研究課題
We generated transgenic knock-in mice harbouring desmoglein 2 mutations 297 R>C and 499 D>A, corresponding to the most often found variants in human patients suffering Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (Desmoglein 2 292 R>C, 494 D>A) . The phenotype of these mice shows significant similarity to human clinical presentation of the disease. Some of desmoglein 2 297 R>C died suddenly starting from the age of 8 week-old. Morphology of investigated hearts of those mice and the mice that are older shows fibrotic accumulation, in some cases dramatic, with complete replacement of the segments of ventricular wall by collagen. With aging, mice developed gradually cardiac dysfunction as measured by cardiac echography of left ventricle and enlargement and deterioration of right ventricular function. Telemetry experiment exposed electrophysiological abnormalities in homozygous desmoglein 2 297 R>C mice in the form of ventricular premature beats and in more severe cases ventricular tachycardia at the age of 14-16 week-old. Confocal microscopy of heterozygous and homozygous 297 R>C and 499 D>A, stained for collagen detection, confirmed the findings of the above experimental techniques showing cardiomyocytes with abnormal morphology and areas with missing cells. All these findings confirmed successful generation of mice model of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy and further investigation will target molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the observed phenotype.
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Experiments are planned and conducted according to the project with no major impediments. The work was done with necessary intensity and the results are promising.
Our plan for the future research is to investigate in details molecular and cellular responses to desmosomal dysfunction caused by desmoglein 2. This will include transcriptome evaluation (RNA sequencing) comparing mutant and wild type hearts as well various experimental techniques to detect RNA and protein dysfunction.
To buy experimental goods and publish article.
すべて 2022
すべて 雑誌論文 (1件) (うち国際共著 1件、 査読あり 1件、 オープンアクセス 1件)
FASEB journal
巻: 34(5) ページ: 6399-6417
10.1096/fj.201902991R
