[Novel Val606Met mutation in beta myosin heavy chain gene in Chinese pedigrees with familiar hypertrophic cardiomyopathy].
OBJECTIVE
To screen the disease-causing gene mutation in Chinese patients with familiar hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and to analyse the correlation between the genotype and phenotype.


METHODS
Eight Chinese pedigrees with HCM and 80 age-matched normal control subjects were studied. The exons in the functional regions of the beta myosin heavy chain gene (beta-MHC) were amplified with PCR and the products were sequenced. The relation between the genotype and phenotype was analyzed.


RESULTS
Val606Met mutation was identified in exon 16 in one family and Val606Met mutation was identified in 4 out of 8 family members in this pedigree and 3 out of 4 Val606Met carriers suffered from HCM. No similar mutation was identified in controls.


CONCLUSIONS
The Val606Met mutation located at the actin-binding region of the cardiac beta-MHC gene is involved in the pathogenesis of HCM in this Chinese pedigree.
Tao
Qin
Q
Department of Cardiology, First Hospital of SooChow University, Suzhou 215006, China.
Yang
Jun-Hua
JH
Zheng
Dong-Dong
DD
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D024723:Ventricular Myosins / Q000235:genetics*; D055815:Young Adult
D024723:Ventricular Myosins; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains