Mitochondrial dysfunction in anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGCR) immune-mediated necrotising myopathy.

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a plausible cause of muscle fibre damage in a number of myopathies including immune-mediated necrotising myopathy. However, histopathological evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction is not often described in immune-mediated necrotising myopathy and, when present, it is often attributed to patient age. The purpose of this study was to describe features of mitochondrial dysfunction on muscle biopsy in anti-3‑hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase immune-mediated necrotising myopathy and explore whether these features are age-related. In this observational case control study, a statistically significant increase in the number of muscle fibres with increased lipid content (p = 0.004) and cytochrome c oxidase-negative/succinate dehydrogenase-positive fibres (p = 0.037) in anti-3‑hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme immune-mediated necrotising myopathy was found compared to age-matched controls. Therefore, histopathological features of mitochondrial dysfunction are more frequent in anti-3‑hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme immune-mediated necrotising myopathy than aged-matched controls and therefore, may be contributing to the pathogenesis.

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