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Crisafulli O, Bottoni G, Lacetera J, Fassio F, Grattarola L, Lavaselli E, Giovanetti G, Tupler R, Negro M, D'Antona G. Bioimpedance analysis of fat free mass and its subcomponents and relative associations with maximal oxygen consumption in facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. Eur J Appl Physiol 2024:10.1007/s00421-024-05581-5. [PMID: 39168898 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-024-05581-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
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PURPOSE Fat free mass (FFM) is considered the metabolically active component of human body and is positively associated with maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2 max ). However, FFM is composed of metabolically active and inactive subcomponents whose proportion can vary depending on body composition and clinical condition, possibly affecting such association. Although it is known that in facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) peculiar changes in body composition occur, it is unclear whether there are alterations in FFM composition and, if so, whether such alterations affect the association towardsVO 2 max compared to healthy subjects (HS). METHODS To address this issue, 27 FSHD patients (mean age 37.3; 9 female) and 27 sex and age matched HS, underwent an assessment ofVO 2 max by cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET) and body composition, with reference to FFM and its subcomponents, by bioimpedance analysis. RESULTS In between-groups comparison, patients showed lower amounts of body cell mass (BCM) and intracellular water (ICW) which reflect in lower BCM/FFM ratio and higher extracellular to intracellular water ratio (ECW/ICW). Patients'VO 2 max was lower than HS and, even if with lower associative values than HS, correlated with FFM and BCM, while BCM/FFM and ECW/ICW ratios associations were observed only in HS. CONCLUSION FSHD patients showed lower amount of BCM and ICW. BCM resulted as the parameter with the highest associative value with VO2max in both groups. SinceVO 2 max is associated with functional ability in dystrophic patients, BCM, rather than FFM, could be an additional body composition-based clinical stratification factor.
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- Oscar Crisafulli
- CRIAMS-Sport Medicine Centre Voghera, University of Pavia, 27058, Voghera, Italy
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- CRIAMS-Sport Medicine Centre Voghera, University of Pavia, 27058, Voghera, Italy
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- CRIAMS-Sport Medicine Centre Voghera, University of Pavia, 27058, Voghera, Italy
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- BioData Science Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100, Pavia, Italy
- Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Section of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- CRIAMS-Sport Medicine Centre Voghera, University of Pavia, 27058, Voghera, Italy
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- CRIAMS-Sport Medicine Centre Voghera, University of Pavia, 27058, Voghera, Italy
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- CRIAMS-Sport Medicine Centre Voghera, University of Pavia, 27058, Voghera, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125, Modena, Italy
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- CRIAMS-Sport Medicine Centre Voghera, University of Pavia, 27058, Voghera, Italy
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- CRIAMS-Sport Medicine Centre Voghera, University of Pavia, 27058, Voghera, Italy.
- Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
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Offit MB, Khanli HM, Wu T, Lehky TJ. Electrical impedance myography in healthy volunteers. Muscle Nerve 2024; 69:288-294. [PMID: 37787098 PMCID: PMC10922034 DOI: 10.1002/mus.27978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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INTRODUCTION/AIMS Electrical impedance myography (EIM) is a noninvasive technique being used in clinical studies to characterize muscle by phase, reactance, and resistance after application of a low-intensity current. The aim of this study was to obtain 50-kHz EIM data from healthy volunteers (HVs) for use in future clinical and research studies, perform reliability tests on EIM outcome measures, and compare findings with muscle ultrasound variables. METHODS Four arm and four leg muscles of HVs were evaluated using an EIM device with two sensors, P/N 20-0045 and P/N 014-009. Muscles were evaluated individually and eight-muscle average (8MU), four-muscle upper extremity average, and four-muscle lower extremity average. An intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was applied to assess interrater, intrarater, and intersensor reliability using a subset of HVs. Ultrasound studies on muscle thickness and elastography were also performed on a subset of HVs. RESULTS For the P/N 20-0045 sensor, the 8MU EIM mean and standard deviation (n = 41) was 14.54 ± 3.31 for phase, 7.04 ± 1.22 for reactance, and 28.91 ± 7.63 for resistance. Reliability for 8MU phase (n = 22) was good to excellent for both interrater (n = 22, ICC = 0.920, 95% CI 0.820 to 0.966) and intrarater (n = 22, ICC = 0.950, 95% CI 0.778 to 0.983). The P/N 014-009 sensor had similar reliability findings. Correlation analyses showed no association between EIM and muscle thickness. DISCUSSION EIM is a reproducible measure of muscle physiology. Obtaining EIM values from HVs allows us to gain a better understanding how EIM may be altered in diseased muscle.
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- Michelle B. Offit
- Electromyography Section, National Institutes of Health of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Neurology Department, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Electromyography Section, National Institutes of Health of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Neurology Department, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California, USA
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- Clinical Trials Unit, National Institutes of Health of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Electromyography Section, National Institutes of Health of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Farid A, Golden E, Robicheau S, Hu A, Cheung K, Yu PB, Rutkove SB, Upadhyay J. Diminished muscle integrity in patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva assessed with at-home electrical impedance myography. Sci Rep 2022; 12:20908. [PMID: 36463382 PMCID: PMC9719538 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25610-7] [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: 06/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an ultra-rare disorder involving skeletal dysplasia and heterotopic ossification (HO) of muscle and connective tissue. We aimed to define a novel biomarker in FOP that enables reliable assessment of musculoskeletal tissue integrity. Considering logistical difficulties that FOP patients often face, our goal was to identify an at-home biomarker technique. Electrical impedance myography (EIM) is a non-invasive, portable method that can inform on muscle health. 15 FOP patients (age 10-52) and 13 healthy controls were assessed. Using EIM, multiple muscle groups were characterized per participant in a 45-min period. The Cumulative Analogue Joint Involvement Scale (CAJIS) was implemented to determine mobility burden severity. We additionally evaluated physical activity levels via a Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-based questionnaire. Relative to controls, FOP patients demonstrated significantly lower regional and whole-body phase values at 50 kHz and 100 kHz, indicating more diseased muscle tissue. Lower whole-body phase and reactance values, and higher resistance values, were associated with greater FOP burden (CAJIS score range: 4-30) and lower physical activity levels at 50 kHz and 100 kHz. This study points to the potential utility of EIM as a clinical biomarker tool capable of characterizing muscle integrity in FOP.
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- Alexander Farid
- grid.38142.3c000000041936754XDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- grid.38142.3c000000041936754XDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- grid.492584.6Myolex Inc, Boston, MA USA
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- BioSAS Consulting, Inc., Wellesley, MA USA
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- grid.38142.3c000000041936754XDivision of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.239395.70000 0000 9011 8547Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.38142.3c000000041936754XDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XDepartment of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, USA
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Offit MB, Wu T, Floeter MK, Lehky TJ. Electrical impedance myography (EIM) in a natural history study of C9ORF72 mutation carriers. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2020; 21:445-451. [PMID: 32312103 DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2020.1752247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Objective: Electrical Impedance Myography (EIM) was used to evaluate disease progression in subjects with C9ORF72 expansion mutations and to assess correlations with Medical Research Council (MRC) Scale and revised ALS Functional Rating Scale (ALSFRS-R) measurements. Four types of clinical presentations were assessed; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) or other dementia, ALS-FTD, and asymptomatic (ASYMP). Methods: Subjects were divided into an ALS Group (ALS/ALS-FTD) and non-ALS Group (FTD/ASYMP) based on initial visit and evaluated at 0, 6, 18, and 30 months with EIM of 4 arm and 4 leg muscles, ALSFRS-R, and MRC scales. The change in EIM from baseline and correlation with the functional scale and strength testing were analyzed. Results: EIM 50kHz phase values significantly declined over time in the ALS group (n = 31) compared to the non-ALS group (FTD/ASYMP) (n = 19). In the ALS group, the decline in EIM was correlated with decline in the ALSFRS-R and MRC scores using within-subject correlations. Conclusion: In clinical trials with small populations of genetically associated ALS such as C9ORF-related ALS, EIM may be a useful quantitative biomarker. We did not detect decline in asymptomatic subjects, but longer term studies may detect early changes in this group.
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- Clinical Trials Unit, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Gawlik KI, Durbeej M. A Family of Laminin α2 Chain-Deficient Mouse Mutants: Advancing the Research on LAMA2-CMD. Front Mol Neurosci 2020; 13:59. [PMID: 32457577 PMCID: PMC7188397 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.00059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The research on laminin α2 chain-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (LAMA2-CMD) advanced rapidly in the last few decades, largely due to availability of good mouse models for the disease and a strong interest in preclinical studies from scientists all over the world. These mouse models continue to provide a solid platform for understanding the LAMA2-CMD pathology. In addition, they enable researchers to test laborious, necessary routines, but also the most creative scientific approaches in order to design therapy for this devastating disorder. In this review we present animals belonging to the laminin α2 chain-deficient “dy/dy” mouse family (dy/dy, dy2J/dy2J, dy3K/dy3K, dyW/dyW, et al.) and a summary of the scientific progress they facilitated. We also raise a few questions that need to be addressed in order to maximize the usefulness of laminin α2 murine mutants and to further advance the LAMA2-CMD studies. We believe that research opportunities offered by the mouse models for LAMA2-CMD will continuously support our efforts to find a treatment for the disease.
