Complex interactions between p.His558Arg and linked variants in the sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 5 (NaV1.5)

Mónica Lopes-Marques*, Raquel Silva, Catarina Serrano, Verónica Gomes, Ana Cardoso, Maria João Prata, António Amorim, Luísa Azevedo*

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Abstract

Common genetic polymorphisms may modify the phenotypic outcome when co-occurring with a disease-causing variant, and therefore understanding their modulating role in health and disease is of great importance. The polymorphic p.His558Arg variant of the sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 5 (NaV1.5) encoded by the SCN5A gene is a case in point, as several studies have shown it can modify the clinical phenotype in a number of cardiac diseases. To evaluate the genetic backgrounds associated with this modulating effect, we reanalysed previous electrophysiological findings regarding the p.His558Arg variant and further assessed its patterns of genetic diversity in human populations. The NaV1.5 p.His558Arg variant was found to be in linkage disequilibrium with six other polymorphic variants that previously were also associated with cardiac traits in GWAS analyses. On account of this, incongruent reports that Arg558 allele can compensate, aggravate or have no effect on NaV1.5, likely might have arose due to a role of p.His558Arg depending on the additional linked variants. Altogether, these results indicate a major influence of the epistatic interactions between SCN5A variants, revealing also that phenotypic severity may depend on the polymorphic background associated to each individual genome.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere13913
Number of pages24
JournalPeerJ
Volume10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Aug 2022

Keywords

  • Brugada syndrome
  • Cardiac channel
  • Cardiac diseases
  • Epistasis
  • Genetic background
  • Genetic modifier
  • Linkage disequilibrium
  • SCN5A variants
  • Sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 5 (Na 1.5)

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