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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Laura GreavesORCiD, Dr Amy Reeve, Professor Robert Taylor, Emeritus Professor Doug Turnbull
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) defects are a relatively common cause of inherited disease and have been implicated in both ageing and cancer. MtDNA encodes essential subunits of the mitochondrial respiratory chain and defects result in impaired oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). Similar OXPHOS defects have been shown to be present in a number of neurodegenerative conditions, including Parkinson's disease, as well as in normal ageing human tissues. Additionally, a number of tumours have been shown to contain mtDNA mutations and an altered metabolic phenotype. In this review we outline the unique characteristics of mitochondrial genetics before detailing important pathological features of mtDNA diseases, focusing on adult neurological disease as well as the role of mtDNA mutations in neurodegenerative diseases, ageing and cancer. Copyright (C) 2011 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Author(s): Greaves LC, Reeve AK, Taylor RW, Turnbull DM
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Pathology
Year: 2012
Volume: 226
Issue: 2
Pages: 274-286
Print publication date: 21/11/2011
ISSN (print): 0022-3417
ISSN (electronic): 1096-9896
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/path.3028
DOI: 10.1002/path.3028
