Journal Article

‘Dusty core disease’ (DuCD): expanding morphological spectrum of RYR1 recessive myopathies

Marty, Isabelle, Garibaldi, Matteo, Brocard, Julie, Labasse, Clemence, Lacene, Emmanuelle, Rendu, John, Beuvin, Maud, Madelaine, Angeline, Taratuto, Ana Lia, Bevilacqua, Jorge Alfredo, Brochier, Guy, Romero, Norma Beatriz, Malfatti, Edoardo, Monges, Soledad, Laporte, Jocelyn, Antonini, Giovanni, Lubieniecki, Fabiana, Fauré, Julien

2019

Overview

Several morphological phenotypes have been associated to RYR1 -recessive myopathies. We recharacterized the RYR1 -recessive morphological spectrum by a large monocentric study performed on 54 muscle biopsies from a large cohort of 48 genetically confirmed patients, using histoenzymology, immunohistochemistry, and ultrastructural studies. We also analysed the level of RyR1 expression in patients’ muscle biopsies. We defined “dusty cores” the irregular areas of myofibrillar disorganisation characterised by a reddish-purple granular material deposition with uneven oxidative stain and devoid of ATPase activity, which represent the characteristic lesion in muscle biopsy in 54% of patients. We named Dusty Core Disease (DuCD) the corresponding entity of congenital myopathy. Dusty cores had peculiar histological and ultrastructural characteristics compared to the other core diseases. DuCD muscle biopsies also showed nuclear centralization and type1 fibre predominance. Dusty cores were not observed in other core myopathies and centronuclear myopathies. The other morphological groups in our cohort of patients were: Central Core (CCD: 21%), Core-Rod (C&R:15%) and Type1 predominance “plus” (T1P+:10%). DuCD group was associated to an earlier disease onset, a more severe clinical phenotype and a lowest level of RyR1 expression in muscle, compared to the other groups. Variants located in the bridge solenoid and the pore domains were more frequent in DuCD patients. In conclusion, DuCD is the most frequent histopathological presentation of RYR1 -recessive myopathies. Dusty cores represent the unifying morphological lesion among the DuCD pathology spectrum and are the morphological hallmark for the recessive form of disease.

• Publisher: BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,Nature Publishing Group,BioMed Central part of Springer Science,BMC
• Subject: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / ATPases / Biomedical and Life Sciences / Biomedicine / Biopsy / Central Core Disease / Centronuclear myopathy / Child / Child, Preschool / Cohort Studies / Congenital diseases / Congenital Myopathy / Disease / Dusty Core Disease / Female / Genes, Recessive / Genetic disorders / Genotype & phenotype / Humans / Hyperthermia / Immunohistochemistry / Infant / Infant, Newborn / Life Sciences / Male / Middle Aged / Morphology / Muscle, Skeletal - ultrastructure / Muscular Diseases - genetics / Muscular Diseases - metabolism / Muscular Diseases - pathology / Mutation / Neurology / Neurons and Cognition / Neurosciences / Pathology / Phenotypes / Ryanodine receptor / Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel - genetics / Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel - metabolism / RYR1 recessive / Young Adult