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Finsterer J. Camptocormia due to myotinilopathy, Parkinson's disease, or both? : Camptocormia and axial myopathy. Neurol Res Pract 2023; 5:45. [PMID: 37705100 PMCID: PMC10500798 DOI: 10.1186/s42466-023-00276-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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- Josef Finsterer
- Neurology & Neurophysiology Center, Postfach 20, 1180, Vienna, Austria.
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Sellung D, Heil L, Daya N, Jacobsen F, Mertens-Rill J, Zhuge H, Döring K, Piran M, Milting H, Unger A, Linke WA, Kley R, Preusse C, Roos A, Fürst DO, Ven PFMVD, Vorgerd M. Novel Filamin C Myofibrillar Myopathy Variants Cause Different Pathomechanisms and Alterations in Protein Quality Systems. Cells 2023; 12:cells12091321. [PMID: 37174721 PMCID: PMC10177260 DOI: 10.3390/cells12091321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Myofibrillar myopathies (MFM) are a group of chronic muscle diseases pathophysiologically characterized by accumulation of protein aggregates and structural failure of muscle fibers. A subtype of MFM is caused by heterozygous mutations in the filamin C (FLNC) gene, exhibiting progressive muscle weakness, muscle structural alterations and intracellular protein accumulations. Here, we characterize in depth the pathogenicity of two novel truncating FLNc variants (p.Q1662X and p.Y2704X) and assess their distinct effect on FLNc stability and distribution as well as their impact on protein quality system (PQS) pathways. Both variants cause a slowly progressive myopathy with disease onset in adulthood, chronic myopathic alterations in muscle biopsy including the presence of intracellular protein aggregates. Our analyses revealed that p.Q1662X results in FLNc haploinsufficiency and p.Y2704X in a dominant-negative FLNc accumulation. Moreover, both protein-truncating variants cause different PQS alterations: p.Q1662X leads to an increase in expression of several genes involved in the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) and the chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA) system, whereas p.Y2704X results in increased abundance of proteins involved in UPS activation and autophagic buildup. We conclude that truncating FLNC variants might have different pathogenetic consequences and impair PQS function by diverse mechanisms and to varying extents. Further studies on a larger number of patients are necessary to confirm our observations.
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- Dominik Sellung
- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, St. Marien-Hospital Borken, 46325 Borken, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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Muravyev A, Vershinina T, Tesner P, Sjoberg G, Fomicheva Y, Čajbiková NN, Kozyreva A, Zhuk S, Mamaeva E, Tarnovskaya S, Jornholt J, Sokolnikova P, Pervunina T, Vasichkina E, Sejersen T, Kostareva A. Rare clinical phenotype of filaminopathy presenting as restrictive cardiomyopathy and myopathy in childhood. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2022; 17:358. [PMID: 36104822 PMCID: PMC9476594 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-022-02477-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background FLNC is one of the few genes associated with all types of cardiomyopathies, but it also underlies neuromuscular phenotype. The combination of concomitant neuromuscular and cardiac involvement is not often observed in filaminopathies and the impact of this on the disease prognosis has hitherto not been analyzed. Results Here we provide a detailed clinical, genetic, and structural prediction analysis of distinct FLNC-associated phenotypes based on twelve pediatric cases. They include early-onset restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) in association with congenital myopathy. In all patients the initial diagnosis was established during the first year of life and in five out of twelve (41.7%) patients the first symptoms were observed at birth. RCM was present in all patients, often in combination with septal defects. No ventricular arrhythmias were noted in any of the patients presented here. Myopathy was confirmed by neurological examination, electromyography, and morphological studies. Arthrogryposes was diagnosed in six patients and remained clinically meaningful with increasing age in three of them. One patient underwent successful heart transplantation at the age of 18 years and two patients are currently included in the waiting list for heart transplantation. Two died due to congestive heart failure. One patient had ICD instally as primary prevention of SCD. In ten out of twelve patients the disease was associated with missense variants and only in two cases loss of function variants were detected. In half of the described cases, an amino acid substitution A1186V, altering the structure of IgFLNc10, was found. Conclusions The present description of twelve cases of early-onset restrictive cardiomyopathy with congenital myopathy and FLNC mutation, underlines a distinct unique phenotype that can be suggested as a separate clinical form of filaminopathies. Amino acid substitution A1186V, which was observed in half of the cases, defines a mutational hotspot for the reported combination of myopathy and cardiomyopathy. Several independent molecular mechanisms of FLNC mutations linked to filamin structure and function can explain the broad spectrum of FLNC-associated phenotypes. Early disease presentation and unfavorable prognosis of heart failure demanding heart transplantation make awareness of this clinical form of filaminopathy of great clinical importance. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13023-022-02477-5.
