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Clarification for clinical significance of autophagy-related gene variants in dilated cardiomyopathy

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K08460
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 53020:Cardiology-related
Research InstitutionNippon Medical School

Principal Investigator

Saito Tsunenori  日本医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (00716631)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywordsオートファジー / 拡張型心筋症 / 全エクソーム解析 / マイトファジー / 電子顕微鏡 / 次世代シーケンサー / ミトコンドリア / 心筋細胞 / 原因遺伝子 / 循環器内科学
Outline of Research at the Start

オートファジーは細胞の自己成分をリソソームに運び分解する作用である。拡張型心筋症(DCM)患者の心筋細胞を電子顕微鏡で観察したところ、オートファジーが認められない症例は予後が不良であった。オートファジーは全ての真核細胞が有する作用であるため、その欠如には遺伝学的要因の関与が考えられる。DCM症例の全エクソーム解析を行い、DCMの原因となりうるオートファジー関連遺伝子変異を探索する。個々の遺伝子変異について、ヒト人工多能性幹細胞(iPS細胞)由来の心筋細胞を含む培養心筋細胞を用いて機能解析を行い、それらの遺伝子変異が心筋細胞障害およびDCMの原因となりうるかを検証する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research project was to investigate whether autophagy-related gene mutations cause cardiomyocyte damage. Whole exome DNA analysis of 32 DCM patients focused on 116 genes related to cardiomyopathy and 44 genes related to autophagy, and mutations in ATG2B (c.1939C>T) and PSEN2 (c.1262C>T) were associated with DCM. It was shown that this may be the cause.
A functional analysis of PSEN2 revealed in May 2021 that PSEN2 is responsible for the intracellular transport of Parkin, a protein that controls mitophagy, from the cytoplasm to the mitochondria. We were able to prove that autophagy-related gene mutations can cause cardiomyocyte damage, achieving our research objective.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

拡張型心筋症(DCM)の心筋症関連遺伝子変異の電子顕微鏡所見との比較により、超微形態はそれぞれの遺伝子変異を示唆していた。本邦では初発心不全全例への遺伝子検査は保険診療上不可能である。電顕所見は遺伝子検査の要否を判断する一助となりうる。オートファジー関連遺伝子変異の網羅的探索ではPSEN2遺伝子がDCMの原因の一つとなることが示唆され、PSEN2遺伝子の機能解析では、同遺伝子変異がマイトファジー不全を惹起し、ミトコンドリアの恒常性を維持できなくなるため心筋細胞障害の原因となると結論付けられた。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 2 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Cedars-Sinai Medical Center(米国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Cedars-Sinai Medical Center(米国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Cedars-Sinai Medical Center(米国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Myocardial ultrastructure can augment genetic testing for sporadic dilated cardiomyopathy with initial heart failure2021

    • Author(s)
      Saito Tsunenori、Sato Naoko Saito、Mozawa Kosuke、Adachi Akiko、Sasaki Yoshihiro、Nakamura Kotoka、Oka Eiichiro、Otsuka Toshiaki、Kodani Eitaro、Asai Kuniya、Mizuno Kyoichi、Shimizu Wataru、Gottlieb Roberta A.
    • Journal Title

      ESC Heart Failure

      Volume: 8 Issue: 6 Pages: 5178-5191

    • DOI

      10.1002/ehf2.13596

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)12021

    • Author(s)
      Daniel J Klionsky、Shu Aizawa、Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz、Sara Abdelfatah、Mahmoud Abdellatif、Asghar Abdoli、Steffen Abel、Hagai Abeliovich、Marie H Abildgaard、Yakubu Princely Abudu、Abraham Acevedo-Arozena、Iannis E Adamopoulos、Khosrow Adeli、Timon E Adolph、Annagrazia Adornetto、Elma Aflaki、Galila Agam et al.
    • Journal Title

      Autophagy

      Volume: 17 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-382

    • DOI

      10.1080/15548627.2020.1797280

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Electron microscopy assists genomic medicine for early phase dilated cardiomyopathy2024

    • Author(s)
      Masaki Morooka, Tsunenori Saito, Eitaro Kodani, Kuniya Asai
    • Organizer
      第88回日本循環器学会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 心房細動手術時に切除された左心耳の組織学的特徴と左心耳内血栓の形成機序:そもそもの始まり2023

    • Author(s)
      齋藤恒徳
    • Organizer
      第45回心筋生検研究会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Dilated cardiomyopathy but not mitochondrial cardiomyopathy with mitochondria- and mitophagy-related gene variants by whole-exome analysis.2023

    • Author(s)
      Morooka M, Saito T, Kodani E.
    • Organizer
      第87回日本循環器学会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Electron microscopy shows a role of presenilin-2 in mitochondria-selective autophagy.2023

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe M, Saito T, Kodani E.
    • Organizer
      第87回日本循環器学会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] アベルマブによる心筋障害が疑われた一例.2022

    • Author(s)
      中島悠希、齋藤恒徳、上杉智香、諸岡雅城、大塚悠介、渡辺允、石原翔、鈴木啓士、中野博之、小谷英太郎、清水渉.
    • Organizer
      第264回日本循環器学会関東甲信越地方会.
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 血球貪食症候群を契機に診断された急性心不全および急性腎障害の原因としてのHTLV-1感染.2022

    • Author(s)
      岡田泰司、齋藤恒徳、中野博之、小谷英太郎.
    • Organizer
      第44回心筋生検研究会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Comparison of ultrastructural features of cardiomyocytes with variants in known causal genes of dilated cardiomyopathy.2022

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe M, Saito T, Kodani E.
    • Organizer
      第86回日本循環器学会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] COVID-19 vaccine-related myocarditis diagnosed with cerebral infarction.2022

    • Author(s)
      Watanabe M, Saito T, Kodani E.
    • Organizer
      第86回日本循環器学会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] アベルマブによる心筋障害が疑われた一例.2022

    • Author(s)
      中島悠希, 齋藤恒徳, 小谷英太郎.
    • Organizer
      第8回日本心筋症研究会.
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 竹村元三先生追悼シンポジウム. 拡張型心筋症における電子顕微鏡利用の今までとこれから.2021

    • Author(s)
      齋藤恒徳.
    • Organizer
      第43回心筋生検研究会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 脳塞栓を契機に診断されたCOVID-19ワクチン関連心筋炎.2021

    • Author(s)
      渡辺允, 齋藤恒徳, 小谷英太郎.
    • Organizer
      第43回心筋生検研究会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Presenilin 1 and Presenilin 2 contribute to mitophagy including alternative pathway.2020

    • Author(s)
      齋藤恒徳
    • Organizer
      American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] Elucidation of presenilin-2 in mitophagy

    • URL

      https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-21KK0298/

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 心筋細胞マイトファジーにおけるプレセニリン1および2の役割と相互作用の解明

    • URL

      https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/ja/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-21KK0298/

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report 2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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