To recapitulate progressive human dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and heart block in the Lmna R225X mutant mice model and investigate the molecular basis of LMNA mutation induced cardiac conduction disorders (CD); To investigate the potential interventional impact of exercise endurance.
Here we generated an inducible cardiac-specific HSP60 knockout mouse model, and demonstrated that HSP60 deletion in adult mouse hearts altered mitochondrial complex activity, mitochondrial membrane potential, and ROS production, and eventually led to dilated cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and lethality.
In the complete knockout, remaining titin molecules experience increased strain, resulting in mechanically induced trophic signaling and eventually dilated cardiomyopathy.
The leading cause of genetic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is due to mutations in the TTN gene, impacting approximately 15-20% of familial and 18% of sporadic DCM cases.
Truncating variants in TTN (TTNtv), coding for the largest structural protein in the sarcomere, contribute to the largest portion of familial and ambulatory dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
We recently identified a novel, heterozygous, and non-synonymous ACTC1 mutation (p.Gly247Asp or G247D) in a large, multi-generational family, causing atrial-septal defect followed by late-onset dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
We combined a genome-wide linkage analysis with cell biology, microscopy, and molecular biology tools to characterize a novel ACTC1 (cardiac α-actin) mutation identified in association with ASD and late-onset dilated cardiomyopathy in a large, multi-generational family.
To introduce an animal model, we investigated the β1-AAB associated autoimmunity in Doberman Pinscher (DP) with dilated cardiomyopathy, which has similarities to human DCM.
Agonistically acting autoantibodies directed against the adrenergic beta-1 receptor (beta1-AABs) are a pathogenic factor in diseases of the heart and circulatory system such as dilated cardiomyopathy.