The value of polyclonal carcinoembryonic antigen immunostaining in the diagnosis of microvillous inclusion disease. Microvillus inclusion disease boston childrens hospital. Also called congenital or familial microvillous atrophy. Microvillus inclusion disease also referred to as congenital microvillus atrophy is, with tuft enteropathy, the best known disease of the intestinal epithelium causing intractable diarrhea of infancy, and a leading cause of secretory diarrhea in the first weeks of life. Treatment of microvillous inclusion disease by intestinal transplantation. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid educational video.
The dramatic improvement in the passtained specimens and the reduced but persisting abnormalities in the samples examined by electron microscopy, allied with her ability to thrive on an. Microvillous inclusion disease mvid or microvillous atrophy is a congenital disorder of the intestinal epithelial cells that presents with persistent lifethreatening watery diarrhea and is characterized by morphological enterocyte abnormalities. Jun 26, 2006 microvillous inclusion disease mvid or microvillous atrophy mva is a congenital and constitutive disorder of intestinal epithelial cells 16. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid is an autosomal recessive disorder that presents in the neonatal period with severe secretory diarrhea and has no specific treatment and a. So far myo5b deficiency has not been reported in patients with such a cholestasis phenotype in the absence of intestinal disease. Stable myo5b knockdown myo5bkd in caco2bbe cells elicited loss. Microvillus inclusion disease, a severe malabsorption syndrome, begins at birth with intense watery diarrhea. Myo5b mutations cause microvillus inclusion disease and disrupt epithelial cell polarity. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid is an autosomal recessive syndrome affecting the intestinal epithelium 1,2. Enteropathies of infancy diagnostic histopathology. Petras, in pediatric gastrointestinal and liver disease fourth edition, 2011. A trial of somatostatin therapy was ineffective in controlling the diarrhea. Affected children present with total and definitive intestinal failure, are dependent on parenteral nutrition pn, 1 and are candidates for intestinal transplantation itx.
Indeed, myo5b knockout mice showed all the typical features observed in patients with early onset mvid, the most common form of this disease accounting for 80% of the cases4. The entity is characterized morphologically by a deficient brush border and apical cytoplasmic inclusions within absorptive cells enterocytes due to misplaced assembly of brush border proteins. Microvillous inclusion disease mvid or microvillous atrophy is a congenital. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid is an autosomal recessive disorder that presents in the neonatal period with severe secretory diarrhea and has no specific treatment and a high mortality 2. Microvillus inclusion disease mid is a rare neonatal enteropathy that is typically diagnosed using electron microscopy to show characteristic inclusions in conjunction with light microscopy and. Microvillus inclusion disease, also known as davidsons disease, congenital microvillus atrophy and, less specifically, microvillus atrophy note. Microvillus inclusion disease, also known as congenital microvillus atrophy, was first described by davidson et al. Loss of syntaxin 3 causes variant microvillus inclusion disease.
Microvillus inclusion disease mvid is a rare autosomal recessive. Pas and cd10 were performed if not available along with electron microscopic examination of the cases. The zebrafish goosepimplesmyosin vb mutant exhibits. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid, omim 251850 is a congenital intestinal malabsorption disorder that represents with intractable secretory diarrhea within few days early onset or weeks late onset of life, leading to total parenteral nutritiondependency throughout life cutz et al. Gastrointestinal endoscopy is usually normal, however, standard intestinal histology shows a variable degree of villous atrophy.
Myo5b deficient mice showed no overt defects during embryonic development, having normal size and weight. Intestinal failure and transplantation in microvillous inclusion disease. Due to this unfortunate fact, parents and caregivers have. Microvilli are covered in plasma membrane, which encloses cytoplasm and microfilaments. In intestinal microvillus inclusion disease, microvilli are well formed and focal areas of the brush border are inverted into the cell. Since then, mvid has been recognized as a severe congenital enteropathy with intractable watery diarrhea starting soon after birth classical form or early onset disease or at a few weeks of life variant form or. Oct 05, 2011 microvillus inclusion disease is an intestinal disorder characterized by severe, watery diarrhea and an inability of the intestines to absorb nutrients. Microvillous inclusion disease mid is a rare but lethal congenital disorder characterized by intractable watery diarrhea beginning from birth to early infancy. The function of myosin vb in the intestine is conserved between fish and humans. Some patients with microvillus inclusion disease due to myosin 5b myo5b mutations may develop cholestasis characterized by a progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis. The diagnosis of this condition is based on typical light and electron microscopic em changes seen on small intestinal biopsies. Microvillous inclusion disease microvillous atrophy ncbi.
A group of infants with a familial enteropathy characterized by protrac. Online mendelian inheritance in man 251850, previously known as familial protracted enteropathy davidsons disease or congenital microvillus atrophy, is a rare but lifethreatening autosomal recessive enteropathy davidson. Microvillus inclusion disease prevents the absorption of nutrients from food. Microvillus inclusion disease is an intestinal disorder characterized by severe, watery diarrhea and an inability of the intestines to absorb nutrients. Although myo5b gene is expressed in all epithelial tissues, it is. Comparisons to other chronic diarrhea patients and to nondiarrhea patients. Pdf microvillous inclusion disease mvid is one of the congenital diarrheal disorders cdd caused by genetic defects in enterocyte differentiation. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid is a severe form of congenital diarrhea that arises from inactivating mutations in the gene encoding myosin vb myo5b. Jan 25, 20 microvillus inclusion disease mvid, a rare severe congenital enteropathy characterized by intracytoplasmic microvillous inclusions and variable brush border atrophy on intestinal epithelial cells histology, is associated with defective synthesis or abnormal function of the motor protein myosin vb encoded by the myo5b gene. Mvid, being an ultrarare disease, doesnt get the exposure of the diseases well known and spread.
Microvillus inclusion disease mvid is a rare congenital disorder that manifests early in infancy as intractable watery diarrhea. However, it is not always easy to make a histopathological diagnosis of mvid due to. University of groningen microvillus inclusion disease. Standard histology reveals a variable degree of villous atrophy.
It was first described in 1978 and it is characterized by the onset of abundant. Wed like to understand how you use our websites in order to improve them. Microvillous inclusion disease mvid, also known as congenital microvillus atrophy, was first described by davidson et al. Medical intelligence from the new england journal of medicine microvillus inclusion disease. Change the terminology to one that makes sense, stop making diagnostic algorithms as if we were dealing with a. Nowadays its prevalence is estimated in inclusion disease mvid, also known as congenital microvillus atrophy, was first described by davidson et al. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid is a rare genetic disease of the intestine that causes severe diarrhea and an inability to absorb nutrients. Myo5b and bile salt export pump contribute to cholestatic.
Erlandson, in modern surgical pathology second edition, 2009. Ebner,5 silvia lechner,6,7 kristian pfaller,5 cornelia e. An inducible mouse model for microvillus inclusion disease reveals a role for myosin vb in apical and basolateral trafficking kerstin schneebergera, georg f. Abstract microvillus inclusion disease mvid is a rare congenital disorder that manifests early in infancy as intractable watery diarrhea. Lossoffunction of myo5b is the main cause of microvillus. The aim of the study is to describe the pattern of mvid in pediatric population of king abdulaziz university hospital kauh, jeddah, saudi arabia.
Life expectancy of people with microvillus inclusion disease and recent progresses and researches in microvillus inclusion disease. Andreas janecke and colleagues identify mutations in myo5b, encoding the type vb myosin motor protein, in individuals with microvillus inclusion disease. Microvillous inclusion disease diagnosed by gastric biopsy. Mvid is caused by mutations in the myo5b gene, coding for the myosin vb motor protein. Mvid is associated with intestinal villous atrophy, microvillus inclusions in the apical cytoplasm, and. Jun 26, 2006 microvillous inclusion disease mvid or microvillous atrophy is a congenital disorder of the intestinal epithelial cells that presents with persistent lifethreatening watery diarrhea and is characterized by morphological enterocyte abnormalities. Extraintestinal manifestations in an infant with microvillus. Microvillous inclusion disease mvid, also known as microvillous atrophy, is a rare autosomalrecessive enteropathy due to mutation in myo5b,1 encoding a. Abstractmicrovillus inclusion disease mvid is a rare autosomal recessive disorder due to defective apical surface of the enterocytes presenting with protracted diarrhea from birth. Microvillus inclusion disease is a condition characterized by chronic, watery, lifethreatening diarrhea typically beginning in the first hours to days of life. The microvillus inclusion disease was described for the first time in 1978 by david andersen et al. Though these are cellular extensions, there are little or no cellular organelles present in the microvilli each microvillus has a dense bundle of crosslinked actin filaments, which serves as its structural core.
Sections were cut at 5 micron, mounted on to glass slides, and dried overnight at 37 degrees c. Microvillus inclusion disease prevents the absorption of nutrients from food during digestion, resulting in malnutrition and. Microvillus inclusion disease surgical pathology criteria stanford. Two weekold male presenting with secretory diarrhoea which began a few days after birth. Mim 251850 is a congenital disorder of enterocytes that is responsible for severe diarrhea of neonatal onset. Loss of syntaxin 3 causes variant microvillus inclusion. An introduction to microvillus inclusion disease microvillus inclusion disease mvid. Myo5b knockout mice as a model of microvillus inclusion. The role of enterocyte defects in the pathogenesis of. We have examined the association of mutations in myo5b and disruption of microvillar assembly and polarity in enterocytes. An inherited defect of brushborder assembly and differentiation.
Dmitry kravtsov, vp of research and development at vanessa research gives a presentation about microvillus inclusion disease and what. Microvillous inclusion disease microvillous atrophy. Kravtsov d, mashukova a, forteza r, rodriguez mm, ameen na salas pj. A pas stain reveals diffuse staining towards the apex of the enterocyte cytoplasm and no welldefined brush. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid is a rare autosomal recessive disorder due to defective apical surface of the enterocytes presenting with protracted diarrhea from birth. The intestinal biopsy is a cornerstone in the investigation of many of these patients, and the role of the pathologist can be pivotal in establishing the diagnosis. Autophagocytosis of the apical membrane in microvillus inclusion disease. Towards understanding microvillus inclusion disease molecular. Myo5b mutations cause cholestasis with normal serum gamma.
Gastrointestinal microvillus inclusion disease american. The diagnosis of microvillus inclusion disease was established by documentation of microvillus inclusions in duodenal epithelial cells. Mvid can be diagnosed based on loss of microvilli, microvillus inclusions, and accumulation of subapical vesicles. Microvillus inclusion disease, also known as davidsons disease, congenital microvillus atrophy and, less specifically, microvillus atrophy is a rare genetic. Microvillus inclusion disease rare disease day 2018. Microvillus inclusion disease is an inherited intesti nal brush border. Till date, only a handful of cases with mvid have been. An inducible mouse model for microvillus inclusion disease. Microvillus inclusion disease presentation microvillus inclusion disease is a severe enteropathy with watery diarrhea often beginning on the first day of address correspondence and reprint requests to dr. Light microscopic diagnosis of microvillus inclusion.
Villin immunohistochemistry is a reliable method for. Identification of ion transport defects in microvillus inclusion disease. Transmission electron microscopy demonstrates shortening or absence of apical microvilli, pathognomonic microvillus inclusions in mature enterocytes and subapical accumulation of periodic acidschiffpositive granules or vesicles confirming diagnosis. If there is no cure yet, is microvillus inclusion disease chronic. Here you can see if microvillus inclusion disease has a cure or not yet.
Symptoms typically develop in the first days earlyonset or first months lateonset of life. Disorder of intestinal brush border that causes intractable watery diarrhea with. In the liver cases reported here, there is total disorganisation of canalicular microvilli, thus these cases are not microvillus inclusion disease. Pathology, and surgery, university of north carolina at chapel hill north carolina state. Omim 251850 is a rare autosomal recessive disorder due to defective apical surface of the enterocytes presenting with protracted secretory diarrhea, dehydration and metabolic acidosis from birth that requires parenteral nutrition pn. It was first reported under the designation familial enteropathy.
Intestinal failure and transplantation in microvillous. Navajo microvillous inclusion disease is due to a mutation. Mid has also been diagnosed using cd10 immunoreactivity that shows. Microvillus inclusion disease mid is a rare neonatal enteropathy that is typically diagnosed using electron microscopy to show characteristic inclusions in conjunction with light microscopy and periodic acidschiff staining to show lack of the normal brush border on biopsies obtained endoscopically from the small bowel. Enteropathies of infancy pierre russo abstract enteropathies of infancy constitute a heterogeneous group of disorders which are dif. Myo5b mutations cause microvillus inclusion disease and. Microvillus inclusion disease variant in an infant with intractable. Most patients with mvid have mutations in myosin vb that cause defects in. Change the terminology to one that makes sense, stop making diagnostic algorithms as if we were dealing with a single entity, and go back to the drawing board. Villin immunohistochemistry is a reliable method for diagnosing microvillus inclusion disease.
