PUBLICATION

Disruption of MAP7D1 Gene Function Increases the Risk of Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure

Authors
Li, L.P., Zhong, J., Li, M.H., Sun, Y.C., Niu, Y.J., Wu, C.H., Zhou, J.F., Norton, N., Li, Z.Q., Shi, Y.Y., Xu, X.L., Ding, Y.H.
ID
ZDB-PUB-210731-3
Date
2021
Source
BioMed Research International   2021: 8569921 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
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MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis
  • Autophagy
  • Cardiomyopathies/chemically induced*
  • Cardiomyopathies/genetics*
  • DNA Transposable Elements/genetics
  • Doxorubicin/adverse effects*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Heart Failure/chemically induced*
  • Heart Failure/genetics*
  • Heart Failure/physiopathology
  • Models, Biological
  • Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
  • Mutation/genetics
  • Myocardium/metabolism
  • Myocytes, Cardiac/pathology
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics
  • Protein Aggregates
  • Risk Factors
  • Stress, Physiological
  • Zebrafish/genetics*
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
PubMed
34327238 Full text @ Biomed Res. Int.
Abstract
Doxorubicin is a cornerstone chemotherapeutic drug widely used to treat various cancers; its dose-dependent cardiomyopathy, however, is one of the leading causes of treatment-associated mortality in cancer survivors. Patients' threshold doses leading to doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy (DIC) and heart failure are highly variable, mostly due to genetic variations in individuals' genomes. However, genetic susceptibility to DIC remains largely unidentified. Here, we combined a genetic approach in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) animal model with a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in humans to identify genetic susceptibility to DIC and heart failure. We firstly reported the cardiac and skeletal muscle-specific expression and sarcomeric localization of the microtubule-associated protein 7 domain-containing protein 1b (Map7d1b) in zebrafish, followed by expression validation in mice. We then revealed that disruption of the map7d1b gene function exaggerated DIC effects in adult zebrafish. Mechanistically, the exacerbated DIC are likely conveyed by impaired autophagic degradation and elevated protein aggregation. Lastly, we identified 2 MAP7D1 gene variants associated with cardiac functional decline and heart failure in cancer patients who received doxorubicin therapy. Together, this study identifies MAP7D1 as a clinically relevant susceptibility gene to DIC and heart failure, providing useful information to stratify cancer patients with a high risk of incurring severe cardiomyopathy and heart failure after receiving chemotherapy.
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Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
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Mapping