Functional evaluation of the tachycardia patient-derived iPSC cardiomyocytes carrying a novel pathogenic SCN5A variant

Sahoglu S. G., Kazci Y. E., Tuncay E., Torun T., Akdeniz C., Tuzcu V., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY, cilt.237, sa.10, ss.3900-3911, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 237 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/jcp.30843
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3900-3911
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: cardiovascular diseases, in vitro disease model, iPSC, SCN5A variant, tachycardia, PLURIPOTENT STEM-CELLS, LONG QT SYNDROME, SODIUM, MUTATIONS, IMPEDANCE, TOOL
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Tachycardia is characterized by high beating rates that can lead to life-threatening fibrillations. Mutations in several ion-channel genes were implicated with tachycardia; however, the complex genetic contributors and their modes of action are still unclear. Here, we investigated the influence of an SCN5A gene variant on tachycardia phenotype by deriving patient-specific iPSCs and cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CM). Two tachycardia patients were genetically analyzed and revealed to inherit a heterozygous p.F1465L variant in the SCN5A gene. Gene expression and immunocytochemical analysis in iPSC-CMs generated from patients did not show any significant changes in mRNA levels of SCN5A or gross NaV1.5 cellular mislocalization, compared to healthy-derived iPSC-CMs. Electrophysiological and contraction imaging analysis in patient iPSC-CMs revealed intermittent fibrillation-like states, occasional arrhythmic events, and sustained high-paced contractions that could be selectively reduced by flecainide treatment. The patch-clamp analysis demonstrated a negative shift in the voltage-dependent activation at the patient-derived iPSC-CMs compared to the healthy control line, suggestive of a gain-of-function activity associated with the SCN5A(+/p.F1465L) variant. Our patient-derived iPSC-CM model recapitulated the clinically relevant characteristics of tachycardia associated with a novel pathogenic SCN5A(+/p.F1465L) variant leading to altered Na+ channel kinetics as the likely mechanism underlying high excitability and tachycardia phenotype.