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  • Brugada syndrome is a hereditary heart condition linked to arrhythmias, with SCN5A gene mutations involved in about 15% of cases.
  • A study investigated the GPD1L gene for mutations in 80 unrelated Japanese patients, finding one synonymous mutation and one intronic variant not present in the control group.
  • The researchers concluded that GPD1L mutations are not a significant cause of Brugada syndrome in the Japanese population, as no non-synonymous mutations were identified.

Article Abstract

Brugada syndrome is an inherited arrhythmic disorder, and mutations in the SCN5A gene, encoding cardiac sodium channels, are identified in approximately 15% of cases. A novel causative gene (glycerol-3 phosphate dehydrogenase-1 like; GPD1L) has been reported, and in the present study, 80 unrelated Japanese patients were screened for GPD1L mutations: 1 synonymous mutation was identified, as well as 1 intronic variant, both of which were absent in 220 control alleles. Additionally, a single-nucleotide polymorphism was detected in 4 patients. No non-synonymous mutations were found. GPD1L does not appear to be a major cause of Brugada syndrome in the Japanese population.

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