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Polavarapu K, O'Neil D, Thompson R, Spendiff S, Nandeesh B, Vengalil S, Huddar A, Baskar D, Arunachal G, Kotambail A, Bhatia S, Tumulu SK, Matalonga L, Töpf A, Laurie S, Zeldin J, Nashi S, Unnikrishnan G, Nalini A, Lochmüller H. Partial loss of desmin expression due to a leaky splice site variant in the human DES gene is associated with neuromuscular transmission defects. Neuromuscul Disord 2024; 39:10-18. [PMID: 38669730 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2024.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Recessive desminopathies are rare and often present as severe early-onset myopathy. Here we report a milder phenotype in three unrelated patients from southern India (2 M, 1F) aged 16, 21, and 22 years, who presented with childhood-onset, gradually progressive, fatigable limb-girdle weakness, ptosis, speech and swallowing difficulties, without cardiac involvement. Serum creatine kinase was elevated, and repetitive nerve stimulation showed decrement in all. Clinical improvement was noted with pyridostigmine and salbutamol in two patients. All three patients had a homozygous substitution in intron 5: DES(NM_001927.4):c.1023+5G>A, predicted to cause a donor splice site defect. Muscle biopsy with ultrastructural analysis suggested myopathy with myofibrillar disarray, and immunohistochemistry showed partial loss of desmin with some residual staining, while western blot analysis showed reduced desmin. RT-PCR of patient muscle RNA revealed two transcripts: a reduced normal desmin transcript and a larger abnormal transcript suggesting leaky splicing at the intron 5 donor site. Sequencing of the PCR products confirmed the inclusion of intron 5 in the longer transcript, predicted to cause a premature stop codon. Thus, we provide evidence for a leaky splice site causing partial loss of desmin associated with a unique phenotypic presentation of a milder form of desmin-related recessive myopathy overlapping with congenital myasthenic syndrome.
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- Kiran Polavarapu
- Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Human Genetics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Human Genetics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Neuroradiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico, Baldiri Reixac 4, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico, Baldiri Reixac 4, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India.
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- Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico, Baldiri Reixac 4, Barcelona 08028, Spain; Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada; Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Department of Neuropediatrics and Muscle Disorders, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.
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Geist Hauserman J, Laverty CG, Donkervoort S, Hu Y, Silverstein S, Neuhaus SB, Saade D, Vaughn G, Malicki D, Kaur R, Li Y, Luo Y, Liu P, Burr P, Foley AR, Mohassel P, Bönnemann CG. Clinical, immunohistochemical, and genetic characterization of splice-altering biallelic DES variants: Therapeutic implications. HGG ADVANCES 2024; 5:100274. [PMID: 38358893 PMCID: PMC10876619 DOI: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2024.100274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
Abstract
Pathogenic variants in the DES gene clinically manifest as progressive skeletal muscle weakness, cardiomyopathy with associated severe arrhythmias, and respiratory insufficiency, and are collectively known as desminopathies. While most DES pathogenic variants act via a dominant mechanism, recessively acting variants have also been reported. Currently, there are no effective therapeutic interventions for desminopathies of any type. Here, we report an affected individual with rapidly progressive dilated cardiomyopathy, requiring heart transplantation at age 13 years, in the setting of childhood-onset skeletal muscle weakness. We identified biallelic DES variants (c.640-13 T>A and c.1288+1 G>A) and show aberrant DES gene splicing in the affected individual's muscle. Through the generation of an inducible lentiviral system, we transdifferentiated fibroblast cultures derived from the affected individual into myoblasts and validated this system using RNA sequencing. We tested rationally designed, custom antisense oligonucleotides to screen for splice correction in these transdifferentiated cells and a functional minigene splicing assay. However, rather than correctly redirecting splicing, we found them to induce undesired exon skipping. Our results indicate that, while an individual precision-based molecular therapeutic approach to splice-altering pathogenic variants is promising, careful preclinical testing is imperative for each novel variant to test the feasibility of this type of approach for translation.
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- Janelle Geist Hauserman
- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- DNA Sequencing and Genomics Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- DNA Sequencing and Genomics Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- DNA Sequencing and Genomics Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- DNA Sequencing and Genomics Core, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Yeow D, Katz M, Henderson R, Prasad S, Denman R, Blum S, Davis M, Robertson T, McCombe P. Phenotypic variability within the desminopathies: A case series of three patients. Front Neurol 2023; 13:1110934. [PMID: 36726751 PMCID: PMC9884684 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1110934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The DES gene encodes desmin, a key intermediate filament of skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle. Pathogenic DES variants produce a range of skeletal and cardiac muscle disorders collectively known as the desminopathies. We report three desminopathy cases which highlight the phenotypic heterogeneity of this disorder and discuss various factors that may contribute to the clinical differences seen between patients with different desmin variants and also between family members with the same variant.
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- Dennis Yeow
- Department of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Diagnostic Genomics, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia,*Correspondence: Pamela McCombe ✉
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Onore ME, Savarese M, Picillo E, Passamano L, Nigro V, Politano L. Bi-Allelic DES Gene Variants Causing Autosomal Recessive Myofibrillar Myopathies Affecting Both Skeletal Muscles and Cardiac Function. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232415906. [PMID: 36555543 PMCID: PMC9785402 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232415906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Mutations in the human desmin gene (DES) may cause both autosomal dominant and recessive cardiomyopathies leading to heart failure, arrhythmias and atrio-ventricular blocks, or progressive myopathies. Cardiac conduction disorders, arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies usually associated with progressive myopathy are the main manifestations of autosomal dominant desminopathies, due to mono-allelic pathogenic variants. The recessive forms, due to bi-allelic variants, are very rare and exhibit variable phenotypes in which premature sudden cardiac death could also occur in the first or second decade of life. We describe a further case of autosomal recessive desminopathy in an Italian boy born of consanguineous parents, who developed progressive myopathy at age 12, and dilated cardiomyopathy four years later and died of intractable heart failure at age 17. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis identified the homozygous loss-of-function variant c.634C>T; p.Arg212*, which was likely inherited from both parents. Furthermore, we performed a comparison of clinical and genetic results observed in our patient with those of cases so far reported in the literature.
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- Maria Elena Onore
- Medical Genetics and Cardiomyology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Napoli, Italy
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, 00280 Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00280 Helsinki, Finland
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- Medical Genetics and Cardiomyology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Napoli, Italy
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- Medical Genetics and Cardiomyology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Napoli, Italy
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- Medical Genetics and Cardiomyology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Napoli, Italy
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Cardiomyology and Medical Genetics, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Napoli, Italy
- Correspondence:
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Claes L, Schil KV, Dewals W, Beysen D. A Severe Form of Familial Desminopathy Due to a Homozygous Nonsense DES Variant in Two Siblings. Neuropediatrics 2022. [PMID: 35675837 DOI: 10.1055/a-1871-3692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Familial primary desminopathies are usually autosomal dominantly inherited and present at the age of 20 to 40 years with progressive muscle weakness and atrophy, cardiomyopathy, and cardiac arrhythmias. Cardiac features may precede the muscular weakness. Here, we report the rare case of two siblings presenting with a desminopathy at pediatric age, due to homozygous nonsense variations (c.700G > T [p.Glu234Ter]) in DES, representing an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. The homozygous state of these variants is expected to result in the complete absence of desmin production. Rare autosomal recessive DES variants are associated with an earlier clinical presentation (from childhood to early adulthood) and faster evolution compared with more common autosomal dominant variants. A normal resting electrocardiography (ECG) and cardiac ultrasound can be a pitfall, as seen in our patient who has extensive fibrotic scarring on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We recommend yearly cardiac ultrasound, yearly 24-hour Holter monitoring and 2 yearly cardiac MRI from the age of 10 years in all asymptomatic patients. Heterozygous patients usually have no or only mild complaints but, though not yet reported in autosomal recessive desminopathies, muscular complaints are possible, as seen in the father of our patients. The prognosis for these patients with desminopathy presenting in childhood is unpredictable but anticipated as poor.
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- Laura Claes
- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.,Department of Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.,Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Silva AMS, Rodrigo P, Moreno CAM, Mendonça RDH, Estephan EDP, Camelo CG, Campos ED, Dias AT, Nascimento AM, Kulikowski LD, Oliveira ASB, Reed UC, Goldfarb LG, Olivé M, Zanoteli E. The Location of Disease-Causing DES Variants Determines the Severity of Phenotype and the Morphology of Sarcoplasmic Aggregates. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2022; 81:746-757. [PMID: 35898174 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/nlac063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Desmin (DES) is the main intermediate muscle filament that connects myofibrils individually and with the nucleus, sarcolemma, and organelles. Pathogenic variants of DES cause desminopathy, a disorder affecting the heart and skeletal muscles. We aimed to analyze the clinical features, morphology, and distribution of desmin aggregates in skeletal muscle biopsies of patients with desminopathy and to correlate these findings with the type and location of disease-causing DES variants. This retrospective study included 30 patients from 20 families with molecularly confirmed desminopathy from 2 neuromuscular referral centers. We identified 2 distinct patterns of desmin aggregates: well-demarcated subsarcolemmal aggregates and diffuse aggregates with poorly delimited borders. Pathogenic variants located in the 1B segment and the tail domain of the desmin molecule are more likely to present with early-onset cardiomyopathy compared to patients with variants in other segments. All patients with mutations in the 1B segment had well-demarcated subsarcolemmal aggregates, but none of the patients with variants in other desmin segments showed such histological features. We suggest that variants located in the 1B segment lead to well-shaped subsarcolemmal desmin aggregation and cause disease with more frequent cardiac manifestations. These findings will facilitate early identification of patients with potentially severe cardiac syndromes.
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- Neuropathology Unit, Department of Pathology and Neuromuscular Unit, Department of Neurology, IDIBELL-Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Division of Neuromuscular Diseases, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Neuropathology Unit, Department of Pathology and Neuromuscular Unit, Department of Neurology, IDIBELL-Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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Genetic Insights into Primary Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11082094. [PMID: 35456187 PMCID: PMC9027761 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11082094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Restrictive cardiomyopathy is a rare cardiac disease causing severe diastolic dysfunction, ventricular stiffness and dilated atria. In consequence, it induces heart failure often with preserved ejection fraction and is associated with a high mortality. Since it is a poor clinical prognosis, patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy frequently require heart transplantation. Genetic as well as non-genetic factors contribute to restrictive cardiomyopathy and a significant portion of cases are of unknown etiology. However, the genetic forms of restrictive cardiomyopathy and the involved molecular pathomechanisms are only partially understood. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about primary genetic restrictive cardiomyopathy and describe its genetic landscape, which might be of interest for geneticists as well as for cardiologists.
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Brodehl A, Hain C, Flottmann F, Ratnavadivel S, Gaertner A, Klauke B, Kalinowski J, Körperich H, Gummert J, Paluszkiewicz L, Deutsch MA, Milting H. The Desmin Mutation DES-c.735G>C Causes Severe Restrictive Cardiomyopathy by Inducing In-Frame Skipping of Exon-3. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9101400. [PMID: 34680517 PMCID: PMC8533191 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9101400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Currently, little is known about the genetic background of restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM). Herein, we screened an index patient with RCM in combination with atrial fibrillation using a next generation sequencing (NGS) approach and identified the heterozygous mutation DES-c.735G>C. As DES-c.735G>C affects the last base pair of exon-3, it is unknown whether putative missense or splice site mutations are caused. Therefore, we applied nanopore amplicon sequencing revealing the expression of a transcript without exon-3 in the explanted myocardial tissue of the index patient. Western blot analysis verified this finding at the protein level. In addition, we performed cell culture experiments revealing an abnormal cytoplasmic aggregation of the truncated desmin form (p.D214-E245del) but not of the missense variant (p.E245D). In conclusion, we show that DES-c.735G>C causes a splicing defect leading to exon-3 skipping of the DES gene. DES-c.735G>C can be classified as a pathogenic mutation associated with RCM and atrial fibrillation. In the future, this finding might have relevance for the genetic understanding of similar cases.
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- Andreas Brodehl
- Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (F.F.); (S.R.); (A.G.); (B.K.); (J.G.)
- Correspondence: (A.B.); (H.M.); Tel.: +49-(0)5731-973530 (A.B.); +49-(0)5731-973510 (H.M.)
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- Microbial Genomics and Biotechnology, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany; (C.H.); (J.K.)
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- Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (F.F.); (S.R.); (A.G.); (B.K.); (J.G.)
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- Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (F.F.); (S.R.); (A.G.); (B.K.); (J.G.)
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- Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (F.F.); (S.R.); (A.G.); (B.K.); (J.G.)
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- Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (F.F.); (S.R.); (A.G.); (B.K.); (J.G.)
- Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology/Angiology, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Microbial Genomics and Biotechnology, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany; (C.H.); (J.K.)
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- Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Institute for Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany;
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- Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (F.F.); (S.R.); (A.G.); (B.K.); (J.G.)
- Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (L.P.); (M.-A.D.)
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- Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (L.P.); (M.-A.D.)
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- Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (L.P.); (M.-A.D.)
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- Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (F.F.); (S.R.); (A.G.); (B.K.); (J.G.)
- Correspondence: (A.B.); (H.M.); Tel.: +49-(0)5731-973530 (A.B.); +49-(0)5731-973510 (H.M.)
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Shelly S, Talha N, Pereira NL, Engel AG, Johnson JN, Selcen D. Expanding Spectrum of Desmin-Related Myopathy, Long-term Follow-up, and Cardiac Transplantation. Neurology 2021; 97:e1150-e1158. [PMID: 34315782 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000012542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine the genetic and clinical phenotypes of desmin-related myopathy patients and long-term outcomes after cardiac transplant. METHODS Retrospective review of cardiac and neurological manifestations of genetically confirmed desmin-related myopathy patients (Jan 1st, 1999-Jan 1st, 2020). RESULTS Twenty-five patients in 20 different families were recognized. Median age at onset of symptoms was 20 years (range: 4-50), median follow-up time of 36 months (range: 1-156). Twelve patients initially presented with skeletal muscle involvement and 13 with cardiac disease. Sixteen patients had both cardiac and skeletal muscle involvement. Clinically muscle weakness distribution was distal (n=11), proximal (n=4) or both (n=7) of 22 patients. Skeletal muscle biopsy from patients with missense and splice site variants (n=12) showed abnormal fibers containing amorphous material in Gomori trichrome stained sections. Patients with cardiac involvement had atrioventricular conduction abnormalities or cardiomyopathy. The most common ECG abnormality was complete AV block in 11 patients all of whom required a permanent pacemaker at a median age of 25 years (range: 16-48). Sudden cardiac death resulting in implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) shocks or resuscitation were reported in 3 patients, a total of 5 patients had ICDs. Orthotopic cardiac transplantation was performed in 3 patients at 20, 35 and 39 years of age. CONCLUSIONS Pathogenic variants in desmin can lead to varied neurological and cardiac phenotypes beginning at a young age. Two-thirds of the patients have both neurologic and cardiac symptoms usually starting in the third decade. Heart transplant was tolerated with improved cardiac function and quality of life.
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Herrmann H, Cabet E, Chevalier NR, Moosmann J, Schultheis D, Haas J, Schowalter M, Berwanger C, Weyerer V, Agaimy A, Meder B, Müller OJ, Katus HA, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Vicart P, Ferreiro A, Dittrich S, Clemen CS, Lilienbaum A, Schröder R. Dual Functional States of R406W-Desmin Assembly Complexes Cause Cardiomyopathy With Severe Intercalated Disc Derangement in Humans and in Knock-In Mice. Circulation 2020; 142:2155-2171. [PMID: 33023321 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.050218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mutations in the human desmin gene cause myopathies and cardiomyopathies. This study aimed to elucidate molecular mechanisms initiated by the heterozygous R406W-desmin mutation in the development of a severe and early-onset cardiac phenotype. METHODS We report an adolescent patient who underwent cardiac transplantation as a result of restrictive cardiomyopathy caused by a heterozygous R406W-desmin mutation. Sections of the explanted heart were analyzed with antibodies specific to 406W-desmin and to intercalated disc proteins. Effects of the R406W mutation on the molecular properties of desmin were addressed by cell transfection and in vitro assembly experiments. To prove the genuine deleterious effect of the mutation on heart tissue, we further generated and analyzed R405W-desmin knock-in mice harboring the orthologous form of the human R406W-desmin. RESULTS Microscopic analysis of the explanted heart revealed desmin aggregates and the absence of desmin filaments at intercalated discs. Structural changes within intercalated discs were revealed by the abnormal organization of desmoplakin, plectin, N-cadherin, and connexin-43. Next-generation sequencing confirmed the DES variant c.1216C>T (p.R406W) as the sole disease-causing mutation. Cell transfection studies disclosed a dual behavior of R406W-desmin with both its integration into the endogenous intermediate filament system and segregation into protein aggregates. In vitro, R406W-desmin formed unusually thick filaments that organized into complex filament aggregates and fibrillar sheets. In contrast, assembly of equimolar mixtures of mutant and wild-type desmin generated chimeric filaments of seemingly normal morphology but with occasional prominent irregularities. Heterozygous and homozygous R405W-desmin knock-in mice develop both a myopathy and a cardiomyopathy. In particular, the main histopathologic results from the patient are recapitulated in the hearts from R405W-desmin knock-in mice of both genotypes. Moreover, whereas heterozygous knock-in mice have a normal life span, homozygous animals die at 3 months of age because of a smooth muscle-related gastrointestinal phenotype. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate that R406W-desmin provokes its severe cardiotoxic potential by a novel pathomechanism, where the concurrent dual functional states of mutant desmin assembly complexes underlie the uncoupling of desmin filaments from intercalated discs and their structural disorganization.
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- Harald Herrmann
- Institute of Neuropathology (H.H., D.S., M.S., R.S.), University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.,Molecular Genetics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany (H.H.)
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- Basic and Translational Myology, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology (E.C., P.V., A.F., A.L.), University of Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (N.R.C.), University of Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology (J.M., S.D.), University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology (H.H., D.S., M.S., R.S.), University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiomyopathies Heidelberg, Heart Center Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg, Germany (J.H., B.M.)
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- Institute of Neuropathology (H.H., D.S., M.S., R.S.), University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center, Cologne, Germany (C.B., C.S.C.)
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- Institute of Pathology (V.W., A.A.), University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology (V.W., A.A.), University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Institute for Cardiomyopathies Heidelberg, Heart Center Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg, Germany (J.H., B.M.).,Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA (B.M.)
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- Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein and University of Kiel, and German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Kiel, Germany (O.J.M.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical University Hospital Heidelberg, and German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany (H.A.K.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Basic and Translational Myology, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology (E.C., P.V., A.F., A.L.), University of Paris, France
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- Basic and Translational Myology, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology (E.C., P.V., A.F., A.L.), University of Paris, France.,Reference Center for Neuromuscular Disorders, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France (A.F.)
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology (J.M., S.D.), University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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- Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center, Cologne, Germany (C.B., C.S.C.).,Center for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Medical Faculty, and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Germany(C.S.C.)
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- Basic and Translational Myology, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology (E.C., P.V., A.F., A.L.), University of Paris, France
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- Institute of Neuropathology (H.H., D.S., M.S., R.S.), University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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Langer HT, Mossakowski AA, Willis BJ, Grimsrud KN, Wood JA, Lloyd KCK, Zbinden-Foncea H, Baar K. Generation of desminopathy in rats using CRISPR-Cas9. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2020; 11:1364-1376. [PMID: 32893996 PMCID: PMC7567154 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Desminopathy is a clinically heterogeneous muscle disease caused by over 60 different mutations in desmin. The most common mutation with a clinical phenotype in humans is an exchange of arginine to proline at position 350 of desmin leading to p.R350P. We created the first CRISPR-Cas9 engineered rat model for a muscle disease by mirroring the R350P mutation in humans. METHODS Using CRISPR-Cas9 technology, Des c.1045-1046 (AGG > CCG) was introduced into exon 6 of the rat genome causing p.R349P. The genotype of each animal was confirmed via quantitative PCR. Six male rats with a mutation in desmin (n = 6) between the age of 120-150 days and an equal number of wild type littermates (n = 6) were used for experiments. Maximal plantar flexion force was measured in vivo and combined with the collection of muscle weights, immunoblotting, and histological analysis. In addition to the baseline phenotyping, we performed a synergist ablation study in the same animals. RESULTS We found a difference in the number of central nuclei between desmin mutants (1 ± 0.4%) and wild type littermates (0.2 ± 0.1%; P < 0.05). While muscle weights did not differ, we found the levels of many structural proteins to be altered in mutant animals. Dystrophin and syntrophin were increased 54% and 45% in desmin mutants, respectively (P < 0.05). Dysferlin and Annexin A2, proteins associated with membrane repair, were increased two-fold and 32%, respectively, in mutants (P < 0.05). Synergist ablation caused similar increases in muscle weight between mutant and wild type animals, but changes in fibre diameter revealed that fibre hypertrophy in desmin mutants was hampered compared with wild type animals (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS We created a novel animal model for desminopathy that will be a useful tool in furthering our understanding of the disease. While mutant animals at an age corresponding to a preclinical age in humans show no macroscopic differences, microscopic and molecular changes are already present. Future studies should aim to further decipher those biological changes that precede the clinical progression of disease and test therapeutic approaches to delay disease progression.
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- Henning T Langer
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.,Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Humboldt, CA, USA
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- Mouse Biology Program, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.,Dept. of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Mouse Biology Program, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Mouse Biology Program, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.,Dept. of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.,Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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AAV-mediated cardiac gene transfer of wild-type desmin in mouse models for recessive desminopathies. Gene Ther 2020; 27:516-524. [PMID: 32322014 PMCID: PMC7674151 DOI: 10.1038/s41434-020-0147-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mutations in the human desmin gene cause autosomal-dominant and recessive cardiomyopathies and myopathies with marked phenotypic variability. Here, we investigated the effects of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated cardiac wild-type desmin expression in homozygous desmin knockout (DKO) and homozygous R349P desmin knockin (DKI) mice. These mice serve as disease models for two subforms of autosomal-recessive desminopathies, the former for the one with a complete lack of desmin protein and the latter for the one with solely mutant desmin protein expression in conjunction with protein aggregation pathology in striated muscle. Two-month-old mice were injected with either a single dose of 5 × 1012 AAV9-hTNT2-mDes (AAV-Des) vector genomes or NaCl as control. One week after injection, mice were subjected to a forced swimming exercise protocol for 4 weeks. Cardiac function was monitored over a period of 15 month after injection and before the mice were sacrificed for biochemical and morphological analysis. AAV-mediated cardiac expression of wild-type desmin in both the homozygous DKO and DKI backgrounds reached levels seen in wild-type mice. Notably, AAV-Des treated DKO mice showed a regular subcellular distribution of desmin as well as a normalization of functional and morphological cardiac parameters. Treated DKI mice, however, showed an aberrant subcellular localization of desmin, unchanged functional cardiac parameters, and a trend toward an increased cardiac fibrosis. In conclusion, the effect of a high-dose AAV9-based desmin gene therapy is highly beneficial for the heart in DKO animals, but not in DKI mice.
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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy is Caused by a Novel Homozygous Desmin ( DES) Mutation p.Y122H Leading to a Severe Filament Assembly Defect. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:genes10110918. [PMID: 31718026 PMCID: PMC6896098 DOI: 10.3390/genes10110918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Here, we present a small Iranian family, where the index patient received a diagnosis of restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) in combination with atrioventricular (AV) block. Genetic analysis revealed a novel homozygous missense mutation in the DES gene (c.364T > C; p.Y122H), which is absent in human population databases. The mutation is localized in the highly conserved coil-1 desmin subdomain. In silico, prediction tools indicate a deleterious effect of the desmin (DES) mutation p.Y122H. Consequently, we generated an expression plasmid encoding the mutant and wildtype desmin formed, and analyzed the filament formation in vitro in cardiomyocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells and HT-1080 cells. Confocal microscopy revealed a severe filament assembly defect of mutant desmin supporting the pathogenicity of the DES mutation, p.Y122H, whereas the wildtype desmin formed regular intermediate filaments. According to the guidelines of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, we classified this mutation, therefore, as a novel pathogenic mutation. Our report could point to a recessive inheritance of the DES mutation, p.Y122H, which is important for the genetic counseling of similar families with restrictive cardiomyopathy caused by DES mutations.
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Arbustini E, Di Toro A, Giuliani L, Favalli V, Narula N, Grasso M. Cardiac Phenotypes in Hereditary Muscle Disorders: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019; 72:2485-2506. [PMID: 30442292 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.08.2182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Hereditary muscular diseases commonly involve the heart. Cardiac manifestations encompass a spectrum of phenotypes, including both cardiomyopathies and rhythm disorders. Common biomarkers suggesting cardiomuscular diseases include increased circulating creatine kinase and/or lactic acid levels or disease-specific metabolic indicators. Cardiac and extra-cardiac traits, imaging tests, family studies, and genetic testing provide precise diagnoses. Cardiac phenotypes are mainly dilated and hypokinetic in dystrophinopathies, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophies, and limb girdle muscular dystrophies; hypertrophic in Friedreich ataxia, mitochondrial diseases, glycogen storage diseases, and fatty acid oxidation disorders; and restrictive in myofibrillar myopathies. Left ventricular noncompaction is variably associated with the different myopathies. Conduction defects and arrhythmias constitute a major phenotype in myotonic dystrophies and skeletal muscle channelopathies. Although the actual cardiac management is rarely based on the cause, the cardiac phenotypes need precise characterization because they are often the only or the predominant manifestations and the prognostic determinants of many hereditary muscle disorders.
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- Eloisa Arbustini
- Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, IRCCS Foundation, University Hospital Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
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- Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, IRCCS Foundation, University Hospital Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, IRCCS Foundation, University Hospital Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, IRCCS Foundation, University Hospital Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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- Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, IRCCS Foundation, University Hospital Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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Ma K, Luo D, Tian T, Li N, He X, Rao C, Zhong B, Lu X. A novel homozygous initiation codon variant associated with infantile alpha-Bcrystallinopathy in a Chinese family. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2019; 7:e825. [PMID: 31215171 PMCID: PMC6687638 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.825] [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: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Due to inconsistencies with reported myofibrillar myopathy (MFM), including autosomal dominant inheritance, late onset and a slowly progressive course, the severe, recessively inherited form of CRYAB (alpha-B crystallin) gene-related infantile MFM has been suggested. Here, we report an infant in a Chinese family with fatal neonatal-onset hypertonic MFM with a novel CRYAB homozygous variant (c.3G > A (p.Met1?)). METHODS Muscle biopsy indicated that muscle fibers showed a uniformly small diameter, cell atrophy, and visible focal muscle fiber degeneration and necrosis consistent with myogenic myopathy. We performed the whole exome sequencing of pathogenic genes and identified it as MFM. RESULTS The proband presented with profound muscle stiffness, progressive respiratory distress and a concurrent abnormal increase in myocardial enzymogram, and the patient died in the 17th month of life. Muscle biopsy and electron microscopy results were consistent with ultramicroscopic myogenic damage and pathological changes. Mutation analysis of the proband identified a novel rare homozygous mutation in the initiation codon of the CRYAB gene, which was inherited from currently asymptomatic, heterozygous carrier parents, and his heterozygous biological brother is unaffected. CONCLUSIONS This article reports one infant with CRYAB-related neonatal onset MFM with a novel homozygous variant in CRYAB. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of infantile alpha-Bcrystallinopathy in the Chinese population.
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- Keze Ma
- Department of Neonates, Dongguan Children's Hospital, Dongguan, China.,Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Dongguan Institute of Pediatrics, Dongguan, China
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Dongguan Institute of Pediatrics, Dongguan, China.,Medical Laboratory, Dongguan Children's Hospital, Dongguan, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neonates, Dongguan Children's Hospital, Dongguan, China.,Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Dongguan Institute of Pediatrics, Dongguan, China
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- Department of Neonates, Dongguan Children's Hospital, Dongguan, China.,Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Dongguan Institute of Pediatrics, Dongguan, China
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Dongguan Institute of Pediatrics, Dongguan, China.,Medical Laboratory, Dongguan Children's Hospital, Dongguan, China
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- Department of Neonates, Dongguan Children's Hospital, Dongguan, China.,Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Dongguan Institute of Pediatrics, Dongguan, China
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Dongguan Institute of Pediatrics, Dongguan, China.,Medical Laboratory, Dongguan Children's Hospital, Dongguan, China
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Recessive DES cardio/myopathy without myofibrillar aggregates: intronic splice variant silences one allele leaving only missense L190P-desmin. Eur J Hum Genet 2019; 27:1267-1273. [PMID: 31024060 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-019-0393-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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We establish autosomal recessive DES variants p.(Leu190Pro) and a deep intronic splice variant causing inclusion of a frameshift-inducing artificial exon/intronic fragment, as the likely cause of myopathy with cardiac involvement in female siblings. Both sisters presented in their twenties with slowly progressive limb girdle weakness, severe systolic dysfunction, and progressive, severe respiratory weakness. Desmin is an intermediate filament protein typically associated with autosomal dominant myofibrillar myopathy with cardiac involvement. However a few rare cases of autosomal recessive desminopathy are reported. In this family, a paternal missense p.(Leu190Pro) variant was viewed unlikely to be causative of autosomal dominant desminopathy, as the father and brothers carrying this variant were clinically unaffected. Clinical fit with a DES-related myopathy encouraged closer scrutiny of all DES variants, identifying a maternal deep intronic variant within intron-7, predicted to create a cryptic splice site, which segregated with disease. RNA sequencing and studies of muscle cDNA confirmed the deep intronic variant caused aberrant splicing of an artificial exon/intronic fragment into maternal DES mRNA transcripts, encoding a premature termination codon, and potently activating nonsense-mediate decay (92% paternal DES transcripts, 8% maternal). Western blot showed 60-75% reduction in desmin levels, likely comprised only of missense p.(Leu190Pro) desmin. Biopsy showed fibre size variation with increased central nuclei. Electron microscopy showed extensive myofibrillar disarray, duplication of the basal lamina, but no inclusions or aggregates. This study expands the phenotypic spectrum of recessive DES cardio/myopathy, and emphasizes the continuing importance of muscle biopsy for functional genomics pursuit of 'tricky' variants in neuromuscular conditions.
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Winter L, Unger A, Berwanger C, Spörrer M, Türk M, Chevessier F, Strucksberg KH, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Wittig I, Goldmann WH, Marcus K, Linke WA, Clemen CS, Schröder R. Imbalances in protein homeostasis caused by mutant desmin. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2018; 45:476-494. [PMID: 30179276 DOI: 10.1111/nan.12516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIMS We investigated newly generated immortalized heterozygous and homozygous R349P desmin knock-in myoblasts in conjunction with the corresponding desminopathy mice as models for desminopathies to analyse major protein quality control processes in response to the presence of R349P mutant desmin. METHODS We used hetero- and homozygous R349P desmin knock-in mice for analyses and for crossbreeding with p53 knock-out mice to generate immortalized R349P desmin knock-in skeletal muscle myoblasts and myotubes. Skeletal muscle sections and cultured muscle cells were investigated by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy, proteasomal activity measurements and immunoblotting addressing autophagy rate, chaperone-assisted selective autophagy and heat shock protein levels. Muscle sections were further analysed by transmission and immunogold electron microscopy. RESULTS We demonstrate that mutant desmin (i) increases proteasomal activity, (ii) stimulates macroautophagy, (iii) dysregulates the chaperone assisted selective autophagy and (iv) elevates the protein levels of αB-crystallin and Hsp27. Both αB-crystallin and Hsp27 as well as Hsp90 displayed translocation patterns from Z-discs as well as Z-I junctions, respectively, to the level of sarcomeric I-bands in dominant and recessive desminopathies. CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrate that the presence of R349P mutant desmin causes a general imbalance in skeletal muscle protein homeostasis via aberrant activity of all major protein quality control systems. The augmented activity of these systems and the subcellular shift of essential heat shock proteins may deleteriously contribute to the previously observed increased turnover of desmin itself and desmin-binding partners, which triggers progressive dysfunction of the extrasarcomeric cytoskeleton and the myofibrillar apparatus in the course of the development of desminopathies.
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- L Winter
- Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.,Neuromuscular Research Department, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Institute for Genetics of Heart Diseases, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Medical Physics and Technology, Biophysics Group, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Functional Proteomics, SFB815 Core Unit, Medical School, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Center for Medical Physics and Technology, Biophysics Group, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Medizinisches Proteom-Center, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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Brodehl A, Gaertner-Rommel A, Milting H. Molecular insights into cardiomyopathies associated with desmin (DES) mutations. Biophys Rev 2018; 10:983-1006. [PMID: 29926427 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-018-0429-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Increasing usage of next-generation sequencing techniques pushed during the last decade cardiogenetic diagnostics leading to the identification of a huge number of genetic variants in about 170 genes associated with cardiomyopathies, channelopathies, or syndromes with cardiac involvement. Because of the biochemical and cellular complexity, it is challenging to understand the clinical meaning or even the relevant pathomechanisms of the majority of genetic sequence variants. However, detailed knowledge about the associated molecular pathomechanism is essential for the development of efficient therapeutic strategies in future and genetic counseling. Mutations in DES, encoding the muscle-specific intermediate filament protein desmin, have been identified in different kinds of cardiac and skeletal myopathies. Here, we review the functions of desmin in health and disease with a focus on cardiomyopathies. In addition, we will summarize the genetic and clinical literature about DES mutations and will explain relevant cell and animal models. Moreover, we discuss upcoming perspectives and consequences of novel experimental approaches like genome editing technology, which might open a novel research field contributing to the development of efficient and mutation-specific treatment options.
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- Andreas Brodehl
- Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research & Development, Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, 32545, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
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- Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research & Development, Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, 32545, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research & Development, Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, 32545, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
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Early signs of architectural and biomechanical failure in isolated myofibers and immortalized myoblasts from desmin-mutant knock-in mice. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1391. [PMID: 28469177 PMCID: PMC5431221 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01485-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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In striated muscle, desmin intermediate filaments interlink the contractile myofibrillar apparatus with mitochondria, nuclei, and the sarcolemma. The desmin network’s pivotal role in myocytes is evident since mutations in the human desmin gene cause severe myopathies and cardiomyopathies. Here, we investigated skeletal muscle pathology in myofibers and myofibrils isolated from young hetero- and homozygous R349P desmin knock-in mice, which carry the orthologue of the most frequent human desmin missense mutation R350P. We demonstrate that mutant desmin alters myofibrillar cytoarchitecture, markedly disrupts the lateral sarcomere lattice and distorts myofibrillar angular axial orientation. Biomechanical assessment revealed a high predisposition to stretch-induced damage in fiber bundles of R349P mice. Notably, Ca2+-sensitivity and passive myofibrillar tension were decreased in heterozygous fiber bundles, but increased in homozygous fiber bundles compared to wildtype mice. In a parallel approach, we generated and subsequently subjected immortalized heterozygous R349P desmin knock-in myoblasts to magnetic tweezer experiments that revealed a significantly increased sarcolemmal lateral stiffness. Our data suggest that mutated desmin already markedly impedes myocyte structure and function at pre-symptomatic stages of myofibrillar myopathies.
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Mutant desmin substantially perturbs mitochondrial morphology, function and maintenance in skeletal muscle tissue. Acta Neuropathol 2016; 132:453-73. [PMID: 27393313 PMCID: PMC4992032 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-016-1592-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Revised: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Secondary mitochondrial dysfunction is a feature in a wide variety of human protein aggregate diseases caused by mutations in different proteins, both in the central nervous system and in striated muscle. The functional relationship between the expression of a mutated protein and mitochondrial dysfunction is largely unknown. In particular, the mechanism how this dysfunction drives the disease process is still elusive. To address this issue for protein aggregate myopathies, we performed a comprehensive, multi-level analysis of mitochondrial pathology in skeletal muscles of human patients with mutations in the intermediate filament protein desmin and in muscles of hetero- and homozygous knock-in mice carrying the R349P desmin mutation. We demonstrate that the expression of mutant desmin causes disruption of the extrasarcomeric desmin cytoskeleton and extensive mitochondrial abnormalities regarding subcellular distribution, number and shape. At the molecular level, we uncovered changes in the abundancy and assembly of the respiratory chain complexes and supercomplexes. In addition, we revealed a marked reduction of mtDNA- and nuclear DNA-encoded mitochondrial proteins in parallel with large-scale deletions in mtDNA and reduced mtDNA copy numbers. Hence, our data demonstrate that the expression of mutant desmin causes multi-level damage of mitochondria already in early stages of desminopathies.
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Durmuş H, Ayhan Ö, Çırak S, Deymeer F, Parman Y, Franke A, Eiber N, Chevessier F, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Clemen CS, Hashemolhosseini S, Schröder R, Hemmrich-Stanisak G, Tolun A, Serdaroğlu-Oflazer P. Neuromuscular endplate pathology in recessive desminopathies: Lessons from man and mice. Neurology 2016; 87:799-805. [PMID: 27440146 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical, genetic, and myopathologic findings in 2 cousins with lack of desmin, the response to salbutamol in one patient, and the neuromuscular endplate pathology in a knock-in mouse model for recessive desminopathy. METHODS We performed clinical investigations in the patients, genetic studies for linkage mapping, exome sequencing, and qPCR for transcript quantification, assessment of efficacy of (3-month oral) salbutamol administration by muscle strength assessment, 6-minute walking test (6MWT), and forced vital capacity, analysis of neuromuscular endplate pathology in a homozygous R349P desmin knock-in mouse by immunofluorescence staining of the hind limb muscles, and quantitative 3D morphometry and expression studies of acetylcholine receptor genes by quantitative PCR. RESULTS Both patients had infantile-onset weakness and fatigability, facial weakness with bilateral ptosis and ophthalmoparesis, generalized muscle weakness, and a decremental response over 10% on repetitive nerve stimulation. Salbutamol improved 6MWT and subjective motor function in the treated patient. Genetic analysis revealed previously unreported novel homozygous truncating desmin mutation c.345dupC leading to protein truncation and consequent fast degradation of the mutant mRNA. In the recessive desminopathy mouse with low expression of the mutant desmin protein, we demonstrated fragmented motor endplates with increased surface areas, volumes, and fluorescence intensities in conjunction with increased α and γ acetylcholine receptor subunit expression in oxidative soleus muscle. CONCLUSIONS The patients were desmin-null and had myopathy, cardiomyopathy, and a congenital myasthenic syndrome. The data from man and mouse demonstrate that the complete lack as well as the markedly decreased expression of mutant R349P desmin impair the structural and functional integrity of neuromuscular endplates.
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- Hacer Durmuş
- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany.
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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- From the Department of Neurology (H.D., F.D., Y.P., P.S.-O.), Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Ö.A., A.T.), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey; Children's National Medical Center (S.Ç.), Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington, DC; Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Human Genetics, and Center for Molecular Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (A.F., G.H.-S.), Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel; Institute of Biochemistry (N.E., S.H.), Institute of Neuropathology (F.C., R.S.), and Department of Ophthalmology (U.S.-S.), Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; and Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty (C.S.C.), University of Cologne, Germany
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Finsterer J, Stöllberger C. Heart Disease in Disorders of Muscle, Neuromuscular Transmission, and the Nerves. Korean Circ J 2016; 46:117-34. [PMID: 27014341 PMCID: PMC4805555 DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2016.46.2.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Revised: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Little is known regarding cardiac involvement (CI) by neuromuscular disorders (NMDs). The purpose of this review is to summarise and discuss the major findings concerning the types, frequency, and severity of cardiac disorders in NMDs as well as their diagnosis, treatment, and overall outcome. CI in NMDs is characterized by pathologic involvement of the myocardium or cardiac conduction system. Less commonly, additional critical anatomic structures, such as the valves, coronary arteries, endocardium, pericardium, and even the aortic root may be involved. Involvement of the myocardium manifests most frequently as hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy and less frequently as restrictive cardiomyopathy, non-compaction, arrhythmogenic right-ventricular dysplasia, or Takotsubo-syndrome. Cardiac conduction defects and supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias are common cardiac manifestations of NMDs. Arrhythmias may evolve into life-threatening ventricular tachycardias, asystole, or even sudden cardiac death. CI is common and carries great prognostic significance on the outcome of dystrophinopathies, laminopathies, desminopathies, nemaline myopathy, myotonias, metabolic myopathies, Danon disease, and Barth-syndrome. The diagnosis and treatment of CI in NMDs follows established guidelines for the management of cardiac disease, but cardiotoxic medications should be avoided. CI in NMDs is relatively common and requires complete work-up following the establishment of a neurological diagnosis. Appropriate cardiac treatment significantly improves the overall long-term outcome of NMDs.
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- 2 Medical Department with Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria
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Functional characterization of the novel DES mutation p.L136P associated with dilated cardiomyopathy reveals a dominant filament assembly defect. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2016; 91:207-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2015] [Revised: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Faksh A, Codsi E, Barsoum MK, Brost BC. Pregnancy in Desmin-Related Cardiomyopathy. AJP Rep 2015; 5:e165-7. [PMID: 26495177 PMCID: PMC4603864 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1555130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The course of desmin-related restrictive cardiomyopathy (DRCM) during pregnancy has not been described previously because of the rarity of the condition. Following an episode of heart failure antecedent to conception, a 28-year-old primigravida with DRCM presented to establish prenatal care during the first trimester. Prenatal management consisted of β-blocker and diuretic therapy, with serial echocardiography to monitor cardiac function. Spontaneous labor ensued at 39 weeks' gestation, and vacuum-assisted delivery was performed for fetal indication. Postpartum blood transfusion was required for symptomatic anemia because of uterine atony, and subsequent maternal and neonatal courses were uncomplicated. Cardiac evaluation postpartum demonstrated stable maternal status. Pregnancy in women with controlled DRCM is not contraindicated, however, it requires careful planning and monitoring during the antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum periods. On the basis of this report, pregnancy does not appear to exert a permanent deleterious effect on cardiac function in women with DRCM.
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- Arij Faksh
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Hnia K, Ramspacher C, Vermot J, Laporte J. Desmin in muscle and associated diseases: beyond the structural function. Cell Tissue Res 2014; 360:591-608. [PMID: 25358400 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-2016-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Desmin is a muscle-specific type III intermediate filament essential for proper muscular structure and function. In human, mutations affecting desmin expression or promoting its aggregation lead to skeletal (desmin-related myopathies), or cardiac (desmin-related cardiomyopathy) phenotypes, or both. Patient muscles display intracellular accumulations of misfolded proteins and desmin-positive insoluble granulofilamentous aggregates, leading to a large spectrum of molecular alterations. Increasing evidence shows that desmin function is not limited to the structural and mechanical integrity of cells. This novel perception is strongly supported by the finding that diseases featuring desmin aggregates cannot be easily associated with mechanical defects, but rather involve desmin filaments in a broader spectrum of functions, such as in organelle positioning and integrity and in signaling. Here, we review desmin functions and related diseases affecting striated muscles. We detail emergent cellular functions of desmin based on reported phenotypes in patients and animal models. We discuss known desmin protein partners and propose an overview of the way that this molecular network could serve as a signal transduction platform necessary for proper muscle function.
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- Karim Hnia
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France,
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Semmler AL, Sacconi S, Bach JE, Liebe C, Bürmann J, Kley RA, Ferbert A, Anderheiden R, Van den Bergh P, Martin JJ, De Jonghe P, Neuen-Jacob E, Müller O, Deschauer M, Bergmann M, Schröder JM, Vorgerd M, Schulz JB, Weis J, Kress W, Claeys KG. Unusual multisystemic involvement and a novel BAG3 mutation revealed by NGS screening in a large cohort of myofibrillar myopathies. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2014; 9:121. [PMID: 25208129 PMCID: PMC4347565 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-014-0121-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Myofibrillar myopathies (MFM) are a group of phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous neuromuscular disorders, which are characterized by protein aggregations in muscle fibres and can be associated with multisystemic involvement. Methods We screened a large cohort of 38 index patients with MFM for mutations in the nine thus far known causative genes using Sanger and next generation sequencing (NGS). We studied the clinical and histopathological characteristics in 38 index patients and five additional relatives (n = 43) and particularly focused on the associated multisystemic symptoms. Results We identified 14 heterozygous mutations (diagnostic yield of 37%), among them the novel p.Pro209Gln mutation in the BAG3 gene, which was associated with onset in adulthood, a mild phenotype and an axonal sensorimotor polyneuropathy, in the absence of giant axons at the nerve biopsy. We revealed several novel clinical phenotypes and unusual multisystemic presentations with previously described mutations: hearing impairment with a FLNC mutation, dysphonia with a mutation in DES and the first patient with a FLNC mutation presenting respiratory insufficiency as the initial symptom. Moreover, we described for the first time respiratory insufficiency occurring in a patient with the p.Gly154Ser mutation in CRYAB. Interestingly, we detected a polyneuropathy in 28% of the MFM patients, including a BAG3 and a MYOT case, and hearing impairment in 13%, including one patient with a FLNC mutation and two with mutations in the DES gene. In four index patients with a mutation in one of the MFM genes, typical histological findings were only identified at the ultrastructural level (29%). Conclusions We conclude that extraskeletal symptoms frequently occur in MFM, particularly cardiac and respiratory involvement, polyneuropathy and/or deafness. BAG3 mutations should be considered even in cases with a mild phenotype or an adult onset. We identified a genetic defect in one of the known genes in less than half of the MFM patients, indicating that more causative genes are still to be found. Next generation sequencing techniques should be helpful in achieving this aim.
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- Anna-Lena Semmler
- Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. .,Institute of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
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- Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires, Nice Hospital and UMR CNRS6543, Nice University, Nice, France.
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. .,Institute of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Center Ruhrgebiet, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Reference Center, University Hospital Saint-Luc, Brussel, Belgium.
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- Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. .,Neurogenetics Group, VIB-Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. .,Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. .,DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Bremen, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Center Ruhrgebiet, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. .,JARA - Translational Brain Medicine, Jülich and Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. .,JARA - Translational Brain Medicine, Jülich and Aachen, Germany.
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. .,Institute of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. .,JARA - Translational Brain Medicine, Jülich and Aachen, Germany.
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Herrey AS. Pregnancy in inherited and acquired cardiomyopathies. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2014; 28:563-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2014.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2013] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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McLaughlin HM, Kelly MA, Hawley PP, Darras BT, Funke B, Picker J. Compound heterozygosity of predicted loss-of-function DES variants in a family with recessive desminopathy. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2013; 14:68. [PMID: 23815709 PMCID: PMC3711885 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-14-68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2012] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Background Variants in the desmin gene (DES) are associated with desminopathy; a myofibrillar myopathy mainly characterized by muscle weakness, conduction block, and dilated cardiomyopathy. To date, only ~50 disease-associated variants have been described, and the majority of these lead to dominant-negative effects. However, the complete genotypic spectrum of desminopathy is not well established. Case presentation Next-generation sequencing was performed on 51 cardiac disease genes in a proband with profound skeletal myopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, and respiratory dysfunction. Our analyses revealed compound heterozygous DES variants, both of which are predicted to lead to a loss-of-function. Consistent with recessive inheritance, each variant was identified in an unaffected parent. Conclusions This case report serves to broaden the variant spectrum of desminopathies and provides insight into the molecular mechanisms of desminopathy, supporting distinct dominant-negative and loss-of-function etiologies.
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- Heather M McLaughlin
- Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, 65 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Cardiomyopathy in neurological disorders. Cardiovasc Pathol 2013; 22:389-400. [PMID: 23433859 DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2012.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2012] [Revised: 12/26/2012] [Accepted: 12/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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According to the American Heart Association, cardiomyopathies are classified as primary (solely or predominantly confined to heart muscle), secondary (those showing pathological myocardial involvement as part of a neuromuscular disorder) and those in which cardiomyopathy is the first/predominant manifestation of a neuromuscular disorder. Cardiomyopathies may be further classified as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, or unclassified cardiomyopathy (noncompaction, Takotsubo-cardiomyopathy). This review focuses on secondary cardiomyopathies and those in which cardiomyopathy is the predominant manifestation of a myopathy. Any of them may cause neurological disease, and any of them may be a manifestation of a neurological disorder. Neurological disease most frequently caused by cardiomyopathies is ischemic stroke, followed by transitory ischemic attack, syncope, or vertigo. Neurological disease, which most frequently manifests with cardiomyopathies are the neuromuscular disorders. Most commonly associated with cardiomyopathies are muscular dystrophies, myofibrillar myopathies, congenital myopathies and metabolic myopathies. Management of neurological disease caused by cardiomyopathies is not at variance from the same neurological disorders due to other causes. Management of secondary cardiomyopathies is not different from that of cardiomyopathies due to other causes either. Patients with neuromuscular disorders require early cardiologic investigations and close follow-ups, patients with cardiomyopathies require neurological investigation and avoidance of muscle toxic medication if a neuromuscular disorder is diagnosed. Which patients with cardiomyopathy profit most from primary stroke prevention is unsolved and requires further investigations.
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Desminopathies: pathology and mechanisms. Acta Neuropathol 2013; 125:47-75. [PMID: 23143191 PMCID: PMC3535371 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-012-1057-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2012] [Revised: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The intermediate filament protein desmin is an essential component of the extra-sarcomeric cytoskeleton in muscle cells. This three-dimensional filamentous framework exerts central roles in the structural and functional alignment and anchorage of myofibrils, the positioning of cell organelles and signaling events. Mutations of the human desmin gene on chromosome 2q35 cause autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, and sporadic myopathies and/or cardiomyopathies with marked phenotypic variability. The disease onset ranges from childhood to late adulthood. The clinical course is progressive and no specific treatment is currently available for this severely disabling disease. The muscle pathology is characterized by desmin-positive protein aggregates and degenerative changes of the myofibrillar apparatus. The molecular pathophysiology of desminopathies is a complex, multilevel issue. In addition to direct effects on the formation and maintenance of the extra-sarcomeric intermediate filament network, mutant desmin affects essential protein interactions, cell signaling cascades, mitochondrial functions, and protein quality control mechanisms. This review summarizes the currently available data on the epidemiology, clinical phenotypes, myopathology, and genetics of desminopathies. In addition, this work provides an overview on the expression, filament formation processes, biomechanical properties, post-translational modifications, interaction partners, subcellular localization, and functions of wild-type and mutant desmin as well as desmin-related cell and animal models.
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Feldkirchner S, Schessl J, Müller S, Schoser B, Hanisch FG. Patient-specific protein aggregates in myofibrillar myopathies: laser microdissection and differential proteomics for identification of plaque components. Proteomics 2012; 12:3598-609. [PMID: 23044792 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Revised: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Myofibrillar myopathies (MFMs) are histopathologically characterized by desmin-positive protein aggregates and myofibrillar degeneration. While about half of all MFM are caused by mutations in genes encoding sarcomeric and extra-sarcomeric proteins (desmin, filamin C, plectin, VCP, FHL1, ZASP, myotilin, αB-crystallin, and BAG3), the other half of these diseases is due to still unresolved gene defects. The present study aims at the proteomic characterization of pathological protein aggregates in skeletal muscle biopsies from patients with MFM-causing gene mutations. The technical strategy is based on the dissection of plaque versus plaque-free tissue areas from the same individual patient by laser dissection microscopy, filter-aided sample preparation, iTRAQ-labeling, and analysis on the peptide level using offline nano-LC and MALDI-TOF-TOF MS/MS for protein identification and quantification. The outlined workflow overcomes limitations of merely qualitative analyses, which cannot discriminate contaminating nonaggregated proteins. Dependent on the MFM causing mutation, different sets of proteins were revealed as genuine (accumulated) plaque components in independent technical replicates: (i) αB-crystallin, desmin, filamin A/C, myotilin, PRAF3, RTN2, SQSTM, XIRP1, and XIRP2 (patient with defined MFM mutation distinct from FHL1) or (ii) desmin, FHL1, filamin A/C, KBTBD10, NRAP, SQSTM, RL40, XIRP1, and XIRP2 (patient with FHL1 mutation). The results from differential proteomics indicate that plaques from different patients exhibit protein compositions with partial overlap, on the one hand, and mutation-dependent protein contents on the other. The FHL1 mutation-specific pattern was validated for four patients with respect to desmin, SQSTM, and FHL1 by immunohistochemistry.
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- Sarah Feldkirchner
- Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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Protein aggregation in congenital myopathies may be encountered among different myofibrillar myopathies such as granulofilamentous myopathy, cytoplasmic body myopathy, or spheroid body myopathy, which are designated as αB crystallinopathy, desminopathy, and myotilinopathy, respectively, according to the respective mutant proteins. Caps in cap disease and reducing bodies in reducing body myopathy were disclosed to contain numerous proteins. The multitude of diverse proteins aggregating within muscle fibers suggests impaired extralysosomal degradation of proteins, a disturbance of catabolism. The lack of different proteins accruing, but the mutant ones at an early age of affected patients in actin filament aggregating myopathy (AFAM) and hyaline body myopathy (HBM), suggests defects in maturation of sarcomeres and failure to integrate the possible mutant proteins, sarcomeric actin and heavy chain myosin in AFAM and HBM, a disturbance of anabolic metabolism.
