RCAN family member 3 deficiency contributes to noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium.

Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium (NVM), the third most diagnosed cardiomyopathy, is characterized by prominent trabeculae and intratrabecular recesses. However, the genetic etiology of 40%-60% of NVM cases remains unknown. Here, we identify two infants with NVM, in a nonconsanguineous family, with a typical clinical presentation of persistent bradycardia since the prenatal period. A homozygous missense variant (R223L) of RCAN family member 3 (RCAN3) is detected in both infants using whole-exome sequencing. In the zebrafish model, marked cardiac dysfunction is detected in rcan3 deficiency (MO-rcan3ATG-injected) and rcan-/- embryos. Developmental dysplasia of both endocardial and myocardial layers is also detected in rcan3-deficient embryos. RCAN3 R223L variant mRNAs can not rescue heart defects caused by rcan3 knockdown or knockout; however, hRCAN3 mRNAs rescue these phenotypes. RNA-seq experiments show that several genes involved in cardiomyopathies are significantly regulated through multiple signaling pathways in the rcan3-knockdown zebrafish model. In human cardiomyocytes, RCAN3 deficiency results in reduced proliferation and increased apoptosis, together with an abnormal mitochondrial ultrastructure. Thus, we suggest that RCAN3 is a susceptibility gene for cardiomyopathies, especially NVM and that the R223L mutation is a potential loss-of-function variant. Copyright © 2024 Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Genetics Society of China. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Ting Hu, Lan Liu, He Wang, Mei Yang, Bocheng Xu, Hanbing Xie, Ziyuan Lin, Xiaolei Jin, Ping Wang, Yanyan Liu, Huaqin Sun, Shanling Liu. RCAN family member 3 deficiency contributes to noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium. Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao. 2024 May;51(5):543-553

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