Identification of novel variants for complicating cardiac disease in the scrub typhus infection using whole genome sequencing

Ki-Woon Kang, Kyung-Won Hong, Seong-Kyu Lee, Ki-Woon Kang, Kyung-Won Hong, Seong-Kyu Lee

Abstract

Background/aims: Scrub typhus infection has been known to complicate cardiovascular diseases mainly attributing to high mortality. Genetic susceptibility loci for complicating cardiac diseases such as atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and ischemic heart disease identified by genomic study have been limited in scrub typhus infection. Therefore, we investigated the genetic novel variants predicting complicating cardiac diseases in patients with confirmed scrub typhus infection using whole genome sequencing.

Methods: We performed a prospective study for eight consecutive patients with scrub typhus infection. During follow-up, six cases were clinically diagnosed with complicating cardiac diseases and two controls without complicating cardiac diseases. The whole genomes of the all patients were sequenced, and the individual sequence variants were compared between accordcase and control patients. Variant genotypes were compared and identified as a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the different genotype distributions between six cases and two controls.

Results: The GG genotype in SNP (rs4977397) of solute carrier 24 family member 2 (SLC24A2) gene and non-TT genotype in SNP (rs2676750) of adenosine deaminase, RNA specific, B2 (ADARB2) gene were distinctively found in the case patients with complicated cardiac disease, compared with control patents in the scrub typhus infection.

Conclusion: We suggest that the SNPs of SLC24A2 and ADARB2 might be genetic surrogate markers for complicating cardiac diseases in the scrub typhus infection. Our study show that early detection based on individual sequence variants might be feasible to predict complicating cardiac diseases in patients with scrub typhus infection, if further studies with more participants confirm these findings.

Keywords: Adenosine deaminase RNA specific B2; Cardiac diseases; Scrub typhus; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Solute carrier 24 family member 2.

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