A Case of Male Siblings with a Mutation in Mitochondrial Gene 3243 tRNALeu(UUR) Associated with Diabetes and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Accession number;01A0793356
Title;A Case of Male Siblings with a Mutation in Mitochondrial Gene 3243 tRNALeu(UUR) Associated with Diabetes and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Author; YOKOKAWA HIROHIDE (Tokyojoidai Tonyobyose Naika) IWASAKI NAOKO (Tokyojoidai Tonyobyose Naika) KATSUMORI KOZO (Tokyojoidai Tonyobyose Naika) OGATA MAKIKO (Tokyojoidai Tonyobyose Naika) TOMONAGA OSAMU (Tokyojoidai Tonyobyose Naika) SATO ASAKO (Tokyojoidai Tonyobyose Naika) NAGASHIMA HIROTAKA (Tokyojoidai Nihonshinzoketsuatsuken Naika) TAKEUCHI MEGUMI (Tokyojoidai Shinkeinaika) IWAMOTO YASUHIKO (Tokyojoidai Tonyobyose Naika)
Journal Title;Journal of the Japan Diabetic Society
Journal Code:Z0279B
ISSN:0021-437X
VOL.44;NO.7;PAGE.569-575(2001)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.6, TBL.2, REF.23
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;A 47-year-old man with increasing shortness of breath was admitted to our hospital. Bilateral sensorineural deafness was diagnosed at 21 years of age, and diabetes mellitus was diagnosed at 32 years of age. Proteinuria developd at 38 years of age, and chronic renal failure was diagnosed at 45 years of age. Because of the sensorineural deafness, mitochondrial diabetic and deafness syndrome (MIDD) was suspected. An A to G substitution at nucleotide 3243 in the mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) gene was identified. An echocardiography revealed severe diffuse hypertrophy and asynergy in the left ventricle. Histological examination of the left ventricular wall revealed morphological abnormalities in the mitochondria, leading to a diagnosis of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy. The quadriceps muscle was positive for ragged red fiber, and diffuse cerebral atrophy was detected by brain CT. We then performed 201T1 and 123I-BMIPP scintigraphy examinations and discovered a discrepancy, indicating that fatty acid metabolism in the cardiomyocytes had deteriorated but that the perfusion defect was not prominent. These findings were consistent with a diagnosis of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy. The patient's elder brother exhibited a similar clinical phenotype. Sibling cases of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy and diabetes seem to be uncommon. (author abst.)