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Case Reports
. 2004 May 25;109(20):2394-7.
doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000130409.72142.FE.

Mutation in the KCNQ1 gene leading to the short QT-interval syndrome

Chloé Bellocq  1 , Antoni C G van Ginneken, Connie R Bezzina, Mariel Alders, Denis Escande, Marcel M A M Mannens, Isabelle Baró, Arthur A M Wilde
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Mutation in the KCNQ1 gene leading to the short QT-interval syndrome

Chloé Bellocq et al. Circulation. .

Abstract

Background: The electrocardiographic short QT-interval syndrome forms a distinct clinical entity presenting with a high rate of sudden death and exceptionally short QT intervals. The disorder has recently been linked to gain-of-function mutation in KCNH2. The present study demonstrates that this disorder is genetically heterogeneous and can also be caused by mutation in the KCNQ1 gene.

Methods and results: A 70-year man presented with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation. Both immediately after the episode and much later, his QT interval was abnormally short without any other physical or electrophysiological anomalies. Analysis of candidate genes identified a g919c substitution in KCNQ1 encoding the K+ channel KvLQT1. Functional studies of the KvLQT1 V307L mutant (alone or coexpressed with the wild-type channel, in the presence of IsK) revealed a pronounced shift of the half-activation potential and an acceleration of the activation kinetics leading to a gain of function in I(Ks). When introduced in a human action potential computer model, the modified biophysical parameters predicted repolarization shortening.

Conclusions: We present an alternative molecular mechanism for the short QT-interval syndrome. Functional and computational studies of the KCNQ1 V307L mutation identified in a patient with this disorder favor the association of short QT with mutation in KCNQ1.

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