• 1. 2. Giuseppe Attardi Institute of Biomedicine and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics 3. School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, and Eye hospital, Wenzhou Medical College;
管敏鑫, Email: gminxin88@gmail.com
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Objective  To observe the molecular genetic characteristics of seven Chinese families with Leber prime;s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). Methods  Ophthalmologic examinations were performed on seven probands, maternal members from seven Chinese families and 134 healthy controls. There were two LHON patients in seven Chinese families except probands. The entire mitochondrial genome was amplified using 24 pairs of oligonucleotide primers with overlapping fragments.The mutational site was analyzed through comparison of the Results and Cambridge reference sequence. The penetrance of mutation site was calculated and the haplotype was analyzed. Results  Molecular analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in these pedigrees revealed the absence of three common LHON associated with ND4 G11778A, ND1 G3460A and ND6 T14484C mutations. The ND1 T3394C mutation in probands and other matrilineal relatives was present in four out of 134 Chinese healthy controls. Strikingly, these families exhibited very low penetrance of visual impairment. The penetrance was 12.50%, 22.22%, 16.76%, 6.25%, 9.09%, 11.11% and 28.57%. The Results of phylogenetic tree analysis of submitochondrial haplotype showed that these mtDNA polymorphism sites belong to the Asian haplogroups M9, M9, M, D4, M, M9 and M9. Conclusions  T3394C mutation exists in seven Chinese LHON pedigrees, and the penetrance was ranged from 6.25% to 28.57%. The patients have different clinical manifestations.

Citation: 米慧,林蓓,朱金萍,孟祥娟,刘晓玲,赵福新,张娟娟,周翔天,孙艳红,韦企平,瞿佳,管敏鑫. The analysis of mitochondrial DNA mutation in seven Chinese families with Leber′s hereditary optic neuropathy. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2013, 29(3): 261-265. doi: Copy

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