Description
The p.E1784K pathogenic mutation (also known as c.5350G>A), located in coding exon 27 of the SCN5A gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 5350. The glutamic acid at codon 1784 is replaced by lysine, an amino acid with some similar properties. The first report of this mutation involved a family with a clinical diagnosis of autosomal dominant long QT syndrome (LQTS), in which the mutation was confirmed to co-segregrate in all affected, but none of the unaffected, family members. Functional analysis revealed a negative shift of steady-state sodium channel activation, thus suggesting delayed cardiac repolarization (Wei et al. Circulation. 1999:99(24):3165-71). Additional functional analysis revealed p.E1784K induced persistent inward sodium current activity with a faster recovery from the inactivation state suggesting an unstable inactivation state overall (Deschenes et al. Cardiovasc Res. 2000;46(1):55-65). There are reports of mixed clinical phenotypes involving LQTS, Brugada syndrome (BrS), and sinus node dysfunction among individuals with the p.E1784K mutation (Makita et al. J Clin Invest. 2008;118(6):2219-29; Sandhu A et al. Clin Case Rep 2017 Aug;5(8):1315-1319). This is considered the most common SCN5A mutation, and most recently demonstrated segregation in a family with BrS, LQTS, and cardiac conduction disease (CCD) (Veltmann C et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016;5(7):e003379). Based on the supporting evidence, this alteration is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation.
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Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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1 | germline | unknown | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |