title: Induction of high STAT1 expression in transgenic mice with LQTS and heart failure.
abstract: Cardiac-specific expression of the N1325S mutation of SCN5A in transgenic mouse hearts (TG-NS) resulted in long QT syndrome (LQTS), ventricular arrhythmias (VT), and heart failure. In this study we carried out oligonucleotide mircoarray analysis to identify genes that are differentially expressed in the TG-NS mouse hearts. We identified 33 genes in five different functional groups that showed differential expression. None of the 33 genes are ion channel genes. STAT1, which encodes a transcription factor involved in apoptosis and interferon response, showed the most significant difference of expression between TG-NS and control mice (a nearly 10-fold increase in expression, P=4x10(-6)). The results were further confirmed by quantitative real-time PCR and Western blot analyses. Accordingly, many interferon response genes also showed differential expression in TG-NS hearts. This study represents the first microarray analysis for LQTS and implicates STAT1 in the pathogenesis and progression of LQTS and heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cardiovascular Genetics and Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Archacki
authors.forename: Teng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qing K
authors.initials: QK
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000378:metabolism*; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D062554:NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel; D020543:Proteome / Q000378:metabolism*; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D062554:NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel; D020543:Proteome; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; C568321:Scn5a protein, mouse; D015222:Sodium Channels; C494080:Stat1 protein, mouse