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Abstracts of the UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference

29 March 2011 - 30 March 2011

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Tuesday 29th March 2011
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O01 Preventing transmission of mitochondrial disease

P.M. Turnbull S1
O02 Developing therapies for human mitochondrial diseases

M. Murphy S1
O03 Dysregulation of calcium and mitochondrial function as potential therapeutic targets in muscle disease

M.R. Duchen, K. Heath, N.B. Baruch, M.G. Hanna, F. Muntoni et al. S1-S2
O04 New molecular targets in hereditary neuropathies

V. Timmerman S2
O05 Clinical trials in peripheral neuropathies – where have we got?

R. Hughes S2
O06 Contribution of animal models to the pathogenesis and treatment of inherited neuropathies

M.W. Sereda S2-S3
O07 Neuregulin-1 is required for axoglial signalling following peripheral nerve injury to ensure normal re-myelination and functional recovery

F.R. Flicker, J. Brelstaff, N. Zhu, A.N. Garratt, C. Birchmeier, D.L.H. Bennett et al. S3
O08 Characterisation of novel mutations within heat shock protein 27 causing motor axonopathies

A. Innes, B. Kalmar, H. Houlden, M.M. Reilly, L. Greensmith et al. S3
O09 The Second Morgan-Hughes-Thomas Lecture: The genetics of motor neuron disease: from molecules to medicines

R.H. Brown S3-S4
Wednesday 30th March 2011
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O10 Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of neuromuscular diseases in adults

J.S. Thornton S4
O11 Quantitative MRI in FSHD and DMD

H. Kan S4
O12 Assessing muscle pathology by MRI in LGMD2I

T. Willis, K.G. Hollingsworth, M.-L. Sveen, J.M. Morrow, C.D.J. Sinclair, J.S. Thornton, J. Vandenheede, T. Strojkovic, M. Eagle, A. Mayhew, K. Bushby, H. Lochmüller, M.G. Hanna, J. Vissing, P. Carlier, V. Straub et al. S4-S5
O13 Skeletal muscle MRI-determined fat fraction and myometric strength in inclusion body myositis and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Type 1A

C.D.J. Sinclair, J.M. Morrow, A. Fischmann, M.G. Hanna, M.M. Reilly, T.A. Yousry, X. Golay, J.S. Thornton et al. S5
O14 Magnetic resonance imaging in the non-dystrophic myotonias

J.M. Morrow, E. Matthews, D.L. Raja Rayan, I. Amer, A. Fischmann, C.D.J. Sinclair, J.S. Thornton, M.M. Reilly, T.A. Yousry, M.G. Hanna et al. S5
O15 Outcome measures in the mdx mouse

P. Wells S5
O16 Mouse models of SMA: implications for the timing and delivery of therapy

K. Talbot S5-S6
O17 Novel insight in muscle and brain involvement in dystroglycanopathies

M.R. Ackroyd, C. Whitmore, M. Nikolic, U. Mayer, F. Muntoni, S.C. Brown et al. S6
O18 A new mouse model of ALS carrying a point mutation in the mouse Sod1 gene

P. Joyce, P. Fratta, V. Phatak, P. McGoldrick, L. Greensmith, E.M.C. Fisher, A. Acevedo-Arozena et al. S6
Posters
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – Molecular Therapy
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P01 Quantification of exon skipping in Duchenne muscular dystrophy by qRT-PCR

K. Anthony, J.E. Morgan, F. Muntoni S7
P02 Human skeletal-muscle derived CD133+ cells as a promising tool for cell therapy of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

R. Asfahani, J. Meng, F. Muntoni, J.E. Morgan S7
P03 Exon skipping and dystrophin restoration in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients after systemic phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer treatment

S. Cirak, V. Arechavala-Gomeza, M. Guglieri, L. Feng, S. Torelli, K. Anthony, M.E. Garralda, D. Wells, G. Dickson, M.J.A. Wood, S.D. Wilton, V. Straub, S.B. Shrewsbury, C. Sewry, J.E. Morgan, K. Bushby, F. Muntoni et al. S7-S8
P04 Correction of FKRP function via RNA trans-splicing

S. Farmer, S. Lorain, A. Thrasher, L. Garcia, F. Muntoni, F. Conti et al. S8
P05 Utrophin upregulation in DMD therapy: current status and new tools for the future

