Key result
Whole-exome sequencing identifies novel pathogenic variants in sudden cardiac death and pediatric Noonan syndrome.
Why the study?
Genetic cardiac diseases are the main trigger of sudden cardiac death in young adults, with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy accounting for 0.5 to 1% of sudden cardiac death cases per year.
Case Report (n=2)
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Postmortem whole-exome sequencing identified an ACTN2 variant associated with sudden cardiac death and a novel LZTR1 variant causing Noonan syndrome-related hypertrophic cardiomyopathy within the same family.
May implicate ACTN2 in familial sudden cardiac death; extends genetic associations but remains hypothesis-generating.
BACKGROUND: Genetic cardiac diseases are the main trigger of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young adults. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most prevalent cardiomyopathy and accounts for 0.5 to 1% of SCD cases per year. METHODS: Herein, we report a family with a marked history of SCD focusing on one SCD young adult case and one pediatric case with HCM. RESULTS: For the deceased young adult, postmortem whole-exome sequencing (WES) revealed a missense variant in the ACTN2 gene: c.355G > A; p.(Ala119Thr) confirming the mixed hypertrophic/dilated cardiomyopathy phenotype detected in the autopsy. For the pediatric case, WES allowed us the identification of a novel frameshift variant in the LZTR1 gene: c.1745delT; p.(Val582Glyfs*10) which confirms a clinical suspicion of HCM related to Noonan syndrome. CONCLUSION: The present study adds further evidence on the pathogenicity of ACTN2: p. Ala119Thr variant in SCD and expands the mutational spectrum of the LZTR1 gene related to Noonan syndrome.
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Kraoua et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Sudden cardiac death, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Noonan syndrome (n=2). Whole-exome sequencing was evaluated on Identification of causative genetic variants. Whole-exome sequencing identified a pathogenic ACTN2 missense variant in a young adult with sudden cardiac death and a novel LZTR1 frameshift variant in a pediatric case with Noonan syndrome.
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