%0 Journal Article
%T Aquaporin-4 expression in distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles
%A Akihiko Hoshi
%A Teiji Yamamoto
%A Saeko Kikuchi
%A Tomoko Soeda
%A Keiko Shimizu
%A Yoshikazu Ugawa
%J BMC Neurology
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1471-2377-12-22
%X Here, we studied the expression of aquaporin-4 in muscle fibers of a patient with distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles/hereditary inclusion body myopathy. Immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence analyses showed that sarcolemmal aquaporin-4 immunoreactivity was reduced in many muscle fibers of the patient. However, the intensity of aquaporin-4 staining was markedly increased at rimmed vacuoles or its surrounding areas and in some muscle fibers. The fast-twitch type 2 fibers were predominantly involved with the strong aquaporin-4-positive rimmed vacuoles and TAR-DNA-binding protein-43 aggregations. Rimmed vacuoles with strong aquaporin-4 expression seen in the distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles/hereditary inclusion body myopathy patient were not found in control muscles without evidence of neuromuscular disorders and the other disease-controls.Aquaporin-4 might be crucial in determining the survival or degeneration of fast-twitch type 2 fibers in distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles/hereditary inclusion body myopathy.
%K Distal myopathy with rimmed vacuoles (DMRV)/hereditary inclusion body myopathy (hIBM)
%K Rimmed vacuoles (RVs)
%K Aquaporin-4 (AQP4)
%K Fast-twitch type 2 fiber
%U http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/12/22/abstract