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OBSCN Mutations Associated with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Haploinsufficiency.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Studies of the functional consequences of DCM-causing mutations have been limited to a few cases where patients with known mutations had heart transplants. To increase the number of potential tissue samples for direct investigation we performed whole exon sequencing of explanted heart muscle samples from 30 patients that had a diagnosis of familial dilated cardiomyopathy and screened for potentially disease-causing mutations in 58 HCM or DCM-related genes. RESULTS:We identified 5 potentially disease-causing OBSCN mutations in 4 samples; one sample had two OBSCN mutations and one mutation was judged to be not disease-related. Also identified were 6 truncating mutations in TTN, 3 mutations in MYH7, 2 in DSP and one each in TNNC1, TNNI3, MYOM1, VCL, GLA, PLB, TCAP, PKP2 and LAMA4. The mean level of obscurin mRNA was significantly greater and more variable in healthy donor samples than the DCM samples but did not correlate with OBSCN mutations. A single obscurin protein band was observed in human heart myofibrils with apparent mass 960 ± 60 kDa. The three samples with OBSCN mutations had significantly lower levels of obscurin immunoreactive material than DCM samples without OBSCN mutations (45±7, 48±3, and 72±6% of control level).Obscurin levels in DCM controls, donor heart and myectomy samples were the same. CONCLUSIONS:OBSCN mutations may result in the development of a DCM phenotype via haploinsufficiency. Mutations in the obscurin gene should be considered as a significant causal factor of DCM, alone or in concert with other mutations.

SUBMITTER: Marston S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4583186 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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OBSCN Mutations Associated with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Haploinsufficiency.

Marston Steven S Montgiraud Cecile C Munster Alex B AB Copeland O'Neal O Choi Onjee O Dos Remedios Cristobal C Messer Andrew E AE Ehler Elisabeth E Knöll Ralph R

PloS one 20150925 9

<h4>Background</h4>Studies of the functional consequences of DCM-causing mutations have been limited to a few cases where patients with known mutations had heart transplants. To increase the number of potential tissue samples for direct investigation we performed whole exon sequencing of explanted heart muscle samples from 30 patients that had a diagnosis of familial dilated cardiomyopathy and screened for potentially disease-causing mutations in 58 HCM or DCM-related genes.<h4>Results</h4>We id ...[more]

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Project description:Background Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), characterized by progressive left ventricular enlargement and systolic dysfunction, is the most common type of cardiomyopathy and a leading cause of heart failure and cardiac death. Accumulating evidence underscores the critical role of genetic defects in the pathogenesis of DCM, and >250 genes have been implicated in DCM to date. However, DCM is of substantial genetic heterogeneity, and the genetic basis underpinning DCM remains elusive in most cases. Methods and Results By genome-wide scan with microsatellite markers and genetic linkage analysis in a 4-generation family inflicted with autosomal-dominant DCM, a new locus for DCM was mapped on chromosome 15q13.1-q13.3, a 4.77-cM (≈3.43 Mbp) interval between markers D15S1019 and D15S1010, with the largest 2-point logarithm of odds score of 5.1175 for the marker D15S165 at recombination fraction (θ)=0.00. Whole-exome sequencing analyses revealed that within the mapping chromosomal region, only the mutation in the KLF13 gene, c.430G>T (p.E144X), cosegregated with DCM in the family. In addition, sequencing analyses of KLF13 in another cohort of 266 unrelated patients with DCM and their available family members unveiled 2 new mutations, c.580G>T (p.E194X) and c.595T>C (p.C199R), which cosegregated with DCM in 2 families, respectively. The 3 mutations were absent from 418 healthy subjects. Functional assays demonstrated that the 3 mutants had no transactivation on the target genes ACTC1 and MYH7 (2 genes causally linked to DCM), alone or together with GATA4 (another gene contributing to DCM), and a diminished ability to bind the promoters of ACTC1 and MYH7. Add, the E144X-mutant KLF13 showed a defect in intracellular distribution. Conclusions This investigation indicates KLF13 as a new gene predisposing to DCM, which adds novel insight to the molecular pathogenesis underlying DCM, implying potential implications for prenatal prevention and precision treatment of DCM in a subset of patients.

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OBSCN Mutations Associated with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Haploinsufficiency.

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