PMID: 29485812Jan 1, 2016Paper

Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalopathy: Clinical, Biochemical and Molecular Study in Three Egyptian Patients

Genetic Counseling
L SelimA Abdel Bary

Abstract

Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalopathy syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. The disease is caused by mutations in the thymidine phosphorylase gene. This article reports the clinical, biochemical and molecular findings in three Egyptian patients with Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalopathy sundrome from two different pedigrees. The three patients were subjected to thorough neurologic examination. Brain Magtnetic Resonance Imaging. Histochemical and biochemical assay of the mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes in muscle homogenate was performed (1/3). Thymidine Phosphorylase enzyme activity was performed in 2/3 patients and Thymidine Phosphorylase gene sequencing was done (2/3) to confirm the diagnosis. All patients presented with symptoms of severe gastrointestinal dysmotility with progressive cachexia, neuropathy, sensory neural hearing loss, asymptomatic leukoencephalopathy. Histochemical analysis of themuscle biopsy revealed deficient cytochrome C oxidase and mitochrondrial respiratory chain enzyme assay revealed isolated complex 1 deficiency (1/3). Thymidine Phosphorylase enzyme activity revealed complete absence of enzyme activity in 2/3 patients. Direct sequencing of Thymidin...Continue Reading

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