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Table 2 Clinical, biochemical, neuroradiological, and genetic features of patients with loss-of-function mutations in NDUFAF2

From: Lack of mitochondrial complex I assembly factor NDUFAF2 results in a distinctive infantile-onset brainstem neurodegenerative disease with early lethality

Patient #

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Reference

Ogilivie et al. [5]

Barguthi et al. [6]

Barguthi et al. [6]

Hoefs et al. [8]

Janssen et al. [9]

Herzer et al. [7]

Calvo et al. ([6]

Calvo et al. [16]

Calvo et al. [16]

Ghaloul Gonzalez et al. [10]

Current study (P1)

Current study (P2)

Current study (P3)

Current study (P4)

Gender

F

F

M

M

F

M

NA

Na

Na

M

F

F

F

F

IUGR

NA

NA

NA

NA

Yes

NA

NA

Na

Na

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Consanguinity

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

NA

Na

NA

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Age at presentation (first symptom)

12 m (N/ & ataxia)

20 m (apnea)

8 m (HY, DD, N, OA)

5d (HCM)

Birth (severe GR)

14 mo (N/DD)

NA

NA

NA

Infancy (N, DD, HY, DD)

6 mo (N)

9 mo (N,S)

5 mo (S,GR)

5 mo (S,N)

Age at death

13y

2y

21 mo

11 mo

14 m

27 mo

NA

NA

NA

19 mo

3.5y

19 mo

15mo

Alive at 5y

Optic atrophy (age at onset)

3 y

NA

8 mo

6 mo

NA

26 mo

NA

NA

NA

NA

18 mo

No

NA

3y

Nystagmus (age at onset)

12 mo

20 mo

8 mo

NA

NA

14 mo

NA

NA

NA

Yes

6 mo

9 mo

NA

5 mo

Strabismus (age at onset)

NA

20 mo

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

18 mo

9 mo

5 mo

5 mo

GR (age at onset)

3y

No

NA

NA

Birth

NA

NA

NA

Na

Yes

birth

10 mo

5 mo

3 mo

DD (age at onset)

3y

No

8 mo

Birth

Birth

NA

NA

NA

NA

Yes

6 mo

10 mo

9 mo

7 mo

Apnea (age at onset)

8y

20 m

18 mo

8 mo

NA

26 m

NA

NA

NA

15 mo

18 mo

10 mo

15 mo

12 mo

Gastrostomy (age)

8y

No

18 m

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

No

2y

No

No

20 mo

Mechanical ventilation (age)

8y

No

18 m

8 mo

NA

26 mo

NA

NA

NA

15 mo

3y

18 m

No

26 mo

Beginning to sit (age)

Age appropriate

Yes

No

No

No

yes

NA

NA

NA

NA

16 mo

12 mo

12 mo

11 m

Beginning to walk (age)

Age appropriate

Yes

No

No

No

22 m

NA

NA

NA

No

2y

No

No

No

Initial words (age)

Age appropriate

Yes

No

No

No

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

18 m

No

No

No

Ser Lactate

N

Normal

Normal

NA

NA

NA

NA

Normal

ND

Csf Lactate

Normal

Normal

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

ND

Na

Complex I activity in tissue % of normal (tissue)

20% (muscle)

36% (fibroblast

24% (fibroblast

36% (Fibroblast) 20% (muscle)

45% (fibroblast

12% (muscle) 59% (fibroblast

NA

NA

NA

NA

42% (fibroblast

ND

ND

ND

NDUFAF2 mutation

c.182C > T (hom) p.R45X

c.1A > T (hom) p.M1L

c.1A > T (hom) p.M1L

c.114C > G (hom) p.Y38X

Triple gene deletion including NDUFAF2 (hom)

c.9G > A (p.W3X) (hom)

C.221G > A (p.W74*) (hom)

C.103delA (p.I35Sfsx17) (hom)

C.103delA (p.I35Sfsx17) (hom)

NDUFAF2 gene deletion (hom)

NDUFAF2 intragenic deletion (hom)

NDUFAF2 intragenic deletion (hom)

ND

NDUFAF2 intragenic deletion (hom)

Brain MRI (age)

Normal (12mo) abnormal signal: BS,T, CS (3.5y)

Generalized atrophy (10y)

Abnormal signal BS, CE (20 mo)

Abnormal signal BS, CE (19 mo)

Cer atrophy, CC hypoplasia (4 mo)

NA

Abnormal signal BS, CS (27 mo)

NA

NA

NA

Abnormal signal BS, CE, CS, BG (15mo)

Abnormal signal BS (18 mo)

Abnormal signal BS, T, CS (18 mo)

ND

ND

Normal (6 mo)

Abnormal signal BS, T,CS,CE,

BG (16 mo)

  1. NA Not available, ND Not done, BS Brainstem, T thalamus, CS cervical spine, BG Basal ganglia, CE Cerebellum, Cer-cerebral CC-corpus callosum, d Day, y Years, mo Months, hom-homozygous, HY Hypotonia, N Nystagmus, S Strabismus, OA Optic atrophy, GR Growth retardation, IUGR Intra-uterine growth retardation, HCM Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ser serum, csf Cerebrospinal fluid