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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
Autosomal forms of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (AD-/AR-EDMD) and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1B (LGMD1B) are caused by mutations in the gene encoding A-type lamins (LMNA). A-type lamins are major components of nuclear lamina and known to have important roles in maintaining nuclear integrity. LMNA mutations are also suggested to cause reduced myogenic differentiation potentials, implying that satellite cell nuclei in AD-EDMD/LGMD1B are likewise affected. We examined nuclear changes of skeletal muscles including satellite cells from four patients with AD-EDMD/LGMD1B by light and electron microscopy. We found that 92.5+/-5.0% of myonuclei had structural abnormalities, including shape irregularity and/or chromatin disorganization, and the presence of peri-/intranuclear vacuoles. Chromatin changes were also observed in 50% of the satellite cell nuclei. Increased number of Pax7-positive nuclei, but fewer number of MyoD-positive nuclei were seen on immunohistochemical analyses, suggesting functional alteration of satellite cells in addition to the nuclear morphological changes in AD-EDMD/LGMD1B.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0960-8966
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
29-36
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Child, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Chromosome Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Genes, Recessive, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Lamin Type A, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-MyoD Protein, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-PAX7 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle, pubmed-meshheading:19070492-Vacuoles
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Nuclear changes in skeletal muscle extend to satellite cells in autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy/limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 1B.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-higashi, Kodaira, 187-8502 Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't