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Dilated Cardiomyopathy Due to BLC2-Associated Athanogene 3 (BAG3) Mutations.

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2018-08-13

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Dominguez, Fernando
Cuenca, Sofia
Bilinska, Zofia
Toro, Rocio
Villard, Eric
Barriales-Villa, Roberto
Ochoa, Juan Pablo
Asselbergs, Folkert
Sammani, Arjan
Franaszczyk, Maria

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The BAG3 (BLC2-associated athanogene 3) gene codes for an antiapoptotic protein located on the sarcomere Z-disc. Mutations in BAG3 are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), but only a small number of cases have been reported to date, and the natural history of BAG3 cardiomyopathy is poorly understood. This study sought to describe the phenotype and prognosis of BAG3 mutations in a large multicenter DCM cohort. The study cohort comprised 129 individuals with a BAG3 mutation (62% males, 35.1 ± 15.0 years of age) followed at 18 European centers. Localization of BAG3 in cardiac tissue was analyzed in patients with truncating BAG3 mutations using immunohistochemistry. At first evaluation, 57.4% of patients had DCM. After a median follow-up of 38 months (interquartile range: 7 to 95 months), 68.4% of patients had DCM and 26.1% who were initially phenotype-negative developed DCM. Disease penetrance in individuals >40 years of age was 80% at last evaluation, and there was a trend towards an earlier onset of DCM in men (age 34.6 ± 13.2 years vs. 40.7 ± 12.2 years; p = 0.053). The incidence of adverse cardiac events (death, left ventricular assist device, heart transplantation, and sustained ventricular arrhythmia) was 5.1% per year among individuals with DCM. Male sex, decreased left ventricular ejection fraction. and increased left ventricular end-diastolic diameter were associated with adverse cardiac events. Myocardial tissue from patients with a BAG3 mutation showed myofibril disarray and a relocation of BAG3 protein in the sarcomeric Z-disc. DCM caused by mutations in BAG3 is characterized by high penetrance in carriers >40 years of age and a high risk of progressive heart failure. Male sex, decreased left ventricular ejection fraction, and enlarged left ventricular end-diastolic diameter are associated with adverse outcomes in patients with BAG3 mutations.

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Adaptor proteins, signal transducing
Adolescent
Adult
Apoptosis regulatory proteins
Cardiomyopathy, dilated
Cohort studies
Electrocardiography
Female
Follow-up studies
Heart failure
Humans
Male
Middle aged
Mutation
Young adult

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Cardiomiopatía dilatada
Electrocardiografía
Estudios de cohortes
Estudios de seguimiento
Insuficiencia cardíaca
Mutación
Proteínas reguladoras de la apoptosis

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BAG3, Dilated cardiomyopathy, Genetics, Prognosis

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Domínguez F, Cuenca S, Bilińska Z, Toro R, Villard E, Barriales-Villa R, et al. Dilated Cardiomyopathy Due to BLC2-Associated Athanogene 3 (BAG3) Mutations. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Nov 13;72(20):2471-2481