Recessive mitochondrial ataxia syndrome

General Information (adopted from Orphanet):

Synonyms, Signs: MIRAS
Number of Symptoms 32
OrphanetNr: 94125
OMIM Id:
ICD-10: G11.8
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Prevalence, inheritance and age of onset:

Prevalence: No data available.
Inheritance:
Age of onset:

Disease classification (adopted from Orphanet):

Parent Diseases: Ataxia neuropathy spectrum
 -Rare developmental defect during embryogenesis
 -Rare genetic disease
 -Rare neurologic disease
Autosomal recessive metabolic cerebellar ataxia
 -Rare eye disease
 -Rare genetic disease
 -Rare neurologic disease

Comment:

The clinical phenotypes of mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (MIRAS) vary considerably and can be divided into three groups: 1) childhood-onset encephalopathy and hepatopathy, 2) juvenile-onset refractory epilepsy and migraine-like headaches, and 3) adult-onset ataxia and neuropathy with additional symptoms such as psychiatric symptoms and cognitive impairment (PMID:20695297). MIRAS is due to the mutations c.1399GNA (A467T) and c.2243GNC (W748S) of POLG1 (encoding the catalytic subunit of the mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma), and is clinically characterized by early onset ataxia, variably associated with peripheral neuropathy, epilepsy, headache, cognitive impairment, psychiatric disturbances, movement disorders, and ophthalmoplegia. MIRAS is considered a common cause of inherited ataxia in Northern Europe (PMID:25586537). PMID:25586537 describes a new case of MIRAS with features of Friedreich's ataxia-like and co-occurrence of Brugada syndrome (BrS). PMID:22166854 describes a new case of MIRAS mimicking dominant spinocerebellar ataxia with the homozygous mutations c.2243GNC in cis with c.3428ANG causing W748S and E1143G amino acid changes in the polypeptide. It is ranging from 0.6% of the population in Belgium to 0.8% in Finland or 2% in Norway, but with limited amount or no patients in Italy and UK. MIRAS closely resembles IOSCA (Infantile-onset spinocerebellar ataxia), except for the later onset of 5 – 41 years in MIRAS compared to 1 – 2 years in IOSCA (PMID:18775955).

Symptom Information: Sort by abundance 

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(HPO:0000613) Photophobia 22166854 IBIS 158 / 7739
2
(HPO:0000651) Diplopia 22166854 IBIS 37 / 7739
3
(HPO:0000602) Ophthalmoplegia 25586537 IBIS 56 / 7739
4
(HPO:0010532) Paroxysmal vertigo 22166854 IBIS 1 / 7739
5
(HPO:0000739) Anxiety 22166854 IBIS 67 / 7739
6
(HPO:0002312) Clumsiness 22166854 IBIS 28 / 7739
7
(HPO:0001298) Encephalopathy 20695297 IBIS 72 / 7739
8
(HPO:0001271) Polyneuropathy 22166854 IBIS 56 / 7739
9
(HPO:0001260) Dysarthria 22166854 IBIS 329 / 7739
10
(HPO:0000708) Behavioral abnormality 25586537 IBIS 212 / 7739
11
(HPO:0002315) Headache 25586537 IBIS 175 / 7739
12
(HPO:0009830) Peripheral neuropathy 25586537 IBIS 206 / 7739
13
(HPO:0001288) Gait disturbance 22166854 IBIS 318 / 7739
14
(HPO:0100543) Cognitive impairment 25586537 IBIS 230 / 7739
15
(HPO:0001250) Seizures 25586537 IBIS 1245 / 7739
16
(HPO:0011096) Peripheral demyelination 22166854 IBIS 28 / 7739
17
(HPO:0010534) Transient global amnesia 22166854 IBIS 1 / 7739
18
(HPO:0000716) Depression 22166854 IBIS 99 / 7739
19
(HPO:0001251) Ataxia 20695297 IBIS 413 / 7739
20
(HPO:0003236) Elevated serum creatine phosphokinase 22166854 IBIS 214 / 7739
21
(HPO:0012102) Abnormal mitochondrial number 22166854 IBIS 4 / 7739
22
(HPO:0002090) Pneumonia 22166854 IBIS 59 / 7739
23
(HPO:0002204) Pulmonary embolism 22166854 IBIS 26 / 7739
24
(HPO:0003689) Multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions 18775955 IBIS 12 / 7739
25
(MedDRA:10062938) Mitochondrial hepatopathy 20695297 IBIS 2 / 7739
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(HPO:0001317) Abnormality of the cerebellum 22166854 IBIS 36 / 7739
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(HPO:0002529) Neuronal loss in central nervous system 22166854 IBIS 37 / 7739
28
(HPO:0006827) Atrophy of the spinal cord 22166854 IBIS 5 / 7739
29
(OMIM) Subsarcolemmal mitochondrial accumulation 22166854 IBIS 4 / 7739
30
(HPO:0007047) Atrophy of the dentate nucleus 22166854 IBIS 3 / 7739
31
(HPO:0002500) Abnormality of the cerebral white matter 22166854 IBIS 73 / 7739
32
(OMIM) Epilepsy, refractory (onset in adolescence or young adulthood) 20695297 IBIS 3 / 7739

Associated genes:

POLG1;

ClinVar (via SNiPA)

Gene symbol Variation Clinical significance Reference

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