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  • Title: Fine mapping of mitochondrial RNAs derived from the mtDNA region containing a point mutation associated with MELAS.
    Author: Koga Y, Davidson M, Schon EA, King MP.
    Journal: Nucleic Acids Res; 1993 Feb 11; 21(3):657-62. PubMed ID: 7680123.
    Abstract:
    Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is a mitochondrial disorder associated with heteroplasmic point mutations in the mitochondrial tRNA(Leu)(UUR) gene. While previous studies have shown that the MELAS mutation at nt-3243 results in impairments in mitochondrial protein synthesis and respiratory chain function, it was not clear whether these were associated with structural alterations in mature RNAs derived from transcription of the region containing the mutation. We have performed fine mapping and high-resolution. Northern analysis of RNAs from cybrids derived from two MELAS patients harboring the nt-3243 mutation. No differences in the size or steady-state levels of transcripts from the 16S rRNA, tRNA(Leu)(UUR), or ND 1 genes (which are contiguous in the mtDNA) were observed between cell lines containing mutated or wild-type mtDNAs. Therefore, it is not likely that the protein synthesis defects observed in cybrids with the MELAS-3243 mutation are directly caused by qualitative alterations in either transcription termination or processing of these mitochondrial RNAs.
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