SCN5A mutations and polymorphisms in patients with ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction

Boehringer,Tim; Bugert,Peter; Borggrefe,Martin; Elmas,Elif

doi:10.3892/mmr.2014.2401

SCN5A mutations and polymorphisms in patients with ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction

Authors:
- Tim Boehringer
- Peter Bugert
- Martin Borggrefe
- Elif Elmas
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Affiliations: Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, German Red Cross Blood Service Baden‑Württemberg, Hessen 68167, Germany, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim 68167, Germany
Published online on: July 21, 2014 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2014.2401
Pages: 2039-2044

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Abstract

Mutations in the SCN5A gene encoding the Nav1.5 channel α-subunit are known to be risk factors of arrhythmia, including Brugada Syndrome and Long QT syndrome subtype 3. The present study focused on the role of SCN5A variants in the development of ventricular fibrillation (VF) during acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Since VF during AMI is the major cause of sudden death in the Western world, SCN5A mutations represent genetic risk factors for sudden death. By exon re-sequencing, the entire coding region and flanking intron regions were sequenced in 46 AMI/VF+ patients. In total, nine single nucleotide variants were identified of which four represented common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; 87G>A, 1673A>G, IVS16‑6C>T and 5457T>A). Only five rare variants were identified, each in only one patient. Only two of the rare variants represented missense mutations (3578G>A and 4786T>A). The common SNPs and the missense mutations were also genotyped using polymerase chain reaction methods in 79 AMI/VF‑ patients and 480 healthy controls. The SNPs did not demonstrate significant differences in allele and genotype frequencies between the study groups. The 3578G>A mutation was identified in one out of the 480 controls, whereas the 4786T>A mutation was not present in AMI/VF- patients and controls. In conclusion, the majority of AMI/VF+ patients demonstrated a wild type sequence or common SNPs in SCN5A. Only two out of 46 (4.3%) AMI/VF+ patients revealed mutations that may be involved in Nav1.5 dysfunction and VF. However, this requires further functional validation.

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