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Title

Infantile onset encephalomyopathy, retinopathy, optic atrophy, and mitochondrial DNA depletion associated with a novel pathogenic DHX16 variant.

Authors

Hautakangas, Milla‐Riikka; Widgren, Paula; Korpelainen, Paavo; Kangas, Salla M.; Komulainen, Tuomas; Vieira, Päivi; Rahikkala, Elisa; Pylkäs, Katri; Tuominen, Hannu; Kokkonen, Hannaleena; Miinalainen, Ilkka; Nadaf, Javad; Majewski, Jacek; Hinttala, Reetta; Uusimaa, Johanna

Abstract

We studied a patient with mitochondrial DNA depletion in skeletal muscle and a multiorgan phenotype, including fatal encephalomyopathy, retinopathy, optic atrophy, and sensorineural hearing loss. Instead of pathogenic variants in the mitochondrial maintenance genes, we identified previously unpublished variant in DHX16 gene, a de novo heterozygous c.1360C>T (p. Arg454Trp). Variants in DHX16 encoding for DEAH‐box RNA helicase have previously been reported only in five patients with a phenotype called as neuromuscular oculoauditory syndrome including developmental delay, neuromuscular symptoms, and ocular or auditory defects with or without seizures. We performed functional studies on patient‐derived fibroblasts and skeletal muscle revealing, that the DHX16 expression was decreased. Clinical features together with functional data suggest, that our patient's disease is associated with a novel pathogenic DHX16 variant, and mtDNA depletion could be a secondary manifestation of the disease.

Subjects

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; ATROPHY; RNA helicase; SENSORINEURAL hearing loss; SKELETAL muscle; GENETIC variation

Publication

Clinical Genetics, 2023, Vol 104, Issue 6, p686

ISSN

0009-9163

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1111/cge.14416

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