ヨシザワ　ヒロシ   Yoshizawa Hiroshi   吉澤　浩志    所属   医学部 医学科（附属八千代医療センター）    職種   准教授
論文種別	症例報告
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	p.N345K mutation in TARDBP in a patient with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: An autopsy case.
掲載誌名	正式名：Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology 略　 称：Neuropathology ISSNコード：09196544/14401789
掲載区分	国内
巻・号・頁	39(4),pp.286-293
著者・共著者	Takeda Takahiro†*, Iijima Mutsumi, Shimizu Yuko, Yoshizawa Hiroshi, Miyashiro Mayu, Onizuka Hiromi, Yamamoto Tomoko, Nishiyama Ayumi, Suzuki Naoki, Aoki Masashi, Shibata Noriyuki, Kitagawa Kazuo
発行年月	2019/08
概要	We report the neuropathology of a patient with a family history of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and a p.N345K mutation in the transactivation response DNA-binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43) gene (TARDBP). A 62-year-old man had bulbar palsy with progressive weakness in the extremities. Neurological examination revealed evident upper motor neuron signs and lower motor neuron involvement corroborated by needle electromyography. The patient was diagnosed as having probable ALS according to the revised El Escorial diagnostic criteria and was eventually diagnosed with familial ALS. At 65 years of age, respiratory failure became critical, and artificial ventilation was initiated. At 70 years of age, the patient died from a urinary tract infection. Histopathological investigation showed Bunina bodies in the remaining motor neurons and anterolateral funicular myelin pallor in the spinal cord. TDP-43-positive cytoplasmic inclusions were quite rare in the spinal cord motor neurons, being predominantly present in the glial cells (especially astrocytes) of the spinal cord anterior horn. Although the reason for the preferential vulnerability of spinal glial cells to TARDBP mutations remains unclear, our findings indicate that TARDBP p.N345K mutation could have an influence on the topography of TDP-43 aggregation.
DOI	10.111/neup.12559
PMID	31124595