title: Comparative biochemical studies in fibroblasts from patients with different forms of Leigh syndrome.
abstract: We have compared respiratory chain enzyme activities, ATP synthesis, and ATP hydrolysis in cultured fibroblast mitochondria from patients with Leigh syndrome (LS) due to: (i) cytochrome oxidase (COX) deficiency (#6); (ii) pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC) deficiency (#4); and (iii) maternally inherited LS (MILS) with the T8993G mutation in the ATPase 6 gene of mtDNA (#5). Enzyme activities were normal in patients with MILS and variably decreased in those with COX and PDHC deficiency. ATP hydrolysis was normal or mildly decreased in all three groups. In contrast, ATP synthesis was decreased in all patients but more markedly in those with MILS, and especially with pyruvate/malate as substrate. These studies show that impaired ATP production is the common feature of all three forms of LS, but it is both more severe and more specific in MILS, consistent with the genetic defect.
authors.affiliation: H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center for Muscular Dystrophy, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Vazquez-Memije
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shanske
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Santorelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kranz-Eble
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: DeVivo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: DiMauro
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D030401:Cytochrome-c Oxidase Deficiency; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007888:Leigh Disease / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D015325:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency Disease / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D004247:DNA; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases