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. 2020 Sep 14;6(9):e04643. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04643

Table 1.

The most frequent mitochondrial disorders, their mutations and symptoms associated with them.

S.No Mitochondrial Disorder Mutations Symptoms Genotypic heterogeniety Prevalence Rate Reference
1 Leigh Syndrome m.8993T > C; 10158T > C; m.10191T > C Myoclonus, seizures, lesions and loss of mental efficacy and detrimental mobility, difficulty in breathing, kidney problems MT-ND1; ND2; MT-ND3; , ND4; MT-ND5; MT-ND6; MT-ATP6; MT-TK; NDUFA2; NDUFA4; NDUFA9; NDUFA10; NDUFA12; NDUFS1; NDUFS2; NDUFS3; NDUFS4; NDUFS7; NDUFS8; NDUFAF2; NDUFAF5; NDUFAF6; NDUFV1; SURF1; SLC19A3; PNPT1; IARS2; NARS; ECHS1; VPS13D; NAXE; FOXRED1 of complex-I 1/40,000 Gerards et al. (2015); Khan et al. (2015); Tai (2016),Lee et al. (2020)
2 Pearson Syndrome Moslty large mt-DNA deletions sporadic in nature, 4978-bp deletion Asymptomatic. In some cases show vision loss and perversion of optic nerve cell. tRNA gly (5' endpoint: nt 9991); tRNAthr (5' endpoint: nt 15888) uncertain Rotig et al. (1991); Davison et al. (2019); Pronman et al. (2019)
3 Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibres (MERRF) m.8344A > G; m.8356T > C; m.8363G > A m.5703G > A; m.3291T > C; m.4279A > G; Myopathy, cerebellar Ataxia, dementia and Myoclonus. tRNA(lys) gene (MT-TK); tRNA(Asn) gene (MT-TN); tRNA (Leu) gene (MT-TL1); tRNA (Ile) gene; tRNA (Phe) gene (MT-TF); tRNA (Pro) (MT-TP) 0.25/100,00
In UK 95% rate in young ones
Tai, 2016; Jarovsky et al. (2006); Fu et al., (2019); Finsterer and Zarrouk-Mahjoub (2017)
4 Leiber's Herediatry Optic Neuropathy (LHON) m.3460G > A; m.11778G > A; m.14484T > C Asymptomatic. In some cases show vision loss and perversion of optic nerve cell. MT-ND1; MT-ND4; MT-ND4L; MT-ND6; MT-ND5; Cytochrome-b (MT-CYB); Cytochrome-c oxidase (MT-CO3); tRNA (threonine) (MT-TT); tRNA (Glutamic acid) (MT-TE) 1/30,0000 Tai (2016); Davison et al. (2019); Bahr et al. (2020)
5 Neurogenic Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP) Mt-8993T > G/C; c.1092+5G > A Dementia, seizures, ataxia, sensory neuropathy and retinitis pigmentosa. MT-ATP6; FLVCR1 gene 1/2500-7000 Bainbridge (2010); Claeys et al. (2016); Lemoine et al. (2017); Kuehlewein et al., (2019)
6 Chronic Progressive External Opthalamoparesis (CPEO) 3243A > G Dysfunction of extraocular muscles, ptosis and ocular myopathy. POLG1, POLG2, ANT1, Twinkle, RRM2B, DNA2, SPG7, OPA1 uncertain Klopstock and Mancuso (2019)
7 Mitochondrial Encepahalopathy Lactic Acidosis and Strokes like episodes (MELAS) m.3243A > G Muscle pain, weakness, vision enigma, detrimental mobility and brain damage. MT-TL1 16/100,000 Jarovsky et al. (2006); Tai (2016); Bhatia et al. (2019)