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Fadel S, Walker AE. The Postmortem Interpretation of Cardiac Genetic Variants of Unknown Significance in Sudden Death in the Young: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Acad Forensic Pathol 2021; 10:166-175. [PMID: 33815637 DOI: 10.1177/1925362120984868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in adolescents and young adults is a major traumatic event for families and communities. In these cases, it is not uncommon to have a negative autopsy with structurally and histologically normal heart. Such SCD cases are generally attributed to channelopathies, which include long QT syndrome, short QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Our understanding of the causes for SCDs has changed significantly with the advancements in molecular and genetic studies, where many mutations are now known to be associated with certain channelopathies. Postmortem analysis provides great value in informing decision-making with regard to screening tests and prophylactic measures that should be taken to prevent sudden death in first degree relatives of the decedent. As this is a rapidly advancing field, our ability to identify genetic mutations has surpassed our ability to interpret them. This led to a unique challenge in genetic testing called variants of unknown significance (VUS). VUSs present a diagnostic dilemma and uncertainty for clinicians and patients with regard to next steps. Caution should be exercised when interpreting VUSs since misinterpretation can result in mismanagement of patients and their families. A case of a young adult man with drowning as his proximate cause of death is presented in circumstances where cardiac genetic testing was indicated and undertaken. Eight VUSs in genes implicated in inheritable cardiac dysfunction were identified and the interpretation of VUSs in this scenario is discussed.
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The Role of Z-disc Proteins in Myopathy and Cardiomyopathy. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22063058. [PMID: 33802723 PMCID: PMC8002584 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22063058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The Z-disc acts as a protein-rich structure to tether thin filament in the contractile units, the sarcomeres, of striated muscle cells. Proteins found in the Z-disc are integral for maintaining the architecture of the sarcomere. They also enable it to function as a (bio-mechanical) signalling hub. Numerous proteins interact in the Z-disc to facilitate force transduction and intracellular signalling in both cardiac and skeletal muscle. This review will focus on six key Z-disc proteins: α-actinin 2, filamin C, myopalladin, myotilin, telethonin and Z-disc alternatively spliced PDZ-motif (ZASP), which have all been linked to myopathies and cardiomyopathies. We will summarise pathogenic variants identified in the six genes coding for these proteins and look at their involvement in myopathy and cardiomyopathy. Listing the Minor Allele Frequency (MAF) of these variants in the Genome Aggregation Database (GnomAD) version 3.1 will help to critically re-evaluate pathogenicity based on variant frequency in normal population cohorts.
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Roldán-Sevilla A, Palomino-Doza J, de Juan J, Sánchez V, Domínguez-González C, Salguero-Bodes R, Arribas-Ynsaurriaga F. Missense Mutations in the FLNC Gene Causing Familial Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. CIRCULATION-GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE 2020; 12:e002388. [PMID: 30919686 DOI: 10.1161/circgen.118.002388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Alvaro Roldán-Sevilla
- Cardiology Department, Hereditary Cardiopathies Unit (A.R.-S., J.P.-D., R.S.-B., F.A.-Y.)
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- Cardiology Department, Hereditary Cardiopathies Unit (A.R.-S., J.P.-D., R.S.-B., F.A.-Y.).,Instituto de investigación 12 de Octubre i+12 (J.P.-D., J.d.J., V.S., C.D.-G., R.S.-B., F.A.-Y.).,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain (J.P.-D., V.S., F.A.-Y.)
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- Cardiology Department, Cardiac Failure Unit, Hospital universitario 12 de Octubre (J.d.J.).,Instituto de investigación 12 de Octubre i+12 (J.P.-D., J.d.J., V.S., C.D.-G., R.S.-B., F.A.-Y.)
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- Cardiology Department, Imaging Unit, University Hospital 12 de Octubre (V.S.).,Instituto de investigación 12 de Octubre i+12 (J.P.-D., J.d.J., V.S., C.D.-G., R.S.-B., F.A.-Y.).,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain (J.P.-D., V.S., F.A.-Y.)
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- Neurology Department, Neuromuscular disorders Unit, Hospital Univeritario 12 de Octubre, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (C.D.-G.).,Instituto de investigación 12 de Octubre i+12 (J.P.-D., J.d.J., V.S., C.D.-G., R.S.-B., F.A.-Y.)
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- Cardiology Department, Hereditary Cardiopathies Unit (A.R.-S., J.P.-D., R.S.-B., F.A.-Y.).,Instituto de investigación 12 de Octubre i+12 (J.P.-D., J.d.J., V.S., C.D.-G., R.S.-B., F.A.-Y.)
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- Cardiology Department, Hereditary Cardiopathies Unit (A.R.-S., J.P.-D., R.S.-B., F.A.-Y.).,Instituto de investigación 12 de Octubre i+12 (J.P.-D., J.d.J., V.S., C.D.-G., R.S.-B., F.A.-Y.).,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain (J.P.-D., V.S., F.A.-Y.)
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Structure and Function of Filamin C in the Muscle Z-Disc. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21082696. [PMID: 32295012 PMCID: PMC7216277 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21082696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Filamin C (FLNC) is one of three filamin proteins (Filamin A (FLNA), Filamin B (FLNB), and FLNC) that cross-link actin filaments and interact with numerous binding partners. FLNC consists of a N-terminal actin-binding domain followed by 24 immunoglobulin-like repeats with two intervening calpain-sensitive hinges separating R15 and R16 (hinge 1) and R23 and R24 (hinge-2). The FLNC subunit is dimerized through R24 and calpain cleaves off the dimerization domain to regulate mobility of the FLNC subunit. FLNC is localized in the Z-disc due to the unique insertion of 82 amino acid residues in repeat 20 and necessary for normal Z-disc formation that connect sarcomeres. Since phosphorylation of FLNC by PKC diminishes the calpain sensitivity, assembly, and disassembly of the Z-disc may be regulated by phosphorylation of FLNC. Mutations of FLNC result in cardiomyopathy and muscle weakness. Although this review will focus on the current understanding of FLNC structure and functions in muscle, we will also discuss other filamins because they share high sequence similarity and are better characterized. We will also discuss a possible role of FLNC as a mechanosensor during muscle contraction.
