title: [The significance of Ulex europaeus agglutinin I lectin binding fibers in various muscular diseases].
abstract: In the present study, we have reported that Ulex europaeus agglutinin I (UEA I) lectin labeled muscle fibers in distal myopathy with rimmed vacuole formation (DMRV). UEA I binding to muscle fibers was also observed in a small number of biopsies with inflammatory myopathy, but not in other diseases, including neurogenic muscular atrophies and muscular dystrophies. In order to elucidate the relationship between this UEA I binding, rimmed vacuole formation and active autophagocytosis, we examined the UEA I binding fibers in other myopathies which frequently showed rimmed vacuoles, including adult onset acid maltase deficiency, oculo-pharyngo-distal type myopathy and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. No UEA I lectin labeling fiber was observed in the diseases examined. We then studied UEA I binding behavior on 70 biopsies of inflammatory myopathy to characterize the clinical features of UEA I binding positive patients. UEA I binding fibers were observed in 3 of 28 patients (11%) with other collagen diseases, 11 of 36 (31%) without these disorders, and 2 of 6 (33%) with inclusion body myositis. There were no common clinical histories, complications or laboratory findings among the UEA I binding positive patients. In conclusion, a common process may exist between the muscle fiber degeneration in DMRV and subgroups of inflammatory myopathy patients, but the basic mechanism remains to be elucidated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, National Shimoshizu Hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yatabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiraguri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sueishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D037121:Plant Lectins; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; C036850:Ulex europaeus lectins