期刊
MEDICAL MOLECULAR MORPHOLOGY
卷 45, 期 2, 页码 86-90出版社
SPRINGER TOKYO
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-011-0542-7
关键词
O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc); Skeletal muscle; Neuromuscular diseases; Myositis; Rimmed vacuoles; Glycosylation
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare for Research on intractable diseases
O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is a ubiquitous post-translational modification of nucleocytoplasmic proteins that induces the attachment of N-acetylglucosamine to serine or threonine residues of a protein. In contrast to other protein glycosylations, this modification is highly reversible and, similar to phosphorylation, it plays important roles in various cell signals. Here, we immunolocalized O-GlcNAc-modified proteins in muscle biopsy specimens from 40 patients with neuromuscular diseases and controls. In normal muscle fibers, O-GlcNAc was found along plasma membranes and in nuclei. Diffuse and increased cytoplasmic staining of O-GlcNAc was detected in (1) regenerating muscle fibers in muscular dystrophy, myositis, and rhabdomyolysis; (2) a proportion of atrophic fibers in myositis, such as those found in perifascicular regions in dermatomyositis; and (3) vacuolated fibers in sporadic inclusion body myositis (s-IBM) and distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles (DMRV). Target formations in neurogenic muscular atrophy were O-GlcNAc positive. Increase of O-GlcNAc glycosylation could be associated with the stress response, as these lesions have been shown to be positive for several stress markers. Vacuolar rims in s-IBM and DMRV were sometimes sharply lined by O-GlcNAc-positive deposits, which reflects myonuclear breakdown occurring from the disease.
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