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Brun F, Gigli M, Graw SL, Judge DP, Merlo M, Murray B, Calkins H, Sinagra G, Taylor MR, Mestroni L, James CA. FLNC truncations cause arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. J Med Genet 2020; 57:254-257. [PMID: 31924696 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 10/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a heart muscle disease that affects predominantly the right ventricle and is part of the spectrum of arrythmogenic cardiomyopathies (ACMs). ARVC is a genetic condition; however, a pathogenic gene variant is found in only half of patients. OBJECTIVE Filamin C gene truncations (FLNCtv) have recently been identified in dilated cardiomyopathy with ventricular arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death, a phenotype partially overlapping with ARVC and part of the ACM spectrum. We hypothesised that FLNCtv could be a novel gene associated with ARVC. METHODS One hundred fifty-six patients meeting 2010 ARVC Task Force Criteria and lacking variants in known ARVC genes were evaluated for FLNC variants. Available family members were tested for cosegregation. RESULTS We identified two unique FLNCtv variants in two families (c.6565 G>T, p.Glu2189Ter and c.8107delG, p.Asp2703ThrfsTer69), with phenotypes of dominant RV disease fulfilling 'definite' diagnosis of ARVC according to the 2010 Task Force Criteria. Variants in other cardiomyopathy genes were excluded in both kindreds, and segregation analysis revealed that p.Asp2703ThrfsTer69 was a de novo variant. In both families, the disease phenotype was characterised by prominent ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac arrest. CONCLUSION The identification of FLNCtv as a novel cause of ARVC in two unrelated families expands the spectrum of ARVC non-desmosome disease genes for this disorder. Our findings should prompt inclusion of FLNC genetic testing in ARVC to improve diagnostic yield and testing of at-risk relatives in ARVC.
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- Francesca Brun
- Cardiovascular Department and Department of Medical Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department and Department of Medical Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Cardiovascular Department and Department of Medical Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Cardiovascular Department and Department of Medical Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.,Adult Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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A mutation in the filamin c gene causes myofibrillar myopathy with lower motor neuron syndrome: a case report. BMC Neurol 2019; 19:198. [PMID: 31421687 PMCID: PMC6697925 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-019-1410-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Myofibrillar myopathies (MFMs) are a genetically heterogeneous group of muscle disorders. Mutations in the filamin C gene (FLNC) have previously been identified in patients with MFM. The phenotypes of FLNC-related MFM are heterogeneous. Case presentation The patient was a 37-year-old male who first experienced weakness in the distal muscles of his hand, which eventually spread to the lower limbs and proximal muscles. Serum creatine kinase levels were moderately elevated. Obvious neuropathic changes in the electromyographic exam and edema changes in lower distal limb magnetic resonance imaging were observed. Histopathological examination revealed the presence of abnormal protein aggregates and angular atrophy in some muscle fibers. Ultrastructural analysis showed inordinate myofibrillar structures and dissolved myofilaments. DNA sequencing analysis detected a heterozygous missense mutation (c.7123G > A, p.V2375I) in the immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain 21 of FLNC. Conclusions FLNC mutation c.7123G > A, p.V2375I in the immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain 21 can be associated with distal myopathy with typical MFM features and lower motor neuron syndrome. Although electromyographic examination of our patient showed obvious neuropathic changes, MFM could not be excluded. Therefore, genetic testing is necessary to make an accurate diagnosis. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12883-019-1410-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Ahamed H, Subramanian M. Letter by Ahamed and Subramanian Regarding Article "Missense Mutations in the FLNC Gene Causing Familial Restrictive Cardiomyopathy". CIRCULATION-GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE 2019; 12:e002587. [PMID: 31306059 DOI: 10.1161/circgen.119.002587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Hisham Ahamed
- Department of Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India
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Ader F, Villard E, Ledeuil C, Charron P, Richard P. [Genotype-phenotype correlations of pathogenic variants in the FLNC gene]. Med Sci (Paris) 2018; 34 Hors série n°2:39-41. [PMID: 30418145 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/201834s211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Flavie Ader
- Unité Fonctionnelle de Cardiogénétique et Myogénétique, Centre de Génétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière - Charles Foix, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Inserm, UMR_S 1166 and ICAN Institute for Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France
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- Unité Fonctionnelle de Cardiogénétique et Myogénétique, Centre de Génétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière - Charles Foix, Paris France
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- APHP, Centre de référence pour les maladies cardiaques héréditaires, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Unité Fonctionnelle de Cardiogénétique et Myogénétique, Centre de Génétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière - Charles Foix, Paris, France
