Ban Maria, Elson Joanna, Walton Amie, Turnbull Douglas, Compston Alastair, Chinnery Patrick, Sawcer Stephen
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
PLoS One. 2008 Aug 6;3(8):e2891. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002891.
Several lines of evidence suggest that mitochondrial genetic factors may influence susceptibility to multiple sclerosis. To explore this hypothesis further, we re-sequenced the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) from 159 patients with multiple sclerosis and completed a haplogroup analysis including a further 835 patients and 1,506 controls. A trend towards over-representation of super-haplogroup U was the only evidence for association with mtDNA that we identified in these samples. In a parallel analysis of nuclear encoded mitochondrial genes, we also found a trend towards association with the complex I gene, NDUFS2. These results add to the evidence suggesting that variation in mtDNA and nuclear encoded mitochondrial genes may contribute to disease susceptibility in multiple sclerosis.
多项证据表明,线粒体遗传因素可能影响多发性硬化症的易感性。为了进一步探究这一假说,我们对159例多发性硬化症患者的线粒体基因组(mtDNA)进行了重测序,并对另外835例患者和1506例对照进行了单倍群分析。我们在这些样本中发现的与mtDNA相关的唯一证据是超级单倍群U的过度代表性趋势。在对核编码线粒体基因的平行分析中,我们还发现了与复合体I基因NDUFS2相关的趋势。这些结果进一步证明,mtDNA和核编码线粒体基因的变异可能导致多发性硬化症的疾病易感性。