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Hirasawa-Inoue A, Sato N, Shigemoto Y, Kimura Y, Ishiyama A, Takeshita E, Mori-Yoshimura M, Oya Y, Takahashi Y, Komaki H, Matsuda H, Sasaki M. New MRI Findings in Fukuyama Congenital Muscular Dystrophy: Brain Stem and Venous System Anomalies. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:1094-1098. [PMID: 32439644 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Leptomeningeal glioneuronal heterotopia of the brain stem and cerebral migration abnormality were pathologically reported in Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy, but the radiologic assessments of the brain stem and cerebral venous system (which may be involved in the development of the anomaly) were insufficient. Here, we evaluated the brain stem and cerebral veins on MR imaging in patients with Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the MR imaging findings of 27 patients with Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy. We visually assessed the hypoplasia, superficial structures, and signal intensity of the brain stem on T2WI, FLAIR, and double inversion recovery images and the cerebral, superficial, and deep veins with and without hemorrhage on T2WI and SWI. RESULTS Brain stem fluffy structures were seen in 96.3% of the cases on T2WI. Superficial high signal intensity on T2WI and FLAIR images was seen in 96.3% and 92.6%, respectively. Abnormally located superficial vessels beneath the cortex were seen in 11.1% on T2WI. Hypoplasia of the superficial cerebral veins was noted in all patients who underwent SWI. Dilated and tortuous subependymal veins were seen in 40.0% on SWI. Hemorrhages were seen in 11.1% on T2WI and in 60.0% on SWI. CONCLUSIONS Superficial brain stem structural and signal abnormalities would be useful MR imaging findings to diagnose Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy as well as venous system abnormalities. Clinicians must keep in mind that this disease has a high risk of hemorrhage.
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- A Hirasawa-Inoue
- From the Departments of Child Neurology (A.H.-I., A.I., E.T., H.K., M.S.)
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- Radiology (N.S., Y.S., Y.K.)
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (A.H.-I., A.I., E.T., H.K., M.S.)
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (A.H.-I., A.I., E.T., H.K., M.S.)
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- Neurology (M.M.-Y., Y.O., Y.T.)
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (A.H.-I., A.I., E.T., H.K., M.S.).,National Center Hospital, Translational Medical Center (H.K.)
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- Integrative Brain Imaging Center (H.M.), National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- From the Departments of Child Neurology (A.H.-I., A.I., E.T., H.K., M.S.)
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Colognato H, ffrench-Constant C, Feltri ML. Human diseases reveal novel roles for neural laminins. Trends Neurosci 2005; 28:480-6. [PMID: 16043237 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2005.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2005] [Revised: 06/27/2005] [Accepted: 07/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Extracellular matrix molecules such as laminins have a central role in regulating cell behaviour. However, our understanding of their functions in the mammalian nervous system is incomplete. It is important to establish these functions, both for an understanding of normal development and to devise strategies to enhance repair. Here, we review how insights gained from human diseases caused by genetic mutations in laminins or their receptors have revealed significant and sometimes unexpected roles for laminins in neural stem cells, migrating neurons and myelinating glia, in both the PNS and CNS.
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- Holly Colognato
- Department of Pharmacology, SUNY-Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Kunz S, Rojek JM, Perez M, Spiropoulou CF, Oldstone MBA. Characterization of the interaction of lassa fever virus with its cellular receptor alpha-dystroglycan. J Virol 2005; 79:5979-87. [PMID: 15857984 PMCID: PMC1091707 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.10.5979-5987.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cellular receptor for the Old World arenaviruses Lassa fever virus (LFV) and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) has recently been identified as alpha-dystroglycan (alpha-DG), a cell surface receptor that provides a molecular link between the extracellular matrix and the actin-based cytoskeleton. In the present study, we show that LFV binds to alpha-DG with high affinity in the low-nanomolar range. Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotyped with LFV glycoprotein (GP) adopted the receptor binding characteristics of LFV and depended on alpha-DG for infection of cells. Mapping of the binding site of LFV on alpha-DG revealed that LFV binding required the same domains of alpha-DG that are involved in the binding of LCMV. Further, LFV was found to efficiently compete with laminin alpha1 and alpha2 chains for alpha-DG binding. Together with our previous studies on receptor binding of the prototypic immunosuppressive LCMV isolate LCMV clone 13, these findings indicate a high degree of conservation in the receptor binding characteristics between the highly human-pathogenic LFV and murine-immunosuppressive LCMV isolates.