Investigation before multivisceral transplantation included biopsies of the rectum, stomach, duodenum, and liver. Sections were cut at 5 micron, mounted on to glass slides, and dried overnight at 37 degrees. Microvillus inclusion disease genetic and rare diseases. Without adequate water and nutrients, children with this condition can become dehydrated, suffer from malnutrition, and fail to grow and develop. It usually starts soon after birth and is one of a group of disorders termed congenital diarrheas. Mvid manifests either in the first days of life earlyonset form or in the first two months lateonset form of life. What is the life expectancy of someone with microvillus. Research article human mutation lossoffunction of myo5b is the main cause of microvillus inclusion disease. It is characterized by the neonatal onset of abundant watery diarrhea persisting despite total bowel rest.
Oct 18, 20 microvillus inclusion disease mvid is a congenital enteropathy characterized by loss of apical microvilli and formation of cytoplasmic inclusions lined by microvilli in enterocytes. Most patients with mvid have mutations in myosin vb that cause defects in recycling of apical vesicles. Microvillous inclusion disease an overview sciencedirect. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid, a familial enteropathy.
Microvillus inclusion disease surgical pathology criteria. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid was first described as a familial enteropathy presenting with protracted diarrhea from birth, failure to thrive and hypoplastic villus atrophy 1. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid is a disorder of intestinal epithelial differentiation characterized by lifethreatening intractable diarrhea. Oct 06, 2017 microvillus inclusion disease also referred to as congenital microvillus atrophy is, with tuft enteropathy, the best known disease of the intestinal epithelium causing intractable diarrhea of infancy, and a leading cause of secretory diarrhea in the first weeks of life.
Microvillous inclusion disease as a cause of severe. Villin immunohistochemistry is a reliable method for diagnos. Jejunal biopsyspecimensandnecropsy samples from patients without microvillus inclusion disease servedascontrols. The goosepimples mutant is a good animal model for microvillus inclusion disease in humans. A group of infants with a familial enteropathy characterized by protracted diarrhea from birth and villus hypoplastic. Towards understanding microvillus inclusion disease. Abnormalities in villin gene expression and canalicular. Microvillus inclusion disease, which also includes patients classified as microvillus dystrophy, is an inherited autosomal recessive condition causing intractable diarrhea with steatorrhea in infants. Duodenal biopsy characterized by villous atrophy, normal crypts and little inflammation. Sherman, gastroenterology and nutrition, room 8409, hospital for sick children, 555 university avenue, toronto, ontario, m5g 1x8. The role of enterocyte defects in the pathogenesis of congenital diarrheal disorders arend w.
Congenital microvillus inclusion disease in the differential. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid, a familial enteropathy that presents with severe refractory diarrhea, was. Microvillus inclusion disease genetics home reference nih. Implication for microvillus inclusion disease pathogenesis and treatment. A technique using alkaline phosphatase histochemistry on routine sections of four jejunal biopsy specimens and one necropsy sample was applied to show that alkaline phosphatase activity, normally present in the brush border, occurs in the enterocytes of patients with microvillus inclusion disease. Microvillus inclusion disease mvid is characterised by onset of intractable lifethreatening watery diarrhoea during infancy. Microvillus inclusion disease and tufting enteropathy.
Microvillus inclusion disease mvid, a rare severe congenital enteropathy characterized by intracytoplasmic microvillous inclusions and variable brush border atrophy on intestinal epithelial cells histology, is associated with defective synthesis or abnormal function of the motor protein myosin vb encoded by the myo5b gene. Severe villous abnormality with crypt hypoplasia, resembling celiac sprue but without lymphocytosis increased enterocyte apoptosis and proliferation, bubbly vacuolated apical cytoplasm with extensive or patchy absence of brush border, absence of inflammation ultrastruct pathol 2010. Microvillous inclusion disease is a rare autosomal recessive condition. Standard histology reveals a variable degree of villous atrophy without marked crypt hyperplasia, in addition to. Microvillus inclusion disease nord national organization. Jci myosin vb uncoupling from rab8a and rab11a elicits. Myosin 5b loss of function leads to defects in polarized signaling.
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