Identification of a novel titin-cap/telethonin mutation in a Portuguese family with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous disease; there is still a large proportion of patients with no identified disease-causing mutation. Although the majority of mutations are found in the MYH7 and MYBPC3 genes, mutations in Z-disk-associated proteins have also been linked to HCM. We assessed a small family with HCM based on family history, physical examination, 12-lead ECG, echocardiogram and magnetic resonance imaging. After exclusion of mutations in eleven HCM disease genes, we performed direct sequencing of the TCAP gene encoding the Z-disk protein titin-cap (also known as telethonin). We present a novel TCAP mutation in a small family affected by HCM. The identified p.C57W mutation showed a very low population frequency, as well as high conservation across species. All of the bioinformatic prediction tools used considered this mutation to be damaging/deleterious. Family members were screened for this new mutation and a co-segregation pattern was detected. Both affected members of this family presented with late-onset HCM, moderate asymmetric left ventricular hypertrophy, atrial fibrillation and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and low risk of sudden cardiac death. We present evidence supporting the classification of the TCAP p.C57W mutation, encoding the Z-disk protein titin-cap/telethonin as a new likely pathogenic variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with a specific phenotype in the family under analysis. Copyright © 2020 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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Alexandra Toste, Andreas Perrot, Cemil Özcelik, Nuno Cardim. Identification of a novel titin-cap/telethonin mutation in a Portuguese family with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia. 2020 Jun;39(6):317-327

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