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Neurology 2002;58:438-445
© 2002 American Academy of Neurology

Three lipoprotein receptors and cholesterol in inclusion-body myositis muscle

M. Jaworska-Wilczynska, MD*;, G. M. Wilczynski, MD*;, W. K. Engel, MD, D. K. Strickland, PhD, K. H. Weisgraber, PhD and V. Askanas, MD PhD

* These authors contributed equally to this work.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Valerie Askanas, USC Neuromuscular Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, 637 S. Lucas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90017-1912; e-mail: askanas{at}hsc.usc.edu

Background: An important aspect of inclusion-body myositis (IBM) vacuolated muscle fibers (VMF) is abnormal accumulation of amyloid-ß precursor protein (AßPP) epitopes and its product, amyloid-ß (Aß), and of phosphorylated tau (p-tau) in the form of paired helical filaments. Lipoprotein receptors and cholesterol are known to play an important role in AßPP processing, Aß production, and tau phosphorylation.

Methods: In 10 IBM and 22 control muscle biopsies the authors immunolocalized low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR), and low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP), and colocalized them with Aß, p-tau, APOE, and free cholesterol.

Results: In each biopsy, virtually all IBM VMF had strong LDLR-immunoreactive inclusions, which colocalized with Aß, APOE, p-tau, and free cholesterol. VLDLR was increased mainly diffusely, but in approximately 50% of the VMF it was also accumulated in the form of inclusions colocalizing with Aß, APOE, and free cholesterol, but not with p-tau. LRP inclusions were present in a few VMF. In all myopathies, a subset of regenerating and necrotizing muscle fibers had prominent diffuse accumulation of both LDLR and free cholesterol. At normal neuromuscular junctions (NMJ) postsynaptically, LDLR and VLDLR, but not LRP, were immunoreactive.

Conclusions: 1) Abnormal accumulation of LDLR, VLDLR, LRP, and cholesterol within IBM vacuolated muscle fibers suggests novel roles for them in the IBM pathogenesis. 2) Expression of LDLR and VLDLR at normal NMJ suggests physiologic roles for them in transsynaptic signaling pathways, increased internalization of lipoproteins there, or both. 3) Increased LDLR and free cholesterol in some regenerating and necrotizing muscle fibers suggest a role for them in human muscle fiber growth and repair and necrotic death.




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