Asiyeh Jebelli - Department of Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Eshrat Beyranvand - Department of Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Hakimeh Sadeghian - Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Ali Boroumand - Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mehrdad Behmanesh - Department of Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

BACKGROUND: Cardiomyopathies are myocardial disorders in which the heart muscle is structurally and functionally abnormal. Several mutations in sarcomere protein coding genes are responsible for different types of cardiomyopathies. ACTC۱ is one of the main sarcomere components in heart muscle. Two mutations of E۱۰۱K and M۱۲۳V in this gene are shown to be associated with cardiomyopathies. METHODS: In this case and control study, a sample of contains ۳۰ hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and ۱۰۰ dilated cardiomyopathy patients, as well as ۱۳۰ healthy individuals were screened for two mutations of E۱۰۱K and M۱۲۳V. The genotypes of samples were determined in whole blood genomic DNA by restriction fragment length polymorphism polymerase chain reaction (RFLP-PCR) and mismatched-PCR-RLFP techniques. RESULTS: All patients and healthy peoples had wild type genotype for both locations and even no heterozygous was detected. CONCLUSION: Despite previous reports, no association was observed between both mutations with cardiomyopathy. Our results indicated that two mutations of E۱۰۱K and M۱۲۳V of ACTC۱ gene may are not associated with cardiomyopathy in Iranian population. 

ACTC۱, Cardiomyopathy, Mutation, E۱۰۱K, M۱۲۳V