Mitochondrial DNA analysis by multiplex denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and selective sequencing in pediatric patients with cardiomyopathy

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Purpose: Mitochondrial DNA testing is typically performed by targeted mutation analysis only. We applied a more comprehensive approach to study the mitochondrial genome in 24 pediatric patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy. Methods: Patients in the cohort did not show overt multisystemic disease and were previously tested for mutations in a subset of structural genes associated with cardiomyopathy. Mutation screening of the mitochondrial DNA by multiplex denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography was complemented by sequence analysis. Results: We identified 130 individual (unique) sequence changes. Among several potentially pathogenic changes, a novel heteroplasmic mutation in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase subunit 4 (10677G>A) was identified in one fraternal twin with worse clinical symptoms than his sibling. Another proband carried homoplasmic mutation 13708G>A (in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase subunit 5) that has been associated with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. Conclusions: Changes in mitochondrial DNA may represent a relatively rare cause of idiopathic pediatric cardiomyopathies and/or influence their phenotypic expression. Interpretation of variants with uncertain pathogemcity, however, currently impedes clinical diagnostic use of comprehensive mitochondrial DNA testing. Whereas combined use of multiplex denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and sequencing is more comprehensive than targeted mutation analysis, measurement of additional functional parameters, such as tissue respiratory chain activity, remains important to establishing a definitive diagnosis.

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Schrijver, I., Pique, L. M., Traynis, I., Scharfe, C., & Sehnert, A. J. (2009). Mitochondrial DNA analysis by multiplex denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and selective sequencing in pediatric patients with cardiomyopathy. Genetics in Medicine, 11(2), 118–126. https://doi.org/10.1097/GIM.0b013e318190356b

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