Autor: |
Takumi Kondo, Shuichiro Higo, Mikio Shiba, Yasuaki Kohama, Satoshi Kameda, Tomoka Tabata, Hiroyuki Inoue, Shota Okuno, Shou Ogawa, Satoki Nakamura, Maki Takeda, Emiko Ito, Junjun Li, Li Liu, Yuki Kuramoto, Jong-Kook Lee, Seiji Takashima, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yoshiki Sawa, Shungo Hikoso, Yasushi Sakata |
Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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Zdroj: |
Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine. 15 |
ISSN: |
2574-8300 |
DOI: |
10.1161/circgen.121.003522 |
Popis: |
Background: The Δ160E mutation in TNNT2 , which encodes troponin T, is a rare pathogenic variant identified in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and is associated with poor prognosis. Thus, a convenient human model recapitulating the pathological phenotype caused by TNNT2 Δ160E is required for therapeutic development. Methods: We identified a heterozygous in-frame deletion mutation (c.478_480del, p.Δ160E) in TNNT2 in a patient with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy showing progressive left ventricular systolic dysfunction, leading to advanced heart failure. To investigate the pathological phenotype caused by Δ160E, we generated a set of isogenic induced pluripotent stem cells carrying the heterozygous Δ160E, homozygously corrected or homozygously introduced Δ160E using genome editing and differentiated them into cardiomyocytes (Hetero-Δ160E-, wild type-, and Homo-Δ160E-induced pluripotent stem cells [iPSC]-derived cardiomyocytes [iPSC-CMs]). Results: Hetero-Δ160E-iPSC-CMs exhibited prolonged calcium decay, relaxation impairment, and hypertrophy compared to wild type-iPSC-CMs. Notably, these phenotypes were further exacerbated in Homo-Δ160E-iPSC-CMs. Overexpression of R-GECO-fused Δ160E mutant troponin T prolonged decay time and time to peak of the myofilament-localized calcium transient in iPSC-CMs, indicating that sarcomeric calcium retention with Δ160E may affect intracellular calcium concentration. High-content imaging analysis detected remarkable nuclear translocation of NFATc1, especially in Homo-Δ160E-iPSC-CMs, indicating that the Δ160E mutation promotes hypertrophic signaling pathway in a dose-dependent manner. Increased phosphorylation of CaMKIIδ (calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIδ) and phospholamban at Thr17 was observed in Homo- and Hetero-Δ160E-iPSC-CMs. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, a calcium desensitizing compound, shortened prolonged calcium decay and relaxation duration in Δ160E-iPSC-CMs. Conclusions: Isogenic iPSC-CMs recapitulate the prolonged calcium decay, relaxation impairment, and subsequent calcium-regulated signaling pathways caused by the TNNT2 Δ160E mutation and can serve as a human model for therapeutic development to prevent hypertrophic cardiomyopathy pathology. |
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OpenAIRE |
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