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Sterling KG, Dodd GK, Alhamdi S, Asimenios PG, Dagda RK, De Meirleir KL, Hudig D, Lombardi VC. Mucosal Immunity and the Gut-Microbiota-Brain-Axis in Neuroimmune Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:13328. [PMID: 36362150 PMCID: PMC9655506 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Recent advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have opened the door to a wellspring of information regarding the composition of the gut microbiota. Leveraging NGS technology, early metagenomic studies revealed that several diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, autism, and myalgic encephalomyelitis, are characterized by alterations in the diversity of gut-associated microbes. More recently, interest has shifted toward understanding how these microbes impact their host, with a special emphasis on their interactions with the brain. Such interactions typically occur either systemically, through the production of small molecules in the gut that are released into circulation, or through signaling via the vagus nerves which directly connect the enteric nervous system to the central nervous system. Collectively, this system of communication is now commonly referred to as the gut-microbiota-brain axis. While equally important, little attention has focused on the causes of the alterations in the composition of gut microbiota. Although several factors can contribute, mucosal immunity plays a significant role in shaping the microbiota in both healthy individuals and in association with several diseases. The purpose of this review is to provide a brief overview of the components of mucosal immunity that impact the gut microbiota and then discuss how altered immunological conditions may shape the gut microbiota and consequently affect neuroimmune diseases, using a select group of common neuroimmune diseases as examples.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Clinical Immunology and Allergy Division, Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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Tissue Microarrays to Visualize Influenza D Attachment to Host Receptors in the Respiratory Tract of Farm Animals. Viruses 2021; 13:v13040586. [PMID: 33807137 PMCID: PMC8067312 DOI: 10.3390/v13040586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The trimeric hemagglutinin-esterase fusion protein (HEF) of influenza D virus (IDV) binds 9-O-acetylated sialic acid receptors, which are expressed in various host species. While cattle are the main reservoir for IDV, the viral genome has also been detected in domestic pigs. In addition, antibodies against IDV have been detected in other farm animals such as sheep, goats, and horses, and even in farmers working with IDV positive animals. Viruses belonging to various IDV clades circulate, but little is known about their differences in host and tissue tropism. Here we used recombinantly produced HEF proteins (HEF S57A) from the major clades D/Oklahoma (D/OK) and D/Oklahoma/660 (D/660) to study their host and tissue tropism and receptor interactions. To this end, we developed tissue microarrays (TMA) composed of respiratory tissues from various farm animals including cattle, domestic pigs, sheep, goats, and horses. Protein histochemical staining of farm animal respiratory tissue-microarrays with HEF proteins showed that cattle have receptors present over the entire respiratory tract while receptors are only present in the nasal and pharyngeal epithelium of pigs, sheep, goats, and horses. No differences in tropism for tissues and animals were observed between clades, while hemagglutination assays showed that D/OK has a 2-fold higher binding affinity than D/660 for receptors on red blood cells. The removal of O-acetylation from receptors via saponification treatment confirmed that receptor-binding of both clades was dependent on O-acetylated sialic acids.
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Vogel GF, Janecke AR, Krainer IM, Gutleben K, Witting B, Mitton SG, Mansour S, Ballauff A, Roland JT, Engevik AC, Cutz E, Müller T, Goldenring JR, Huber LA, Hess MW. Abnormal Rab11-Rab8-vesicles cluster in enterocytes of patients with microvillus inclusion disease. Traffic 2017; 18:453-464. [PMID: 28407399 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Revised: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a congenital enteropathy characterized by accumulation of vesiculo-tubular endomembranes in the subapical cytoplasm of enterocytes, historically termed "secretory granules." However, neither their identity nor pathophysiological significance is well defined. Using immunoelectron microscopy and tomography, we studied biopsies from MVID patients (3× Myosin 5b mutations and 1× Syntaxin3 mutation) and compared them to controls and genome-edited CaCo2 cell models, harboring relevant mutations. Duodenal biopsies from 2 patients with novel Myosin 5b mutations and typical clinical symptoms showed unusual ultrastructural phenotypes: aberrant subapical vesicles and tubules were prominent in the enterocytes, though other histological hallmarks of MVID were almost absent (ectopic intra-/intercellular microvilli, brush border atrophy). We identified these enigmatic vesiculo-tubular organelles as Rab11-Rab8-positive recycling compartments of altered size, shape and location harboring the apical SNARE Syntaxin3, apical transporters sodium-hydrogen exchanger 3 (NHE3) and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. Our data strongly indicate that in MVID disrupted trafficking between cargo vesicles and the apical plasma membrane is the primary cause of a defect of epithelial polarity and subsequent facultative loss of brush border integrity, leading to malabsorption. Furthermore, they support the notion that mislocalization of transporters, such as NHE3 substantially contributes to the reported sodium loss diarrhea.
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- Georg F Vogel
- Division of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.,Division of Cell Biology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.,Department of Paediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Paediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Cell Biology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.,Department of Paediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Human Genetics Research Center, St. George's University of London, London, UK
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- Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.,Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.,Departments of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.,Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.,Departments of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Pathology, Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Paediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.,Epithelial Biology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.,Departments of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Cell Biology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Sidhaye J, Pinto CS, Dharap S, Jacob T, Bhargava S, Sonawane M. The zebrafish goosepimples/myosin Vb mutant exhibits cellular attributes of human microvillus inclusion disease. Mech Dev 2016; 142:62-74. [PMID: 27497746 PMCID: PMC5161235 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2015] [Revised: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a life-threatening enteropathy characterised by malabsorption and incapacitating fluid loss due to chronic diarrhoea. Histological analysis has revealed that enterocytes in MVID patients exhibit reduction of microvilli, presence of microvillus inclusion bodies and intestinal villus atrophy, whereas genetic linkage analysis has identified mutations in myosin Vb gene as the main cause of MVID. In order to understand the cellular basis of MVID and the associated formation of inclusion bodies, an animal model that develops ex utero and is tractable genetically as well as by microscopy would be highly useful. Here we report that the intestine of the zebrafish goosepimples (gsp)/myosin Vb (myoVb) mutant shows severe reduction in intestinal folds - structures similar to mammalian villi. The loss of folds is further correlated with changes in the shape of enterocytes. In striking similarity with MVID patients, zebrafish gsp/myoVb mutant larvae exhibit microvillus atrophy, microvillus inclusions and accumulation of secretory material in enterocytes. We propose that the zebrafish gsp/myoVb mutant is a valuable model to study the pathophysiology of MVID. Furthermore, owing to the advantages of zebrafish in screening libraries of small molecules, the gsp mutant will be an ideal tool to identify compounds having therapeutic value against MVID. myosin Vb is expressed in the zebrafish intestine. goosepimples/myosin Vb function is essential for epithelial morphogenesis in the zebrafish intestine. The goosepimples mutant recapitulates pathognomonic features of microvillus inclusion disease. The function of myosin Vb in the intestine is conserved between fish and mammals.
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- Jaydeep Sidhaye
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Pune, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai, India.
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OBJECTIVES Microvillous inclusion disease (MVID) is a cause of intractable diarrhea in infancy. In its classic form, the disease is characterized by a severe persistent watery diarrhea starting within the first days of life. Parenteral nutrition and small bowel transplantation are the only known treatments for the affected children. Histologically, periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining shows accumulation of periodic acid-Schiff-positive staining material along the apical pole of enterocytes, whereas transmission electron microscopy exhibits microvillus inclusion bodies within the cytoplasm of enterocytes with rarefied and shortened microvilli and secretory granules. The objective of this work was to explore clinical, morphological, and genetic findings in cases of MVID with unusual presentations. METHODS Clinical, histological, and genetic findings are reported for 8 cases of MVID with atypical presentation. RESULTS The diarrhea started after several months in 3 cases. It was usually less abundant and 3 patients were weaned off parenteral nutrition. None required intestinal transplantation. Three patients experienced malformations, dysmorphy, sensory disabilities, and severe mental retardation. One had a hydrocephaly. Three patients had a cholestasis with low γ-glutamyl transferase levels. Light microscopy showed histological abnormalities consistent with MVID in all of the cases, but the lesions were sometimes focal or delayed. Transmission electron microscopy retrieved some criteria of MVID in 4 patients. Finally, 6 patients were homozygotes or compound heterozygotes for MYO5B mutations. CONCLUSIONS This study extends the spectrum of MVID to less severe clinical presentations.
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Dhekne HS, Hsiao NH, Roelofs P, Kumari M, Slim CL, Rings EHHM, van Ijzendoorn SCD. Myosin Vb and Rab11a regulate phosphorylation of ezrin in enterocytes. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:1007-17. [PMID: 24413175 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.137273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Microvilli at the apical surface of enterocytes allow the efficient absorption of nutrients in the intestine. Ezrin activation by its phosphorylation at T567 is important for microvilli development, but how such ezrin phosphorylation is controlled is not well understood. We demonstrate that a subset of kinases that phosphorylate ezrin closely co-distributes with apical recycling endosome marker Rab11a in the subapical domain. Expression of dominant-negative Rab11a mutant or depletion of the Rab11a-binding motor protein myosin Vb prevents the subapical enrichment of Rab11a and these kinases and inhibits ezrin phosphorylation and microvilli development, without affecting the polarized distribution of ezrin itself. We observe a similar loss of the subapical enrichment of Rab11a and the kinases and reduced phosphorylation of ezrin in microvillus inclusion disease, which is associated with MYO5B mutations, intestinal microvilli atrophy and malabsorption. Thus, part of the machinery for ezrin activation depends on recycling endosomes controlled by myosin Vb and Rab11a which, we propose, might act as subapical signaling platforms that enterocytes use to regulate development of microvilli and maintain human intestinal function.
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- Herschel S Dhekne
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Stepensky P, Bartram J, Barth TF, Lehmberg K, Walther P, Amann K, Philips AD, Beringer O, Zur Stadt U, Schulz A, Amrolia P, Weintraub M, Debatin KM, Hoenig M, Posovszky C. Persistent defective membrane trafficking in epithelial cells of patients with familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 5 due to STXBP2/MUNC18-2 mutations. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2013; 60:1215-22. [PMID: 23382066 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is a rare primary immune disorder defined by mutations in the syntaxin binding protein 2 (STXBP2) alias MUNC18-2. Despite defective immunity and a hyper-inflammatory state, clinical findings such as neurological, gastrointestinal, and bleeding disorders are present in a significant number of patients and suggest an impaired expression and function of STXBP2 in cells other than cytotoxic lymphocytes. PROCEDURE We investigated four patients with FHL5 suffering from severe enteropathy and one of whom also had renal tubular dysfunction despite successful hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Gastrointestinal and renal biopsy specimens were analyzed by immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. RESULTS Histopathology revealed an intracytoplasmatic accumulation of PAS-positive granules and an enlarged intracytoplasmatic CD10-positive band along the apical pole of enterocytes. Electron microscopy revealed short microvilli and granules filled with electro lucent material. In addition, we described mildly dilated renal tubules and electron micrographs displayed a higher number of cytoplasmic inclusions, electrodense lysosomal and electrolucent endosomal vesicles. CONCLUSION Mutations in STXBP2 do not only affect cytotoxic T lymphocytes but also cause changes in the intestinal and renal epithelium resulting in severe, osmotic diarrhea and renal proximal tubular dysfunction. These defects persist after successful treatment of hemophagocytic lymphohistocytosis by HSCT. Clinical manifestations in FHL5 patients despite successful HSCT may therefore be related to defective membrane trafficking in the gut and kidney.
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- Polina Stepensky
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and BMT, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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Rodríguez-Méndez AJ, Luna-Acosta JL, Carranza M, Harvey S, Arámburo C, Luna M. Growth hormone expression in stromal and non-stromal cells in the bursa of Fabricius during bursal development and involution: Causal relationships? Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 167:297-307. [PMID: 20347824 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2009] [Revised: 03/13/2010] [Accepted: 03/21/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Growth hormone (GH) is expressed in the chicken bursa of Fabricius (BF), an organ that undergoes three distinct developmental stages: rapid growth (late embryogenesis until 6-8 weeks of age [w]), plateaued growth (between 10 and 15w), and involution (after 18-20w). The distribution and abundance of GH-immunoreactivity (GH-IR) and GH mRNA expression in stromal and non-stromal bursal cells during development, as well as the potential anti-apoptotic effect of GH in bursal cell survival were the focus of this study. GH mRNA expression was mainly in the epithelial layer and in epithelial buds at embryonic day (ED) 15; at 2w it was widely distributed within the follicle and in the interfollicular epithelium (IFE); at 10w it clearly diminished in the epithelium; whereas at 20w it occurred in only a few cortical cells and in the connective tissue. Parallel changes in the relative proportion of GH mRNA expression (12, 21, 13, 1%) and GH-IR (19, 18, 11, <3%) were observed at ED 15, 2w, 10w, and 20w, respectively. During embryogenesis, GH-IR co-localized considerably with IgM-IR, but scarcely with IgG-IR, whereas the opposite was observed after hatching. Significant differences in bursal cell death occurred during development, with 9.3% of cells being apoptotic at ED 15, 0.4% at 2w, 0.23% at 10w, and 21.1% at 20w. Addition of GH increased cultured cell survival by a mechanism that involved suppression (up to 41%) of caspase-3 activity. Results suggest that autocrine/paracrine actions of bursal GH are involved in the differentiation and proliferation of B lymphocytes and in BF growth and cell survival in embryonic and neonatal chicks, whereas diminished GH expression in adults may result in bursal involution.
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- A J Rodríguez-Méndez
- Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro, Qro. 76230, Mexico
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Iancu TC, Mahajnah M, Manov I, Shaoul R. Microvillous inclusion disease: ultrastructural variability. Ultrastruct Pathol 2007; 31:173-88. [PMID: 17613997 DOI: 10.1080/01913120701350712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Microvillous inclusion disease (MVID) is a congenital, usually neonatal, autosomal recessive condition manifested by severe, prolonged secretory diarrhea. Intestinal biopsies reveal extensive microvilli abnormalities, typical inclusions and vesicles mainly of the apical-luminal enterocytes and colonocytes. Although diagnosis can be suspected by special stains of the mucosa (PAS, CD10), the definitive diagnosis, recommended in view of potential intestinal transplantation, requires electron microscopy. In view of the marked variability of ultrastructural changes, extensive illustration is considered valuable for diagnosis. While the pathogenesis is still unknown, a number of images illustrate the suspected "arrested-trafficking" hypothesis of microvillous abnormalities. Others micrographs support the "engulfing" mechanism of inclusion formation. The electron micrographs should help ultrastructural diagnosis in this heterogeneous disease and can confirm diagnosis even in the absence of the typical inclusions.
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- Theodore C Iancu
- Pediatric Research and Electron Microscopy Unit, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Phillips AD. Diarrhées intraitables dues à des anomalies congénitales des entérocytes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1159/000093836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ruemmele FM, Schmitz J, Goulet O. Microvillous inclusion disease (microvillous atrophy). Orphanet J Rare Dis 2006; 1:22. [PMID: 16800870 PMCID: PMC1523325 DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-1-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2006] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Microvillous inclusion disease (MVID) or microvillous atrophy is a congenital disorder of the intestinal epithelial cells that presents with persistent life-threatening watery diarrhea and is characterized by morphological enterocyte abnormalities. MVID manifests either in the first days of life (early-onset form) or in the first two months (late-onset form) of life. MVID is a very rare disorder of unknown origin, probably transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. To date, no prevalence data are available. Ultrastructural analyses reveal: 1) a partial to total atrophy of microvilli on mature enterocytes with apical accumulation of numerous secretory granules in immature enterocytes; 2) the highly characteristic inclusion bodies containing rudimentary or fully differentiated microvilli in mature enterocytes. Light microscopy shows accumulation of PAS-positive granules at the apical pole of immature enterocytes, together with atrophic band indicating microvillus atrophy and, in parallel, an intracellular PAS or CD10 positive line (marking the microvillous inclusion bodies seen on electron microscopy). Intestinal failure secondary to diarrhea is definitive. To date, no curative therapy exists and children with MVID are totally dependent on parenteral nutrition. Long-term outcome is generally poor, due to metabolic decompensation, repeated states of dehydration, infectious and liver complications related to the parenteral nutrition. As MVID is a very rare disorder, which is extremely difficult to diagnose and manage, children with MVID should be transferred to specialized pediatric gastro-intestinal centers, if possible, a center equipped to perform small bowel transplantation. Early small bowel transplantation resulting in intestinal autonomy gives new hope for disease management and outcome.
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- Frank M Ruemmele
- INSERM EMI 0212, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149 Rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- INSERM EMI 0212, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149 Rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- INSERM EMI 0212, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149 Rue de Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Philips AD. Diarrea intratable causada por anomalías congénitas de los enterocitos. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1159/000091005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Morroni M, Cangiotti AM, Guarino A, Cinti S. Unusual ultrastructural features in microvillous inclusion disease: A report of two cases. Virchows Arch 2006; 448:805-10. [PMID: 16609911 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-006-0180-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2005] [Accepted: 02/13/2006] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Microvillous Inclusion Disease (MID) is an inherited disorder characterized by intractable diarrhea in infancy. Ultrastructural detection of pathognomonic microvillous inclusions in the enterocytes is essential for diagnosis. The aim of this research is to contribute to the knowledge of MID studying enterocytes and goblet cells (gc). Samples of duodenal mucosa from two young infants with MID (aged 75 days and 3 months, respectively) were studied by light and electron microscopy. Detection in the intestinal villi of immature gc (with microvilli) in one of the cases led us to seek them in control samples. The total number of gc with microvilli (immature) and without microvilli (mature) were counted. In both MID specimens, light microscopy showed atrophy of villi and PAS-positive material in the enterocyte cytoplasm. The ultrastructure of villous enterocytes was characterized by brush-border abnormalities, microvillous inclusions, dense apical granules, and lysosomes. Intermediate structures between microvillous inclusions and lysosomes were also detected within a cell, as were rare microvilli on the lateral membrane of the enterocytes. In one MID specimen, immature gc were also identified in the absorptive compartment. Only mature gc were observed in the controls. The significance of the latter finding requires further studies.
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- Manrico Morroni
- Institute of Normal Human Morphology, Faculty of Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.
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