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Front Neurol. 2019 Nov 26;10:1229. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01229. eCollection 2019.

Insulin Signaling as a Key Moderator in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1.

Frontiers in neurology

Sylvia Nieuwenhuis, Kees Okkersen, Joanna Widomska, Paul Blom, Peter A C 't Hoen, Baziel van Engelen, Jeffrey C Glennon

Affiliations

  1. Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  2. Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  3. VDL Enabling Technologies Group B.V., Eindhoven, Netherlands.
  4. Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

PMID: 31849810 PMCID: PMC6901991 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01229

Abstract

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an autosomal dominant genetic disease characterized by multi-system involvement. Affected organ system includes skeletal muscle, heart, gastro-intestinal system and the brain. In this review, we evaluate the evidence for alterations in insulin signaling and their relation to clinical DM1 features. We start by summarizing the molecular pathophysiology of DM1. Next, an overview of normal insulin signaling physiology is given, and evidence for alterations herein in DM1 is presented. Clinically, evidence for involvement of insulin signaling pathways in DM1 is based on the increased incidence of insulin resistance seen in clinical practice and recent trial evidence of beneficial effects of metformin on muscle function. Indirectly, further support may be derived from certain CNS derived symptoms characteristic of DM1, such as obsessive-compulsive behavior features, for which links with altered insulin signaling has been demonstrated in other diseases. At the basic scientific level, several pathophysiological mechanisms that operate in DM1 may compromise normal insulin signaling physiology. The evidence presented here reflects the importance of insulin signaling in relation to clinical features of DM1 and justifies further basic scientific and clinical, therapeutically oriented research.

Copyright Ā© 2019 Nieuwenhuis, Okkersen, Widomska, Blom, 't Hoen, van Engelen and Glennon.

Keywords: behavioral flexibility; diabetes type 2; insulin; insulin resistance; insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1); metformin; myotonic dystrophy (DM1); obsessiveā€“compulsive disorder

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