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  • 1
    In: Circulation, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 132, No. suppl_3 ( 2015-11-10)
    Abstract: Background: Calmodulin ( CALM ) is a ubiquitous Ca2+-sensor molecule, and it modulates various proteins including several ion channels, ryanodine receptor 2, and Ca 2+ /calmodulin-dependent protein kinase. Recently, several studies reported that CALM mutations are associated with severe early-onset long-QT syndrome (LQTS). However, the underlying mechanism remains unknown. Purpose: The present study aims to establish the in-vitro disease model of CALM -related LQTS and elucidate the pathophysiological mechanism using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs). Methods: The hiPSC clones were generated from a 12-year-old boy with LQTS carrying a missense CALM2 mutation (c.293A 〉 G, p.N98S), and differentiated into cardiomyocytes via embryoid body (EB) formation. The electrophysiological characteristics of CALM2 -N98S hiPSC-CMs, including action potential (AP) and L-type Ca 2+ channel (LTCC) currents, were analyzed by patch-clamp technique, and compared with those of hiPSC-CMs derived from healthy control. Results: The beating rate of CALM2 -N98S EBs was significantly lower than that of control (23.8 ± 1.6 bpm vs 47.3 ± 1.7 bpm, p 〈 0.01). The corrected AP duration at 90% repolarization (cAPD90) of CALM2 -N98S hiPSC-CMs was significantly prolonged compared to that of control (480.9 ± 59.4 ms vs 201.5 ± 19.5 ms, p 〈 0.01, Figure). At 1 Hz pacing, CALM2 -N98S hiPSC-CMs exhibited significantly longer APD90 than control (495.5 ± 47.7 ms vs 227.8 ± 21.6 ms, p 〈 0.01). The time constants of LTCC inactivation tau fast of CALM2 -N98S hiPSC-CMs were significantly larger than those of control at 0, +10, and +20 mV test potentials (Figure). Conclusion: The hiPSC-CMs model of CALM2 -related LQTS successfully recapitulated the disease phenotypes, and elucidated the pathophysiological mechanism: impaired inactivation of LTCC currents. This model might be useful for drug discovery in CALM2 -related LQTS.
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    ISSN: 0009-7322 , 1524-4539
    Language: English
    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
    Publication Date: 2015
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    In: Circulation, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 142, No. 4 ( 2020-07-28), p. 324-338
    Abstract: Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a rare genetic disorder and a major preventable cause of sudden cardiac death in the young. A causal rare genetic variant with large effect size is identified in up to 80% of probands (genotype positive) and cascade family screening shows incomplete penetrance of genetic variants. Furthermore, a proportion of cases meeting diagnostic criteria for LQTS remain genetically elusive despite genetic testing of established genes (genotype negative). These observations raise the possibility that common genetic variants with small effect size contribute to the clinical picture of LQTS. This study aimed to characterize and quantify the contribution of common genetic variation to LQTS disease susceptibility. Methods: We conducted genome-wide association studies followed by transethnic meta-analysis in 1656 unrelated patients with LQTS of European or Japanese ancestry and 9890 controls to identify susceptibility single nucleotide polymorphisms. We estimated the common variant heritability of LQTS and tested the genetic correlation between LQTS susceptibility and other cardiac traits. Furthermore, we tested the aggregate effect of the 68 single nucleotide polymorphisms previously associated with the QT-interval in the general population using a polygenic risk score. Results: Genome-wide association analysis identified 3 loci associated with LQTS at genome-wide statistical significance ( P 〈 5×10 −8 ) near NOS1AP , KCNQ1 , and KLF12 , and 1 missense variant in KCNE1 (p.Asp85Asn) at the suggestive threshold ( P 〈 10 −6 ). Heritability analyses showed that ≈15% of variance in overall LQTS susceptibility was attributable to common genetic variation ( h2SNP 0.148; standard error 0.019). LQTS susceptibility showed a strong genome-wide genetic correlation with the QT-interval in the general population (r g =0.40; P =3.2×10 −3 ). The polygenic risk score comprising common variants previously associated with the QT-interval in the general population was greater in LQTS cases compared with controls ( P 〈 10−13), and it is notable that, among patients with LQTS, this polygenic risk score was greater in patients who were genotype negative compared with those who were genotype positive ( P 〈 0.005). Conclusions: This work establishes an important role for common genetic variation in susceptibility to LQTS. We demonstrate overlap between genetic control of the QT-interval in the general population and genetic factors contributing to LQTS susceptibility. Using polygenic risk score analyses aggregating common genetic variants that modulate the QT-interval in the general population, we provide evidence for a polygenic architecture in genotype negative LQTS.
