Neuropathological changes in ten cases of neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease (NIFID): a study using alpha-internexin immunohistochemistry and principal components analysis (PCA).

Abstract

Ten cases of neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease (NIFID) were studied quantitatively. The alpha-internexin positive neurofilament inclusions (NI) were most abundant in the motor cortex and CA sectors of the hippocampus. The densities of the NI and the swollen achromatic neurons (SN) were similar in laminae II/III and V/VI but glial cell density was greater in V/VI. The density of the NI was positively correlated with the SN and the glial cells. Principal components analysis (PCA) suggested that PC1 was associated with variation in neuronal loss in the frontal/temporal lobes and PC2 with neuronal loss in the frontal lobe and NI density in the parahippocampal gyrus. The data suggest: 1) frontal and temporal lobe degeneration in NIFID is associated with the widespread formation of NI and SN, 2) NI and SN affect cortical laminae II/III and V/VI, 3) the NI and SN affect closely related neuronal populations, and 4) variations in neuronal loss and in the density of NI were the most important sources of pathological heterogeneity.

• Authors: R A Armstrong, E Kerty, K Skullerud, N J Cairns
• Journal: Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) (J Neural Transm (Vienna)) Vol. 113 Issue 9 Pg. 1207-15 (Sep 2006) ISSN: 0300-9564 [Print] Austria
• PMID: 16362634 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Intermediate Filament Proteins
• alpha-internexin

Topics

• Adult
• Atrophy
• Cell Survival (physiology)
• Cerebral Cortex (pathology)
• Female
• Frontal Lobe (pathology)
• Humans
• Immunohistochemistry
• Inclusion Bodies (pathology)
• Intermediate Filament Proteins
• Intermediate Filaments (pathology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Nervous System Diseases (pathology)
• Neuroglia (pathology)
• Organ Size (physiology)
• Principal Component Analysis