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BACKGROUND:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) could be caused by mutations in more than 40 different genes. However, the pathogenic impact of specific mutations is in most cases unknown complicating the genetic counseling of affected families. Therefore, functional studies could contribute to distinguish pathogenic mutations and benign variants. Here, we present a novel heterozygous DES missense variant (c.407C>T; p.L136P) identified by next generation sequencing in a DCM patient. DES encodes the cardiac intermediate filament protein desmin, which has important functions in mechanical stabilization and linkage of the cell structures in cardiomyocytes. METHODS AND RESULTS:Cell transfection experiments and assembly assays of recombinant desmin in combination with atomic force microscopy were used to investigate the impact of this novel DES variant on filament formation. Desmin-p.L136P forms cytoplasmic aggregates indicating a severe intrinsic filament assembly defect of this mutant. Co-transfection experiments of wild-type and mutant desmin conjugated to different fluorescence proteins revealed a dominant affect of this mutant on filament assembly. These experiments were complemented by apertureless scanning near-field optical microscopy. CONCLUSION:In vitro analysis demonstrated that desmin-p.L136P is unable to form regular filaments and accumulate instead within the cytoplasm. Therefore, we classified DES-p.L136P as a likely pathogenic mutation. In conclusion, the functional characterization of DES-p.L136P might have relevance for the genetic counseling of affected families with similar DES mutations and could contribute to distinguish pathogenic mutations from benign rare variants.
journal_name
J Mol Cell Cardioljournal_title
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiologyauthors
Brodehl A,Dieding M,Biere N,Unger A,Klauke B,Walhorn V,Gummert J,Schulz U,Linke WA,Gerull B,Vorgert M,Anselmetti D,Milting Hdoi
10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.12.015subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-02-01 00:00:00pages
207-14eissn
0022-2828issn
1095-8584pii
S0022-2828(15)30153-Xjournal_volume
91pub_type
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