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. 2021 Aug 10;9(8):989. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9080989

Table 2.

Reported patients with MMDS type 2.

Ref. Nb of Patients (Nb and Origin of Families) Age at Onset/Age at Death Metabolic Findings Impaired Mitochondrial Proteins Cardiomyo- pathy Clinical Feature Brain MRI/Spectroscopy Genotype (BOLA3:NM_212552.2)
[47] 1 (East Indian) 4 m/11 m High glycine level (bl, ur) Complexes I and II, PDH, lipoylated protein Dilated FD, lethargy, respiratory distress, HMG, DD NA c.[123dupA]; [123dupA], p.[(Glu42Argfs*13)]; [(Glu42Argfs*13)]
[65] 2 (1F, unknown) <1 m/3 m High pyruvate (bl, ur), lactate (bl, ur), and glycine levels (bl) Complexes I, II, IV, PDH, lipoylated protein Hyper-trophic FD, SE, hypotonia, progressive encephalopathy Delayed myelination, supra-, PV, and bifrontal and biparietal hyperintense lesions (T2) c.[200T > A]; [200T > A], p.[(Ile67Asn)]; [(Ile67Asn)]
[66] 3 (3F: Australia, India, African- American) 6–8 m/7 m, 22 m, 11 y High lactate (bl), glycine (CSF) levels Complex II (n = 1/3), PDH (n = 1/2), lipoylated protein (n = 2/2), GCS (n = 3/3) Hyper-trophic (n = 2/2) FD, SE (n = 1/3), Myoclonus (2/3), SP and severe PMDD (1/3), skills regression (2/3), optic atrophy (n = 2/3) PV WM and spinal cord lesions (n = 1/3), subcortical fibers lesions (n = 1/3) LD (n = 2/3), cerebral and cerebellar atrophy (n = 1/3) c.[136C > T]; [136C > T], p.[(Arg46*)]; [(Arg46*)]
[67,68] 4 (4F, Japan) <1, 2, 6 m/3–11 m Metabolic acidosis Combined complex deficiencies (n = 4/4) Hyper-trophic (n = 3/4) Renal, respiratory, and/or liver failures, SE, FCMD (n = 1) NA c.[287A > G]; [287A > G], p.[(His96Arg)]; [(His96Arg)] (3/4)
c.[225_229del]; [287A > G], p.[(Lys75Asnfs*9)]; [(His96Arg)]
[50] 2 (1F, India) 5–7 m/8 m High pyruvate (bl), lactate (bl, CSF), glycine (bl, CSF, ur) levels Complexes I, II, IV, PDH, lipoylated protein No FD, tetraparesis, hypotonia, PMDD Diffuse demyelination/lactate peak c.[136C > T]; [136C > T], p.[(Arg46*)]; [(Arg46*)]
[69] 2 (unknown) 18 m/alive at 12 y (n = 1) NA NA NA SPT (n = 1/2), skills regression, gait difficulty PV and deep WM or fronto-parietal lesions/lactate peak (n = 1/1) c.[295C > T]; [295C > T], p.[(Arg99Trp)]; [(Arg99Trp)]
[70] 1 (unknown) 8 m/15 m High lactate (bl), tiglylglycine (ur) levels PDH, lipoylated protein NA FD, hypertonicity then hypotonia, nystagmus Symmetric ovoid areas and CC, cervical cord regions abnormal signal. PV, deep, subcortical WM lesions/lactate peak c.[200T > A]; [220_222del],
p.[(Ile67Asn)]; [(Glu74del)]
[71] 1 (Japan) 6 m/10 m High lactate (bl, CSF), glycine (bl) levels Complexes I, II, IV Hypertrophic FD, SE, eyelid movements, hypotonia, skill regression Deep WM to spinal cord lesions c.[287A > G]; [287A > G], p.[(His96Arg); [(His96Arg)]
[72] 1 (England) 18 m/alive at 8 y Normal lactate (bl), high glycine (bl, ur) levels PDH, normal RCC activity but low quantity of protein in complexes I and II No Ataxia, acute hemiparesis, cognitive regression, congenital hypothyroidism subcortical WM, basal ganglia, brainstem and cerebellum abnormal signal and dysmyelination c.[136C > T]; [176G > A], p.[(Arg46*)]; [(Cys59Tyr)]
[73] 1 (South Africa) 7 m/17 m High lactate (bl), glycine (ur) levels PDH No Sudden skill regression, floppiness, encephalopathy Demyelination c.[159dupT]; [159dupT], p.[(Asp54*)]; [(Asp54*)]

Bl: blood; CC: corpus callosum; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid; DD: developmental delay; F: families; FCMD: Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy; FD: feeding difficulties; HMG: hepatomegaly; m: month(s); MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; NA: not available; PDH: pyruvate dehydrogenase complex; PMDD: psycho-motor developmental delay; PV: periventricular; RCC: respiratory chain complexes; SE: seizures; SP: spasticity; SPT: spastic tetraparesis; Ur: urine; WM: white matter; y: year(s).