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Adult-Onset Acid Maltase DeficiencyElectrophysiological Properties of Aneurally Cultured Muscle
Albert J. Tahmoush, MD;
Valerie Askanas, MD;
Phillip G. Nelson, MD;
W. King Engel, MD
Arch Neurol. 1984;41(11):1190-1192.
Abstract
• Electrophysiological studies were performed on aneurally cultured muscle cells from one patient with adult-onset acid maltase deficiency (AAMD) and from controls. The cells from the patient with AAMD had a higher mean resting membrane potential, a lower input resistance, and a higher incidence of action potentials at resting membrane potential than the control cells. Therefore, sarcolemma maturation was not adversely affected. The AAMD cells had membrane thresholds and action potential amplitudes similar to those of the control cells, and rarely produced repetitive action potentials. Therefore, the membrane instability noted in adult muscle fibers from the patient with AAMD was not present in cultured cells. This study does not support the suggestion that the biochemical and morphological abnormalities present in muscle fibers of patients with AAMD are sufficient to cause the electrical abnormalities.
Author Affiliations
From the Medical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (Drs Tahmoush, Askanas, and Engel), and the Developmental Neurobiology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Dr Nelson), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. Dr Tahmoush is now with Hahnemann University, Philadelphia.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 25, 1983.
Reprint requests to EMG Laboratory, Hahnemann University, 230 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102 (Dr Tahmoush).
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