A combined human genotype of truncating TTN and RBM20 mutations in a single patient was associated with severe, early-onset dilated cardiomyopathy and altered RBM20 target gene splicing.
Case Report (n=1)
A major cause of heart failure is cardiomyopathies, with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) as the most common form. Over 40 genes are linked to DCM, among them TTN and RBM20. Next Generation Sequencing in clinical DCM cohorts revealed truncating variants in TTN (TTNtv), accounting for up to 25% of familial DCM cases. Mutations in the cardiac splicing factor RNA binding motif protein 20 (RBM20) are also known to be associated with severe cardiomyopathies. TTN is one of the major RBM20 splicing targets. Most of the pathogenic RBM20 mutations are localized in the highly conserved arginine serine rich domain (RS), leading to a cytoplasmic mislocalization of mutant RBM20. Here, we present a patient with an early onset DCM carrying a combination of (likely) pathogenic TTN and RBM20 mutations. We show that the splicing of RBM20 target genes is affected in the mutation carrier. Furthermore, we reveal RBM20 haploinsufficiency presumably caused by the frameshift mutation in RBM20.
Gaertner et al. (Tue,) conducted a case report in Dilated cardiomyopathy (n=1). Genetic analysis (TTN and RBM20 mutations) was evaluated on Splicing of RBM20 target genes and RBM20 haploinsufficiency. A combined human genotype of truncating TTN and RBM20 mutations in a single patient was associated with severe, early-onset dilated cardiomyopathy and altered RBM20 target gene splicing.