摘要目的 探讨Becker型肌营养不良症(Becker muscular dystrophy,BMD)的基因突变类型,增加对抗肌萎缩蛋白基因非缺失/重复突变引起BMD的认识.方法 收集2例BMD患者的临床资料,应用多重连接依赖式探针扩增(multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification assay,MLPA)方法对抗肌萎缩蛋白基因进行分析,并对其肌肉进行苏木素-伊红(hematoxylin-eosin,HE)染色、抗肌萎缩蛋白(dystrophin)染色及电镜检测.结果 2例患者经MLPA方法检测抗肌萎缩蛋白基因均呈非缺失/重复突变类型,肌肉活检光镜和电镜均呈肌营养不良改变.例1患者染色示肌膜dystrophin大部分呈不连续弱阳性,部分为阴性.例2患者染色示肌膜dystrophin-C为阴性,dystrophin-N为阳性.结论 对于抗肌萎缩蛋白基因非缺失/重复突变的临床症状较轻的患者,进行肌肉活检和抗肌萎缩蛋白免疫组化将有助于明确诊断BMD及判断其预后.

abstractsObjective To identify potential mutations in patients featuring Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) and to enhance the understanding of non-deletion/duplication mutations of the dystrophin gene causing BMD. Methods linical data of two patients affected with BMD were collected. Potential mutations in the dystrophin gene were screened with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification assay (MLPA). Biopsied muscle samples were examined with HE staining, immnostaining with anti-dystrophin antibody, and electronic microscopy. Results MLPA assay suggested that both cases were probably due to non-deletion/duplication mutations of the dystrophin gene. Light and electronic microcopy of skeletal muscle biopsies confirmed dystrophic changes in both patients. For patient A, immunostaining showed non-contiguous weak staining for most parts of sarcolemma. For patient B, immunostaining showed positive result with N-terminal anti-dystrophin antibody and negative result with C-terminal anti-dystrophin antibody. Conclusion For patients with mild phenotypes but without dystrophin gene deletion/duplication, muscle biopsy and immunochemistry are helpful for diagnosis and prognosis.