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| Title: | A novel truncating variant c.1222DupC in RBM20 causes cardiomyopathy through haploinsufficiency |
| Creators Name: | Pant, Priyanka, Huang, Yong, Ghouse, Zakiya, Bai, Fang, Kemmling, Elena, Konrad, Laura, Kistler, Rebecca, Seeger, Timon, Gotthardt, Michael, Parikh, Victoria N. and van den Hoogenhof, Maarten M.G. |
| Abstract: | RBM20 is a cardiac splicing factor responsible for splicing of several cardiac genes such as TTN, TRDN, RyR2, PDLIM1, and CAMK2D. Mutations in RBM20 are a major cause of familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and lead to missplicing of RBM20 target genes. Here, we describe a novel heterozygous truncating mutation, RBM20 c.1222DupC, identified in a patient with mitral valve prolapse and late onset familial DCM. This mutation introduces a premature termination codon and generates a truncated protein of ∼55 kDa in vitro. Splicing assays demonstrated complete loss of activity and no dominant-negative effect on wild-type RBM20. Overexpression in NRCMs revealed that the truncated protein localized to both cytoplasm and nucleus, partially co-localizing with wild-type RBM20, despite lacking the RS and RRM domains. To model the patient’s condition, we generated a heterozygous c.1222DupC mutant induced pluripotent stem cell line and differentiated these in cardiomyocytes. Western blot analysis of endogenous RBM20 revealed a strong reduction in RBM20 protein level. RT-PCR revealed splicing defects in canonical RBM20 targets, and RNA-sequencing identified widespread splicing abnormalities, including in established RBM20 targets (TTN, RyR2, CAMK2D, and CACNA1G). Together, these findings establish RBM20 c.1222DupC as a truncating variant that causes DCM primarily through haploinsufficiency. |
| Keywords: | Animals, Mice |
| Source: | medRxiv |
| Publisher: | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press |
| Article Number: | 2025.09.16.25335490 |
| Date: | 18 September 2025 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.16.25335490 |
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