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. 2015 Feb 20;3:5–10. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2015.01.004

Table 2.

Summary of 14 patients diagnosed with a defect in EFG1: GFM1 mutations, respiratory chain enzyme analysis and clinical presentation.

ID GFM1 mutations
(NM_024996.5)
RC activity of the five complexes
Clinical presentation References
Tissue I II III IV V
P1 Homozygous:
c.521A>G
p.N174S
Muscle
Fib.
52%
40%

69%
54%
18%
Female, first cousin parents, cesarean section, IUGR, microcephaly, stiffness, few movements. From day 10, severe metabolic acidosis. From day 7, progressive liver dysfunction. Died 27 days old. Postmortem liver examination: cholestasis and necrosis. Brain: hypoplasia of corpus callosum, cystic lesion in the basal ganglia Coenen et al.
P2 Homozygous:
c.521A>G
p.N174S
Fib. 13% 31% Male sibling of P1. Blood lactate up to 9.3 mmol/l.
Brain US: generalized atrophy, small corpus callosum.
Delayed growth and development, increased muscle tone in upper extremities. Signs of liver failure from week 7. Died five months old.
P3 Compound heterozygous:
c.961T>Ca/
c.1765-2_1765-1delb
p.S321P/p.G589
Muscle
Fib.
38%c 51%c 50%c 10%c
20%c
Unrelated parents. IUGR. Metabolic acidosis, blood lactate 22 mmol/l, hyperbilirubinemia, hypoalbuminemia soon after birth. Mild facial dysmorphism. Large patent ductus arteriosus.
Brain MRI normal, MRS showed elevated lactate.
Developed ascites, coagulopathy, respiratory failure. Died 9 days old.
Autopsy: liver steatosis, microvesicular cholestasis, pesudoacinar formation, bile duct proliferation, iron deposition. Kidney lipid accumulation. Neuropathology: porencephaly, microcephaly, dysgenesis of cingulated gyri.
Antonicka et al.
P4 Compound heterozygous:
c.961T>Ca/
c.1765-2_1765-1delb
p.S321P/p.G589
Fib. 26%c Female sibling of P3. IUGR, oligohydramnios. Induced delivery week 24, died 45 min later.
Liver: excess iron.
P5 Compound-heterozygous:
c.139C>T/c.1487T>Gd
p.47X/M496R
Muscle
Fib.
~ 59%
~ 40%
~ 109%
~ 106%
Np
~ 48%
~ 53%
~ 20%
Np
~ 47%
Female, unrelated parents. Respiratory stress, metabolic acidosis 2 days old. Episodes with hyper- and opisthotonus. Serum lactate 10.2 mmol/l. Elevated transaminases. From age six months, episodic metabolic acidosis, with lactate up to 86 mM. Psychomotor regression, microcephaly, hypotonia, limb spasticity, nystagmus. Enlarged liver.
Brain MRI: polymicrogyria, diffuse signal abnormalities in the cerebral, cerebellar and pontine WM, multiple cystic lesions. Died 14 months old.
Valente et al.
P6 Homozygous:
c.748C>T
p.R250W
Muscle
Fib.
~ 113%
~ 34%
~ 145%
~ 115%
~ 98%
~ 79%
~ 136%
~ 25%
Female, SGA, second cousin parents. Onset two days old with feeding problems and reduced consciousness. Psychomotor retardation, hypotonia, poor eye contact. Onset of seizures 8 weeks old. Borderline microcephaly, wandering eye movements. Hypertonia of extremities, brisk reflexes. Blood lactate 4.9, CSF lactate 2.5.
Brain MRI: small frontal cortex, thin corpus callosum, delayed myelination. Hepatomegaly from age 8 months. Died 2 years old due to pneumonia.
Smits et al.
P7 Compound heterozygous:
c.539delG/c.688G>A
p.G180Afs*11/p.G230S
