1. Dilated Cardiomyopathy Due to BLC2-Associated Athanogene 3 (BAG3) Mutations
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Cuenca S., Barriales-Villa R., Franaszczyk M., Coronado-Albi M.J., Rangel-Sousa D., Jiménez-Jáimez J., Ripoll-Vera T., Mogollón-Jiménez M.V., Fontalba-Romero A., Palomino-Doza J., Salas C., Hey T.M., Elliott P., Eiskjær H., Barriales R., Fernández Fernández X., Cicerchia M., Monserrat L., Ochoa J.P., Salazar-Mendiguchia J., Mogollón M.V., Ripoll T., Charron P., Richard P., Villard E., Palomino Doza J., Fontalba A., Alonso-Pulpón L., Cobo-Marcos M., Domínguez F., Garcia-Pavia P., Gómez-Bueno M., González-López E., Hernández-Hernández A., Hernández-Pérez F.J., López-Sainz Á., Restrepo-Córdoba A., Segovia-Cubero J., Toro R., de Gonzalo-Calvo D., Rosa Longobardo F., Limeres J., Rodriguez-Palomares J.F., Garcia-Pinilla J.M., López-Garrido M.A., Jiménez-Jaimez J., Garcia-Medina D., Rangel Sousa D., Peña M.L., Mogensen J., Morris-Hey T., Barton P.J., Cook S.A., Midwinter W., Roberts A.M., Ware J.S., Walsh R., Akhtar M., Elliott P.M., Rocha-Lopes L., Savvatis K., Syrris P., Michalak E., Ploski R., Sobieszczanska-Malek M., Bilinska Z., Pankuweit S., Asselbergs F., Baas A., Dooijes D., and Sammani A.
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Cardiomyopathy, Dilated ,BAG3 protein, human ,Adolescent ,sex difference ,electrocardiography ,retrospective study ,nonsense mutation ,heart failure ,signal transducing adaptor protein ,protein localization ,heart transplantation ,Article ,sudden cardiac death ,BLC2 associated athanogene 3 gene ,Cohort Studies ,male ,cardiovascular mortality ,congestive cardiomyopathy ,middle aged ,follow up ,chaperone ,cardiovascular parameters ,controlled study ,genetics ,human ,gene mutation ,penetrance ,BAG3 protein ,pathophysiology ,Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ,Electroca ,adult ,apoptosis regulatory protein ,clinical trial ,cohort analysis ,major clinical study ,human tissue ,unclassified drug ,left ventricular enddiastolic diameter ,multicenter study ,female ,priority journal ,immunohistochemistry ,young adult ,prognosis ,mutation ,Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins ,heart ventricle arrhythmia ,heart left ventricle ejection fraction - Abstract
Background: The BAG3 (BLC2-associated athanogene 3) gene codes for an antiapoptotic protein located on the sarcomere Z-disc. Mutations in BAG3 are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), but only a small number of cases have been reported to date, and the natural history of BAG3 cardiomyopathy is poorly understood. Objectives: This study sought to describe the phenotype and prognosis of BAG3 mutations in a large multicenter DCM cohort. Methods: The study cohort comprised 129 individuals with a BAG3 mutation (62% males, 35.1 ± 15.0 years of age) followed at 18 European centers. Localization of BAG3 in cardiac tissue was analyzed in patients with truncating BAG3 mutations using immunohistochemistry. Results: At first evaluation, 57.4% of patients had DCM. After a median follow-up of 38 months (interquartile range: 7 to 95 months), 68.4% of patients had DCM and 26.1% who were initially phenotype-negative developed DCM. Disease penetrance in individuals >40 years of age was 80% at last evaluation, and there was a trend towards an earlier onset of DCM in men (age 34.6 ± 13.2 years vs. 40.7 ± 12.2 years; p = 0.053). The incidence of adverse cardiac events (death, left ventricular assist device, heart transplantation, and sustained ventricular arrhythmia) was 5.1% per year among individuals with DCM. Male sex, decreased left ventricular ejection fraction. and increased left ventricular end-diastolic diameter were associated with adverse cardiac events. Myocardial tissue from patients with a BAG3 mutation showed myofibril disarray and a relocation of BAG3 protein in the sarcomeric Z-disc. Conclusions: DCM caused by mutations in BAG3 is characterized by high penetrance in carriers >40 years of age and a high risk of progressive heart failure. Male sex, decreased left ventricular ejection fraction, and enlarged left ventricular end-diastolic diameter are associated with adverse outcomes in patients with BAG3 mutations. © 2018 American College of Cardiology Foundation
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- 2018