It typically affects both ears and worsens gradually over time, making it difficult to understand speech and hear other sounds. This condition results from a combination of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors, many of which have not been identified.
As people age, mitochondrial DNA accumulates damaging mutations, including deletions and other changes. This damage results from a buildup of harmful molecules called reactive oxygen species, which are byproducts of energy production in mitochondria.
Mitochondrial DNA is especially vulnerable because it has a limited ability to repair itself. As a result, reactive oxygen species easily damage mitochondrial DNA, causing cells to malfunction and ultimately to die.
Cells that have high energy demands, such as those in the inner ear that are critical for hearing, are particularly sensitive to the effects of mitochondrial DNA damage. This damage can irreversibly alter the function of the inner ear, leading to hearing loss. Some cases of cyclic vomiting syndrome, particularly those that begin in childhood, may be related to changes in mitochondrial DNA. This disorder causes recurrent episodes of nausea, vomiting, and tiredness lethargy.
Some of the genetic changes alter single DNA building blocks nucleotides , whereas others rearrange larger segments of mitochondrial DNA. These changes likely impair the ability of mitochondria to produce energy. Researchers speculate that the impaired mitochondria may affect certain cells of the autonomic nervous system, which is the part of the nervous system that controls involuntary body functions such as heart rate, blood pressure, and digestion.
However, it remains unclear how these changes could cause the recurrent episodes characteristic of cyclic vomiting syndrome. Mutations in at least three mitochondrial genes can cause cytochrome c oxidase deficiency, which is a condition that can affect several parts of the body, including the muscles used for movement skeletal muscles , the heart, the brain, or the liver. The mitochondrial genes associated with cytochrome c oxidase deficiency provide instructions for making proteins that are part of a large enzyme group complex called cytochrome c oxidase also known as complex IV.
Cytochrome c oxidase is responsible for the last step in oxidative phosphorylation before the generation of ATP. The mtDNA mutations that cause this condition alter the proteins that make up cytochrome c oxidase. As a result, cytochrome c oxidase cannot function. A lack of functional cytochrome c oxidase disrupts oxidative phosphorylation, causing a decrease in ATP production.
Researchers believe that impaired oxidative phosphorylation can lead to cell death in tissues that require large amounts of energy, such as the brain, muscles, and heart. Cell death in these and other sensitive tissues likely contribute to the features of cytochrome c oxidase deficiency.
The deletions range from 1, to 10, nucleotides, and the most common deletion is 4, nucleotides. Kearns-Sayre syndrome primarily affects the eyes, causing weakness of the eye muscles ophthalmoplegia and breakdown of the light-sensing tissue at the back of the eye retinopathy. The mitochondrial DNA deletions result in the loss of genes that produce proteins required for oxidative phosphorylation, causing a decrease in cellular energy production.
Researchers have not determined how these deletions lead to the specific signs and symptoms of Kearns-Sayre syndrome, although the features of the condition are probably related to a lack of cellular energy. It has been suggested that eyes are commonly affected by mitochondrial defects because they are especially dependent on mitochondria for energy.
These genes provide instructions for making proteins that are part of a large enzyme complex. This enzyme, known as complex I, is necessary for oxidative phosphorylation. The mutations responsible for Leber hereditary optic neuropathy change single amino acids in these proteins, which may affect the generation of ATP within mitochondria.
However, it remains unclear why the effects of these mutations are often limited to the nerve that relays visual information from the eye to the brain the optic nerve. Additional genetic and environmental factors probably contribute to vision loss and the other medical problems associated with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy.
Mutations in one of several different mitochondrial genes can cause Leigh syndrome, which is a progressive brain disorder that usually appears in infancy or early childhood.
Affected children may experience delayed development, muscle weakness, problems with movement, or difficulty breathing. Some of the genes associated with Leigh syndrome provide instructions for making proteins that are part of the large enzyme complexes necessary for oxidative phosphorylation. For example, the most commonly mutated mitochondrial gene in Leigh syndrome, MT-ATP6 , provides instructions for a protein that makes up one part of complex V, an important enzyme in oxidative phosphorylation that generates ATP in the mitochondria.
The other genes provide instructions for making tRNA molecules, which are essential for protein production within mitochondria. Many of these proteins play an important role in oxidative phosphorylation. The mitochondrial gene mutations that cause Leigh syndrome impair oxidative phosphorylation. Although the mechanism is unclear, it is thought that impaired oxidative phosphorylation can lead to cell death in sensitive tissues, which may cause the signs and symptoms of Leigh syndrome.
People with this condition have diabetes and sometimes hearing loss, particularly of high tones. In certain cells in the pancreas beta cells , mitochondria help monitor blood sugar levels. In response to high levels of sugar, mitochondria help trigger the release of a hormone called insulin, which controls blood sugar levels. Researchers believe that the disruption of mitochondrial function lessens the mitochondria's ability to help trigger insulin release.
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Most diseases are due to aging, and aging leads to a breakdown in cell functions. The nDNA contains huge variations of the traits they exhibit due to the presence of various alleles per a particular gene. Therefore, nDNA is used in paternity testing in order to find out which daughter organism belongs to which parent in humans. On the other hand, inheritance of diseases is also characteristic to the parents.
The nDNA is less prone to mutations. For example, human nDNA is arranged into 46 chromosomes. Human somatic cells contain two copies of nDNA. But, some proteins required by mitochondria are encoded by nDNA. Therefore, mitochondria are semi-autonomous organelles. Plant cells contain chloroplast DNA as well in their cells. The nDNA contains genes, which encodes for all the traits exhibited by the organism. The nDNA consists of more than 20, genes. The proteins encoded by these genes are responsible for the phenotypic traits of the organism.
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