Mitochondrial leakage and mtDNA damage triggering early immune response in Inclusion Body Myositis.
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ABSTRACT: Polymyositis with mitochondrial pathology (PM-Mito) was first identified in 1997 as a subtype of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). Significant molecular similarities have been recently detected between PM-Mito and Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM), suggesting a trajectory from early to full-blown IBM, and prompting the inclusion of PM-Mito as an early form of IBM (eIBM) within the IBM spectrum. Both early and late stages of IBM show mitochondrial abnormalities, suggesting mitochondrial dysfunction is an early feature of IBM. The primary objective of this study was to characterize the mitochondrial phenotype in eIBM/PM-Mito at histological, ultrastructural, and molecular levels and to study the possible interplay between mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation. Skeletal muscle biopsies of 27 patients with eIBM/PM-Mito and 27 full-blown IBM were included for morphological and ultrastructural analysis. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number and deletions were assessed by qPCR and long-range PCR, respectively. In addition, full-length single-molecule sequencing of the mtDNA enabled precise mapping of deletions. Protein and RNA levels were studied using unbiased proteomic profiling, immunoblotting, and bulk RNA sequencing. Cell-free mtDNA (cfmtDNA) was measured in the serum of full-blown IBM patients.
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ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Skeletal Muscle
SUBMITTER:
Andreas Hentschel
LAB HEAD: Albert Sickmann
PROVIDER: PXD053742 | Pride | 2026-04-13
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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