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Myofiber type shift in extraocular muscles in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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- Behzadi, Arvin (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för integrativ medicinsk biologi (IMB),Neurovetenskaper
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- Tjust, Anton Erik (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för integrativ medicinsk biologi (IMB),Neurovetenskaper
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- Liu, Jing-Xia (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för integrativ medicinsk biologi (IMB)
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- Andersen, Peter Munch, 1962- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Neurovetenskaper
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- Brännström, Thomas (author)
- Umeå universitet,Patologi,https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4201-8204
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- Pedrosa Domellöf, Fatima (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för integrativ medicinsk biologi (IMB),Oftalmiatrik
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- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), 2023
- 2023
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In: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. - : Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). - 0146-0404 .- 1552-5783. ; 64:5
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- Purpose: To investigate changes in myofiber composition in the global layer (GL) and orbital layer (OL) of extraocular muscles (EOMs) from terminal amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) donors.Methods: Medial recti muscles collected postmortem from spinal-onset ALS, bulbar-onset ALS, and healthy control donors were processed for immunofluorescence with antibodies against myosin heavy chain (MyHC) IIa, MyHCI, MyHCeom, laminin, neurofilaments, synaptophysin, acetylcholine receptor γ-subunit, and α-bungarotoxin.Results: The proportion of myofibers containing MyHCIIa was significantly smaller and MyHCeom was significantly larger in the GL of spinal-onset ALS and bulbar-onset ALS donors compared to control donors. Changes in the GL were more prominent in the bulbar-onset ALS donors, with a significantly larger proportion of myofibers containing MyHCeom being present compared to spinal-onset ALS donors. There were no significant differences in the myofiber composition in the OL. In the spinal-onset ALS donors, the proportions of myofibers containing MyHCIIa in the GL and MyHCeom in the OL were significantly correlated with the disease duration. Neurofilament and synaptophysin were present at motor endplates of myofibers containing MyHCeom in ALS donors.Conclusions: The EOMs of terminal ALS donors displayed changes in the fast-type myofiber composition in the GL, with a more pronounced alteration in bulbar-onset ALS donors. Our results align with the worse prognosis and subclinical changes in eye movement function previously observed in bulbar-onset ALS patients and suggest that the myofibers in the OL might be more resistant to the pathological process in ALS.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Oftalmologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Ophthalmology (hsv//eng)
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