Observations of nemaline bodies in muscle biopsies of critically ill patients infected with SARS-CoV-2

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Patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) who have been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) often face months of physical disability after discharge. To optimize recovery, it is important to understand the role of musculoskeletal alterations in critically ill patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. The main aim of the present study was to describe the presence and morphology of nemaline bodies found in the skeletal muscle tissue from critically ill patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. In n = 7 patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, ultrastructural characteristics of vastus lateralis muscle obtained on days 1-3 and days 5-8 following ICU admission were investigated in more detail with electron microscopy. Those muscle biopsies consistently showed variable degrees of myofiber necrosis and myofibrillar disorganization. In 4/7 (57%) patients on days 5-8, the Z-line material accumulated into nemaline bodies with a typical lattice-like appearance at higher magnification, similar to that found in nemaline myopathy. This study is the first to describe the disintegration of myofibrils and the accumulation of Z-line material into nemaline bodies in the skeletal muscle tissue obtained from critically ill coronavirus disease-19 patients following ICU admission, which should be interpreted primarily as a non-specific pathological response of extreme myofibrillar disintegration associated with myofiber necrosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:72

Enthalten in:

Microscopy (Oxford, England) - 72(2023), 5 vom: 09. Okt., Seite 388-394

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vandenabeele, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Stevens, Sjoerd [VerfasserIn]
Snijders, Tim [VerfasserIn]
Stessel, Björn [VerfasserIn]
Dubois, Jasperina [VerfasserIn]
van Loon, Luc J C [VerfasserIn]
Lambrichts, Ivo [VerfasserIn]
Agten, Anouk [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Critical illness
Journal Article
Nemaline
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Skeletal muscles
Ultrastructure

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Date Completed 10.10.2023

Date Revised 18.10.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jmicro/dfac072

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350856869