Project description:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited cardiac disease characterized by fibro-fatty replacement of the myocardium that causes heart failure and sudden cardiac death. The most aggressive subtype of ARVC is ARVC type 5 (ARVC5), caused by a p.S358L mutation in TMEM43. The function and localization of TMEM43 and the mechanism by which the p.S358L mutation causes the disease, are unknown.
Project description:Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited cardiomyopathy primarily of the right ventricle characterized through fibrofatty replacement of cardiomyocytes. The genetic etiology in ARVC patients is most commonly caused by dominant inheritance and high genetic heterogeneity. Though histological examinations of ARVC affected human myocardium reveals fibrolipomatous replacement, the molecular mechanisms leading to loss of cardiomyocytes are largely unknown. We therefore analyzed the transcriptomes of 6 ARVC specimen derived from heart transplantation candidates and compared our findings to 6 non-failing donor hearts (NF) which could not be transplanted for technical reasons. In addition, we compared our findings to 7 hearts from patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. From each heart left (LV) and right ventricular (RV) myocardial samples were analyzed by Affymetrix HG-U133 Plus 2.0 arrays, adding up to six sample groups. Unsupervised cluster analyses of the six sample groups revealed a clear separation of NF and cardiomyopathy samples. However, in contrast to the other samples, unsupervised cluster analyses revealed no distinct expression pattern in LV and RV samples from ARVC-hearts. We further identified differentially expressed transcripts using t-tests and found transcripts separating diseased and NF ventricular myocardium. Of note, in failing myocardium only about 15-16% of the genes are commonly regulated compared to NF samples. In addition both cardiomyopathies are clearly distinct on the transcriptome level. Comparison of the expression patterns between the failing RV and LV using a paired t-test revealed a lack of major differences between LV and RV gene expression in ARVC hearts. Microarrays were used to elucidate the differences between non-failing control hearts and those, suffering from arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC).
Project description:Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy is an inherited entity characterized by irregular cell-cell adhesion, cardiomyocyte death, fibro-fatty replacement of ventricular myocytes, leading to malignant ventricular arrythmias, contractile dysfunction and sudden cardiac death. Pathogenic variants in genes that encode desmosome are the predominant cause of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Moreover, signalling pathways such as Wnt/ß-catenin and transforming growth factor-β have been involved in the disease progression. However, still little is known about the molecular pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy pathogenesis. We used mRNA and small RNA sequencing to analyse the transcriptome of health and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy autopsied human hearts. Our results showed 697 differentially expressed genes, and eight differentially expressed miRNAs. Functional enrichment revealed mitochondrial respiratory-related pathways, impaired response to oxidative stress, apoptotic signalling pathway, inflammatory response-related and extracellular matrix response pathways. Furthermore, analysis of miRNA-mRNA interactome identified eleven negatively correlated miRNA-target pairs for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Our finding revealed novel arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy-related miRNAs with important regulatory function in disease pathogenesis highlighting their value as potential key targets for therapeutic approaches.
Project description:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy is a congenital heart disorder characterized by fibrofatty replacement of the myocardium. The exact molecular mechanisms underlying the disease remain to be elucidated and treatment options are limited. The sa12692 mutant line contains a splice site mutation in the plakoglobin gene, resulting in the expression of a truncated protein. This protein is highly similar to the protein expressed in Naxos disease, a recessive form of ARVC. RNA-seq was used to investigate the effect of the sa12692 mutation on gene expression in order to uncover signalling pathways involved in the pathogenesis of ARVC. Gene expression was examined in whole larvae at 5 dpf and in hearts of 1 year old adult fish. Larvae at 5 dpf were selected as this timepoint is equivalent to birth in humans. Adult hearts were selected as ARVC is a disorder of the heart and cardiac symptoms generally manifest in adulthood. Hence, the molecular effect of the mutation could be profiled at two life stages.
Project description:Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a severe heart muscle disease leading to sudden cardiac death. The S358L mutation of TMEM43 was first identified in 15 Newfoundland families of ARVC. This mutation is associated with ARVC5, a severe subtype of ARVC with full penetrance and a high percentage of death in patients. Although some studies have revealed that the TMEM43 mutant alters the localization of cardiac proteins, the interaction protein networks of TMEM43 and how the S358L mutation influences the interaction in ARVC remain to be explored. Thus We analyzed the binding partners of TMEM43 and determined the differential interaction proteins of TMEM43 upon S358L mutation.
Project description:Pericardial fluid is enriched by biologically active molecules of cardiovascular origin including microRNAs. Investigation of the disease-specific extracellular microRNAs could shed light on the molecular processes underlying disease development. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited heart disease characterized by life-threatening arrhythmias and progressive heart failure development. The current data about the association between microRNAs and ARVC development are limited. We performed small RNA sequence analysis of microRNAs of pericardial fluid samples obtained during transcutaneous epicardial access for ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation of six patients with definite ARVC and three post-infarction VT patients. Disease-associated microRNAs of pericardial fluid were identified. Enrichment analysis of differentially expressed microRNAs revealed their close linkage to cardiac diseases.
Project description:Pericardial fluid microRNAs in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy or ischemic heart disease
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Project description:iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes reveal mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis in TMEM43-related arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy