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Query: UMLS:C0024591 (malignant hyperthermia)
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A comparison was made of muscle from two locations in both the longissimus and the semitendinous muscles of normal and malignant hyperthermia-susceptible swine. Serial frozen sections were stained for alkali-stable adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase), phosphorylase, and the oxidative enzymes succinate dehydrogenase and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH)-diaphorase. Myofiber types were identified on the basis of these staining reactions. There was no consistent statistically significant difference between muscle from normal and muscle from susceptible swine with any system of fiber classification. This is contrary to several published reports but consistent with physiologic studies which indicate that both oxidative and glycolytic pathways are abnormally active during the onset of malignant hyperthermia.
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PMID:Histochemical observations on muscle from normal and malignant hyperthermia-susceptible swine. 644 66

A 13 year-old girl with scoliosis and central core disease is reported. She was noted to have mild psychomotor developmental delay since early infancy. Scoliosis with minimal muscle weakness was noted at about five years old. The neurological examination disclosed absent knee jerk. The spine MRI showed no significant finding. The serum CK revealed 518 U/L. The muscle biopsy obtained from the quadriceps femoris muscle showed Type 1 fiber atrophy and predominance, as is commonly seen in congenital myopathies. Under nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase (NADH) and succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) stains, core structures were identified and the diagnosis of central core disease (CCD) was made. Since kyphoscoliosis usually becomes prominent as muscle weakness progresses to loss of ambulation in other myopathies, the disproportionate spinal involvement in central core disease appears to be a striking feature. We suggest that all patients with idiopathic scoliosis deserve a thorough neurological evaluation if congenital myopathies are suspected. Muscle biopsy should also be recommended for a confirmatory diagnosis even if only minimal muscle weakness present. Besides, early detection of CCD helps us to identify the population who are at a higher risk for malignant hyperthermia.
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PMID:Central core disease associated with scoliosis: report of one case. 929 32

Dantrolene, a drug used to treat malignant hyperthermia, inhibits abnormal Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Glutathione reductase (Glutathione: NADP+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.8.1.7), a member of the pyridine-nucleotide disulfide oxidoreductase family of flavoenzymes, catalyzes the reduction of glutathione disulfide (GSSG) to reduced form (GSH) in the presence of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH). In the present study, the in vitro effects of dantrolene on human erythrocyte glutathione reductase were investigated. For this purpose, initially, human erythrocyte glutathione reductase was purified 2555.56 fold in a yield of 29.74% using both 2',5'-ADP Sepharose-4B affinity gel chromatography and Sephadex G-200 gel filtration chromatography. The purity of the enzyme was controlled by sodium dodecyle sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) which showed a single band. A constant temperature (+4 degrees C) was maintained during the purification process. Enzyme activity was determined with the Beutler method at 340 nm by means of a spectrophotometer. Dantrolene showed remarkable in vitro inhibitory effects on the enzyme. Ki constant and 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) value for dantrolene were determined by Lineweaver-Burk graphs and plotting activity % vs. [I], respectively. Ki constant for dantrolene was found to be 0.1116+/-0.04 mM; IC50 value was 0.0523 mM. Dantrolene displayed non-competitive inhibition.
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PMID:Dantrolene inhibits human erythrocyte glutathione reductase. 1898 69