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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-10
pubmed:abstractText
We found a variable defect of complex I of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, ranging in severity from 25% to 63% of control values, in muscle of patients with Huntington's disease (HD). The most severe defect was observed in the patient with the greatest expansion of CAG triplets. Muscle morphology showed myopathic changes such as moth-eaten fibers, angulated fibers, increased subsarcolemmal oxidative activities, or an increased number of enlarged mitochondria with abnormal cristae. Multiple mitochondrial DNA deletions were found by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis in muscle of the patient with the most severe defect of complex I. Our data further support the involvement of energetic defects and oxidative damage in muscle of patients with HD.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0364-5134
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
397-400
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Complex I defect in muscle from patients with Huntington's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro de Investigación and Unidad de Neuropatología, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't