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Investigating the Pathogenesis of MYH7 Mutation Gly823Glu in Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy using a Mouse Model
Published on: August 8, 2022
Fatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and nemaline myopathy associated with ACTA1 K336E mutation
Adele D'Amico1, Claudio Graziano, Giuseppe Pacileo
1Unit of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Bambino Gesu' Children's Research Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
We report on a 2-year-old male child with both nemaline myopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Sequencing of the ACTA1 gene showed a "de novo" missense heterozygous mutation a>g in exon 7 (Lys336Glu). Two-dimensional electrophoresis showed 28% mutant actin present in his muscle biopsy. Actin was isolated from the muscle biopsy and examined by in vitro motility assay. The sliding speed was 13+/-3% less than normal and the affinity of actin for the Z-line protein alpha-actinin was reduced 10 fold. This is the first report on a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with nemaline myopathy and an ACTA1 mutation.
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