The spectrum and severity of FUS-immunoreactive inclusions in the frontal and temporal lobes of ten cases of neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease

Abstract

Neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease (NIFID), a rare form of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), is characterized neuropathologically by focal atrophy of the frontal and temporal lobes, neuronal loss, gliosis, and neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions (NCI) containing epitopes of ubiquitin and neuronal intermediate filament proteins. Recently, the 'fused in sarcoma' (FUS) protein (encoded by the FUS gene) has been shown to be a component of the inclusions of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with FUS mutation, NIFID, basophilic inclusion body disease, and atypical FTLD with ubiquitin-immunoreactive inclusions (aFTLD-U). To further characterize FUS proteinopathy in NIFID, and to determine whether the pathology revealed by FUS immunohistochemistry (IHC) is more extensive than a-internexin, we have undertaken a quantitative assessment of ten clinically and neuropathologically well-characterized cases using FUS IHC. The densities of NCI were greatest in the dentate gyrus (DG) and in sectors CA1/2 of the hippocampus. Anti-FUS antibodies also labeled glial inclusions (GI), neuronal intranuclear inclusions (NII), and dystrophic neurites (DN). Vacuolation was extensive across upper and lower cortical layers. Significantly greater densities of abnormally enlarged neurons and glial cell nuclei were present in the lower compared with the upper cortical laminae. FUS IHC revealed significantly greater numbers of NCI in all brain regions especially the DG. Our data suggest: (1) significant densities of FUS-immunoreactive NCI in NIFID especially in the DG and CA1/2; (2) infrequent FUS-immunoreactive GI, NII, and DN; (3) widely distributed vacuolation across the cortex, and (4) significantly more NCI revealed by FUS than a-internexin IHC.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-010-0753-3
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Optometry > Optometry
College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Optometry > Optometry & Vision Science Research Group (OVSRG)
College of Health & Life Sciences
College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Optometry > Vision, Hearing and Language
College of Health & Life Sciences > Clinical and Systems Neuroscience
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Uncontrolled Keywords: neurofilament intermediate filament inclusion disease,NIFID,fused in sarcoma,FUS,neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions,NCI,density,neuronal intranuclear inclusions,NII,Clinical Neurology,Pathology and Forensic Medicine,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Publication ISSN: 1432-0533
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2024 09:54
Date Deposited: 24 Mar 2011 10:36
Full Text Link: http://www.spri ... kj037262njg6q3/
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2011-02
Authors: Armstrong, Richard A. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-5046-3199)
Gearing, Marla
Bigio, Eileen H.
Cruz-Sanchez, Felix F.
Duyckaerts, Charles
Mackenzie, Ian R.A.
Perry, Robert H.
Skullerud, Kari
Yokoo, Hedeaki
Cairns, Nigel J.

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