Munot, P;
McCrea, N;
Torelli, S;
Manzur, A;
Sewry, C;
Chambers, D;
Feng, L;
... Muntoni, F; + view all
(2022)
TRAPPC11-related muscular dystrophy with hypoglycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan in skeletal muscle and brain.
Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology
, 48
(2)
, Article e12771. 10.1111/nan.12771.
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Abstract
AIMS: TRAPPC11, a subunit of the transport protein particle (TRAPP) complex is important for complex integrity and anterograde membrane transport from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the ER-Golgi intermediate compartment. Several individuals with TRAPPC11 mutations have been reported with muscle weakness and other features including brain, liver, skeletal and eye involvement. A detailed analysis of brain and muscle pathology will further our understanding of the presentation and aetiology of TRAPPC11-disease. METHODS: We describe five cases of early-onset TRAPPC11-related muscular dystrophy with a systematic review of muscle pathology in all five individuals, post-mortem brain pathology findings in one, and membrane trafficking assays in another. RESULTS: All affected individuals presented in infancy with muscle weakness, motor delay and elevated serum creatine kinase (CK). Additional features included cataracts, liver disease, intellectual disability, cardiomyopathy, movement disorder, and structural brain abnormalities. Muscle pathology in all five revealed dystrophic changes, universal hypoglycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan and variably reduced dystrophin-associated complex proteins. Membrane trafficking assays showed defective Golgi trafficking in one individual. Neuropathological examination of one individual revealed cerebellar atrophy, granule cell hypoplasia, Purkinje cell (PC) loss, degeneration, and dendrite dystrophy, reduced alpha-dystroglycan (IIH6) expression in PC and dentate neurons, and absence of neuronal migration defects. CONCLUSIONS: This report suggests that recessive mutations in TRAPPC11 are linked to muscular dystrophies with hypoglycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan. The structural cerebellar involvement that we document for the first time resembles the neuropathology reported in N-linked congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) such as PMM2-CDG, suggesting defects in multiple glycosylation pathways in this condition.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | TRAPPC11-related muscular dystrophy with hypoglycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan in skeletal muscle and brain |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/nan.12771 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/nan.12771 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 The Authors. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Neuropathological Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | IIH6, Purkinje cell, TRAPPC11, cerebellum, dystroglycan, glycosylation, granule cell, muscular dystrophy |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Neurosciences Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10136721 |
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