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- Kinga I Gawlik
- Muscle Biology Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Muscle Biology Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Accorsi A, Cramer ML, Girgenrath M. Fibrogenesis in LAMA2-Related Muscular Dystrophy Is a Central Tenet of Disease Etiology. Front Mol Neurosci 2020; 13:3. [PMID: 32116541 PMCID: PMC7010923 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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LAMA2-related congenital muscular dystrophy, also known as MDC1A, is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the alpha2 chain of Laminin-211. Loss of this protein interrupts the connection between the muscle cell and its extracellular environment and results in an aggressive, congenital-onset muscular dystrophy characterized by severe hypotonia, lack of independent ambulation, and early mortality driven by respiratory complications and/or failure to thrive. Of the pathomechanisms of MDC1A, the earliest and most prominent is widespread and rampant fibrosis. Here, we will discuss some of the key drivers of fibrosis including TGF-beta and renin–angiotensin system signaling and consequences of these pathways including myofibroblast transdifferentiation and matrix remodeling. We will also highlight some of the differences in fibrogenesis in congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) with that seen in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Finally, we will connect the key signaling pathways in the pathogenesis of MDC1A to the current status of the therapeutic approaches that have been tested in the preclinical models of MDC1A to treat fibrosis.
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- Rare Disease Research Unit, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States
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Hamel J, Lee P, Glenn MD, Burka T, Choi IY, Friedman SD, Shaw DWW, McCalley A, Herbelin L, Dimachkie MM, Lemmers R, van der Maarel SM, Barohn RJ, Tawil R, Statland JM. Magnetic resonance imaging correlates with electrical impedance myography in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Muscle Nerve 2020; 61:644-649. [PMID: 31884698 DOI: 10.1002/mus.26792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Electrical impedance myography (EIM) has been proposed as a noninvasive biomarker of muscle composition in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Here we determine the associations of EIM variables with muscle structure measured by MRI. METHODS We evaluated 20 patients with FSHD at two centers, comparing EIM measurements (resistance, reactance, and phase at 50, 100, and 211 kHZ) recorded from bilateral vastus lateralis, tibialis anterior, and medial gastrocnemius muscles to MRI skin and subcutaneous fat thickness, MRI T1-based muscle severity score (T1 muscle score), and MRI quantitative intramuscular Dixon fat fraction (FF). RESULTS While reactance and phase both correlated with FF and T1 muscle score, 50 kHz reactance was most sensitive to muscle structure alterations measured by both T1 score (ρ = -0.71, P < .001) and FF (ρ = -0.74, P < .001). DISCUSSION This study establishes the correlation of EIM with structural MRI features in FSHD and supports further evaluation of EIM as a potential biomarker in FSHD clinical trials.
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- Johanna Hamel
- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Radiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.,Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.,Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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Early skeletal muscle pathology and disease progress in the dy 3K/dy 3K mouse model of congenital muscular dystrophy with laminin α2 chain-deficiency. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14324. [PMID: 31586140 PMCID: PMC6778073 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50550-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Deficiency of laminin α2 chain leads to a severe form of congenital muscular dystrophy (LAMA2-CMD), and dystrophic symptoms progress rapidly in early childhood. Currently, there is no treatment for this detrimental disorder. Development of therapies is largely hindered by lack of understanding of mechanisms involved in the disease initiation and progress, both in patients but also in mouse models that are commonly used in the preclinical setup. Here, we unveil the first pathogenic events and characterise the disease development in a mouse model for LAMA2-CMD (dy3K/dy3K), by analysing muscles at perinatal, neonatal and postnatal stages. We found that apoptotic muscle fibres were present as early as postnatal day 1. Other typical dystrophic hallmarks (muscle degeneration, inflammation, and extensive production of the extracellular matrix proteins) were clearly evident already at postnatal day 4, and the highest degree of muscle deterioration was reached by day 7. Interestingly, the severe phenotype of limb muscles partially recovered on days 14 and 21, despite worsening of the general condition of the dy3K/dy3K mouse by that age. We found that masticatory muscles were severely affected in dy3K/dy3K mice and this may be an underlying cause of their malnutrition, which contributes to death around day 21. We also showed that several signalling pathways were affected already in 1-day-old dy3K/dy3K muscle. Therapeutic tests in the dy3K/dy3K mouse model should therefore be initiated shortly after birth, but should also take into account timing and correlation between regenerative and pathogenic events.
