Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2004.14.2.296

Identification of a Mitochondrial DNA Mutation in Paraffin-Embedded Muscle Tissues  

김상호 (대구대학교 사범대학 생물교육전공)
유석호 (한국과학기술원 의과학연구센터)
Publication Information
Journal of Life Science / v.14, no.2, 2004 , pp. 296-300 More about this Journal
Abstract
We investigated feasibility of using the formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue to study mitochondrial mutations in the case that fresh or frozen tissue, or blood samples are not available. Four paraffin blocks of muscle biopsies in Korean MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) patients were chosen. Total DNA was extracted from these blocks for PCR/RFLP analysis, and sequencing was performed to study the most common mutation, A to G transition at nucleotide position 3243 underlying MELAS in the mitochondrial tRN $A^{Leu(UUR)}$ gene. We could identify the A to G mutation at nt.3243 in three MELAS patients. Our results show that the mitochondrial genome of our paraffin blocks is presumably in good condition. Our results are in accordance with the previous findings by other investigators that PCR allows molecular genetic analysis of paraffin-embedded tissues stored in most histopathology laboratories.s.
Keywords
paraffin-embedded tissue; PCR/RFLP analysis; sequencing; mitochondrial DNA mutation; MELAS;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 1  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 A new point mutation at nucleotide pair 3219 of the mitochondrial tRNA Leu (UUR) gene in A patient with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) /
[ Goto,Y.I.;K.Tsugane;Y.Tanabe;I.Nonaka;S.Horai ] / Biochimical and Biophysical Research Communications   DOI   ScienceOn
2 Use of neuropathological tissue for molecular genetic studies: parameters affecting DNA extraction and polymerase chain reaction /
[ Koesel,S.;M.B.Graeber ] / Acta Neuropathol   DOI   ScienceOn
3 A new mtDNA mutation associated with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopthy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) /
[ Goto,Y.I.;I.Nonaka;S.Horai ] / Biochimical et Biophysica Acta   DOI   ScienceOn
4 Mitochondrial genetics and disease /
[ Schon,E.A. ] / TIBS
5 Removel of inhibitor (s) of the polymerase chain reaction from formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded tissues /
[ An,S.F.;K.A.Fleming ] / J Clin Pathol   DOI
6 Mitochondrial DNA mutations in the pathogenesis of human disease /
[ Chinnery,P.F.;D.M.Turnbull ] / Molecular Medicine Today   DOI   ScienceOn
7 A mutation in the tRNA Leu(UUR) gene associated with the MELAS subgroup of mitochondrial encepalomyopathies /
[ Goto,Y.;I.Nonaka;S.Horai ] / Nature   DOI   ScienceOn
8 Characterization of a Mitochondrial DNA Deletion in Patients with Mitochondrial Myopathy /
[ Kim,S.H.;J.G.Chi ] / Mol cells   과학기술학회마을
9 DNA extraction from paraffin-embedded tissues using a salting-out procedure: a reliable method for PCR amplification of archival material /
[ Howe,J.R.;D.S.Klimstra;C.Cordon-Cardo ] / Histol Histopathol
10 DNA genotyping of unbuffered formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissues /
[ Legrand,P.;P. de Mazancourt;M.Durigon;V.Khalifat;K.Crainic ] / Forensic Science International   DOI   ScienceOn
11 An Efficient Method for the Assessment of DNA Quality of Archival Microdissected Specimens /
[ Siwoski,A.;A.Ishkanian;C.Garnis;L.Zhang,D.D.S.;M.Rosin;W.L.Lam ] / Mod. Pathol.   DOI   ScienceOn
12 Sequence and organization of the human mitochondrial genome /
[ Anderson,S.;A.T.Bankier;B.G.Barrel;M. H. L. de Bruijin;A.R.Coulson;J.Drouin;I.C.Eperon;D.P.Nierlich;B.A.Roe;F.Sanger;P.H.Schreier;A.J.H.Smith;R.Staden;I.G.Young ] / Nature   DOI   ScienceOn
13 Defects in mitochondrial protein synthesis and respiratory chain activity segregate with the tRNA Leu (UUR) mutation associated with mitochondrial myopathy, enceph-alopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes /
[ King,M.P.;Y.Koga;M.Davidos;E.A.Schon ] / Mol. Cell. Biol.
14 A spin cartridge system for DNA extraction from paraffin wax embedded tissues /
[ Pinto,A.P.;L.L.Villa ] / J. Clin. Pathol:Mol. Pathol.   DOI   ScienceOn
15 Evaluation of extraction methods from paraffin wax embedded tissues for PCR amplification of human and viral DNA /
[ Chan,P.K.S.;D.P.C.Chan;K.F.To;M.Y.Yu;J.L.K.Cheung;A.F.Cheng ] / J. Clinical Pathology
16 Identification of large deletion of mitochondrial DNA in Kearns-Sayre Syndrome (KSS) /
[ Kim,S.H. ] / J. Life Science.   과학기술학회마을
17 Quantitative analysis of mitochondrial DNA deletion in pareffin embedded muscle tissues from patients with KSS and CPEO /
[ Kim,S.H.;J.G.Chi;A.Reith;B.Kadenbach ] / Biochimica et Biophysica Acta   DOI   ScienceOn
18 Sequencing and quantitative assessment of mutant and wild-type mitochondrial DNA in paraffin sections from cases of MELAS /
[ Love,S.;J.A.R.Nicoll;E.Kinrade ] / Journal of Pathology   DOI   ScienceOn