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Mutations in the MFN2 gene are associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A (CMT2A), a dominant axonal CMT, whereas mutations in GDAP1 are associated with recessive demyelinating CMT (CMT4A), recessive axonal CMT (AR-CMT2), and dominant axonal CMT (CMT2K). Both proteins are involved in energy metabolism and dynamics of the mitochondrial network.1,–,3 We have previously reported that, in fibroblasts from patients with CMT, MFN2 mutations resulted in a mitochondrial energy coupling defect,4,5 whereas dominant mutation in GDAP1 resulted in defective complex I activity.6
In this study, we investigated mitochondrial bioenergetics from a severely affected patient with CMT harboring combined mutations in both GDAP1 and MFN2 genes.
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Patients.
Patient II-5 (figure 1A), a 71-year-old woman of Spanish origin, had severe distal muscle weakness from the age of 3, becoming wheelchair-bound during her third decade. Clinical examination showed severe weakness of limbs with proximal and distal amyotrophy, tactile and nociceptive hypoesthesia with a gloves-and-socks distribution, and abolition of the limb reflexes. She had pes cavus and moderate vocal cord paresis. Electrophysiologic studies (table e-1) indicated a severe axonal neuropathy characterized by a …
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