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Schubert J, Tariq M, Geddes G, Kindel S, Miller EM, Ware SM. Novel pathogenic variants in filamin C identified in pediatric restrictive cardiomyopathy. Hum Mutat 2018; 39:2083-2096. [DOI: 10.1002/humu.23661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Jeffrey Schubert
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Biochemistry; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Cincinnati Ohio
- Departments of Pediatrics and Medical and Molecular Genetics; Indiana University School of Medicine; Indianapolis Indiana
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- Faculty of Applied Medical Science; University of Tabuk; Tabuk Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pediatrics; Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee Wisconsin
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- Department of Pediatrics; Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee Wisconsin
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati Ohio
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Medical and Molecular Genetics; Indiana University School of Medicine; Indianapolis Indiana
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Miao J, Su FF, Liu XM, Wei XJ, Yuan Y, Yu XF. A case report: a heterozygous deletion (2791_2805 del) in exon 18 of the filamin C gene causing filamin C-related myofibrillar myopathies in a Chinese family. BMC Neurol 2018; 18:79. [PMID: 29866061 PMCID: PMC5985593 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-018-1078-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Filamin C-related myofibrillar myopathies (MFM) are progressive skeletal myopathies with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. The conditions are caused by mutations of the filamin C gene (FLNC) located in the chromosome 7q32-q35 region. Genetic variations in the FLNC gene result in various clinical phenotypes. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a 43-year-old woman who suffered filamin C-related MFM, with symptoms first presenting in the proximal muscles of the lower limbs and eventually spreading to the upper limbs and distal muscles. The patient's serum level of creatine kinase was mildly increased. Mildy myopathic changes in the electromyographic exam and moderate lipomatous alterations in lower limb MRI were found. Histopathological examination revealed increased muscle fiber size variability, disturbances in oxidative enzyme activity, and the presence of abnormal protein aggregates and vacuoles in some muscle fibers. Ultrastructural analysis showed inclusions composed of thin filaments and interspersed granular densities. DNA sequencing analysis detected a novel 15-nucleotide deletion (c.2791_2805del, p.931_935del) in the FLNC gene. The patient's father, sister, brother, three paternal aunts, one paternal uncle, and the uncle's son also had slowly progressive muscle weakness, and thus, we detected an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern of the disorder. CONCLUSIONS A novel heterogeneous 15-nucleotide deletion (c.2791_2805del, p.931_935del) in the Ig-like domain 7 of the FLNC gene was found to cause filamin C-related MFM. This deletion in the FLNC gene causes protein aggregation, abnormalities in muscle structure, and impairment in muscle fiber function, which leads to muscle weakness.
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- Jing Miao
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, #8 Xishiku St, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034 China
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin, People’s Republic of China
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Bouhy D, Juneja M, Katona I, Holmgren A, Asselbergh B, De Winter V, Hochepied T, Goossens S, Haigh JJ, Libert C, Ceuterick-de Groote C, Irobi J, Weis J, Timmerman V. A knock-in/knock-out mouse model of HSPB8-associated distal hereditary motor neuropathy and myopathy reveals toxic gain-of-function of mutant Hspb8. Acta Neuropathol 2018; 135:131-148. [PMID: 28780615 PMCID: PMC5756276 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-017-1756-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Revised: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Mutations in the small heat shock protein B8 gene (HSPB8/HSP22) have been associated with distal hereditary motor neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, and recently distal myopathy. It is so far not clear how mutant HSPB8 induces the neuronal and muscular phenotypes and if a common pathogenesis lies behind these diseases. Growing evidence points towards a role of HSPB8 in chaperone-associated autophagy, which has been shown to be a determinant for the clearance of poly-glutamine aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases but also for the maintenance of skeletal muscle myofibrils. To test this hypothesis and better dissect the pathomechanism of mutant HSPB8, we generated a new transgenic mouse model leading to the expression of the mutant protein (knock-in lines) or the loss-of-function (functional knock-out lines) of the endogenous protein Hspb8. While the homozygous knock-in mice developed motor deficits associated with degeneration of peripheral nerves and severe muscle atrophy corroborating patient data, homozygous knock-out mice had locomotor performances equivalent to those of wild-type animals. The distal skeletal muscles of the post-symptomatic homozygous knock-in displayed Z-disk disorganisation, granulofilamentous material accumulation along with Hspb8, αB-crystallin (HSPB5/CRYAB), and desmin aggregates. The presence of the aggregates correlated with reduced markers of effective autophagy. The sciatic nerve of the homozygous knock-in mice was characterized by low autophagy potential in pre-symptomatic and Hspb8 aggregates in post-symptomatic animals. On the other hand, the sciatic nerve of the homozygous knock-out mice presented a normal morphology and their distal muscle displayed accumulation of abnormal mitochondria but intact myofiber and Z-line organisation. Our data, therefore, suggest that toxic gain-of-function of mutant Hspb8 aggregates is a major contributor to the peripheral neuropathy and the myopathy. In addition, mutant Hspb8 induces impairments in autophagy that may aggravate the phenotype.
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- Delphine Bouhy
- Peripheral Neuropathy Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Institute Born Bunge, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Peripheral Neuropathy Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Institute Born Bunge, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Institute of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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- Peripheral Neuropathy Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Institute Born Bunge, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Peripheral Neuropathy Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Institute Born Bunge, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Transgenic Mouse Core Facility, VIB Inflammation Research Center, Gent, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
- Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
- Mammalian Functional Genetics Laboratory, Division of Blood Cancers, Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
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- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuromuscular Pathology, Institute Born-Bunge and Translational Neurosciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Neurofunctional Genomics, Biomedical Research Institute (BIOMED), Hasselt University/Transnational University Limburg, School of Life Sciences, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Institute of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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- Peripheral Neuropathy Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Institute Born Bunge, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Antwerpen, Belgium.
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Lian G, Kanaujia S, Wong T, Sheen V. FilaminA and Formin2 regulate skeletal, muscular, and intestinal formation through mesenchymal progenitor proliferation. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0189285. [PMID: 29240780 PMCID: PMC5730144 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
The effects of actin dependent molecular mechanisms in coordinating cellular proliferation, migration and differentiation during embryogenesis are not well-understood. We have previously shown that actin-binding Filamin A (FlnA) and actin-nucleating Formin 2 (Fmn2) influence the development of the brain causing microcephaly in mice. In this study, we broaden this phenotype to explore the effects of these two proteins in the development of extra-CNS organ systems, including the gut, muscle, and skeleton. We observed defects in rib and sternum midline closure leading to thoracoabdominal schisis in FlnA+Fmn2 knockout mice, reminiscent of the pentalogy of Cantrell syndrome. These mice exhibit shortened guts, as well as thinned thoracic muscle mass. Immunostaining showed these changes are partially caused by a decrease in the number of presumptive mesenchymal proliferating cells with loss of either FlnA or FlnA+Fmn2. This proliferation defect appears to be in part due to delayed differentiation in these regions. While both FlnA and FlnA+Fmn2 mice show reduced cell death relative to WT control, increased caspase staining was seen in the double null relative to FlnA null suggesting that this could also contribute to the FlnA+Fmn2 phenotype. Therefore FlnA and Fmn2 are likely essential to cell proliferation, differentiation and cell death in a variety of tissues and organs, further reiterating the importance of vesicle trafficking in regulation of development.
