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Review
. 2022 Feb;37(2):311-317.
doi: 10.1007/s11011-021-00856-8. Epub 2021 Oct 28.

Novel IBA57 mutations in two chinese patients and literature review of multiple mitochondrial dysfunction syndrome

Feixia Zhan #  1 , Xiaoli Liu #  2 , Ruilong Ni  1   3 , Taotao Liu  1   3 , Yuwen Cao  1 , Jingying Wu  1 , Wotu Tian  1 , Xinghua Luan  4 , Li Cao  5
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Novel IBA57 mutations in two chinese patients and literature review of multiple mitochondrial dysfunction syndrome

Feixia Zhan et al. Metab Brain Dis. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Multiple mitochondrial dysfunction syndrome (MMDS) refers to a class of mitochondrial diseases caused by nuclear gene mutations, which usually begins in early infancy and is classically characterized by markedly impaired neurological development, generalized muscle weakness, lactic acidosis, and hyperglycinemia, cavitating leukoencephalopathy, respiratory failure, as well as early fatality resulted from dysfunction of energy metabolism in multiple systems. So far, six types of MMDS have been identified based on different genotypes, which are caused by mutations in NFU1, BOLA3, IBA57, ISCA2, ISCA1 and PMPCB, respectively. IBA57 encodes a protein involved in the mitochondrial Fe/S cluster assembly process, which plays a vital role in the activity of multiple mitochondrial enzymes. Herein, detailed clinical investigation of 2 Chinese patients from two unrelated families were described, both of them showed mildly delay in developmental milestone before disease onset, the initial symptoms were all presented with acute motor and mental retrogression, and brain MRI showed diffused leukoencephalopathy with cavities, dysplasia of corpus callosum and cerebral atrophy. Exome sequencing revealed three IBA57 variants, one shared variant (c.286T>C) has been previously reported, the remaining two (c.189delC and c.580 A>G) are novel. To enhance the understanding of this rare disease, we further made a literature review about the current progress in clinical, genetic and treatment of the disorder. Due to the rapid progress of MMDS, early awareness is crucial to prompt and proper administration, as well as genetic counseling.

Keywords: IBA57; Leukoencephalopathy; MMDS; Mitochondrial disorders; Multiple mitochondrial dysfunction syndrome.

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