Amane Araki1, Masahisa Katsuno2, Keisuke Suzuki1, Haruhiko Banno1, Noriaki Suga1, Atsushi Hashizume1, Tomoo Mano1, Yasuhiro Hijikata1, Hideaki Nakatsuji1, Hirohisa Watanabe1, Masahiko Yamamoto1, Takeru Makiyama1, Seiko Ohno1, Megumi Fukuyama1, Shin-Ichiro Morimoto1, Minoru Horie1, Gen Sobue2. 1. From the Department of Neurology (A.A., M.K., K.S., H.B., N.S., A.H., T. Mano, Y.H., H.N., H.W., G.S.), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Institute for Advanced Research (H.B.), Nagoya University; Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology (M.Y.), Aichi-Gakuin University School of Health Science, Nisshin; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (T. Makiyama), Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine; Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine (S.O., M.F., M.H.), Shiga University of Medical Science, Ohtsu; and Division of Cardiology (S.-i.M.), Department of Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan. 2. From the Department of Neurology (A.A., M.K., K.S., H.B., N.S., A.H., T. Mano, Y.H., H.N., H.W., G.S.), Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Institute for Advanced Research (H.B.), Nagoya University; Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology (M.Y.), Aichi-Gakuin University School of Health Science, Nisshin; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (T. Makiyama), Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine; Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine (S.O., M.F., M.H.), Shiga University of Medical Science, Ohtsu; and Division of Cardiology (S.-i.M.), Department of Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan. ka2no@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp sobueg@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to clarify myocardial involvement and its clinical implications in subjects with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), a neuromuscular disease affecting both neuronal and nonneuronal tissues. METHODS: Two independent cardiologists evaluated ECGs from a total of 144 consecutive subjects with SBMA. We performed immunohistochemical, immunoblot, and quantitative real-time PCR analyses of autopsied myocardium. RESULTS: Abnormal ECGs were detected in 70 (48.6%) of 144 subjects. The most frequent findings were ST-segment abnormalities in V1-3 (19.4%), followed by ST-segment abnormalities in V5-6 (18.1%). We detected Brugada-type ECGs in 17 of 28 subjects with ST-segment abnormalities in V1-3. Of those, one subject presented with syncope that required an implantable cardioverter defibrillator and led to eventual sudden death, and another subject also died suddenly. No subjects with Brugada-type ECGs had mutations in SCN5A, CACNA1C, or CACNB2 genes. In autopsied cases, we detected nuclear accumulation of the mutant androgen receptor protein and decreased expression levels of SCN5A in the myocardium. CONCLUSIONS: Subjects with SBMA often show Brugada-type ECG. The accumulation of the pathogenic androgen receptor may have a role in the myocardial involvement in SBMA.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to clarify myocardial involvement and its clinical implications in subjects with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), a neuromuscular disease affecting both neuronal and nonneuronal tissues. METHODS: Two independent cardiologists evaluated ECGs from a total of 144 consecutive subjects with SBMA. We performed immunohistochemical, immunoblot, and quantitative real-time PCR analyses of autopsied myocardium. RESULTS: Abnormal ECGs were detected in 70 (48.6%) of 144 subjects. The most frequent findings were ST-segment abnormalities in V1-3 (19.4%), followed by ST-segment abnormalities in V5-6 (18.1%). We detected Brugada-type ECGs in 17 of 28 subjects with ST-segment abnormalities in V1-3. Of those, one subject presented with syncope that required an implantable cardioverter defibrillator and led to eventual sudden death, and another subject also died suddenly. No subjects with Brugada-type ECGs had mutations in SCN5A, CACNA1C, or CACNB2 genes. In autopsied cases, we detected nuclear accumulation of the mutant androgen receptor protein and decreased expression levels of SCN5A in the myocardium. CONCLUSIONS: Subjects with SBMA often show Brugada-type ECG. The accumulation of the pathogenic androgen receptor may have a role in the myocardial involvement in SBMA.
Authors: Robert D Guber; Varun Takyar; Angela Kokkinis; Derrick A Fox; Hawwa Alao; Ilona Kats; Dara Bakar; Alan T Remaley; Stephen M Hewitt; David E Kleiner; Chia-Ying Liu; Colleen Hadigan; Kenneth H Fischbeck; Yaron Rotman; Christopher Grunseich Journal: Neurology Date: 2017-11-15 Impact factor: 9.910