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Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex assembly and function during human fetal development.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18249146     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) deficiency may have early antenatal manifestations, probably related to the time course and/or tissue specificity of the disease gene expression during the embryo-fetal period. This feature hampers a fully reliable prenatal enzymological diagnosis of OXPHOS deficiency. We have studied OXPHOS in various human fetal tissues from 9 to 17 weeks of gestation. We found that the fetal respiratory chain complexes are fully assembled and functional at early stages of development in heart, liver, muscle, brain and kidney. We also observed a marked increase of respiratory chain activities and mitochondria content in postnatal compared to prenatal tissues. However, we were not able to detect obvious modification in the size, composition or activity of the various OXPHOS complexes during the second trimester of pregnancy that could account for the variations we observed in a pathological context. Therefore, we suggest that the time-dependent expression of respiratory chain deficiency either during fetal life or after birth could be related to the differential expression or regulation of the mutant proteins.
Authors:
Limor Minai; Jelena Martinovic; Dominique Chretien; Françoise Dumez; Férechté Razavi; Arnold Munnich; Agnès Rötig
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2008-01-30
Journal Detail:
Title:  Molecular genetics and metabolism     Volume:  94     ISSN:  1096-7206     ISO Abbreviation:  Mol. Genet. Metab.     Publication Date:  2008 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-04-21     Completed Date:  2008-07-21     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9805456     Medline TA:  Mol Genet Metab     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  120-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
INSERM U781 and Service de Génétique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75015 Paris, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
DNA, Mitochondrial / analysis
Electron Transport
Electron Transport Chain Complex Proteins / metabolism*
Electron Transport Complex I / metabolism
Electron Transport Complex II / metabolism
Electron Transport Complex III / metabolism
Electron Transport Complex IV / metabolism
Female
Fetal Development / physiology*
Fetus / embryology
Humans
Mitochondria / enzymology,  metabolism*
Mitochondrial Diseases / metabolism
Mitochondrial Proteins / metabolism
Oxidative Phosphorylation
Pregnancy
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/DNA, Mitochondrial; 0/Electron Transport Chain Complex Proteins; 0/Mitochondrial Proteins; EC 1.10.2.2/Electron Transport Complex III; EC 1.3.5.1/Electron Transport Complex II; EC 1.6.5.3/Electron Transport Complex I; EC 1.9.3.1/Electron Transport Complex IV

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