DCHS1の変異はミトラ弁の転落を引き起こす
Ronen Durst1,2, Kimberly Sauls3, David S Peal4
1Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute and Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114 USA.
Nature
|August 11, 2015
まとめ
DCHS1遺伝子の遺伝子変異は非症候性ミトラ弁の転落 (MVP) と関連しています. この発見はMVPの遺伝的原因を明らかにし この一般的な心臓病の 治療対象となる可能性があるのです
科学分野:
- 遺伝学
- 心臓病科
- 発達生物学
背景:
- ミトラル弁の転倒 (MVP) は一般的な心臓疾患で,しばしば遺伝的ですが,その遺伝的根拠は不明です.
- MVPはミトラル弁の嘔吐とその後のミトラル弁手術の主な原因です.
研究 の 目的:
- 非症候性ミトラ弁の転落 (MVP) の遺伝的病因を特定する.
主な方法:
- MVPの家族で エクソムの配列が整った
- ゼブラフィッシュ,細胞培養,マウスモデルでの機能研究.
- 患者およびマウスモデルからのミトラル弁のインタースティシャル細胞 (MVIC) の分析.
主要な成果:
- DCHS1遺伝子のミッセンスの変異が特定され,最初の家族でMVPと分離されました.
- さらに2つのファミリーでは,MVPによる異なる有害なDCHS1変異の分離が示された.
- DCHS1の変異はタンパク質の安定性を低下させ,ゼブラフィッシュとマウスの心不全を引き起こし,ミトラ弁の発達とMVICの機能に影響する.
結論:
- DCHS1変異は非症候性ミトラ弁の転落の重要な原因である.
- DCHS1の障害はミトラ弁の形態変異,MVICの移動,細胞のパターン形成に影響する.
- MVPの病原性におけるDCHS1の役割を理解すると,新しい治療戦略につながる可能性があります.
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