MUSCLE DISEASES Flashcards
2 pathologic processes that affect skeletal muscle
denervation atrophy (abnormality of the nerve)
mutation causing spinal muscular atrophy
survival motor neuron 1 - gene on chromosome 5
what is SMN1 required for
motor neuron survival
most common form of spinal muscular atrophy
werdnig - hoffman disease
spinal muscular atrophy inheritance
autosomal recessive
heterogenous group of inherited disorders that result in muscle weakness and eventually muscle atrophy and wasting with muscle being replaced by fibrofatty tissue
muscular dystrophy
cause of duchene muscular dystrophy and becker muscualr dystrophy
X linked gene that codes for dystrophin is mutated.
what does dystrophin do
tranfers contractile force to the connective tissue from the EC matrix
patients with this have little or no dystrophin
duchenne muscular dystrophy
when does DMD develop
by age 5
signs of DMD
Gowers maneuver
gowers maneuver
waddling duck like gait where they place hands on knees to assist standing
what’s increased in the disease
creatine kinase
mean survival with Duchene muscular dystrophy
35 years old
genetic tests used to establish diagnosis
peripheral blood
patients with this have DECREASED amounts of dystrophin or a DEFECTIVE or abnormal form of dystrophin
Becker muscular dystrophy
onset of Becker muscular dystrophy
later than Duchennes
survival with Becker muscular dystrophy
well into 40s and beyond
treatment for Becker muscular dystrophy
immunosupression
most common adult muscular dystrophy
myotonic dystrophy
myotonia
sustained involuntary contraction of group of muscles
inheritance of myotonic dystrophy
autosomal dominant
type of disorder that myotonic dystrophy is and the chromosome it affects
trinucleotide repeat disorder on chromosome 19
what does myotonic dystrophy affect
mRNA for dystrophia myotonia protein kinase that results in defects affecting transcription of proteins for chloride channel
patient presentation with myotonic dystrophy
abnormal gait
what do tests for myotonic dystrophy show
elevated creatine kinase
group of diseases caused by mutations affecting function of ion channel proteins
ion channel myopathies
clinical manifestation of ion channel myopathies
epilepsy
what can ion channel myopathies affect
potassium
what do ion channel myopathies result in
hypotonia (decreased muscle tone) or hypertonia (increased muscle tone)