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Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology

Clinical Phenotype and Functional Characterization of CASQ2 Mutations Associated With Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

Marina Raffaele di Barletta, PhD; Serge Viatchenko-Karpinski, PhD; Alessandra Nori, PhD; Mirella Memmi, PhD; Dmitry Terentyev, PhD; Federica Turcato, PhD; Giorgia Valle, PhD; Nicoletta Rizzi, PhD; Carlo Napolitano, MD, PhD; Sandor Gyorke, PhD; Pompeo Volpe, MD; Silvia G. Priori, MD, PhD

From Molecular Cardiology (M.R.d.B., M.M., N.R., C.N., S.G.P.), IRCCS Fondazione Maugeri, Pavia, Italy; Department of Cardiology (S.G.P.), University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Dorothy Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute (S.V.-K., D.T., S.G.), Ohio State University, Columbus; and Department of Experimental Biomedical Sciences (A.N., F.T., G.V., P.V.), University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Correspondence to Silvia G. Priori, MD, PhD, Molecular Cardiology, Maugeri Foundation, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 8 27100, Pavia, Italy. E-mail spriori{at}fsm.it

Received March 1, 2006; revision received July 5, 2006; accepted July 7, 2006.

Background— Four distinct mutations in the human cardiac calsequestrin gene (CASQ2) have been linked to catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). The mechanisms leading to the clinical phenotype are still poorly understood because only 1 CASQ2 mutation has been characterized in vitro.

Methods and Results— We identified a homozygous 16-bp deletion at position 339 to 354 leading to a frame shift and a stop codon after 5aa (CASQ2^G112+5X) in a child with stress-induced ventricular tachycardia and cardiac arrest. The same deletion was also identified in association with a novel point mutation (CASQ2^L167H) in a highly symptomatic CPVT child who is the first CPVT patient carrier of compound heterozygous CASQ2 mutations. We characterized in vitro the properties of CASQ2 mutants: CASQ2^G112+5X did not bind Ca²⁺, whereas CASQ2^L167H had normal calcium-binding properties. When expressed in rat myocytes, both mutants decreased the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺-storing capacity and reduced the amplitude of I_Ca-induced Ca²⁺ transients and of spontaneous Ca²⁺ sparks in permeabilized myocytes. Exposure of myocytes to isoproterenol caused the development of delayed afterdepolarizations in CASQ2^G112+5X.

Conclusions— CASQ2^L167H and CASQ2^G112+5X alter CASQ2 function in cardiac myocytes, which leads to reduction of active sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺ release and calcium content. In addition, CASQ2^G112+5X displays altered calcium-binding properties and leads to delayed afterdepolarizations. We conclude that the 2 CASQ2 mutations identified in CPVT create distinct abnormalities that lead to abnormal intracellular calcium regulation, thus facilitating the development of tachyarrhythmias.

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