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- Stefan Kunz
- Division of Virology, Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Yin Y, Kikkawa Y, Mudd JL, Skarnes WC, Sanes JR, Miner JH. Expression of laminin chains by central neurons: analysis with gene and protein trapping techniques. Genesis 2003; 36:114-27. [PMID: 12820173 DOI: 10.1002/gene.10206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Laminins exert numerous effects on neurons in vitro, but expression of laminin subunit genes by neurons in vivo remains controversial. To reexamine this issue, we generated mice from ES cells in which the laminin alpha1, alpha5, beta1, and gamma1 genes had been "trapped" by insertion of a histochemically detectable selectable marker, betageo (beta-galactosidase fused to neomycin phosphotransferase). The presence of laminin-betageo fusion proteins was assayed histochemically and immunochemically, revealing expression of laminin beta1 and gamma1 genes, but not alpha chain genes, by defined subsets of neurons in brain and retina. We also used the gene traps in a novel way to assay expression of endogenous laminin subunits, which were barely detectable by ordinary immunohistochemical methods. The trapping vector included a transmembrane domain that anchors proteins otherwise destined for secretion. Laminin alpha/beta/gamma heterotrimers are assembled intracellularly, and we show that the trapped laminin gamma1 fusion protein "co-trapped" endogenous beta1 intracellularly. The laminin gamma1 fusion was also able to co-trap transgene-derived alpha chains, but we detected no co-trapped endogenous alpha chains. The co-trapping method may be generally useful for identifying proteins or isolating protein complexes associated with trapped gene products.
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- Yong Yin
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Yamamoto T, Shibata N, Kobayashi M, Saito K, Osawa M. Oxidative stress in the brain of Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy: immunohistochemical study on astrocytes. J Child Neurol 2002; 17:793-9. [PMID: 12585716 DOI: 10.1177/08830738020170110701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Astrocytes in the cerebrum and medulla oblongata of cases of Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy were examined by immunohistochemistry of oxidative modification products and free-radical scavenging enzymes because abnormal glia limitans formed by astrocytic end feet is considered to be involved in the genesis of brain lesions of Fukuywama type congenital muscular dystrophy. The study was performed on two fetal cases of Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy of 18 and 20 weeks' gestation and seven patients with Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy ranging in age from 2 to 27 years. Eight age-matched control cases were used. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed to ascertain the gene phenotype of two child cases, in which prenatal gene analysis was not performed. Astrocytes, especially layer I astrocytes, of postnatal cases of Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy were weakly positivefor Nepsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine and argpyrimidine, suggesting that they were sensitive to oxidative stress, and the accumulation may be related to the abnormal glia limitans. Secondary increase of manganese (Mn) superoxide dismutase against the increase of free radicals was considered in patients with Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy more than 14 years old considered to be homozygous for founder haplotype: homozygosity was suggested by PCR in two cases. In contrast, expression of Mn superoxide dismutase was decreased in 2- and 6-year-old children with Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy that were heterozygous. Moreover, accumulation of argpyrimidine was exclusively found in astrocytes of the 2-year-old child that exhibited severe brain lesions. Function of astrocytes might be impaired or immature in severe or heterozygous cases. These results may confirm that astrocytes play an important role in the etiology of the brain lesion.
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- Tomoko Yamamoto
- Department of Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
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Anlar B, Atilla P, Cakar AN, Kose MF, Beksaç MS, Dagdeviren A, Akçören Z. Expression of adhesion and extracellular matrix molecules in the developing human brain. J Child Neurol 2002; 17:707-13. [PMID: 12503652 DOI: 10.1177/088307380201700913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Cell adhesion molecules and extracellular matrix molecules have important roles in cell migration and connection. Their developmental expression has not been fully described in humans. In this report, these molecules were examined by immunohistochemistry in frontal tissue samples from 14- to 28-week-old fetuses aborted for obstetric reasons (n = 20) and four fetuses with nervous system abnormalities. Neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM), tenascin, and laminin were expressed after 17 weeks. Neural cell adhesion molecule was observed in the neuropil, whereas tenascin and laminin also had cellular and vascular expression. Thrombospondin and fibronectin, apparent after 14 weeks, showed a redistribution from periventricular to outer cortical layers after midgestation. N-cadherin and integrin were observed in mid- and late gestation. Maternal or environmental conditions seemed to influence the pattern of expression. Fetuses with nervous system abnormalities had altered expression of several molecules. The descriptive data obtained in this study might constitute a basis for further studies investigating the role of these molecules in developmental abnormalities of the brain.