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    ISSN: 0009-7322 , 1524-4539
    Language: English
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    Publication Date: 2020
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    Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) ; 2014
    In:  Circulation Vol. 130, No. suppl_2 ( 2014-11-25)
    In: Circulation, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 130, No. suppl_2 ( 2014-11-25)
    Abstract: Introduction: The long QT syndrome (LQTS) is one of the causes of sudden cardiac death in children. Although the risk factors for cardiac events depending on the genotype have been reported, age-related difference in phenotype remains unknown. Objectives: We aimed to clarify the age-and genotype-related clinical features in the young LQTS cohort (form 1 to 20y.o.). Methods and Results: This study comprised 101 symptomatic LQTS patients that were genotyped (male n=36, mean age 10.6±4.3). We excluded patients with multiple mutations. Fifty patients carried heterozygous mutations in KCNQ1, 48 in KCNH2 and 3 in SCN5A. LQTS-related cardiac events were classified into 3 categories; syncope, documented Torsades de pointes (TdP) and cardio-pulmonary arrest (CPA). Ninety patients experienced syncope, 7 were documented TdP and 4 suffered CPA. Figure shows a frequency histogram for the ages of first event in each genotype. The mean age of the onset in KCNH2 mutation carriers were significantly older (12.2±4.6y.o.) than those in KCNQ1 (9.2±3.5y.o., p 〈 0.001). The numbers and mean ages of the patients suffered CPA were 1 in KCNQ1 (12y.o.), 2 in KCNH2 (10.5±3.5y.o.) and 1 in SCN5A (6y.o.). TdP was significantly more frequently documented in the patients with KCNH2 mutations (n=6, 13.7±3.3y.o.) than those with KCNQ1 mutations (n=1, 9y.o., p=0.029). Conclusion: In the young LQTS patients, therefore, KCNH2 mutation carriers showed a severer phenotype than those of KCNQ1, though their age of onset was older. These finding helped us to choose more appropriate preventive therapy depend on the age of onset and genotype.
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    ISSN: 0009-7322 , 1524-4539
    Language: English
    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
    Publication Date: 2014
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    Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) ; 2020
    In:  Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine Vol. 13, No. 5 ( 2020-10), p. 435-443
    In: Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 13, No. 5 ( 2020-10), p. 435-443
    Abstract: LMNA is a known causative gene of dilated cardiomyopathy and familial conduction disturbance. Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, normally caused by nonsense mutations, is a safeguard process to protect cells from deleterious effects of inappropriate proteins from mutated genes. Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay induced by nonstop codon mutations is rare. We investigated the effect of an LMNA missense mutation identified in 2 families affected by cardiac laminopathy. Methods: Genomic DNA and total RNA were isolated from patients’ peripheral blood lymphocytes or cardiac tissue. LMNA -coding exons were screened by direct sequencing. Complementary DNAs were generated by a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction from total RNA. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction was performed to quantify the LMNA complementary DNA amount by using specific primers for lamins A and C. A minigene splicing reporter experiment was performed to assess the effect of detected variants on RNA splicing. The protein expressions of both isoforms were analyzed by Western blotting. Results: We detected a missense variant c.936 G 〉 C (p. Q312H) at the end of exon 5 of LMNA by genomic DNA sequencing in 2 unrelated families affected by dilated cardiomyopathy and cardiac conduction disturbance. This variant was previously reported in a French family suffering from muscular dystrophy and cardiac conduction disturbance. Sequencing of complementary DNA demonstrated that the mutated allele was absent. By quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay, we confirmed a 90% reduction in LMNA complementary DNA. The minigene splicing reporter assay demonstrated a splicing error by the variant. Western blot analysis revealed that lamin A and C expressions were reduced far 〉 50%. Conclusions: We report an LMNA missense mutation found in 2 families, which disrupted a normal splicing site, led to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, and resulted in severe cardiac laminopathy.
