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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2021

The Pathological Features of Common Hereditary Mitochondrial Dynamics Neuropathy.

Rui Wu, He Lv, Hui Wang, Zhaoxia Wang, Yun Yuan

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. AAVrh74.tMCK.NT-3 Surrogate Gene Therapy in a Mouse Model of CMT2A.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  2. Intrathecal Gene Therapy for Giant Axonal Neuropathy.The New England journal of medicine · 2024
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rui WuDepartment of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
He LvDepartment of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Hui WangDepartment of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhaoxia WangDepartment of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yun YuanDepartment of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Peking University First Hospital · CNShandong Provincial Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesMitofusin 2 and ganglioside-induced differentiation-associated protein 1 are two main mitochondrial dynamics-related proteins. Dysfunction of these two proteins leads to different subtypes of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A (CMT2A) and CMT2K. This study aims to report the pathological difference between CMT2A and CMT2K in a large cohort.

methodsThirty patients with molecularly confirmed CMT2A and nine with CMT2K were identified by next-generation sequencing. Sural nerve biopsies were performed in 29 patients.

resultsThe patients with both diseases showed length-dependent neuropathy with distal weakness, sensory loss, and no deep tendon reflex. Optic neuropathy appeared in 3/30 (10%) patients with CMT2A. Tendon contracture appeared in 4/9 (50.0%) patients with CMT2K. Sural biopsy revealed the loss of both myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers. Closely packed, irregularly oriented neurofilaments were observed in axons of unmyelinated nerve fibers in both diseases. Another important finding was the ubiquitous presence of smaller, rounded, and fragmented mitochondria in CMT2A and elongated mitochondria in CMT2K in the myelinated and unmyelinated axons.

conclusionThis study confirmed large diversity in phenotypes between CMT2A and CMT2K. Mitochondrial dynamics-related variations can induce different mitochondrial morphological changes and neurofilament accumulation in axons.

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Charcot–Marie–Tooth DiseaseGDAP1MFN2mitochondrial dynamicssural biopsy

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