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Druggable proteins influencing cardiac structure and function: Implications for heart failure therapies and cancer cardiotoxicity

  • Amand F. Schmidt
  • , Mimount Bourfiss
  • , Abdulrahman Alasiri
  • , Esther Puyol-Anton
  • , Sandesh Chopade
  • , Marion van Vugt
  • , Sander W. van der Laan
  • , Christian Gross
  • , Chris Clarkson
  • , Albert Henry
  • , Tom R. Lumbers
  • , Pim van der Harst
  • , Nora Franceschini
  • , Joshua C. Bis
  • , Birgitta K. Velthuis
  • , Anneline S. J. M. te Riele
  • , Aroon D. Hingorani
  • , Bram Ruijsink
  • , Folkert W. Asselbergs
  • , Jessica van Setten
  • Chris Finan
  • University College London
  • University Medical Center Utrecht
  • King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
  • King's College London
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of Washington
  • Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands
  • European Reference Network for rare

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Abstract

Dysfunction of either the right or left ventricle can lead to heart failure (HF) and subsequent morbidity and mortality. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 16 cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging measurements of biventricular function and structure. Cis-Mendelian randomization (MR) was used to identify plasma proteins associating with CMR traits as well as with any of the following cardiac outcomes: HF, non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), atrial fibrillation, or coronary heart disease. In total, 33 plasma proteins were prioritized, including repurposing candidates for DCM and/or HF: IL18R (providing indirect evidence for IL18), I17RA, GPC5, LAMC2, PA2GA, CD33, and SLAF7. In addition, 13 of the 25 druggable proteins (52%; 95% confidence interval, 0.31 to 0.72) could be mapped to compounds with known oncological indications or side effects. These findings provide leads to facilitate drug development for cardiac disease and suggest that cardiotoxicities of several cancer treatments might represent mechanism-based adverse effects.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbereadd4984
Pages (from-to)eadd4984
JournalScience advances
Volume9
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Apr 2023

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
  • Cardiotoxicity
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Glypicans
  • Heart Failure
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms

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