期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
卷 21, 期 11, 页码 1377-1386出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12491
关键词
Asidan; hexanucleotide GGCCUG expansion; RNA foci; spinocerebellar ataxia
资金
- Research Committees from Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
- [21390267]
- [24591263]
- [24659651]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25293202] Funding Source: KAKEN
Background and purposeSpinocerebellar ataxia type 36 (SCA36), also called Asidan, is an autosomal-dominant neurodegenerative disorder identified as a hexanucleotide GGCCTG repeat expansion in the first intron 1 of the NOP56 gene. In the present study, for the first time an autopsy sample from an Asidan patient was examined and cytoplasmic inclusions and (GGCCUG)(n) repeat RNA foci were detected. MethodsHematoxylin and eosin staining, immunohistochemical staining, as well as fluorescence in situ hybridization were used to investigate the cytoplasmic inclusions of ubiquitin and p62 and the (GGCCUG)(n) repeat RNA foci. ResultsThe present study showed both ubiquitin- and p62-positive inclusions in the cytoplasm of the inferior olivary nucleus of the Asidan patient, (GGCCUG)(n) RNA foci in neuronal nuclei of the cerebrum, cerebellum, inferior olive, spinal cord and temporal muscle, and three types of RNA foci, i.e. single small, multiple small and giant. Of interest is that the giant RNA foci, nearly 10m in diameter, that were detected in Purkinje cells, spinal motor neurons and most frequently in the inferior olivary nucleus, may be responsible for pivotal clinical symptoms of Asidan. ConclusionsThe present study is the first report to show neuronal cytoplasmic inclusion bodies and giant RNA foci in an Asidan patient. The relationships between the giant RNA foci and neurodegeneration have yet to be studied.
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