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Loss-of-activity-mutation in the cardiac chloride-bicarbonate exchanger AE3 causes short QT syndrome.
Nature communications - 22 Nov 2017
Thorsen Kasper, Dam Vibeke S, Kjaer-Sorensen Kasper, Pedersen Lisbeth N, Skeberdis V Arvydas, Jurevičius Jonas, Treinys Rimantas, Petersen Ida M B S, Nielsen Morten S, Oxvig Claus, Morth J Preben, Matchkov Vladimir V, Aalkjær Christian, Bundgaard Henning, Jensen Henrik K
Abstract excerpt
Patients with short QT syndrome (SQTS) may present with syncope, ventricular fibrillation or sudden cardiac death. Six SQTS susceptibility genes, encoding cation channels, explain <25% of SQTS cases. Here we identify a missense mutation in the anion exchanger (AE3)-encoding SLC4A3 gene in two unrelated families with SQTS. The mutation causes reduced surface expression of AE3 and reduced membrane bicarbonate...
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