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Ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-1 gene variants cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
卷 59, 期 10, 页码 984-992

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BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2021-107866

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cardiomyopathies; genetics; medical; human genetics; genomics; sequence analysis; DNA

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  1. Wellcome Trust-Indian Alliance [IA/I/16/1/502367]
  2. Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS)
  3. American Heart Association (AHA) [15SDG23250005]
  4. Department of Science and Technology [DST/CRG/2019/005401]
  5. ICMR-SRF [3/1/1 (8)/CVD/2020-NCD-1]
  6. inStem core funding
  7. DBT-JRF fellowship [2020-6915/SCR-BMS]
  8. ICMR-SRF fellowship [2020-6915/SCR-BMS]

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This study identified variants in the S6K1 gene associated with HCM and showed a gain-of-function effect of mutated proteins in cellular models. Early detection of S6K1 variant carriers can help identify family members at risk and implement preventive measures. Further screening in patients with HCM of different ethnic populations will establish the specificity and frequency of S6K1 gene variants.
Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic heart muscle disease with preserved or increased ejection fraction in the absence of secondary causes. Mutations in the sarcomeric protein-encoding genes predominantly cause HCM. However, relatively little is known about the genetic impact of signalling proteins on HCM. Methods and results Here, using exome and targeted sequencing methods, we analysed two independent cohorts comprising 401 Indian patients with HCM and 3521 Indian controls. We identified novel variants in ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-1 (RPS6KB1 or S6K1) gene in two unrelated Indian families as a potential candidate gene for HCM. The two unrelated HCM families had the same heterozygous missense S6K1 variant (p.G47W). In a replication association study, we identified two S6K1 heterozygotes variants (p.Q49K and p.Y62H) in the UK Biobank cardiomyopathy cohort (n=190) compared with matched controls (n=16 479). These variants are neither detected in region-specific controls nor in the human population genome data. Additionally, we observed an S6K1 variant (p.P445S) in an Arab patient with HCM. Functional consequences were evaluated using representative S6K1 mutated proteins compared with wild type in cellular models. The mutated proteins activated the S6K1 and hyperphosphorylated the rpS6 and ERK1/2 signalling cascades, suggesting a gain-of-function effect. Conclusions Our study demonstrates for the first time that the variants in the S6K1 gene are associated with HCM, and early detection of the S6K1 variant carriers can help to identify family members at risk and subsequent preventive measures. Further screening in patients with HCM with different ethnic populations will establish the specificity and frequency of S6K1 gene variants.

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