向精神薬服用患者の突然死症例におけるカリウムイオンチャネルに関する分子生物学的解析:QT延長症候群関連遺伝子の多型が危険因子となり得るか?

Autor: Kamei, Sayako, Sato, Noriko, Harayama, Yuta, Nunotani, Miyako, Takatsu, Kanae, Shiozaki, Tetsuya, Hayashi, Tokutaro, Asamura, Hideki
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: 雑誌掲載論文(電子版)
ISSN: 1435-232X
Popis: Psychotropic drugs can pose the risk of acquired long QT syndrome (LQTS). Unexpected autopsy-negative sudden death in patients taking psychotropic drugs may be associated with prolonged QT intervals and life-threatening arrhythmias. We analyzed genes that encode for cardiac ion channels and potentially associated with LQTS, examining specifically the potassium channel genes KCNQ1 and KCNH2 in 10 cases of sudden death involving patients administered psychotropic medication in which autopsy findings identified no clear cause of death. We amplified and sequenced all exons of KCNQ1 and KCNH2, identifying G643S, missense polymorphism in KCNQ1, in 6 of the 10 cases. A study analysis indicated that only 11% of 381 healthy Japanese individuals carry this polymorphism. Reports of previous functional analyses indicate that the G643S polymorphism in the KCNQ1 potassium channel protein causes mild IKs channel dysfunction. Our present study suggests that administering psychotropic drug therapy to individuals carrying the G643S polymorphism may heighten the risk of prolonged QT intervals and life-threatening arrhythmias. Thus, screening for the G643S polymorphism before prescribing psychotropic drugs may help reduce the risk of unexpected sudden death
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Databáze: OpenAIRE