Abstract
Posited pathological mechanisms in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) include activation in somatic tissue of normally silenced genes, increased susceptibility to oxidative stress, and induction of apoptosis. To determine the histopathological changes in FSHD muscle biopsies and compare to possible pathological mechanisms of disease. We performed a cross-sectional study on quadriceps muscle biopsies from 32 genetically confirmed FSHD participants, compared to healthy volunteers and myotonic dystrophy type 1 as disease controls. Biopsies were divided into groups to evaluate apoptosis rates, capillary density, myonuclear and satellite cell counts. Apoptosis rates were increased in FSHD (n=10, 0.74%) compared to myotonic dystrophy type 1 (n=10, 0.14%, P=0.003) and healthy volunteers (n=14, 0.13%, P=0.002). Apoptosis was higher in FSHD patients with the smallest residual D4Z4 fragments. Capillary density was decreased in FSHD1 (n=10, 316 capillaries/mm(2)) compared to healthy volunteers (n=15, 448 capillaries/mm(2), P=0.001). No differences were seen in myonuclear or satellite cell counts. Preliminary evidence for increased apoptosis rates and reduced capillary density may reflect histopathological correlates of disease ...Continue Reading
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