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HAND1 loss-of-function mutation associated with familial dilated cardiomyopathy

  • Yi-Meng Zhou EMAIL logo , Xiao-Yong Dai , Xing-Biao Qiu , Fang Yuan , Ruo-Gu Li , Ying-Jia Xu , Xin-Kai Qu , Ri-Tai Huang , Song Xue and Yi-Qing Yang EMAIL logo

Abstract

Background: The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor HAND1 is essential for cardiac development and structural remodeling, and mutations in HAND1 have been causally linked to various congenital heart diseases. However, whether genetically compromised HAND1 predisposes to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in humans remains unknown.

Methods: The whole coding region and splicing junctions of the HAND1 gene were sequenced in 140 unrelated patients with idiopathic DCM. The available family members of the index patient carrying an identified mutation and 260 unrelated ethnically matched healthy individuals used as controls were genotyped for HAND1. The functional effect of the mutant HAND1 was characterized in contrast to its wild-type counterpart by using a dual-luciferase reporter assay system.

Results: A novel heterozygous HAND1 mutation, p.R105X, was identified in a family with DCM transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait, which co-segregated with DCM in the family with complete penetrance. The nonsense mutation was absent in 520 control chromosomes. Functional analyses unveiled that the mutant HAND1 had no transcriptional activity. Furthermore, the mutation abolished the synergistic activation between HAND1 and GATA4, another crucial cardiac transcription factors that has been associated with various congenital cardiovascular malformations and DCM.

Conclusions: This study firstly reports the association of HAND1 loss-of-function mutation with increased susceptibility to DCM in humans, which provides novel insight into the molecular mechanisms underpinning DCM.


Corresponding authors: Dr. Yi-Meng Zhou, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yangpu Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 450 Tengyue Road, Shanghai 200090, P.R. China, Phone: +86 21 65690520, Fax: +86 21 65696249, E-mail: ; and Dr. Yi-Qing Yang, Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 241 West Huaihai Road, Shanghai 200030, P.R. China, Phone: +86 21 62821990, Fax: +86 21 62821105, E-mail:
aYi-Meng Zhou and Xiao-Yong Dai contributed equally to this work.

Acknowledgments

We are thankful to the study subjects for their participation in this study. This work was supported in part by grants from the National Natural Science Fund of China (81270161 and 81470372), the key program for Basic Research of Shanghai, China (14JC1405500), the Natural Science Fund of Shanghai, China (13ZR1438400, 14ZR1438000 and 15ZR1438100), the experimental animal program of Shanghai, China (14140903600 and 12140902800), and the key project of Shanghai Chest Hospital, China (2014YZDH10102 and 2014YZDH20500).

Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

Research funding: None declared.

Employment or leadership: None declared.

Honorarium: None declared.

Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

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Received: 2015-8-9
Accepted: 2015-10-13
Published Online: 2015-11-18
Published in Print: 2016-7-1

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