Table 3 Potential pathogenic mutations located in the highlander-specific lineages.

From: MtDNA analysis reveals enriched pathogenic mutations in Tibetan highlanders

highlander-specific haplogroup

Potential pathogenic mutationa

Gene

CI

Mutpred Score

Potential disease b

G3b3a

T3394C*

ND1(Y30H)

0.942

0.783

LHON/NIDDM/CPT deficiency

M33b1a1

A636G

tRNAPhe

0.673

N.A.

DEAF

T9101C

ATP6(I192T)

0.346

0.568

LHON

M62

G13708A

ND5(A458T)

0.365

0.409

LHON/Increased MS risk/higher frequency in PD-ADS

M7b1a1j

C1192A

12s rRNA

0.827

N.A.

DEAF-associated

A3397G

ND1(M31V)

1.000

0.723

PD, AD/Possibly LVNC-cardiomyopathy associated

C7a1a2

G7598A

COX2(A5T)

0.865

0.342

Possible LHON helper

G13708A

ND5(A458T)

0.365

0.409

LHON/Increased MS risk/higher frequency in PD-ADS

Z7

T2352C

16s rRNA

0.058

N.A.

Possibly LVNC-associated

T4363C

tRNAGln

0.750

N.A.

Possibly associated with DEAF + RP + developmental delay/hypertension

M9a1a1c1b

G7697A*

COX2(V38I)

0.981

0.646

Possible HCM susceptibility

M9a1b1c

T10454C*

tRNAArg

0.692

N.A.

DEAF helper mutation

A11a

T1005C

12s rRNA

0.250

N.A.

DEAF

A15c1a

T4216C

ND1(Y304H)

0.712

0.611

LHON/Insulin Resistance

A15924G*

tRNAThr

0.865

N.A.

LIMM

N11a1

A12634G

ND5(I100V)

1.000

0.381

Thyroid Cancer Cell Line

  1. a*Also significant in site-based association analysis.
  2. bconsulted to MITOMAP database. LHON: Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy; NIDDM: non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; CPT: carnitine palmitoyl transferase; DEAF: deafness; MS: multiple sclerosis; PD: Parkinson’s disease; AD: Alzheimer’s Dementia; LVNC: left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy; RP: retinitis pigmentosa; HCM: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; LIMM: lethal infantile mitochondrial myopathy.