Fib. 68% 47% Female, non-consanguineous parents. IUGR. Microcephaly. Onset two days old with lactic acidosis, lactate up to 25 mmol/l, CSF lactate 12 mmol/l. Abnormal liver biochemistry. Recurrent episodes of lactic acidosis. Hypotonia, myopathic facies, slight facial dysmorphism. Progressive liver dysfunction with hepatomegaly. FTT, psychomotor retardation. Nystagmus, ptosis. Tube feeding. Died 8 months old.
Brain MI: global cystic changes in subcortical WM, lesions in putamen and globus pallidus, enlarged ventricles.
Balasubramaniam et al.
P8 Homozygous:
c.2011C>T
p.R671C
Muscle
Fib.
~ 84%
~ 62%
~ 86%
~ 428%
~ 80%
~ 401%
~ 30%
~ 183%
~ 113%
~ 154%
Male, consanguineous parents. Feeding difficulties and vomiting immediately after birth. Microcephaly, coarse facies, hypotonia, dystonia, polyneuropathy, psychomotor retardation. Tube feeding. No seizures, but abnormal eeg. Died 4 years old.
Brain MRI: vermis hypoplasia, pontine atrophy. Supratentorial atrophy, parenchymal loss of WM, cortex, basal ganglia.
Galmiche et al.
P9 Homozygous:
c.1193T>C
p.L398P
Muscle
Fib.
~ 93% ~ 74%
~ 200%
~ 33%
~ 38%
Male, consanguineous parents. Low birth weight. Spasticity with hyperreflexia and contractures. Developed hypoglycemia, metabolic acidosis, elevated lactate 30 h old. Abnormal liver biochemistry. Recurrent episodes of lactic acidosis. Developmental delay, microcephaly, dysmorphism, hypospadias. Died 20 months old.
P10 Compound heterozygous:
c.720delT/c.2011C>T
p.E241NfsX1/
p.R671C
Muscle
Fib.
↓↓
Onset before 1 week of age. Hypsarrhythmia, failure to thrive, dystonia, squint. Calvo et al.
P11 Compound heterozygous:
c.720delT/
c.910A>G
p.E241NfsX1/p.K304E
Liver ↓↓ ↓↓ Onset before one year of age. Developmental delay, seizures, hypotonia, episodic metabolic acidosis.
P12 Homozygous:
c.130_137delins
p.E44_I46delinsKKK
Muscle
Fib.
~ 89%
~ 155%
~ 137%
~ 329%
~ 241%
~ 260%
~ 65%
~ 116%
Male, parents related. Small birth parameters. Dysmorphic facial features. Onset on day 1 with lactic acidosis and hypoglycemia. Lactate up to 23 mmol/l.
Brain CT: cortical atrophy, hypodense areas in WM. Psychomotor retardation and liver failure. Died four months old. Brain autopsy showed polymicrogyria. Liver histology: cirrhosis.
This paper
P13 Homozygous:
c.130_137delins
p.E44_I46delinsKKK
Muscle
Fib.
~ 137%
~ 236%
~ 159%
~ 200%
~ 314%
~ 236%
~ 98%
~ 77%
Younger sister of patient 12. Small for GA. Onset day 1 with hypoglycemia and lactic acidosis. Liver failure and FTT. Died 14 days old.
P14 Compound heterozygous:
c.964G>A/
c.1655T>G
p.E322K/p.V552G
Liver
Muscle
Fib.
~ 9%
~ 102%
Np
~ 154%
~ 187%
~ 152%
~ 53%
~ 229%
~ 126%
~ 7%
~ 95%
~ 54%
Female, non-consanguineous parents. Microcephaly from birth. Neonatal onset with lactic acidosis, serum lactate 25 mmol/l. Liver dysfunction in the first week. Epilepsy and hypertonia form 2 months.
Brain MRI: severe leukodystrophy.
Died 3 months old.

Residual activities expressed as a percent of the lowest control value stated. Arrow indicate significance at decreased levels RC activity.

Fib. = fibroblasts.

a

Previously reported as c.1068T>C.

b

Previously reported as c.1872_delAG.

c

Residual activities expressed as a percent of control mean value.

d

Previously reported as c.1478T>G.