Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Associated With a Novel Combination of Compound Heterozygous TNNC1 Variants
Familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), clinically characterized by enlargement and dysfunction of one or both ventricles of the heart, can be caused by variants in sarcomeric genes including TNNC1 (encoding cardiac troponin C, cTnC). Here, we report the case of two siblings with severe, early onset...
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Maicon Landim-Vieira Jamie R. Johnston Weizhen Ji Emily K. Mis Joshua Tijerino Michele Spencer-Manzon Michele Spencer-Manzon Lauren Jeffries E. Kevin Hall David Panisello-Manterola Mustafa K. Khokha Mustafa K. Khokha Engin Deniz P. Bryant Chase Saquib A. Lakhani Jose Renato Pinto |
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Maicon Landim-Vieira Jamie R. Johnston Weizhen Ji Emily K. Mis Joshua Tijerino Michele Spencer-Manzon Michele Spencer-Manzon Lauren Jeffries E. Kevin Hall David Panisello-Manterola Mustafa K. Khokha Mustafa K. Khokha Engin Deniz P. Bryant Chase Saquib A. Lakhani Jose Renato Pinto Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Associated With a Novel Combination of Compound Heterozygous TNNC1 Variants Frontiers in Physiology genetic analysis cardiac troponin C missense variant dilated cardiomyopathy TNNC1 |
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Maicon Landim-Vieira Jamie R. Johnston Weizhen Ji Emily K. Mis Joshua Tijerino Michele Spencer-Manzon Michele Spencer-Manzon Lauren Jeffries E. Kevin Hall David Panisello-Manterola Mustafa K. Khokha Mustafa K. Khokha Engin Deniz P. Bryant Chase Saquib A. Lakhani Jose Renato Pinto |
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Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Associated With a Novel Combination of Compound Heterozygous TNNC1 Variants |
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Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Associated With a Novel Combination of Compound Heterozygous TNNC1 Variants |
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Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Associated With a Novel Combination of Compound Heterozygous TNNC1 Variants |
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Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Associated With a Novel Combination of Compound Heterozygous TNNC1 Variants |
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Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Associated With a Novel Combination of Compound Heterozygous TNNC1 Variants |
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familial dilated cardiomyopathy associated with a novel combination of compound heterozygous tnnc1 variants |
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Familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), clinically characterized by enlargement and dysfunction of one or both ventricles of the heart, can be caused by variants in sarcomeric genes including TNNC1 (encoding cardiac troponin C, cTnC). Here, we report the case of two siblings with severe, early onset DCM who were found to have compound heterozygous variants in TNNC1: p.Asp145Glu (D145E) and p.Asp132Asn (D132N), which were inherited from the parents. We began our investigation with CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of TNNC1 in Xenopus tropicalis, which resulted in a cardiac phenotype in tadpoles consistent with DCM. Despite multiple maneuvers, we were unable to rescue the tadpole hearts with either human cTnC wild-type or patient variants to investigate the cardiomyopathy phenotype in vivo. We therefore utilized porcine permeabilized cardiac muscle preparations (CMPs) reconstituted with either wild-type or patient variant forms of cTnC to examine effects of the patient variants on contractile function. Incorporation of 50% WT/50% D145E into CMPs increased Ca2+ sensitivity of isometric force, consistent with prior studies. In contrast, incorporation of 50% WT/50% D132N, which had not been previously reported, decreased Ca2+ sensitivity of isometric force. CMPs reconstituted 50–50% with both variants mirrored WT in regard to myofilament Ca2+ responsiveness. Sinusoidal stiffness (SS) (0.2% peak-to-peak) and the kinetics of tension redevelopment (kTR) at saturating Ca2+ were similar to WT for all preparations. Modeling of Ca2+-dependence of kTR support the observation from Ca2+ responsiveness of steady-state isometric force, that the effects on each mutant (50% WT/50% mutant) were greater than the combination of the two mutants (50% D132N/50% D145E). Further studies are needed to ascertain the mechanism(s) of these variants. |
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genetic analysis cardiac troponin C missense variant dilated cardiomyopathy TNNC1 |
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doaj-d54c1495d9574db285c1dbf9401684142020-11-25T02:19:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2020-01-011010.3389/fphys.2019.01612486119Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy Associated With a Novel Combination of Compound Heterozygous TNNC1 VariantsMaicon Landim-Vieira0Jamie R. Johnston1Weizhen Ji2Emily K. Mis3Joshua Tijerino4Michele Spencer-Manzon5Michele Spencer-Manzon6Lauren Jeffries7E. Kevin Hall8David Panisello-Manterola9Mustafa K. Khokha10Mustafa K. Khokha11Engin Deniz12P. Bryant Chase13Saquib A. Lakhani14Jose Renato Pinto15Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United StatesPediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesPediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United StatesPediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesDepartment of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesPediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesDepartment of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesPediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesPediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesDepartment of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesPediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesDepartment of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United StatesPediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United StatesDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United StatesFamilial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), clinically characterized by enlargement and dysfunction of one or both ventricles of the heart, can be caused by variants in sarcomeric genes including TNNC1 (encoding cardiac troponin C, cTnC). Here, we report the case of two siblings with severe, early onset DCM who were found to have compound heterozygous variants in TNNC1: p.Asp145Glu (D145E) and p.Asp132Asn (D132N), which were inherited from the parents. We began our investigation with CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of TNNC1 in Xenopus tropicalis, which resulted in a cardiac phenotype in tadpoles consistent with DCM. Despite multiple maneuvers, we were unable to rescue the tadpole hearts with either human cTnC wild-type or patient variants to investigate the cardiomyopathy phenotype in vivo. We therefore utilized porcine permeabilized cardiac muscle preparations (CMPs) reconstituted with either wild-type or patient variant forms of cTnC to examine effects of the patient variants on contractile function. Incorporation of 50% WT/50% D145E into CMPs increased Ca2+ sensitivity of isometric force, consistent with prior studies. In contrast, incorporation of 50% WT/50% D132N, which had not been previously reported, decreased Ca2+ sensitivity of isometric force. CMPs reconstituted 50–50% with both variants mirrored WT in regard to myofilament Ca2+ responsiveness. Sinusoidal stiffness (SS) (0.2% peak-to-peak) and the kinetics of tension redevelopment (kTR) at saturating Ca2+ were similar to WT for all preparations. Modeling of Ca2+-dependence of kTR support the observation from Ca2+ responsiveness of steady-state isometric force, that the effects on each mutant (50% WT/50% mutant) were greater than the combination of the two mutants (50% D132N/50% D145E). Further studies are needed to ascertain the mechanism(s) of these variants.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.01612/fullgenetic analysiscardiac troponin Cmissense variantdilated cardiomyopathyTNNC1 |