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    ISSN: 2574-8300 , 2574-8300
    Language: English
    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
    Publication Date: 2020
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    In: Circulation, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 135, No. 23 ( 2017-06-06), p. 2255-2270
    Abstract: The genotype-phenotype correlation of SCN5A mutations as a predictor of cardiac events in Brugada syndrome remains controversial. We aimed to establish a registry limited to probands, with a long follow-up period, so that the genotype-phenotype correlation of SCN5A mutations in Brugada syndrome can be examined without patient selection bias. Methods: This multicenter registry enrolled 415 probands (n=403; men, 97%; age, 46±14 years) diagnosed with Brugada syndrome whose SCN5A gene was analyzed for mutations. Results: During a mean follow-up period of 72 months, the overall cardiac event rate was 2.5%/y. In comparison with probands without mutations ( SCN5A (–), n=355), probands with SCN5A mutations ( SCN5A (+), n=60) experienced their first cardiac event at a younger age (34 versus 42 years, P =0.013), had a higher positive rate of late potentials (89% versus 73%, P =0.016), exhibited longer P-wave, PQ, and QRS durations, and had a higher rate of cardiac events ( P =0.017 by log-rank). Multivariate analysis indicated that only SCN5A mutation and history of aborted cardiac arrest were significant predictors of cardiac events ( SCN5A (+) versus SCN5A (–): hazard ratio, 2.0 and P =0.045; history of aborted cardiac arrest versus no such history: hazard ratio, 6.5 and P 〈 0.001). Conclusions: Brugada syndrome patients with SCN5A mutations exhibit more conduction abnormalities on ECG and have higher risk for cardiac events.
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    ISSN: 0009-7322 , 1524-4539
    Language: English
    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
    Publication Date: 2017
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    In: ASAIO Journal, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 43, No. 5 ( 1997-09), p. M625-
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1058-2916
    Language: English
    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
    Publication Date: 1997
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    In: Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 10, No. 6 ( 2017-12)
    Abstract: Mutations in LMNA ( lamin A/C ), which encodes lamin A and C, typically cause age-dependent cardiac phenotypes, including dilated cardiomyopathy, cardiac conduction disturbance, atrial fibrillation, and malignant ventricular arrhythmias. Although the type of LMNA mutations have been reported to be associated with susceptibility to malignant ventricular arrhythmias, the gene-based risk stratification for cardiac complications remains unexplored. Methods and Results— The multicenter cohort included 77 LMNA mutation carriers from 45 families; cardiac disorders were retrospectively analyzed. The mean age of patients when they underwent genetic testing was 45±17, and they were followed for a median 49 months. Of the 77 carriers, 71 (92%) were phenotypically affected and showed cardiac conduction disturbance (81%), low left ventricular ejection fraction ( 〈 50%; 45%), atrial arrhythmias (58%), and malignant ventricular arrhythmias (26%). During the follow-up period, 9 (12%) died, either from end-stage heart failure (n=7) or suddenly (n=2). Genetic analysis showed truncation mutations in 58 patients from 31 families and missense mutations in 19 patients from 14 families. The onset of cardiac disorders indicated that subjects with truncation mutations had an earlier occurrence of cardiac conduction disturbance and low left ventricular ejection fraction, than those with missense mutations. In addition, the truncation mutation was found to be a risk factor for the early onset of cardiac conduction disturbance and the occurrence of atrial arrhythmias and low left ventricular ejection fraction, as estimated using multivariable analyses. Conclusions— The truncation mutations were associated with manifestation of cardiac phenotypes in LMNA -related cardiomyopathy, suggesting that genetic analysis might be useful for diagnosis and risk stratification.
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    ISSN: 1942-325X , 1942-3268
    Language: English
    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
    Publication Date: 2017
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    In: Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 13, No. 10 ( 2020-10)
    Abstract: Mutations in the nuclear envelope genes encoding LMNA and EMD are responsible for Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. However, LMNA mutations often manifest dilated cardiomyopathy with conduction disturbance without obvious skeletal myopathic complications. On the contrary, the phenotypic spectrums of EMD mutations are less clear. Our aims were to determine the prevalence of nonsyndromic forms of emerinopathy, which may underlie genetically undefined isolated cardiac conduction disturbance, and the etiology of thromboembolic complications associated with EMD mutations. Methods: Targeted exon sequencing was performed in 87 probands with familial sick sinus syndrome (n=36) and a progressive cardiac conduction defect (n=51). Results: We identified 3 X-linked recessive EMD mutations (start-loss, splicing, missense) in families with cardiac conduction disease. All 3 probands shared a common clinical phenotype of progressive atrial arrhythmias that ultimately resulted in atrial standstill associated with left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC), but they lacked early contractures and progressive muscle wasting and weakness characteristic of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. Because the association of LVNC with EMD has never been reported, we further genetically screened 102 LVNC patients and found a frameshift EMD mutation in a boy with progressive atrial standstill and LVNC without complications of muscular dystrophy. All 6 male EMD mutation carriers of 4 families underwent pacemaker or defibrillator implantation, whereas 2 female carriers were asymptomatic. Notably, a strong family history of stroke observed in these families was probably due to the increased risk of thromboembolism attributable to both atrial standstill and LVNC. Conclusions: Cardiac emerinopathy is a novel nonsyndromic X-linked progressive atrial standstill associated with LVNC and increased risk of thromboembolism.
