Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Skeletal Muscle of Children With Cardiomyopathy

This study sought to examine skeletal muscle of children with cardiomyopathy (CM) for changes in mitochondrial enzyme activities and in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Heart mitochondrial enzymatic activity defects have been often found in dilated and hypertrophic CM. The defects primarily involve the ac...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1999-02, Vol.103 (2), p.456-459
Main Authors: Marin-Garcia, Jose, Ananthakrishnan, Radha, Goldenthal, Michael J, Filiano, James J, Perez-Atayde, Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiomyopathies - physiopathology
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
Cardiovascular disease
Child
Child, Preschool
Congenital heart defects
Congenital heart disease
Congestive cardiomyopathy
DNA Mutational Analysis
DNA, Mitochondrial
Errors of metabolism
Female
Humans
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Miscellaneous hereditary metabolic disorders
Mitochondria, Muscle - enzymology
Mitochondrial DNA
Muscular system
Pediatrics
Physiological aspects
Transplants & implants
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Summary:This study sought to examine skeletal muscle of children with cardiomyopathy (CM) for changes in mitochondrial enzyme activities and in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Heart mitochondrial enzymatic activity defects have been often found in dilated and hypertrophic CM. The defects primarily involve the activities of the electron transport system and oxidative phosphorylation pathway including respiratory complexes I, III, IV, and V. Skeletal muscle biopsies of 8 children with CM were examined for specific mitochondrial enzyme activities, mtDNA copy number and the presence of pathogenic mutations and deletions in mtDNA. A marked deficiency in specific mitochondrial enzyme activities was found in 6 of 8 patients in skeletal muscle as well as in 2 of 3 hearts of those in whom cardiac tissue was available. Specific activity defects were found in complex I (2 cases), complex III (5 cases), complex IV (3 cases), and complex V (4 cases). Complex II and citrate synthase activities were unaffected. None of the previously reported pathogenic mutations associated with CM were detected, nor was there any evidence of mtDNA depletion. The incidence of defective respiratory complex activities in skeletal muscle was similar to the incidence of defective complex activities previously reported in cardiac tissue. Mitochondrial analysis of skeletal muscle is warranted in the overall clinical evaluation of children with CM, and particularly before consideration for cardiac transplantation.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.103.2.456