Autophagic vacuoles with sarcolemmal features delineate Danon disease and related myopathies - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative Study

doi: 10.1093/jnen/64.6.513.

Satoru Noguchi, Yoshimichi Kozuka, Eri Arikawa-Hirasawa, Mikihito Tanaka, Chuanzhu Yan, Paul Saftig, Kurt von Figura, Michio Hirano, Satoshi Ueno, Ikuya Nonaka, Ichizo Nishino

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Comparative Study

Kazuma Sugie et al. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2005 Jun.

Abstract

Among the autophagic vacuolar myopathies (AVMs), a subgroup is characterized pathologically by unusual autophagic vacuoles with sarcolemmal features (AVSF) and includes Danon disease and X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy. The diagnostic importance and detailed morphologic features of AVSF in different AVMs have not been well established, and the mechanism of AVSF formation is not known. To address these issues, we have performed detailed histologic studies of myopathies with AVSF and other AVMs. In Danon disease and related AVMs, at the light microscopic level, autophagic vacuoles appeared to be accumulations of lysosomes, which, by electron microscopy consisted of clusters of autophagic vacuoles, indicative of autolysosomes. Some autolysosomes were surrounded by membranes with sarcolemmal proteins, acetylcholinesterase activity, and basal lamina. In Danon disease, the number of fibers with AVSF increased linearly with age while the number with autolysosomal accumulations decreased slightly, suggesting that AVSF are produced secondarily in response to autolysosomes. Most of the AVSF form enclosed spaces, indicating that the vacuolar membranes may be formed in situ rather than through sarcolemmal indentation. This unique intracytoplasmic membrane structure was not found in other AVMs. In conclusion, AVSF with acetylcholinesterase activity are autolysosomes surrounded by secondarily generated intracytoplasmic sarcolemma-like structure and delineates a subgroup of AVMs.

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