Table 3 Structural variants identified in panel genes and in the extended gene set

From: Genome sequencing as a first-line genetic test in familial dilated cardiomyopathy

Family ID

Gene

Variant

Database of Genomic Variantsa

Notes

Segregationb

Families “unsolved” after PS

 AA

BAG3

Chr10:121436136-121436726 del, Chr10:121436139-121436799 dup (g.30254-30844 del, 30257-30917 dup); involves exon 4 (aa.357-533) including BAG domain

Overlap with 2 larger dup, 1 in unaffected subject

BCL associated athanogene 3, chaperone protein. KO mice (-/-): neonatal death

Human ventricle: decreased BAG3 expression in heart failure

3/3 affected,

1/1 unaffected

 BG

TRDN

Chr6:123509665-124330720 dup (821.1 kb); includes TRDN (complete gene) and NKAIN2 (exon 1)

Similar dup in >10 DD patients + unaffected subjects

Triadin, SR protein involved in Ca2+ homeostasis. Tg mice (5-fold overexpression): ↓ contraction

5/7 affected,

4/4 unaffected

 C

CTNNA3

Chr10:68286145-68513397 del (227.3 kb); loss of exon 10 (aa 428-458) including vinculin-like domain.

>40 overlapping deletions, known CNV hotspot

α3 catenin, intercalated disc protein. KO mice (-/-): adult DCM

4/6 affected,

4/17 unaffected

 FK

FRMD3

Chr9:85906635-85962244 del (55.6 kb); loss of exons 5-12 (aa 125-357, includes partial FERM domain, peptide and lipid-binding regions)

Overlap with 3 del/dup

FERM domain-containing protein 3, cytoskeletal protein

4/4 affected,

1/4 unaffected

 HB

HPS3

Chr3:148874313-148882670 del (g.31943-40298 del, 8.4 kb); loss of exon 9-14 (aa.504-863), no identified domains

Overlap with 1 larger dup in 2 DD cases

Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome 3 protein

1/2 affected

1/2 unaffected

Families with identified pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants

 BL

DSC2

Chr18:28681558-28686269 del (g.37617-42327 del, 4.7 kb); loss of first exon + promoter

Absent

Desmocollin 2, desmosomal protein. KO mice (-/-): embryonic lethal

2/2 affected

 BR

SCN1B

Chr19:35531062-35531134 del (g.14470-14543 del, 73b in 3’ UTR)

Absent

β1 subunit, voltage-gated sodium channel

1/3 affected,

1/9 unaffected

 DD

XIRP2

Chr2:167868183-168522158 del/dup (654 kb); del from exon 3/dup (includes whole gene + translocated del segment)

Similar del (exon 4 on), multiple smaller CNV in same region

Xin actin-binding repeat-containing protein 2, intercalated disc protein. KO mice (-/-): postnatal death, ( + /-): normal EF. Human ventricle: expression levels increased (early) or reduced (late) with myocardial stress

2/2 affected,

1/2 unaffected

 FQ

AK1

Chr9:130621906-130645663 dup (238 kb); includes complete gene

Overlap with 3 full-gene dup/multiple small del, in unaffected subjects

Adenylate kinase 1, enzyme involved in energy metabolism

2/2 affected

  1. CNV copy-number variant; DCM dilated cardiomyopathy, DD developmental delay, EF ejection fraction, KO knockout, PS panel sequencing, SR sarcoplasmic reticulum
  2. aDatabase includes diverse patient and control cohorts
  3. bSegregation analysis did not include phenotype-negative variant carriers aged less than 40 years