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- Title
Mitochondrial DNA Heteroplasmy Associations With Neurosensory and Mobility Function in Elderly Adults.
- Authors
Tranah, Gregory J.; Yaffe, Kristine; Katzman, Shana M.; Lam, Ernest T.; Pawlikowska, Ludmila; Pui-Yan Kwok; Schork, Nicholas J.; Manini, Todd M.; Kritchevsky, Stephen; Thomas, Fridtjof; Newman, Anne B.; Harris, Tamara B.; Coleman, Anne L.; Gorin, Michael B.; Helzner, Elizabeth P.; Rowbotham, Michael C.; Browner, Warren S.; Cummings, Steven R.; Kwok, Pui-Yan; Health, Aging and Body Composition Study
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) heteroplasmy is a mixture of normal and mutated mtDNA molecules in a cell. High levels of heteroplasmy at specific mtDNA sites lead to inherited mitochondrial diseases with neurological, sensory, and movement impairments. Here we test the hypothesis that heteroplasmy levels in elderly adults are associated with impaired function resembling mild forms of mitochondrial disease.<bold>Methods: </bold>We examined platelet mtDNA heteroplasmy at 20 disease-causing sites for associations with neurosensory and mobility function among 137 participants from the community-based Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study.<bold>Results: </bold>Elevated mtDNA heteroplasmy at four mtDNA sites in complex I and tRNA genes was nominally associated with reduced cognition, vision, hearing, and mobility: m.10158T>C with Modified Mini-Mental State Examination score (p = .009); m.11778G>A with contrast sensitivity (p = .02); m.7445A>G with high-frequency hearing (p = .047); and m.5703G>A with 400 m walking speed (p = .007).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>These results indicate that increased mtDNA heteroplasmy at disease-causing sites is associated with neurosensory and mobility function in older persons. We propose the novel use of mtDNA heteroplasmy as a simple, noninvasive predictor of age-related neurologic, sensory, and movement impairments.
- Subjects
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOBILITY of older people; GENETIC mutation; MITOCHONDRIAL pathology; NEUROLOGICAL disorders; SENSORY disorders in old age; ANALYSIS of variance; AUDITORY perception testing; COGNITION disorders; STATISTICAL correlation; DNA; GAIT disorders; LONGITUDINAL method; PROBABILITY theory; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; VISION testing; WALKING; DATA analysis; SYMPTOMS; SENSORY disorders; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences, 2015, Vol 70, Issue 11, p1418
- ISSN
1079-5006
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/gerona/glv097