M D Abou Ziki1, S B Seidelmann1,2, E Smith1, G Atteya1, Y Jiang1, R G Fernandes1, M A Marieb1, J G Akar1, A Mani1,3. 1. Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. 2. Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 3. Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Long QT syndrome (LQT) is a pro-arrhythmogenic condition with life-threatening complications. Fifteen genes have been associated with congenital LQT, however, the genetic causes remain unknown in more than 20% of cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighteen patients with history of palpitations, pre-syncope, syncope and prolonged QT were referred to the Yale Cardiovascular Genetics Program. All subjects underwent whole-exome sequencing (WES) followed by confirmatory Sanger sequencing. Mutation burden analysis was carried out using WES data from 16 subjects with no identifiable cause of LQT. RESULTS: Deleterious and novel SCN10A mutations were identified in 3 of the 16 patients (19%) with idiopathic LQT. These included 2 frameshifts and 1 missense variants (p.G810fs, p.R1259Q, and p.P1877fs). Further analysis identified 2 damaging SCN10A mutations with allele frequencies of approximately 0.2% (p.R14L and p.R1268Q) in 2 independent cases. None of the SCN10A mutation carriers had mutations in known arrhythmia genes. Damaging SCN10A mutations (p.R209H and p.R485C) were also identified in the 2 subjects on QT prolonging medications. CONCLUSION: Our findings implicate SCN10A in LQT. The presence of frameshift mutations suggests loss-of-function as the underlying disease mechanism. The common association with atrial fibrillation suggests a unique mechanism of disease for this LQT gene.
BACKGROUND:Long QT syndrome (LQT) is a pro-arrhythmogenic condition with life-threatening complications. Fifteen genes have been associated with congenital LQT, however, the genetic causes remain unknown in more than 20% of cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighteen patients with history of palpitations, pre-syncope, syncope and prolonged QT were referred to the Yale Cardiovascular Genetics Program. All subjects underwent whole-exome sequencing (WES) followed by confirmatory Sanger sequencing. Mutation burden analysis was carried out using WES data from 16 subjects with no identifiable cause of LQT. RESULTS: Deleterious and novel SCN10A mutations were identified in 3 of the 16 patients (19%) with idiopathic LQT. These included 2 frameshifts and 1 missense variants (p.G810fs, p.R1259Q, and p.P1877fs). Further analysis identified 2 damaging SCN10A mutations with allele frequencies of approximately 0.2% (p.R14L and p.R1268Q) in 2 independent cases. None of the SCN10A mutation carriers had mutations in known arrhythmia genes. Damaging SCN10A mutations (p.R209H and p.R485C) were also identified in the 2 subjects on QT prolonging medications. CONCLUSION: Our findings implicate SCN10A in LQT. The presence of frameshift mutations suggests loss-of-function as the underlying disease mechanism. The common association with atrial fibrillation suggests a unique mechanism of disease for this LQT gene.
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