CoQ10 deficiency diseases in adults

Mitochondrion. 2007 Jun;7 Suppl(Suppl):S122-6. doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2007.03.004. Epub 2007 Mar 27.

Abstract

Deficiency of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) in muscle has been associated with a spectrum of diseases including infantile-onset multi-systemic diseases, encephalomyopathies with recurrent myobinuria, cerebellar ataxia, and pure myopathy. CoQ10 deficiency predominantly affects children, but patients have presented with adult-onset cerebellar ataxia or myopathy. Mutations in the CoQ10 biosynthetic genes, COQ2 and PDSS2, have been identified in children with the infantile form of CoQ10 deficiency; however, the molecular genetic bases of adult-onset CoQ10 deficiency remains undefined.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebellar Ataxia / diagnosis
  • Cerebellar Ataxia / metabolism
  • Electron Transport
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies / diagnosis
  • Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies / metabolism
  • Models, Biological
  • Models, Chemical
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism
  • Muscles / metabolism
  • Muscles / pathology
  • Muscular Diseases / diagnosis
  • Muscular Diseases / metabolism
  • Ubiquinone / analysis*
  • Ubiquinone / deficiency*

Substances

  • Ubiquinone