1-147908019-G-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5 PP3_Strong PP5_Moderate

The NM_005267.5(GJA8):c.64G>T(p.Gly22Cys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 12/21 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. G22S) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: GJA8 NM_005267.5 missense
• Clinical Significance: Likely pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.92

Genes affected

GJA8 (HGNC:4281): (gap junction protein alpha 8) This gene encodes a transmembrane connexin protein that is necessary for lens growth and maturation of lens fiber cells. The encoded protein is a component of gap junction channels and functions in a calcium and pH-dependent manner. Mutations in this gene have been associated with zonular pulverulent cataracts, nuclear progressive cataracts, and cataract-microcornea syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2009]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 12 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 2 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 5 uncertain in NM_005267.5
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr1-147908019-G-A is described in Lovd as [Likely_pathogenic].
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.995
• PP5: Variant 1-147908019-G-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr1-147908019-G-T is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 2845763.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
GJA8	NM_005267.5	c.64G>T	p.Gly22Cys	missense_variant	2/2	ENST00000369235.2
GJA8	XM_011509417.3	c.64G>T	p.Gly22Cys	missense_variant	1/2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
GJA8	ENST00000369235.2	c.64G>T	p.Gly22Cys	missense_variant	2/2		NM_005267.5	P1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 35

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Cataract 1 multiple types Pathogenic:1

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Mar 14, 2023

This sequence change replaces glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 22 of the GJA8 protein (p.Gly22Cys). In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. This variant disrupts the p.Gly22 amino acid residue in GJA8. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been observed in individuals with GJA8-related conditions (PMID: 31618082, 34722561), which suggests that this may be a clinically significant amino acid residue. Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt GJA8 protein function. This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with clinical features of autosomal dominant GJA8-related conditions (Invitae). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.98
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.57	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.58
Cadd	Pathogenic	30
Dann	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.98	D
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.0
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.94
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.98	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.80	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	1.0	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	0.96	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.6	H
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.89	D
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-8.2	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.99
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0010	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		1.0
MutPred		0.96		Loss of sheet (P = 0.0817);
MVP		0.96
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.0
Varity_R		0.98
gMVP		0.99

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.010		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

No publications associated with this variant yet.

Other links and lift over

hg19: chr1-147380146;