TY - JOUR T1 - Phenotype-genotype correlations in Leigh syndrome: new insights from a multicentre study of 96 patients JF - Journal of Medical Genetics JO - J Med Genet SP - 21 LP - 27 DO - 10.1136/jmedgenet-2017-104891 VL - 55 IS - 1 AU - Kalliopi Sofou AU - Irenaeus F M de Coo AU - Elsebet Ostergaard AU - Pirjo Isohanni AU - Karin Naess AU - Linda De Meirleir AU - Charalampos Tzoulis AU - Johanna Uusimaa AU - Tuula Lönnqvist AU - Laurence Albert Bindoff AU - Már Tulinius AU - Niklas Darin Y1 - 2018/01/01 UR - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/55/1/21.abstract N2 - Background Leigh syndrome is a phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous mitochondrial disorder. While some genetic defects are associated with well-described phenotypes, phenotype-genotype correlations in Leigh syndrome are not fully explored.Objective We aimed to identify phenotype-genotype correlations in Leigh syndrome in a large cohort of systematically evaluated patients.Methods We studied 96 patients with genetically confirmed Leigh syndrome diagnosed and followed in eight European centres specialising in mitochondrial diseases.Results We found that ataxia, ophthalmoplegia and cardiomyopathy were more prevalent among patients with mitochondrial DNA defects. Patients with mutations in MT-ND and NDUF genes with complex I deficiency shared common phenotypic features, such as early development of central nervous system disease, followed by high occurrence of cardiac and ocular manifestations. The cerebral cortex was affected in patients with NDUF mutations significantly more often than the rest of the cohort. Patients with the m.8993T>G mutation in MT-ATP6 gene had more severe clinical and radiological manifestations and poorer disease outcome compared with patients with the m.8993T>C mutation.Conclusion Our study provides new insights into phenotype-genotype correlations in Leigh syndrome and particularly in patients with complex I deficiency and with defects in the mitochondrial ATP synthase. ER -