Research Article

SERCA2 Haploinsufficiency in a Mouse Model of Darier Disease Causes a Selective Predisposition to Heart Failure

Table 1

Effect of Atp2a2 heterozygosity on regulators of apoptosis and energy metabolism in DCM and DCM/HET hearts.

Gene Relative mRNA levels (normalized to Gapdh)
WTDCM DCM/HET

CHOP (Ddit3) 100 ± 10 103 ± 3 113 ± 10
Caspase 12 (Casp12) 100 ± 7 122 ± 3*120 ± 16
HCLS1 associated protein X-1 (Hax1) 100 ± 5 91 ± 3 106 ± 12
Fatty acid binding protein 3 (Fabp3) 100 ± 7 70 ± 4*75 ± 7*
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (Cpt1b) 100 ± 2 77 ± 3*70 ± 8*
Glucose transporter 4 (Slc2a4) 100 ± 12 88 ± 2 95 ± 8

Heart RNA from wild-type (WT) mice, transgenic mice expressing Glu154Lys mutant α-tropomyosin (DCM), and DCM/Atp2a2+/− double mutant (DCM/HET) mice was analyzed by RT-PCR. Values are mean ± SE; = at least 4 for each genotype; * < 0.05 versus WT controls.