ArticleCirculation. Genomic and precision medicine2021
Mono- and Biallelic Protein-Truncating Variants in Alpha-Actinin 2 Cause Cardiomyopathy Through Distinct Mechanisms.
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- Identification of candidate cardiomyopathy modifier genes through genome sequencing and RNA profiling.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Novel Genetic Variants Associated with Primary Myocardial Fibrosis in Sudden Cardiac Death Victims.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2024Article
- FLT4 causes developmental disorders of the cardiovascular and lymphovascular systems via pleiotropic molecular mechanisms.Cardiovascular research · 2024Article
- Protein-extending ACTN2 frameshift variants cause variable myopathy phenotypes by protein aggregation.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2024Article
- A transcriptional enhancer regulates cardiac maturation.Nature cardiovascular research · 2024Article
- Recurring homozygous ACTN2 variant (p.Arg506Gly) causes a recessive myopathy.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2024Article
- From stress fiber to focal adhesion: a role of actin crosslinkers in force transmission.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Review
- Disruption of Z-Disc Function Promotes Mechanical Dysfunction in Human Myocardium: Evidence for a Dual Myofilament Modulatory Role by Alpha-Actinin 2.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Actin Bundles Dynamics and Architecture.Biomolecules · 2023Review
- Structural and signaling proteins in the Z-disk and their role in cardiomyopathies.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
- Mutation update for the ACTN2 gene.Human mutation · 2022Review
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- Minor hypertrophic cardiomyopathy genes, major insights into the genetics of cardiomyopathies.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundACTN2 (alpha-actinin 2) anchors actin within cardiac sarcomeres. The mechanisms linking
methodsPatients harboring ACTN2 protein-truncating variants were identified using a custom mutation pipeline. In patient-derived iPSC-cardiomyocytes, we investigated transcriptional profiles using RNA sequencing, contractile properties using video-based edge detection, and cellular hypertrophy using immunohistochemistry. Structural changes were analyzed through electron microscopy. For mechanistic studies, we used co-immunoprecipitation for ACTN2, followed by mass-spectrometry to investigate protein-protein interaction, and protein tagging followed by confocal microscopy to investigate introduction of truncated ACTN2 into the sarcomeres.
resultsPatient-derived iPSC-cardiomyocytes were hypertrophic, displayed sarcomeric structural disarray, impaired contractility, and aberrant Ca
conclusionsTogether, these data advance our understanding of the role of ACTN2 in the human heart and establish recessive inheritance of
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