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  1. Salama M, El-Desouky S, Alsayed A, El-Hussiny M, Moustafa A, Taalab Y, et al.
    Metab Brain Dis, 2019 02;34(1):367-372.
    PMID: 30392038 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-018-0334-z
    Leigh syndrome (LS) is one of the most puzzling mitochondrial disorders, which is also known as subacute necrotizing encephalopathy. It has an incidence of 1 in 77,000 live births worldwide with poor prognosis. Currently, there is a poor understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of the disease without any available effective treatment. Hence, the inevitability for developing suitable animal and cellular models needed for the development of successful new therapeutic modalities. In this short report, we blocked FOXRED1 gene with small interfering RNA (siRNA) using C57bl/6 mice. Results showed neurobehavioral changes in the injected mice along with parallel degeneration in corpus striatum and sparing of the substantia nigra similar to what happen in Leigh syndrome cases. FOXRED1 blockage could serve as a new animal model for Leigh syndrome due to defective CI, which echoes damage to corpus striatum and affection of the central dopaminergic system in this disease. Further preclinical studies are required to validate this model.
    Matched MeSH terms: Leigh Disease/pathology
  2. Baertling F, Sánchez-Caballero L, Timal S, van den Brand MA, Ngu LH, Distelmaier F, et al.
    Mol Genet Metab, 2017 03;120(3):243-246.
    PMID: 27986404 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2016.12.005
    NDUFAF3 is an assembly factor of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I. Variants in NDUFAF3 have been identified as a cause of severe multisystem mitochondrial disease. In a patient presenting with Leigh syndrome, which has hitherto not been described as a clinical feature of NDUFAF3 deficiency, we identified a novel homozygous variant and confirmed its pathogenicity in patient fibroblasts studies. Furthermore, we present an analysis of complex I assembly routes representative of each functional module and, thereby, link NDUFAF3 to a specific step in complex I assembly. Therefore, our report expands the phenotype of NDUFAF3 deficiency and further characterizes the role of NDUFAF3 in complex I biogenesis.
    Matched MeSH terms: Leigh Disease/pathology
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