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- Banu Anlar
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
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Hosokawa H, Ninomiya H, Kitamura Y, Fujiwara K, Masaki T. Vascular endothelial cells that express dystroglycan are involved in angiogenesis. J Cell Sci 2002; 115:1487-96. [PMID: 11896196 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.115.7.1487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have earlier shown that dystroglycan (DG) is a lamininbinding protein and as such is a cell adhesion molecule. DG is a heterodimer of α andβ DG subunits. β-dystroglycan (βDG) is the membrane spanning subunit, whereas the α subunit is bound to the extracellular domain ofβDG. To study physiological function of the protein, we expressed full-length DG (FL-DG) and the cytoplasmic domain of βDG(ΔβDG) in bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAE) and examined their effects on cell adhesion, migration, proliferation and tube formation. FL-DG enhanced adhesion of BAE to laminin-1, whereas ΔβDG inhibited it. Cell migration was inhibited by overexpressing ΔβDG in these cells,although it was not affected by FL-DG overexpression. In a proliferation assay, FL-DG decreased the growth rate, and it also caused cells to extensively spread. ΔβDG caused opposite effects; it increased the growth rate and reduced the cell surface area. In a tube formation assay on Matrigel, FL-DG caused an obvious inhibition, whereas ΔβDG accelerated tube formation. These results suggest a potential role of endothelial dystroglycan in the control of angiogenesis. Anti-βDG immunohistochemistry indicated increased expression of DG in vascular endothelial cells within malignant tumors. By contrast, the antibody failed to stain endothelial cells in normal tissues. In cultured BAE, the level ofβDG was low in serum-deprived quiescent cells and was upregulated in proliferating cells. Our results suggest that the expression of DG in endothelial cells is under a dynamic regulation and may play a role in angiogenesis.
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- Hiroshi Hosokawa
- Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester NY 14642-8679, USA
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Hino N, Kobayashi M, Shibata N, Yamamoto T, Saito K, Osawa M. Clinicopathological study on eyes from cases of Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy. Brain Dev 2001; 23:97-107. [PMID: 11248458 DOI: 10.1016/s0387-7604(01)00189-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by progressive muscular dystrophy and dysgenesis of the central nervous system and eyes. To clarify the pathomechanism of the ocular involvement in FCMD, we performed postmortem pathological analyses of eyes from three postnatal FCMD cases, two fetal FCMD cases, and three control cases by macroscopic, histopathological, immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization approaches. The macroscopic and histopathological examinations revealed a variety of ocular abnormalities such as folding, fusion or dysplasia of the retinas in the FCMD cases both with and without ophthalmological alterations. Immunoreactivities for collagen IV and laminin, produced by Müller cells, as the basement membrane components, were less intense in the inner limiting membrane of the FCMD retinas than in that of the control retinas. A number of the perivascular glial cells containing S-100 protein and glial fibrillary acidic protein were increased in the postnatal FCMD cases. Immunoreactivities for vimentin, glutamate transporter-1, glutamine synthase and ornithine aminotransferase, expressed in the Müller cells, were undetectable in the fetal FCMD retinas, and reduced in the postnatal FCMD retinas compared with the control retinas. Fukutin mRNA signals were distributed diffusely in the retinoblast layer of the control retinas, focally in the retinoblast layer of the fetal FCMD retinas, and only in the dysplastic areas with rosette formation of the postnatal FCMD retinas, composed of retinoblasts and other retinal cells including the Müller cells. The present findings suggest that the Müller cells are implicated in the retinal pathology of FCMD.
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- N Hino
- Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Kawada-cho 8-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
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Saito Y, Mizuguchi M, Oka A, Takashima S. Fukutin protein is expressed in neurons of the normal developing human brain but is reduced in Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy brain. Ann Neurol 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200006)47:6<756::aid-ana8>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Koch M, Olson PF, Albus A, Jin W, Hunter DD, Brunken WJ, Burgeson RE, Champliaud MF. Characterization and expression of the laminin gamma3 chain: a novel, non-basement membrane-associated, laminin chain. J Cell Biol 1999; 145:605-18. [PMID: 10225960 PMCID: PMC2185082 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.3.605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Laminins are heterotrimeric molecules composed of an alpha, a beta, and a gamma chain; they have broad functional roles in development and in stabilizing epithelial structures. Here, we identified a novel laminin, composed of known alpha and beta chains but containing a novel gamma chain, gamma3. We have cloned gene encoding this chain, LAMC3, which maps to chromosome 9 at q31-34. Protein and cDNA analyses demonstrate that gamma3 contains all the expected domains of a gamma chain, including two consensus glycosylation sites and a putative nidogen-binding site. This suggests that gamma3-containing laminins are likely to exist in a stable matrix. Studies of the tissue distribution of gamma3 chain show that it is broadly expressed in: skin, heart, lung, and the reproductive tracts. In skin, gamma3 protein is seen within the basement membrane of the dermal-epidermal junction at points of nerve penetration. The gamma3 chain is also a prominent element of the apical surface of ciliated epithelial cells of: lung, oviduct, epididymis, ductus deferens, and seminiferous tubules. The distribution of gamma3-containing laminins on the apical surfaces of a variety of epithelial tissues is novel and suggests that they are not found within ultrastructurally defined basement membranes. It seems likely that these apical laminins are important in the morphogenesis and structural stability of the ciliated processes of these cells.
