Clinicopathological characteristics of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis resulting in a totally locked-in state (communication Stage V)

• Hayashi, Kentaro

• Mochizuki, Yoko

• Takeuchi, Ryoko

• Shimizu, Toshio

• Nagao, Masahiro

• Watabe, Kazuhiko

• Arai, Nobutaka

• Oyanagi, Kiyomitsu

• Onodera, Osamu

• Hayashi, Masaharu

• Takahashi, Hitoshi

• Kakita, Akiyoshi

• Isozaki, Eiji

抄録

In the present study, we performed a comprehensive analysis to clarify the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that had progressed to result in a totally locked-in state (communication Stage V), in which all voluntary movements are lost and communication is impossible. In 11 patients, six had phosphorylated TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (pTDP-43)-immunoreactive (ir) neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions (NCI), two had fused in sarcoma (FUS)-ir NCI, and three had copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1)-ir NCI. The time from ALS onset to the need for tracheostomy invasive ventilation was less than 24 months in ten patients. Regardless of accumulated protein, all the patients showed common lesions in the pallido-nigro-luysian system, brainstem reticular formation, and cerebellar efferent system, in addition to motor neurons. In patients with pTDP-43-ir NCI, patients with NCI in the hippocampal dentate granule neurons (DG) showed a neuronal loss in the cerebral cortex, and patients without NCI in DG showed a preserved cerebral cortex. By contrast, in patients with FUS-ir NCI, patients with NCI in DG showed a preserved cerebral cortex and patients without NCI in DG showed marked cerebral degeneration. The cerebral cortex of patients with SOD1-ir NCI was preserved. Together, these findings suggest that lesions of the cerebrum are probably not necessary for progression to Stage V. In conclusion, patients with ALS that had progressed to result in communication Stage V showed rapidly-progressed symptoms, and their common lesions could cause the manifestations of communication Stage V.

Article

ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA COMMUNICATIONS.4:107(2016)

収録刊行物

• ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA COMMUNICATIONS

  ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA COMMUNICATIONS 4 107-, 2016-09-30

  BMC

キーワード

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Communication Stage V
• Totally locked-in state
• Pallido-nigro-luysian system
• Brainstem reticular formation
• Cerebral cortical degeneration

詳細情報

• CRID: 1050287142185462784
• NII論文ID: 120007113458
• DOI: 10.1186/s40478-016-0379-3
• ISSN: 20515960
• HANDLE: 10091/00022533
• Web Site: https://soar-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/21776
• Web Site: http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s40478-016-0379-3.pdf
• 本文言語コード: en
• 資料種別: journal article
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