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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
In a fine structural and immunocytochemical study, the latter performed on semithin sections of epoxy resin embedded skeletal muscle fibers, three types of cytoplasmic bodies were identified in a case of cytoplasmic body myopathy: (1) The first type, the classical type, showed a central core and a light halo with radiating actin filaments at the periphery. (2) The second type, the spheroid body was characterized by irregularly arranged granular masses associated with intermediate filaments. Desmin immunoreactivity occurred in the central and peripheral parts, where filaments of intermediate size were visualized by electron microscopy. Desmin immunoreactivity was noted also at the Z-bands of striated annulets, within areas of disordered myofibrils, such as sarcoplasmic masses, and in atrophic muscle fibers. (3) The third type of the cytoplasmic body was composed mainly of large masses of uneven granularity and electron density. The center of this type reacted to anti-actin antibody suggesting that the 5- to 6-nm filaments, which ultrastructurally proved to be a major component, were of the actin type. By contrast, neither intermediate filaments nor actin microfilaments were found by electron microscopy in cytoplasmic bodies in a second case where no immunoreaction to desmin or actin occurred. Anti-vimentin antibody stained only the cytoplasm of endomysial cells, but not the inclusion bodies. Some other, unusual inclusions with 18- to 20-nm tubulo-filamentous structures have to be distinguished from the various types of filaments in cytoplasmic bodies. It is concluded, that pleomorphism and heterogeneity of "cytoplasmic bodies" have to be taken into consideration when classifying cytoplasmic body myopathies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6322
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
406-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Desmin and actin associated with cytoplasmic bodies in skeletal muscle fibers: immunocytochemical and fine structural studies, with a note on unusual 18- to 20-nm filaments.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Neuropathologie der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't