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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Veronika Boczonadi, Giulia Ricci, Professor Rita HorvathORCiD
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Diagnosing primary mitochondrial diseases is challenging in clinical practice. Although, defective oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) is the common final pathway, it is unknown why different mtDNA or nuclear mutations result in largely heterogeneous and often tissue -specific clinical presentations. Mitochondrial tRNA (mt-tRNA) mutations are frequent causes of mitochondrial diseases both in children and adults. However numerous nuclear mutations involved in mitochondrial protein synthesis affecting ubiquitously expressed genes have been reported in association with very tissue specific clinical manifestations suggesting that there are so far unknown factors determining the tissue specificity in mitochondrial translation. Most of these gene defects result in histological abnormalities and multiple respiratory chain defects in the affected organs. The clinical phenotypes are usually early-onset, severe, and often fatal, implying the importance of mitochondrial translation from birth. However, some rare, reversible infantile mitochondrial diseases are caused by very specific defects of mitochondrial translation. An unbiased genetic approach (whole exome sequencing, RNA sequencing) combined with proteomics and functional studies revealed novel factors involved in mitochondrial translation which contribute to the clinical manifestation and recovery in these rare reversible mitochondrial conditions.
Author(s): Boczonadi V, Ricci G, Horvath R
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Essays in Biochemistry
Year: 2018
Volume: 62
Issue: 3
Pages: 321-340
Print publication date: 20/07/2018
Online publication date: 06/07/2018
Acceptance date: 21/05/2018
Date deposited: 12/07/2018
ISSN (print): 0071-1365
ISSN (electronic): 1744-1358
Publisher: Portland Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1042/EBC20170103
DOI: 10.1042/EBC20170103
PubMed id: 29980628
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