Genetic Mechanisms Contribute to the Development of Heart Failure in Patients with Atrioventricular Block and Right Ventricular Apical Pacing
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS(2017)
Abstract
Right ventricular apical (RVA) pacing can lead to progressive left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure (HF), even in patients with normal cardiac structure and function. Our study conducted candidate gene screening and lentivirus transfected neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCMs) to explore the genetic and pathogenic mechanisms of RVA pacing induced cardiomyopathy in third degree atrioventricular block (III AVB) patients. We followed 887 III AVB patients with baseline normal cardiac function and RVA pacing. After a median follow-up of 2.5 years, 10 patients (four males, mean age 47.6 ± 10.0 years) were diagnosed with RVA pacing induced HF with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) reducing dramatically to 37.8 ± 7.1% (P < 0.05). Candidate genes sequencing found cardiomyopathy associated genetic variations in all ten HF patients and six SCN5A variations in 6 of 20 control patients. Transfected NRCMs of Lamin A/C mutations (R216C and L379F) disrupted Lamin A/C location on nucleus membrane and finally resulted in increased apoptotic rate after serum starvation. In conclusion, cardiomyopathy associated genetic variations play an essential role in occurrence of newly onset HF in the III AVB patients with RVA pacing. RVA pacing, serving as extra stimulator, might accelerate the deterioration of cardiac structure and function.
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Cardiology,Cardiovascular genetics,Science,Humanities and Social Sciences,multidisciplinary
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