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NEXN Gene in Cardiomyopathies and Sudden Cardiac Deaths: Prevalence, Phenotypic Expression, and Prognosis
Ist Teil von
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine, 2024-02, Vol.17 (1)
Erscheinungsjahr
2024
Beschreibungen/Notizen
BACKGROUND:
Few clinical data are available on
NEXN
mutation carriers, and the gene’s involvement in cardiomyopathies or sudden death has not been fully established. Our objectives were to assess the prevalence of putative pathogenic variants in
NEXN
and to describe the phenotype and prognosis of patients carrying the variants.
METHODS:
DNA samples from consecutive patients with cardiomyopathy or sudden cardiac death/sudden infant death syndrome/idiopathic ventricular fibrillation were sequenced with a custom panel of genes. Index cases carrying at least one putative pathogenic variant in the
NEXN
gene were selected.
RESULTS:
Of the 9516 index patients sequenced, 31 were carriers of a putative pathogenic variant in
NEXN
only, including 2 with double variants and 29 with a single variant. Of the 29 unrelated probands with a single variant (16 males; median age at diagnosis, 32.0 [26.0–49.0] years), 21 presented with dilated cardiomyopathy (prevalence, 0.33%), and 3 presented with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (prevalence, 0.14%). Three patients had idiopathic ventricular fibrillation, and there were 2 cases of sudden infant death syndrome (prevalence, 0.46%). For patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, the median left ventricle ejection fraction was 37.5% (26.25–50.0) at diagnosis and improved with treatment in 13 (61.9%). Over a median follow-up period of 6.0 years, we recorded 3 severe arrhythmic events and 2 severe hemodynamic events.
CONCLUSIONS:
Putative pathogenic
NEXN
variants were mainly associated with dilated cardiomyopathy; in these individuals, the prognosis appeared to be relatively good. However, severe and early onset phenotypes were also observed—especially in patients with double
NEXN
variants. We also detected
NEXN
variants in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and sudden infant death syndrome/idiopathic ventricular fibrillation, although a causal link could not be established.