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Muscular Dystrophies
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What is Muscular Dystrophy?(MD)
• MD is an inherited muscle disease with many different forms.
• In most cases muscle progressively become weaker.
• Some types of MD affect voluntary muscles such as the heart.
• Muscular Dystrophy: group of genetic disorders that are characterized by progressive loss of muscle integrity, wasting, and weakness. Characterized by degeneration and regeneration of muscle fibers (in contrast with static or structural myopathies)
• Muscular Dystrophy Association – Covers all muscular dystrophies and myopathies– Multisystem diseases : ALS or Friedreich Ataxia– Neuropathy : HSMN, CMTD
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• Muscular dystrophy refers to a group of genetic, hereditary muscle diseases that cause progressive muscle weakness.
• Muscular dystrophies are characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue
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Symptoms
• Lack of coordination • Muscle weakness • Progressive crippling • Loss of mobility
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General Diagnostic Testing
• Creatine kinase : – greatly elevated (50 times normal)– Increased in DMD, BMD, polymyositis,
and rhabdomyolysis– Nonspecific if mildly elevated 2-3x
normal– Lower late in MD course due to severely
reduced muscle mass– Not helpful for carrier detection
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• Muscle biopsy– Dystrophic changes include necrosis,
degeneration, regeneration, fibrosis and fatty infiltration, sometimes mild inflammation
– Specific diseases may have inflammation, intracellular vacuoles, rods, and other inclusions on biopsy
• Biochemical muscle protein analysis– Useful for specific identified protein that
is missing and many specific mutations may cause the same deficiency
– Immunohistochemical protein staining–Western blot – quantitates percent of
normal protein present
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• Genetic analysis– PCR for specific known defects– Southern blot for nucleotide repeats
• Electromyography – Useful if diagnosis not clear (biopsy has
mixed features)– Differentiates neuropathic vs.
myopathic– Characteristic myotonic discharges in
adults with myotonia – “dive bomber” sound
– Perform after the CK
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CLASSIFICATION
X-linked muscular dystrophy• Duchenne muscular dystrophy• Becker muscular dystrophy• Emery-Dreifuss syndrome
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CLASSIFICATION
Autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy
• Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Autosomal dominant muscular dystrophy
• Fascioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
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Differential Patterns of Initial Muscle Differential Patterns of Initial Muscle Weakness in MD Weakness in MD
Congenital MDDuchenne MD Limb Girdle MD FSHDFacio-Scapulo-humeral
Emery Dreifuss MD
OPMDOculopharyngealMD
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Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
• Presentation: neonatal onset of severe weakness, delayed motor milestones, contractures
• Merosin negative/CMD A1– White matter hypodensities on brain
scan but normal mental capacity – Diagnosis by muscle biopsy
immunohistochemistry showing loss of α2-laminin (AR-chromosome 6q22-23)
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Presentation: 3-5 y/o with frequent falls, slow running
• Prevalence of 1:3500 • Etiology– single gene defect (65% deletions, 7-10%
duplications, 25% point mutations, small deletions or insertions)• 1/3 new mutation• 2/3 family history
– Xp21.2 region– absent dystrophin
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Clinical Manifestations– - 36Onset : age years – PPPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPP – Pseudohypertrophy of cal
P PPPPPPP – PPPPPP PPPPPPPPP – Cardiomyopathy– Respiratory – 30% mild to moderate
MR
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•Pseudohypertrhophy of calf muscle, •Tip toe gaitforward tilt of pelvis, compensatory lordosis
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Disappearance of lordosis while sitting
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GOWER’S SIGN
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Natural History– Progress slowly and
continuously– muscle weakness– -- lower >upper ext r emi t
i es– -unabletoambulate: 10year(7 12)– - deathfrompulmonary/ cardiacf ai l ur e: 2 3r d d
ecade
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Diagnosis
• Clinical Signs (Gower’s Sign)• Family history (pedigree analysis)• Increase CPK 200( x)• DNA mut at i on anal ysi s (65%) or haplotype
analysis)• Myopathic change in EMG
Bx: m. degener at i on• Muscle biopsy and Immunoblotting: Absenc
e dystrophin (if geneticist can’t find the mutation !!)
Prenatal diagnosis is available
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Becker Muscular Dystrophy
• Slowly progressive form with same gene affected as Duchenne MD
• Etiology– single gene defect– short arm X chromosome– altered size & decreased amount of dystrophin
• Muscle biopsy immunostaining for dystrophin with patchy staining
• Disorder of function or decreased amount of dystrophin rather than absence of the protein
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DMD / BMD
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Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
• Presentation: This disorder is characterized by a triad
– Early contractures of the Achilles tendon, elbows and posterior cervical muscles
– Slowly progressive muscle wasting and weakness with a humeroperoneal distribution
– Cardiomyopathy arises , which usually presents as cardiac conduction defects.
• Genetics– X-linked type affects emerin (STA gene at
chromosome Xq28)• Diagnose by protein analysis of leukocytes or skin
fibroblasts• DNA testing available
– AD affects lamin A or lamin C (chromosome 1q21)
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Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
• Presentation: variable age of onset with weakness and wasting of the limb-girdle
• 15 genetically different types (genetical and clinical heterogenic)
• AD forms are rare but more less severe than AR forms
• Several of these disorders are associated with clinically significant cardiac involvment
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Type Protein Chromosome Inheritance
1A Myotilin 5q22-34 AD
1B Laminin A/C 1q21 AD/allelic to EDMD
1C Caveolin-3 3p25 AD
1D 7q AD
2A Calpain-3 15q15-21 AR
2B Dysferlin 2p13 AR/allelic to Myoshi Myopathy
2C Gamma sarcoglycan
13q12 AR
2D Alpha sarcoglycan 17q12-21 AR
2E Beta sarcoglycan 4q12 AR
2F Delta sarcoglycan 5q33-34 AR
2G Telethonin 17q11-12 AR
2H 9Q33 AR
2I Fukutin-related protein
19q13 AR/allelic to CMD 1C
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FascioScapularHumeral Muscular Dystrophy (AD)
• Presentation:– Facial and shoulder girdle are first affected
muscle group– Later foot extensors and pelvic girdle muscles
become involved– The heart is not implicated in most cases. – mild high pitched hearing loss, retinal
abnormalities, mental retardation in early onset
• Genetics/Testing– Southern blot testing available (chromosome
4q35) for decrease in repeats normally present – Muscle biopsy may show lymphocytic infiltrates
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Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
• Presentation: – mid-adult with ptosis, facial muscle weakness
with difficulty swallowing, proximal muscle weakness, may have extraocular muscle weakness, more common in French-Canadian and Hispanic population
• Genetics – Affects poly A binding protein 2 (PABP2) by
expansion of a GCG repeat without anticipation seen – Southern blot (chromosome 14q11-13)
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Myotonic Dystrophy• Presentation – adult with multiple systems
affected– Primarily distal and facial weakness– Facial features: frontal balding in men, ptosis,
low-set ears, hatchet jaw, dysarthria, swan neck, ^ shaped upper lip
– Myotonia: worse in cold weather, after age 20– Heart: conduction block – evaluate syncope– Smooth muscle: constipation, care with
swallowing, gallstones, problems with childbirth, BP lability
– Brain: learning disabilities, increased sleep requirement
– Ophthalmology: cataracts– Endocrine: insulin resistance, hypothyroidism,
testicular atrophy
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Huntington Disease• Presentation
– Mood Swings– Impaired cognitive functions– Chorea
• Huntington’s Disease is an Autosomal Dominant “Tri-nucleotide Repeat” Disorder caused by a mutation of a gene on the 4th chromosome which is responsible for producing the protein Huntingtin, that creates excess copies of the CAG codon which genetically program the degeneration of the neurons of the brain.
• Age of onset is found generally in adults around the age of 40
• The earliest onset of Huntington’s ever documented was a two year old boy.
• The symptoms of HD can also develop at 55 or later, in which case it is harder to recognize.
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The number of CAG codons varies and so does the severity of the disease– >40 repeats you develop HD, children 50%
chance of developing disease– 36-39 repeats “Grey Zone” May develop HD,
children may or may not develop HD– 29-35 repeats the individual will not develop
HD, children may– <29 repeats, the individual will not develop
HD, children will not develop HD
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Summary
Clinical DMD LGMD FSMD DD CMD
Incidence common less Not common
Rare Rare
Age of onset
3-6 y 2nd decade
2nd decade
20-77 y At/ after birth
Sex Male Either sex M = F Either sex Both
Inheritance
Sex-linked recessive
AR, rare AD
AD AD Unknown
Muscle involve.
Proximal to distal
Proximal to distal
Face & shoulder to pelvic
Distal Generalized
Muscle spread until late
Leg, hand, arm, face, larynx,eye
Upper ex, calf
Back ext, hip abd, quad
Proximal -
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Summary
Clinical DMD LGMD FSMD DD CMDPseudohypertrophy
80% calf
< 33% Rare no No
Contracture Common Late Mild, late Mild, late Severe
ScoliosisKyphoscoliosis
Common, late
Late - - ?
Heart Hypertrophytachycardia
Very rare
Very rare Very rare Not observed
Intellectual decrease Normal Normal Normal ?
Course Stead, rapid
Slow Insidious benign Steady
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Treatment
• There is no cure for MD• Medications that are prescribed for
MD patients • Steroids • Braces for support• Mobility chairs • Surgery is also an option to release
contractures