title: Tenascin in denervated human muscle.
abstract: Tenascin is a large oligomeric glycoprotein of the extracellular matrix. Its location is innervated muscle tissues. We investigated immunohistologically, using two monoclonal antibodies (mah) against Tenascin, biopsied denervated human muscle of children and adults. Tenascin was present in the interstitial space among denervated muscle fibres. Accumulation of Tenascin in denervated adult muscle tissue was frequent, accumulation in denervated muscle tissue of children was sparse and weak. The two antibodies reacted correspondingly. Tenascin was not only found in the vicinity of atrophic muscle fibres, but also close to normally sized fibres, suggesting an early stage of denervation even before reduction of muscle fibre volume.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Hamburg, University Hospital Homburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Schoser
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Goebel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000378:metabolism; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D014897:Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D019063:Tenascin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D019063:Tenascin