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    ISSN: 1941-3149 , 1941-3084
    Language: English
    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
    Publication Date: 2020
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    In: Journal of the American Heart Association, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 10, No. 5 ( 2021-03-02)
    Abstract: Medical castration, gonadotropin‐releasing hormone agonists, and antiandrogens have been widely applied as a treatment for prostate cancer. Sex steroid hormones influence cardiac ion channels. However, few studies have examined the proarrhythmic properties of medical castration. Methods and Results This study included 149 patients who underwent medical castration using gonadotropin‐releasing hormones with/without antiandrogen for prostate cancer. The changes in the ECG findings during the therapy and associations of the electrocardiographic findings with malignant arrhythmias were studied. The QT and corrected QT (QTc) intervals prolonged during the therapy compared with baseline (QT, 394±32 to 406±39 ms [ P 〈 0.001]; QTc, 416±27 to 439±31 ms [ P 〈 0.001]). The QTc interval was prolonged in 119 (79.9%) patients during the therapy compared with baseline. In 2 (1.3%) patients who had no structural heart disease, torsade de pointes (TdP) and ventricular fibrillation (VF) occurred ≥6 months after starting the therapy. In patients with TdP/VF, the increase in the QTc interval from the pretreatment value was 〉 80 ms. However, in patients without TdP/VF, the prevalence of an increase in the QTc interval from the pretreatment value of 〉 50 ms was 11%, and an increase in the QTc interval from the pretreatment value 〉 80 ms was found in only 4 (3%) patients. Conclusions Medical castration prolongs the QT/QTc intervals in most patients with prostate cancer, and it could cause TdP/VFs even in patients with no risk of QT prolongation before the therapy. An increase in the QTc interval from the pretreatment value 〉 50 ms might become a predictor of TdP/VF. Much attention should be paid to the QTc interval throughout all periods of medical castration to prevent malignant arrhythmias.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2047-9980
    Language: English
    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) ; 2014
    In:  Circulation Vol. 130, No. suppl_2 ( 2014-11-25)
    In: Circulation, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 130, No. suppl_2 ( 2014-11-25)
    Abstract: Background and Objectives: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited disease characterized by RV dilatation and ventricular arrhythmias. Desmosomal gene mutations are the major cause of ARVC. LMNA mutations have been known to lead dilated cardiomyopathy, other systemic diseases, and more recently, ARVC. In this study, we performed extensive genetic screening for LMNA in ARVC patients and assessed the clinical characteristics of patients with LMNA mutations. Methods: Study cohort consisted of 57 ARVC probands (definite; 45). Coding exons of LMNA, 4 desmosomal protein genes (PKP2, DSP, DSG2, DSC), and also 3 long QT syndrome related genes (KCNQ1, KCNH2, SCN5A) were amplified and sequenced by using illumina next generation sequencer. Clinical characteristics of LMNA mutation carriers and those of desmosomal mutation carriers were compared by using student t test. Results: Among 57 clinically-diagnosed ARVC probands, we identified desmosomal mutations in 32 probands (56.1%) and two LMNA mutations in two probands. The first LMNA mutation, p.M1K was detected in 62-year-old male, and the second one, p.W514X was in 70-year-old male. Both patients showed RV dilatation, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, and complete atrioventricular block. His younger brother also died from ARVC. The proband’s daughter and son, who are currently in their 30s, have the same M1K mutation, however, have not had any signs of ARVC yet. In the family member with W514X mutant, the proband’s father suddenly died in his 40s and 45-year-old daughter who had the same W514X mutation, showed RV dilatation and brady-AF. In probands with LMNA mutations compared to those with desmosomal mutations, the age of onset was significantly older (38.6±18.1 vs 60.0±2.8), and their heart rate was significantly slower (61.1±12.5 vs 47±1.4). Both probands with LMNA mutations underwent pacemaker therapy, which is rare in patients with desmosomal mutations (2/2 vs 1/32 ). In family members with LMNA mutations, none of mutation carriers had showed ARVC until their 50s. Conclusion: Our patients with LMNA mutations developed ARVC with bradyarrhythmia after age of 50. Genetic screening for LMNA gene is important for ARVC, especially in cases with bradycardia.
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    ISSN: 0009-7322 , 1524-4539
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    Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
    Publication Date: 2014
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