R.J. Fairclough, D. Powell, S. Squire, A. Potter, A. Bareja, A.J. Russell, S.G. Davies, K.E. Davies et al. S8
P06 AAV-U7snRNA mediated multi exon-skipping for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A. Goyenvalle, A. Babbs, J. Wright, L. Garcia, K.E. Davies et al. S8
P07 The feasibility of exon skipping to restore the reading frame in DMD patients with duplications

J. Kim, K. Anthony, V. Cloke, M. Yau, S. Abbs, J.E. Morgan, F. Muntoni et al. S8-S9
P08 Optimal dystrophin mini-construct for gene delivery to skeletal muscle

M. Reza, S. Laval, J.E. Morgan, F. Muntoni, K. Bushby, V. Straub, H. Lochmüller et al. S9
P09 Patient-specific viral rescue therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

M. Ritso, E. Dick, M. Reza, S. Laval, V. Straub, C. Denning, H. Lochmüller et al. S9
P10 Identifying genomic pre-clinical biomarkers for diagnostics and therapeutics of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

I. Zaharieva, S. Cirak, J.E. Morgan, F. Muntoni S9
Animal Models of Neuromuscular Disease
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P11 A reduction in the expression of Fukutin-related protein leads to the altered deposition of multiple laminin alpha chains in a mouse model for Muscle Eye Brain disease

M.R. Ackroyd, C. Whitmore, U. Mayer, S.C. Brown S9-S10
P12 Generation of a new mouse model for therapeutic testing in the dystroglycanopathies

C. Whitmore, M.R. Ackroyd, A. Ashraf, F. Muntoni, S.C. Brown et al. S10
P13 Investigating pathophysiology and therapeutic strategies in a mouse model of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA)

A. Gray, B. Malik, K. Montague, J. Dick, M.G. Hanna, L. Greensmith et al. S10
P14 In vivo myocardial calcium influx is increased in the delta sarcoglycan deficient mouse model of muscular dystrophy cardiomyopathy. Role of the L-type calcium channel

E. Greally, B.J. Davison, A. Blain, S.H. Laval, A.M. Blamire, V. Straub, G. MacGowan et al. S10
P15 Zebrafish Fukutin family proteins link the unfolded protein response with dystroglycanopathies

Y.-Y. Lin, R.J. White, S. Torelli, S. Cirak, F. Muntoni, D.L. Stemple et al. S11
P16 Investigating novel mutant mouse models of motor neuron disease

P. McGoldrick, J. Dick, T. Ricketts, P. Joyce, P. Fratta, A. Acevedo-Arozena, E.M.C. Fisher, L. Greensmith et al. S11
P17 Deposition of the inner limiting membrane in the eye of a mouse model for Muscle Eye Brain disease

C. Whitmore, M.R. Ackroyd, A. Ashraf, S.C. Brown S11
P18 Transient mouse models for the preclinical evaluation of therapeutic dystrophin exon skipping strategies

S.D. Wilton, A. Adams, C. Adkin, K. Greer, R. Johnsen, S. Fletcher et al. S11
P19 Generating stable FKRP mutant zebrafish lines with zinc finger nucleases

A.J. Wood, C.D. Jepson, S.H. Laval, K. Bushby, H. Lochmüller, R. Barresi, J. Müller, V. Straub et al. S11-S12
Muscle Satellite Cells
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P20 The host muscle environment has got a profound effect on satellite cell function

L. Boldrin, P.S. Zammit, F. Muntoni, J.E. Morgan S12
P21 ErbB3 binding protein-1 (Ebp1) contributes to the control of proliferation and differentiation in adult muscle satellite cells

N. Figeac, P.S. Zammit S12
P22 Age and sex related differences in satellite cell number, proliferation and self renewal

A. Neal, L. Boldrin, J.E. Morgan S12
Muscle Channelopathies and Myasthenia Gravis
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P23 Fluorescent receptors to light up the neuromuscular junction

J. Cossins, R. Webster, S. Maxwell, A. Vincent, D. Beeson et al. S12-S13
P24 Genetic heterogeneity and mechanisms of phenotypic variability in human skeletal muscle channelopathies – a new S4 mutation not associated with HypoPP

S. Durran, E. Matthews, D.L. Raja Rayan, R. Sud, J. Polke, A. Haworth, J.L. Holton, M.G. Sweeney, M.G. Hanna et al. S13
P25 Double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group, phase III study comparing dichlorphenamide vs. placebo for the treatment of periodic paralysis (HYP HOP trial)

J. Burge, A. Horga, R.C. Griggs, M.G. Hanna S13
P26 Pyridostigmine-responsive limb-girdle congenital myasthenic syndrome with frequent tubular aggregates

J. Müller, J. Senderek, M. Dusl, V. Guergueltcheva, S. Laval, K. Bushby, V. Straub, D. Beeson, A. Abicht, H. Lochmüller et al. S13-S14
P27 Genotype-phenotype correlation and longitudinal three year natural history study in the non-dystrophic myotonias in the UK

D.L. Raja Rayan, E. Matthews, S. Rajakulendran, G. Barreto, S.V. Tan, L. Dewar, J. Burge, R.C. Griggs, R. Barohn, M.G. Hanna et al. S14
P28 Assessing the efficacy of Mexiletine in UK patients with non-dystrophic myotonia

D.L. Raja Rayan, E. Matthews, G. Barreto, S.V. Tan, L. Dewar, J. Burge, R. Barohn, M.G. Hanna, on behalf of the CINCH group et al. S14
P29 Genotype-phenotype correlation and longitudinal study of Andersen-Tawil Syndrome in the UK

D.L. Raja Rayan, S. Rajakulendran, G. Barreto, S.V. Tan, L. Dewar, R.C. Griggs, M.G. Hanna, on behalf of the CINCH group et al. S14
P30 Large scale chloride channel gene DNA rearrangements are an important cause of recessive myotonia congenitaimplications for diagnostic screening

D.L. Raja Rayan, A. Haworth, R. Sud, J. Burge, S. Portaro, A. Toscano, M.G. Hanna et al. S14-S15
P31 Synaptic mechanisms in P/Q deficient neuromuscular junctions

J.E. Spillane, M.G. Hanna, D.M. Kullmann S15
P32 Myasthenic crisis in the intensive care unit – a ten year review

J.E. Spillane, N.P. Hirsch, D.M. Kullmann, U. Reddy, C. Taylor, R. Howard et al. S15
P33 Impaired neurotransmission in a mouse model of the slow channel congenital myasthenic syndrome is improved by the sympathomimetic drug ephedrine

R. Webster, J. Cossins, D. Lashley, S. Maxwell, D. Beeson et al. S15
Peripheral Nerve Disease
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P34 Clinical phenotype and novel mutations in Alsin related motorneuron disease

S. Cirak, A. Ölmez, H. Karasoy, B. Bakouche, M. Heise, F. Muntoni, J. Winkler, H. Topaloglu, G. Uyanik et al. S15-S16
P35 Microfluidic chambers provide a novel method to study the functional properties of sensory neuron terminals in culture

A. Clark, M. Koltzenburg S16
P36 TRPV4 mutations and functional characterisation in a cohort of patients with hereditary neuropathy

K. Fawcett, S.M. Murphy, J. Polke, M.M. Reilly, H. Houlden et al. S16
P37 Phenotype in E410K beta-tubulin isotype 3 mutations: striking facial weakness and other extraocular manifestations in addition to CFEOM

N.J. Gutowski, E. Young, M. Sabah, A. Fryer, S. Ellard et al. S16-S17
P38 Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and related disorders: a natural history study

M. Laurá, S.M. Murphy, A. Rossor, A. Hiscock, M. Main, M.E. Shy, F. Muntoni, M.M. Reilly et al. S17
P39 Neurofilament light chain polypeptide gene (NEFL) mutations in autosomal dominant or sporadic Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Y.-T. Liu, S.M. Murphy, H. Houlden, M.M. Reilly S17
P40 A family with a TRPV4 related neuropathy displays marked phenotypic variability ranging from profound neuromuscular disability to non-penetrance

S. Aharoni, G. Harlalka, A. Offiah, A. Shuper, A.H. Crosby, M. McEntagart et al. S17
P41 Genetic mutation frequency in patients with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies (HSAN)

S.M. Murphy, G.L. Davidson, M. Laurá, M. Salih, F. Muntoni, M. Lunn, J. Blake, S. Brandner, J. Polke, M. Davies, H. Houlden, M.M. Reilly et al. S17-S18

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