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Conover GM, Gregorio CC. The desmin coil 1B mutation K190A impairs nebulin Z-disc assembly and destabilizes actin thin filaments. J Cell Sci 2011; 124:3464-76. [PMID: 21984811 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.087080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Desmin intermediate filaments intimately surround myofibrils in vertebrate muscle forming a mesh-like filament network. Desmin attaches to sarcomeres through its high-affinity association with nebulin, a giant F-actin binding protein that co-extends along the length of actin thin filaments. Here, we further investigated the functional significance of the association of desmin and nebulin in cultured primary myocytes to address the hypothesis that this association is key in integrating myofibrils to the intermediate filament network. Surprisingly, we identified eight peptides along the length of desmin that are capable of binding to C-terminal modules 160-170 in nebulin. In this study, we identified a targeted mutation (K190A) in the desmin coil 1B region that results in its reduced binding with the nebulin C-terminal modules. Using immunofluorescence microscopy and quantitative analysis, we demonstrate that expression of the mutant desmin K190A in primary myocytes results in a significant reduction in assembled endogenous nebulin and desmin at the Z-disc. Non-uniform actin filaments were markedly prevalent in myocytes expressing GFP-tagged desmin K190A, suggesting that the near-crystalline organization of actin filaments in striated muscle depends on a stable interaction between desmin and nebulin. All together, these data are consistent with a model in which Z-disc-associated nebulin interacts with desmin through multiple sites to provide efficient stability to satisfy the dynamic contractile activity of myocytes.
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- Gloria M Conover
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
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Finsterer J, Stöllberger C, Höftberger R. Restrictive cardiomyopathy as a cardiac manifestation of myofibrillar myopathy. Heart Lung 2011; 40:e123-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2010] [Revised: 07/24/2010] [Accepted: 07/27/2010] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Olivé M, Odgerel Z, Martínez A, Poza JJ, Bragado FG, Zabalza RJ, Jericó I, Gonzalez-Mera L, Shatunov A, Lee HS, Armstrong J, Maraví E, Arroyo MR, Pascual-Calvet J, Navarro C, Paradas C, Huerta M, Marquez F, Rivas EG, Pou A, Ferrer I, Goldfarb LG. Clinical and myopathological evaluation of early- and late-onset subtypes of myofibrillar myopathy. Neuromuscul Disord 2011; 21:533-42. [PMID: 21676617 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2011.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2011] [Revised: 04/26/2011] [Accepted: 05/03/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Myofibrillar myopathies (MFM) are a group of disorders associated with mutations in DES, CRYAB, MYOT, ZASP, FLNC, or BAG3 genes and characterized by disintegration of myofibrils and accumulation of degradation products into intracellular inclusions. We retrospectively evaluated 53 MFM patients from 35 Spanish families. Studies included neurologic exam, muscle imaging, light and electron microscopic analysis of muscle biopsy, respiratory function testing and cardiologic work-up. Search for pathogenic mutations was accomplished by sequencing of coding regions of the six genes known to cause MFM. Mutations in MYOT were the predominant cause of MFM in Spain affecting 18 of 35 families, followed by DES in 11 and ZASP in 3; in 3 families the cause of MFM remains undetermined. Comparative analysis of DES, MYOT and ZASP associated phenotypes demonstrates substantial phenotypic distinctions that should be considered in studies of disease pathogenesis, for optimization of subtype-specific treatments and management, and directing molecular analysis.
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- Montse Olivé
- Institute of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, IDIBELL-Hospital de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
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Hong D, Wang Z, Zhang W, Xi J, Lu J, Luan X, Yuan Y. A series of Chinese patients with desminopathy associated with six novel and one reported mutations in the desmin gene. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2011; 37:257-70. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2010.01112.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Selcen D. Myofibrillar myopathies. Neuromuscul Disord 2011; 21:161-71. [PMID: 21256014 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2010] [Revised: 12/15/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Myofibrillar myopathies represent a group of muscular dystrophies with a similar morphologic phenotype. They are characterized by a distinct pathologic pattern of myofibrillar dissolution associated with disintegration of the Z-disk, accumulation of myofibrillar degradation products, and ectopic expression of multiple proteins and sometimes congophilic material. The clinical features of myofibrillar myopathies are more variable. These include progressive muscle weakness, that often involves or begins in distal muscles but limb-girdle or scapuloperoneal distributions can also occur. Cardiomyopathy and peripheral neuropathy are frequent associated features. EMG of the affected muscles reveals myopathic motor unit potentials and abnormal irritability often with myotonic discharges. Rarely, neurogenic motor unit potentials or slow nerve conductions are present. The generic diagnosis of myofibrillar myopathies is based on muscle biopsy findings in frozen sections. To date, all myofibrillar myopathy mutations have been traced to Z-disk-associated proteins, namely, desmin, αB-crystallin, myotilin, ZASP, filamin C and Bag3. However, in the majority of the myofibrillar myopathy patients the disease gene awaits discovery.
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- Duygu Selcen
- Department of Neurology, Division of Child Neurology and Neuromuscular Disease Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Rodríguez JE, Willis MS. The therapeutic potential of heat shock proteins in cardiomyopathies due to mutations in cardiac structural proteins. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2010; 49:904-7. [PMID: 20920511 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2010] [Accepted: 09/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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van Spaendonck-Zwarts KY, van Hessem L, Jongbloed JDH, de Walle HEK, Capetanaki Y, van der Kooi AJ, van Langen IM, van den Berg MP, van Tintelen JP. Desmin-related myopathy. Clin Genet 2010; 80:354-66. [PMID: 20718792 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01512.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Desmin-related myopathy (DRM) is an autosomally inherited skeletal and cardiac myopathy, mainly caused by dominant mutations in the desmin gene (DES). We provide (i) a literature review on DRM, including clinical manifestations, inheritance, molecular genetics, myopathology and management and (ii) a meta-analysis of reported DES mutation carriers, focusing on their clinical characteristics and potential genotype-phenotype correlations. Meta-analysis: DES mutation carriers (n = 159) with 40 different mutations were included. Neurological signs were present in 74% and cardiological signs in 74% of carriers (both neurological and cardiological signs in 49%, isolated neurological signs in 22%, and isolated cardiological signs in 22%). More than 70% of carriers exhibited myopathy or muscular weakness, with normal creatine kinase levels present in one third of them. Up to 50% of carriers had cardiomyopathy and around 60% had cardiac conduction disease or arrhythmias, with atrioventricular block as an important hallmark. Symptoms generally started during the 30s; a quarter of carriers died at a mean age of 49 years. Sudden cardiac death occurred in two patients with a pacemaker, suggesting a ventricular tachyarrhythmia as cause of death. The majority of DES mutations were missense mutations, mostly located in the 2B domain. Mutations in the 2B domain were predominant in patients with an isolated neurological phenotype, whereas head and tail domain mutations were predominant in patients with an isolated cardiological phenotype.
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- K Y van Spaendonck-Zwarts
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Fowler SJ, Napolitano C, Priori SG. The genetics of cardiomyopathy: Genotyping and genetic counseling. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2009; 11:433-46. [DOI: 10.1007/s11936-009-0046-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this communication is to provide an up-to-date overview of myofibrillar myopathies. RECENT FINDINGS The most important recent advance in the myofibrillar myopathies has been the discovery that mutations in Z band alternatively spliced PDZ-containing protein and filamin C, as well as in desmin, alphaB-crystallin and myotilin, result in similar pathologic alterations in skeletal muscle that are typical of myofibrillar myopathy. Despite the increasing genetic heterogeneity, the clinical and morphologic phenotypes are remarkably homogeneous. The typical clinical manifestation is slowly progressive proximal, distal or both proximal and distal limb muscle weakness. Cardiomyopathy can be associated and is sometimes the presenting finding. Peripheral neuropathy also occurs in some patients. In every myofibrillar myopathy, there is abnormal accumulation of an array of proteins at ectopic sites as well as accumulation of degraded myofibrillar proteins forming large aggregates. The key issue now is to analyze the molecular mechanisms underlying the cascade of events that destroy the myofibrillar architecture and trigger the aberrant expression of multiple proteins. SUMMARY Several disease genes have recently been recognized in myofibrillar myopathies. So far, the disease proteins identified are components of or chaperone for the Z-disk. In each case, the molecular defect leads to a stereotyped cascade of structural events in the muscle fiber.
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