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- M Koch
- The Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
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Shimizu H, Hosokawa H, Ninomiya H, Miner JH, Masaki T. Adhesion of cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells to laminin-1 mediated by dystroglycan. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:11995-2000. [PMID: 10207021 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.17.11995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Expression of dystroglycan (DG) by cultured bovine aortic endothelial (BAE) cells was confirmed by cDNA cloning from a BAE cDNA library, Northern blotting of mRNA, Western blotting of membrane proteins, and double immunostaining with antibodies against betaDG and platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1. Immunocytochemical analysis revealed localization of DG in multiple plaques on the basal side of resting cells. This patchy distribution was obscured in migrating cells, in which the most prominent staining was observed in the trailing edge anchoring the cells to the substratum. Biotin-labeled laminin-1 overlay assay of dissociated BAE membrane proteins indicated the interaction of laminin-1 with alphaDG. The laminin alpha5 globular domain fragment expressed in bacteria and labeled with biotin could also bind alphaDG on the membrane blot, and the unlabeled fragment disrupted the binding of biotin-laminin-1 to alphaDG. The interaction of biotin-laminin-1 with alphaDG was inhibited by soluble alphaDG contained in the conditioned medium from DG cDNA-transfected BAE cells and by a series of glycosaminoglycans (heparin, dextran sulfate, and fucoidan). Soluble alphaDG in the conditioned medium inhibited the adhesion of BAE cells to laminin-1-coated dishes, whereas it had no effect on their adhesion to fibronectin. All three glycosaminoglycans that disrupted the biotin-laminin-1 binding to alphaDG inhibited BAE cell adhesion to laminin-1, whereas they failed to inhibit the adhesion to fibronectin. These results indicate a role of DG as a non-integrin laminin receptor involved in vascular endothelial cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix.
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- H Shimizu
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
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Taratuto AL, Lubieniecki F, Díaz D, Schultz M, Ruggieri V, Saccoliti M, Dubrovsky A. Merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy associated with abnormal cerebral cortical gyration: an autopsy study. Neuromuscul Disord 1999; 9:86-94. [PMID: 10220863 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-8966(98)00112-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We report clinical, biopsy and autopsy findings in a merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) infant with abnormal cortical gyration. Brain showed polymicrogyria and occipital agyria with marginal neuroglial heterotopia and inferior vermis hypoplasia. There was a normal pattern of myelination consistent with early age. Laminin alpha 2 chain was also absent in myocardium, brain pial-glial membrane, brain and skin blood vessels as well as intramuscular and skin nerves. Occasional basal lamina gaps were found in muscle fibres but not in brain-blood vessels. This is the first autopsy study in a merosin-deficient CMD case with abnormal cortical gyration.
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- A L Taratuto
- National Pediatric Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Yamamoto T, Armstrong D, Shibata N, Kanazawa M, Kobayashi M. Immature astrocytes in Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy: an immunohistochemical study. Pediatr Neurol 1999; 20:31-7. [PMID: 10029257 DOI: 10.1016/s0887-8994(98)00089-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Recent studies of Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy have focused on abnormalities of the basement membrane in muscle and brain. The cerebral cortex has a unique basement membrane at the glia limitans, which is intimately related to astrocytes in the developing brain, and the basement membrane may be partially produced by the astrocyte. In this study the cerebral astrocytes in six patients with Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy, including two fetal patients, were characterized by immunohistochemical study. In fetal Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy, astrocytes reacted less to antibodies of glial fibrillary acidic protein, S-100 protein, and alphaB-crystallin than control astrocytes, but in postnatal Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy, astrocytes reacted more to these antibodies and displayed beading of processes. Moreover, vimentin was positive in the astrocytes of two postnatal Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy patients. This astrocytic appearance may suggest immaturity of astrocytes in Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy. Astrocytes exhibiting beaded cytoplasmic processes were prominent at the subpia of the cortex and around vessels. The authors hypothesize that these immature astrocytes are unable to participate in the function of the cortical basement membrane, which is defective in Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy. Studies of neurons and meninges were similar to those of control subjects.
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- T Yamamoto
- Department of Pathology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan
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Positive and negative cis-acting regulatory elements mediate expression of the mouse vascular smooth muscle alpha-actin gene. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)49796-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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