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ArticleHuman genetics2025

Genomic and molecular evidence that the LncRNA DSP-AS1 modulates desmoplakin expression.

Luisa Foco, Marzia De Bortoli, Fabiola Del Greco M, Laura S Frommelt, Chiara Volani, Diana A Riekschnitz, Benedetta M Motta, Christian Fuchsberger, Thomas Delerue, Uwe Völker and 10 more

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Article in Human genetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Luisa Foco *Eurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, Via Volta 21, Bolzano, 39100, Italy. luisa.foco@eurac.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6694-3322
Marzia De Bortoli *Eurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, Via Volta 21, Bolzano, 39100, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1348-1304
Fabiola Del Greco MEurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, Via Volta 21, Bolzano, 39100, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-0023-6901
Laura S FrommeltEurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, Via Volta 21, Bolzano, 39100, Italy.
Chiara VolaniEurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, Via Volta 21, Bolzano, 39100, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3600-4735
Diana A RiekschnitzEurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, Via Volta 21, Bolzano, 39100, Italy.
Benedetta M MottaEurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, Via Volta 21, Bolzano, 39100, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6681-2170
Christian FuchsbergerEurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, Via Volta 21, Bolzano, 39100, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5918-8947
Thomas DelerueResearch Unit Molecular Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Munich, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6725-5361
Uwe VölkerInterfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5689-3448
Tianxiao HuanFramingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5840-9413
Martin GögeleEurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, Via Volta 21, Bolzano, 39100, Italy.
Juliane WinkelmannInstitute of Neurogenomics, Helmholtz Munich, Helmholtz Munich, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3074-599X
Marcus DörrDZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7471-475X
Daniel LevyFramingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1843-8724
Melanie WaldenbergerResearch Unit Molecular Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Munich, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0583-5093
Alexander TeumerDZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8309-094X
Peter P PramstallerEurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, Via Volta 21, Bolzano, 39100, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9831-8302
Alessandra Rossini *Eurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, Via Volta 21, Bolzano, 39100, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0440-1130
Cristian Pattaro *Eurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, Via Volta 21, Bolzano, 39100, Italy. cristian.pattaro@eurac.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4119-0109

Funding

European Regional Development Fund FESR1157Joint Project Alto Adige-SNSF (Italy-Switzerland) 10.003.119
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac desmosomes are specialized cell junctions responsible for cardiomyocytes mechanical coupling. Mutation in desmosomal genes cause autosomal dominant and recessive familial arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Motivated by evidence that Mendelian diseases share genetic architecture with common complex traits, we assessed whether common variants in any desmosomal gene were associated with cardiac conduction traits in the general population. We analysed data of N = 4342 Cooperative Health Research in South Tyrol (CHRIS) study participants. We tested associations between genotype imputed variants covering the five desmosomal genes Desmoplakin (DSP), junction plakoglobin (JUP), plakophilin 2 (PKP2), desmoglein 2 (DSG2), and desmocollin 2 (DSC2), and P-wave, PR, QRS, and QT electrocardiographic intervals, using linear mixed models. Functional annotation and interrogation of publicly available genome-wide association study resources implicated potential connection with antisense long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), DNA methylation sites, and complex traits. Causality was tested via two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis and validated with functional in vitro follow-up in human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs). DSP variant rs2744389 was associated with QRS (P = 3.5 × 10

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DesmoplakinsGenome, HumanRNA, AntisenseRNA, UntranslatedAdultCells, CulturedFemaleGene Expression RegulationGenome-Wide Association StudyGenomicsHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMaleMiddle AgedPolymorphism, Single NucleotideProtein BiosynthesisDesmoplakinsDSP protein, humanRNA, AntisenseRNA, MessengerRNA, Untranslated

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PMID40736537
PMCPMC12449342

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