Abstract:
:Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD) are clinically and genetically heterogeneous conditions, presenting with a wide clinical spectrum, leading to progressive proximal weakness caused by loss of muscle fibers. MiR-206 is a member of myomiRNAs, a group of miRNAs with important function in skeletal muscle. Our aim is to determine the value of miR-206 in detecting muscle disease evolution in patients affected by LGMD. We describe clinical features, disease history and progression of eleven patients affected by various types of LGMD: transportinopathy, sarcoglycanopathy and calpainopathy. We analyzed the patients' mutations and we studied the circulating miR-206 in serum by qRT-PCR; muscle MRI was done with a 1.5 Tesla apparatus. The severe evolution of disease type is associated with the expression levels of miR-206, which was significantly elevated in our LGMD patient cohort in comparison with a control group. In particular, we observed an over-expression of miR-206 that was 50-80 folds elevated in two patients with a severe and early disease course in the transportinopathy and calpainopathy sub-types. The functional impairment was observed clinically and muscle loss and atrophy documented by muscle MRI. This study provides the first evidence that miR-206 is associated with phenotypic expression and it could be used as a prognostic indicator of LGMD disease progression.
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Genes (Basel)journal_title
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Pegoraro V,Angelini Cdoi
10.3390/genes12010085subject
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2021-01-12 00:00:00issue
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2073-4425pii
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