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Stereological and morphometric analysis of dermal fibroblasts before and after bone marrow transplantation in a case of mucopolysaccharidosis I Scheie phenotype

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Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) has been used therapeutically in several types of mucopoly-saccharidoses (MPS) and other inherited metabolic disorders. Fibroblasts are severely affected in MPS due to the intralysosomal accumulation of glycosaminoglycans. We report a stereological and morphometric study at light and electron microscopy levels of dermal fibroblasts before and 21 months after BMT in a young girl with MPS I Scheie phenotype (MPS I-S). Dermal fibroblasts showed remarkable morphological changes although their density, expressed as number of fibroblasts per unit volume of dermis (number density), was not modified in the post-BMT samples as compared to pre-BMT ones. Stereological and morphometric parameters referring to cell characteristics of post-BMT fibroblasts (nuclear and cell surface densities, and both nucleus/cell and cell/nucleus volume densities) showed significant differences when compared with pre-BMT fibroblasts, and non-significant differences regarding control cells. On the other hand, quantitative parameters of the lysosomal compartment from post-BMT fibroblasts showed intermediate values between pre-BMT and control fibroblasts. These results, at cellular level, are in agreement with previous biochemical and clinical results, and clearly showed a progressive course to a non-pathological state. All parameters estimated may be considered useful tools in evaluating the success of BMT. These parameters provide quantitative data which can be statistically compared, showing the changes due to the reduction of storage material after BMT. Cell/nucleus volume density is especially interesting since not only is it easy to estimate, even by automatic procedures, but it could also constitute a numerical expression of skin anatomopathological analyses performed post-BMT.

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  1. Unitat de Biologia Cellular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal, 647, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain

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Supported in part by Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias Grant 89/0389

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Costa, M., Valero, J.G. & Navarro, C. Stereological and morphometric analysis of dermal fibroblasts before and after bone marrow transplantation in a case of mucopolysaccharidosis I Scheie phenotype. Acta Neuropathol 86, 21–28 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454894

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