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AMIN MUTAZ, BAKHIT YOUSUF, KOKO MAHMOUD, IBRAHIM MOHAMEDOSAMAMIRGAHNI, SALIH MA, IBRAHIM MUNTASER, SEIDI OSHEIKA. Rare variant in LAMA2 gene causing congenital muscular dystrophy in a Sudanese family. A case report. ACTA MYOLOGICA : MYOPATHIES AND CARDIOMYOPATHIES : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SOCIETY OF MYOLOGY 2019; 38:21-24. [PMID: 31309178 PMCID: PMC6598405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) are a heterogeneous group of disorders caused by mutations in musculoskeletal proteins. The most common type of CMD in Europe is Merosin-deficient CMD caused by mutations in laminin-α2 protein. Very few studies reported pathogenic variants underlying these disorders especially from Africa. In this study we report a rare variant (p.Arg148Trp, rs752485547) in LAMA2 gene causing a mild form of Merosin-deficient CMD in a Sudanese family. The family consisted of two patients diagnosed clinically with congenital muscular dystrophy since childhood and five healthy siblings born to consanguineous parents. Whole exome sequencing was performed for the two patients and a healthy sibling. A rare missense variant (p.Arg148Trp, rs752485547) in LAMA2 gene was discovered and verified using Sanger sequencing. The segregation pattern was consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance. The pathogenicity of this variant was predicted using bioinformatics tools. More studies are needed to explore the whole spectrum of mutations in CMD in patients from Sudan and other parts of the world.
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- MUTAZ AMIN
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan,Address for correspondence: Mutaz Amin, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan, Qasr street, Khartoum, Sudan. E-mail:
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- Department of Basic Medical sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Khartoum, Sudan
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- Department of Molecular biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Sudan, Department of Neurology and Epileptology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Africa city of technology, Sudan
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- Department of Molecular biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Sudan
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan
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Zong Y, Shin HH, Wang YC, Li S, Zhou P, Li X. Assessing Hand Muscle Structural Modifications in Chronic Stroke. Front Neurol 2018; 9:296. [PMID: 29867714 PMCID: PMC5953342 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The purpose of the study is to assess poststroke muscle structural alterations by examining muscular electrical conductivity and inherent electrophysiological properties. In particular, muscle impedance and compound muscle action potentials (CMAP) were measured from the hypothenar muscle bilaterally using the electrical impedance myography and the electrophysiological techniques, respectively. Significant changes of muscle impedance were observed in the paretic muscle compared with the contralateral side (resistance: paretic: 27.54 ± 0.97 Ω, contralateral: 25.46 ± 0.91 Ω, p < 0.05; phase angle: paretic: 8.81 ± 0.61°, contralateral: 10.79 ± 0.69°, p < 0.05). In addition, impedance changes correlated moderately with the CMAP amplitude in the paretic hand (phase angle: r = 0.66, p < 0.05; reactance: r = 0.58, p < 0.05). The study discloses significant muscle rearrangements as a result of fiber loss or atrophy, fat infiltration or impaired membrane integrity in chronic stroke.
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- Ya Zong
- Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Guangdong Work Injury Rehabilitation Center, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Occupational Science and Technology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Guangdong Work Injury Rehabilitation Center, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center, Houston, TX, United States
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Mul K, Heatwole C, Eichinger K, Dilek N, Martens WB, Van Engelen BGM, Tawil R, Statland JM. Electrical impedance myography in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: A 1-year follow-up study. Muscle Nerve 2018; 58:213-218. [PMID: 29543984 DOI: 10.1002/mus.26127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Electrical impedance myography (EIM) is a noninvasive technique for measuring muscle composition and a potential physiological biomarker for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). METHODS Thirty-two participants with genetically confirmed and clinically affected FSHD underwent EIM in 7 muscles bilaterally. Correlations between EIM and baseline clinical measures were used to select EIM variables of interest in FSHD, and EIM and clinical measures were followed for 1 year. RESULTS There were no significant changes in the EIM variables. Although 50-kHZ reactance correlated the strongest with clinical measures at baseline, the 50-211-kHZ phase ratio demonstrated lower within-subject 12-month variability, potentially offering sample size savings for FSHD clinical trial planning. DISCUSSION EIM did not identify significant disease progression over 12 months. It is currently unclear whether this is because of limitations of the technology or the slow rate of disease progression in this cohort of FSHD patients over this period of time. Muscle Nerve 58: 213-218, 2018.
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- Karlien Mul
- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 4330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 323 Fairway, Kansas, 66205, USA.,Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 4330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 323 Fairway, Kansas, 66205, USA.,Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
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