Adult-onset combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency type 14 manifests as epileptic status : a new phenotype and literature review

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BACKGROUND: Combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency (COXPD) is a severe disorder with early onset and autosomal recessive inheritance, and has been divided into 51 types (COXPD1-COXPD51). COXPD14 is caused by a mutation in the FARS2 gene, which encodes mitochondrial phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (mt-PheRS), an enzyme that transfers phenylalanine to its cognate tRNA in mitochondria. Since the first case was reported in 2012, an increasing number of FARS2 variations have been subsequently identified, which present three main phenotypic manifestations: early onset epileptic encephalopathy, hereditary spastic paraplegia, and juvenile-onset epilepsy. To our knowledge, no adult cases have been reported in the literature.

METHODS: We report in detail a case of genetically confirmed COXPD14 and review the relevant literature.

RESULTS: Approximately 58 subjects with disease-causing variants of FARS2 have been reported, including 31 cases of early onset epileptic encephalopathy, 16 cases of hereditary spastic paraplegia, 3 cases of juvenile-onset epilepsy, and 8 cases of unknown phenotype. We report a case of autosomal recessive COXPD14 in an adult with status epilepticus as the only manifestation with a good prognosis, which is different from that in neonatal or infant patients reported in the literature. c.467C > T (p.T156M) has been previously reported, while c.119_120del (p.E40Vfs*87) is novel, and, both mutations are pathogenic.

CONCLUSIONS: This case of autosomal recessive COXPD14 in an adult only presented as status epilepticus, which is different from the patients reported previously. Our study expands the mutation spectrum of FARS2, and we tended to define the phenotypes based on the clinical manifestation rather than the age of onset.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC neurology - 24(2024), 1 vom: 02. Jan., Seite 15

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Xiang, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Desheng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Shengyuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiangqing [VerfasserIn]

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Adult
Case Reports
Combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency type 14
EC 6.1.1.20
Epileptic status
FARS2 gene
FARS2 protein, human
Journal Article
Mitochondrial Proteins
Phenylalanine-tRNA Ligase
Review

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Date Completed 05.01.2024

Date Revised 06.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12883-023-03480-4

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NLM366574884