title: A novel arginine to tryptophan (R144W) mutation in troponin T (cTnT) gene in an indian multigenerational family with dilated cardiomyopathy (FDCM).
abstract: Cardiomyopathy is a major cause of heart failure and sudden cardiac death; several mutations in sarcomeric protein genes have been associated with this disease. Our aim in the present study is to investigate the genetic variations in Troponin T (cTnT) gene and its association with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in south-Indian patients. Analyses of all the exons and exon-intron boundaries of cTnT in 147 DCM and in 207 healthy controls had revealed a total of 15 SNPs and a 5 bp INDEL; of which, polymorphic SNPs were compared with the HapMap population data. Interestingly, a novel R144W mutation, that substitutes polar-neutral tryptophan for a highly conserved basic arginine in cTnT, altering the charge drastically, was identified in a DCM, with a family history of sudden-cardiac death (SCD). This mutation was found within the tropomyosin (TPM1) binding domain, and was evolutionarily conserved across species, therefore it is expected to have a significant impact on the structure and function of the protein. Family studies had revealed that the R144W is co-segregating with disease in the family as an autosomal dominant trait, but it was completely absent in 207 healthy controls and in 162 previously studied HCM patients. Further screening of the proband and three of his family members (positive for R144W mutant) with eight other genes β-MYH7, MYBPC3, TPM1, TNNI3, TTN, ACTC, MYL2 and MYL3, did not reveal any disease causing mutation, proposing the absence of compound heterozygosity. Therefore, we strongly suggest that the novel R144W unique/private mutant identified in this study is associated with FDCM. This is furthermore signifying the unique genetic architecture of Indian population.
authors.affiliation: CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Deepa Selvi
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Rani
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: Perundurai S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Dhandapany
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Pratibha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nallari
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, CARE Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Calambur
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Narasimhan
authors.affiliation: CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Kumarasamy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thangaraj
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010375:Pedigree; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020107:Troponin T / Q000235:genetics*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D020107:Troponin T