title: Ribonuclear inclusions as biomarker of myotonic dystrophy type 2, even in improperly frozen or defrozen skeletal muscle biopsies.
abstract: Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) is a dominantly inherited disorder caused by a CCTG repeat expansion in intron 1 of ZNF9 gene. The size and the somatic instability of DM2 expansion complicate the molecular diagnosis of DM2. In situ hybridization represents a rapid and sensitive method to obtain a definitive diagnosis in few hours, since it allows the direct visualization of the mutant mRNA foci on skeletal muscle sections. This approach makes the muscle biopsy an important tool for definitive diagnosis of DM2. Consequently, a rapid freezing at ultra cold temperature and a good storage of muscle specimens are essential to avoid morphologic alterations and nucleic acids degradation. However incorrect freezing or thawing may accidentally occur. In this work we report that fluorescence in situ hybridization may be applied on improperly frozen or inappropriately stored muscle biopsies since foci of mutant mRNA are well preserved and can still be detected in muscle sections no more useful for histopathological evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cardani
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mancinelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giagnacovo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sansone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meola
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015925:Cryopreservation; D042622:DNA Repeat Expansion / Q000235:genetics*; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D018656:Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018657:Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C433227:CNBP protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins
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