Mutations in the e-myosin heavy chain, cardiac troponin T, and myosin binding protein-C genes account for about 75% of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cases.
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is predominantly caused by mutations in three genes, and preclinical models suggest potential for pharmacological reversal of the phenotype.
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic disease defined by cardiac hypertrophy in the absence of an increased external load. It is the most common inherited cardiac disorder occurring in 1 in 500 individuals. Ten genes exhibiting over 200 mutations have been identified. However, about 75% are due to mutations in just three genes: e-myosin heavy chain, cardiac troponin T, and myosin binding protein-C. Certain phenotypes are more common with certain genes, such as the myosin binding protein-C gene, which induces the disease predominantly in the fifth or sixth decade of life. Genetic animal models in the mouse and rabbit have helped to elucidate the pathophysiology. The primary defect imparted by the specific mutation alters contractile function, which stimulates release of various growth factors that induce secondary cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. Placebo single-blinded studies in the mouse indicate that losartan reverses the phenotype; in the rabbit, simvastatin essentially reversed the phenotype after 12 weeks of therapy. Clinical trials are ongoing in human familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Roberts et al. (Tue,) conducted a review in Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Mutations in the e-myosin heavy chain, cardiac troponin T, and myosin binding protein-C genes account for about 75% of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cases.
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