case of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex II deficiency, which was diagnosed using enzyme assays and gene analysis. Two novel, compound, frame-shift mutations, c.G117G/del in exon 2 and c.T220T/insT in exon 3 of the SDHA gene, were found in our patient.
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