Clin Neuropathol
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Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a classically unapparent pharmacogenetic disorder of the skeletal muscles triggered by inhalational anesthetics or depolarizing muscle relaxants. The disposition to MH is inherited in an autosomal-dominant manner and is primarily due to mutations in the gene for the ryanodine receptor type 1 (RyR1). The present study intended to analyze whether mild muscular symptoms (elevation of the resting CK, cramps in the calves, slight calf hypertrophy) may be associated with susceptibility to MH and/or with histopathological changes. ⋯ The RyR1 Thr2206Met mutation is one of the most frequent mutations in the European MH population but carriers are normally healthy. In this study we could demonstrate that the MH causative Thr2206Met mutation may also be associated both with clinical symptoms of a mild myopathy and histopathological changes in the oxidative inter myofibrillar network.
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5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) is a key enzyme in the synthesis of leukotrienes (LTs), that might promote carcinogenesis. We investigated 5-LO expression and examined whether the 5-LO pathway is associated with the proliferation of human brain tumors. ⋯ We confirmed the expression of 5-LO in various human brain tumors and demonstrated the partial suppression of tumor growth by inhibitors of the 5-LO-LTA4 hydrolase pathway in human glioma cell lines. The 5-LO-LTA4 pathway might play roles in the proliferation of human glioma cells.