NDUFB8 Mutations Cause Mitochondrial Complex I Deficiency in Individuals with Leigh-like Encephalomyopathy

Respiratory chain complex I deficiency is the most frequently identified biochemical defect in childhood mitochondrial diseases. Clinical symptoms range from fatal infantile lactic acidosis to Leigh syndrome and other encephalomyopathies or cardiomyopathies. To date, disease-causing variants in genes coding for 27 complex I subunits, including 7 mitochondrial DNA genes, and in 11 genes encoding complex I assembly factors have been reported. Here, we describe rare biallelic variants in NDUFB8 encoding a complex I accessory subunit revealed by whole-exome sequencing in two individuals from two families.

Source: The American Journal of Human Genetics - February 8, 2018 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Dorota Piekutowska-Abramczuk, Zahra Assouline, Lavinija Matakovi ć, René G. Feichtinger, Eliška Koňařiková, Elżbieta Jurkiewicz, Piotr Stawiński, Mirjana Gusic, Andreas Koller, Agnieszka Pollak, Piotr Gasperowicz, Joanna Trubicka, Elżbieta Ciara, Tags: Report Source Type: research