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. 2015 Aug 25;10(8):e0136216. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136216

Table 1. Rare variants identified using Duplex Sequencing in the whole mtDNA of breast normal epithelial cells developed from women (ID#11, #30, #31).

Abbreviations used are: Mt, mitochondrial; GB, gene bank; freq, frequency; MERRF, myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers.

Mt gene DNA variant Amino acid change Previously reported (GB freq, %)* Tissues or diseases reported
A. Common variants in all sets of non-stem cells from three women
RNR1 C1518T H291Y No New variant
TN A5705C T17P No New variant
CO2 G8251A None Yes (6.36%) Optic neuropathy, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, thyroid carcinoma, Alzheimer's disease
ATP8 T8567C S68P Yes (0.18%) Parkinson's disease, breast cancer
ATP6 T8567C I14T Yes (0.18%) Parkinson's disease, breast cancer
ND4L C10547G None No New variant
ND5 G12684A None Yes (0.10%) None
ND5 C12705T None Yes (39.50%) Hereditary optic neuropathy, dystonia, respiratory dysfunction, myoclonic epilepsy, MERRF syndrome, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, infantile cardiomyopathy, auditory neuropathy, diabetes, hypertension, Alzheimer's disease, Leigh syndrome
ND5 T13095C None Yes (0.09%) Familial sensorineural hearing impairment
ND5 A13105G I257V Yes (6.85%) Antibiotic-induced and non-syndromic deafness, hereditary optic neuropathy
B. Common variants in all sets of stem cells from three women
RNR1 G1476A V277M No New variant
ATP6 A8577C None No New variant
ND5 G12684A None Yes (0.10%) None
ND5 C12705T None Yes (39.50%) Hereditary optic neuropathy, dystonia, respiratory dysfunction, myoclonic epilepsy, MERRF syndrome, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, infantile cardiomyopathy, auditory neuropathy, diabetes, hypertension, Alzheimer's disease, Leigh syndrome
ND5 A13062G None Yes (0.04%) None
ND5 T13095C None Yes (0.09%) Familial sensorineural hearing impairment
ND5 A13105G I257V Yes (6.85%) Antibiotic-induced and non-syndromic deafness, hereditary optic neuropathy
C. Common variants found in all sets of both non-stem and stem cells from three women
ND5 G12684A None Yes (0.10%) None
ND5 C12705T None Yes (39.50%) Hereditary optic neuropathy, dystonia, respiratory dysfunction, myoclonic epilepsy, MERRF syndrome, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, infantile cardiomyopathy, auditory neuropathy, diabetes, hypertension, Alzheimer's disease, Leigh syndrome
ND5 T13095C None Yes (0.09%) Familial sensorineural hearing impairment
ND5 A13105G I257V Yes (6.85%) Antibiotic-induced and non-syndromic deafness, hereditary optic neuropathy
D. Variants found only in all sets of non-stem, but not in stem cells
ATP8 T8567C S68P Yes (0.18%) Parkinson's Disease, breast Cancer
ATP6 T8567C I14T Yes (0.18%) Parkinson's Disease, breast Cancer
ND4L C10547G None No New variant
E. Variants found only in all sets of stem cells, but not in non-stem cells
None        

* The gene bank (GB) frequency data is derived from 26850 GeneBank sequences with size greater than 14kbp (www.mitomap.org).