Project description:HIBM is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by adult-onset, slowly progressive distal and proximal muscle weakness. Here, gene expression was measured in muscle specimens from 10 HIBM patients carrying the M712T Persian Jewish founder mutation in GNE and presenting with mild histological changes, and from 10 healthy matched control individuals. Keywords: Muscle specimen
2008-09-04 | GSE12648 | GEO
Project description:Case report: Novel genetic variant associated with epilepsy
Project description:HIBM is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by adult-onset, slowly progressive distal and proximal muscle weakness. Here, gene expression was measured in muscle specimens from 10 HIBM patients carrying the M712T Persian Jewish founder mutation in GNE and presenting with mild histological changes, and from 10 healthy matched control individuals. Experiment Overall Design: Samples were taken from muscle specimens (deltoid, biceps, quadriceps, tibialis), from 10 HIBM patients carrying the M712T Persian Jewish founder mutation in GNE and presenting with mild histological changes. Ages of patients range between 20 to 59. Additional 10 matched samples were taken from healthy control individuals (deltoid, biceps, quadriceps, gluteus, paraspinally and triceps muscles), with age range 18 to 74.
Project description:Caveolins are structural and functional proteins in plasma membrane invaginations called caveolae. Mutations in Caveolin-3 cause myopathies of variable severity. The pathogenicity of the Caveolin-3 variant G55S is still unclear. Here, we report on three patients suffering from mild to moderate myopathy. In all three patients, but also in two seemingly unaffected family members of patient one the G55S variant was found. Histology revealed moderate chronic myopathic changes and reduced sarcolemmal Caveolin-3 immunoreactivity in all three cases. Immunoblots for Caveolin-3 were abnormal in all cases. By electron microscopy, enlarged caveolae were detected in case one and three and vacuolar myopathy in case two. EM studies of RCMH myoblasts transfected with G55S Caveolin-3 revealed autophagic vacuoles. The alterations in Golgi morphology were in line with pathological Caveolin-3 deposits in this organelle detected by immunofluorescence and indicative for activation of autophagy. Phospho-blotting demonstrated that G55S affects EGFR signaling. Proteomic profiling of transfected RCMH myoblasts demonstrated alterations in levels of physiologically relevant proteins which are indicative for antagonization of G55S Caveolin-3 expression. Some proteomic alterations were enhanced by osmotic/mechanical stress. In conclusion, our results suggest that the G55S Caveolin-3 sequence variant can be compensated by cellular defense mechanisms and that additional stress may lead to vulnerability of G55S Caveolin-3 expressing muscle cells.
Project description:Tibial muscular dystrophy (TMD) is a late onset, autosomal dominant distal myopathy that results from mutations in the two last domains of titin. The cascade of molecular events leading from the causative Titin mutations to the preterm death of muscle cells in TMD is largely unknown. To identify these components, we used gene expression profiling of muscle biopsies from TMD patients and healthy controls. 5 muscle samples from 2 normal control subjects and muscle samples from 7 TMD subjects.
