佐藤 孝俊
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position   Assistant Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title DNAJB6 myopathy in an Asian cohort and cytoplasmic/nuclear inclusions.
Journal Formal name:Neuromuscular disorders : NMD
Abbreviation:Neuromuscul Disord
ISSN code:18732364/09608966
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 23(3),pp.269-76
Author and coauthor Sato Takatoshi, Hayashi Yukiko K, Oya Yasushi, Kondo Tomoyoshi, Sugie Kazuma, Kaneda Daita, Houzen Hideki, Yabe Ichiro, Sasaki Hidenao, Noguchi Satoru, Nonaka Ikuya, Osawa Makiko, Nishino Ichizo
Publication date 2013/03
Summary DNAJB6, which encodes DnaJ homolog, subfamily B, member 6 (DNAJB6) was recently identified as a causative gene for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1D (LGMD1D). DNAJB6 is a member of heat shock protein 40 and contains a J domain, G/F domain and C-terminal domain. Only three different mutations have been identified in 11 families. In this study, we identified seven Japanese individuals from four unrelated families who carried a DNAJB6 mutation. We found a novel p.Phe96Ile substitution and a previously reported p.Phe96Leu change in the G/F domain of DNAJB6. All affected individuals showed slowly progressive muscle weakness, mainly in their legs, and their muscle pathology showed cytoplasmic inclusions and rimmed vacuoles. Our immunohistochemical analysis detected cytoplasmic accumulations associated with chaperone-assisted selective autophagy together with intranuclear accumulations of DNAJB6 and heat shock 22-kD protein 8 (HSPB8). This is the first report of Asian patients with LGMD1D. Our new findings may contribute to understanding the pathological mechanisms of this myopathy.
DOI 10.1016/j.nmd.2012.12.010
PMID 23394708