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- Gewei Lian
- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Liao WC, Juo LY, Shih YL, Chen YH, Yan YT. HSPB7 prevents cardiac conduction system defect through maintaining intercalated disc integrity. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006984. [PMID: 28827800 PMCID: PMC5587339 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
HSPB7 is a member of the small heat-shock protein (HSPB) family and is expressed in the cardiomyocytes from cardiogenesis onwards. A dramatic increase in HSPB7 is detected in the heart and blood plasma immediately after myocardial infarction. Additionally, several single-nucleotide polymorphisms of HSPB7 have been identified to be associated with heart failure caused by cardiomyopathy in human patients. Although a recent study has shown that HSPB7 is required for maintaining myofiber structure in skeletal muscle, its molecular and physiological functions in the heart remain unclear. In the present study, we generated a cardiac-specific inducible HSPB7 knockout mouse and demonstrated that the loss of HSPB7 in cardiomyocytes results in rapid heart failure and sudden death. The electrocardiogram showed cardiac arrhythmia with abnormal conduction in the HSPB7 mutant mice before death. In HSPB7 CKO cardiomyocytes, no significant defect was detected in the organization of contractile proteins in sarcomeres, but a severe structural disruption was observed in the intercalated discs. The expression of connexin 43, a gap-junction protein located at the intercalated discs, was downregulated in HSPB7 knockout cardiomyocytes. Mislocalization of desmoplakin, and N-cadherin, the intercalated disc proteins, was also observed in the HSPB7 CKO hearts. Furthermore, filamin C, the interaction protein of HSPB7, was upregulated and aggregated in HSPB7 mutant cardiomyocytes. In conclusion, our findings characterize HSPB7 as an intercalated disc protein and suggest it has an essential role in maintaining intercalated disc integrity and conduction function in the adult heart. The intercalated disc is an indispensable structure that connects neighboring cardiomyocytes. It is also considered to be a single functional unit for cellular electric, mechanical, and signaling communication to maintain cardiomyocyte rigidity and synchrony. Mutation or defect in intercalated disc components usually results in distortions in the structure of intercalated discs and lethal cardiac abnormalities in patients. In this study, we found that the dynamic expression and subcellular location of HSPB7 are highly associated with intercalated disc component protein, N-cadherin, during the assembly and maturation of intercalated discs in cardiomyocytes. To identify the functional role of HSPB7 in the adult heart, we conducted a loss-of-function study of HSPB7 using a gene conditional knockout approach. We found that the loss of HSPB7 quickly results in the disruption of the intercalated disc structure, decreasing the expression of connexin 43 and mislocalization of N-cadherin and desmoplakin, and further inducing arrhythmic sudden death. In conclusion, our mouse model demonstrates that HSPB7 is required to maintain the structure and function of gap-junction complexes and intercalated discs, which has important implications for human heart disease.
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- Wern-Chir Liao
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Batonnet-Pichon S, Behin A, Cabet E, Delort F, Vicart P, Lilienbaum A. Myofibrillar Myopathies: New Perspectives from Animal Models to Potential Therapeutic Approaches. J Neuromuscul Dis 2017; 4:1-15. [PMID: 28269794 PMCID: PMC5345645 DOI: 10.3233/jnd-160203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Myofibrillar myopathies (MFMs) are muscular disorders involving proteins that play a role in the structure, maintenance processes and protein quality control mechanisms closely related to the Z-disc in the muscular fibers. MFMs share common histological characteristics including progressive disorganization of the interfibrillar network and protein aggregation. Currently no treatment is available. In this review, we describe first clinical symptoms associated with mutations of the six genes (DES, CRYAB, MYOT, ZASP, FLNC and BAG3) primary involved in MFM and defining the origin of this pathology. As mechanisms determining the aetiology of the disease remain unclear yet, several research teams have developed animal models from invertebrates to mammalians species. Thus we describe here these different models that often recapitulate human clinical symptoms. Therefore they are very useful for deeper studies to understand early molecular and progressive mechanisms determining the pathology. Finally in the last part, we emphasize on the potential therapeutic approaches for MFM that could be conducted in the future. In conclusion, this review offers a link from patients to future therapy through the use of MFMs animal models.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Disease Models, Animal
- Drosophila
- Humans
- Mice
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology
- Mutation
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/genetics
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/pathology
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/physiopathology
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/therapy
- Oryzias
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- Sabrina Batonnet-Pichon
- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR, Paris, France
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- Centre de Référence de Pathologie Neuromusculaire Paris-Est, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, institut de Myologie, AP-HP, boulevard de l’Hôpital, Paris cedex 13, France
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR, Paris, France
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR, Paris, France
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR, Paris, France
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR, Paris, France
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