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13-20189450-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 16 ACMG points: 16P and 0B. PVS1PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_004004.6(GJB2):c.132G>A(p.Trp44Ter) variant causes a stop gained change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000273 in 1,613,176 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000079 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000022 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

GJB2
NM_004004.6 stop_gained

Scores

4
2
1

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:9

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.85
Variant links:
Genes affected
GJB2 (HGNC:4284): (gap junction protein beta 2) This gene encodes a member of the gap junction protein family. The gap junctions were first characterized by electron microscopy as regionally specialized structures on plasma membranes of contacting adherent cells. These structures were shown to consist of cell-to-cell channels that facilitate the transfer of ions and small molecules between cells. The gap junction proteins, also known as connexins, purified from fractions of enriched gap junctions from different tissues differ. According to sequence similarities at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, the gap junction proteins are divided into two categories, alpha and beta. Mutations in this gene are responsible for as much as 50% of pre-lingual, recessive deafness. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 16 ACMG points.

PVS1
Loss of function variant, product does not undergo nonsense mediated mRNA decay. Variant is located in the 3'-most exon, not predicted to undergo nonsense mediated mRNA decay. There are 208 pathogenic variants in the truncated region.
PP5
Variant 13-20189450-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr13-20189450-C-T is described in ClinVar as [Pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 158605.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr13-20189450-C-T is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic]. Variant chr13-20189450-C-T is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
GJB2NM_004004.6 linkuse as main transcriptc.132G>A p.Trp44Ter stop_gained 2/2 ENST00000382848.5
GJB2XM_011535049.3 linkuse as main transcriptc.132G>A p.Trp44Ter stop_gained 2/2

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
GJB2ENST00000382848.5 linkuse as main transcriptc.132G>A p.Trp44Ter stop_gained 2/21 NM_004004.6 P1
GJB2ENST00000382844.2 linkuse as main transcriptc.132G>A p.Trp44Ter stop_gained 1/1 P1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000789
AC:
12
AN:
152174
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.000241
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.0000655
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000147
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.0000279
AC:
7
AN:
250944
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000147
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
135638
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.000308
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.0000289
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00000882
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000219
AC:
32
AN:
1460884
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.0000110
AC XY:
8
AN XY:
726532
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.000149
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.0000224
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.0000234
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000788
AC:
12
AN:
152292
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.0000806
AC XY:
6
AN XY:
74462
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.000241
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.0000654
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.0000147
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.00
Alfa
AF:
0.0000712
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000718
TwinsUK
AF:
0.000270
AC:
1
ALSPAC
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ExAC
AF:
0.0000576
AC:
7

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:9
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A Pathogenic:4
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingGenomics and Human Genetics Laboratory, Pasteur Institut of Morocco-- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingWomen's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorpDec 24, 2021Variant summary: GJB2 c.132G>A (p.Trp44X) results in a premature termination codon, predicted to cause a truncation of the encoded protein or absence of the protein due to nonsense mediated decay, which are commonly known mechanisms for disease. Truncations downstream of this position have been classified as pathogenic by our laboratory. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 3.5e-05 in 258564 control chromosomes. c.132G>A has been reported in the literature in multiple individuals affected with Autosomal Recessive Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss (example, Green_1999, Prasad_2000, Snoeckx_2005, Roux_2004, Tang_2006, Putcha_2007, Lin_2011). These data indicate that the variant is very likely to be associated with disease. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. Six clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 without evidence for independent evaluation. All laboratories classified the variant as pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic. -
Likely pathogenic, no assertion criteria providedclinical testingCounsylMar 06, 2015- -
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria providedclinical testingNatera, Inc.Sep 16, 2020- -
not provided Pathogenic:4
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP LaboratoriesMay 09, 2017The GJB2 c.132G>A; p.Trp44Ter variant (rs104894407) has been reported in the literature in individuals with hearing loss who carried a pathogenic variant on the opposite chromosome (Green 1999, Martinez-Saucedo 2015, Roux 2004). It is reported in ClinVar (Variation ID: 158605), and observed in the general population databases at a frequency of 0.003 percent (8/276604 alleles; Genome Aggregation Database). This variant induces an early termination codon and is predicted to result in a truncated protein or absent transcript, and is considered pathogenic. REFERENCES Link to ClinVar database for p.Trp44Ter: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/158605/ Green GE et al. Carrier rates in the midwestern United States for GJB2 mutations causing inherited deafness. JAMA. 1999 Jun 16;281(23):2211-6. Martinez-Saucedo M et al. Two novel compound heterozygous families with a trimutation in the GJB2 gene causing sensorineural hearing loss. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 Dec;79(12):2295-9. Roux AF et al. Molecular epidemiology of DFNB1 deafness in France. BMC Med Genet. 2004 Mar 6;5:5. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingGeneDxNov 05, 2021Observed with a pathogenic variant in additional unrelated patients in published literature, but it is not known whether the variants occurred on the same (in cis) or on different (in trans) chromosomes (Green et al., 1999; Roux et al., 2004; Angeli et al., 2008); Nonsense variant in the C-terminus predicted to result in protein truncation, as the last 183 amino acids are lost, and other loss-of-function variants have been reported downstream in the Human Gene Mutation Database (Stenson et al., 2014); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 17666888, 26553399, 18758381, 10376574, 31589614, 15070423, 26346709, 17041943, 34440441) -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingInvitaeDec 20, 2023This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Trp44*) in the GJB2 gene. While this is not anticipated to result in nonsense mediated decay, it is expected to disrupt the last 183 amino acid(s) of the GJB2 protein. This variant is present in population databases (rs104894407, gnomAD 0.02%). This premature translational stop signal has been observed in individual(s) with non-syndromic deafness (PMID: 10376574, 15070423, 26346709, 26553399). It has also been observed to segregate with disease in related individuals. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 158605). This variant disrupts a region of the GJB2 protein in which other variant(s) (p.Leu56Argfs*26) have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 15967879, 16380907, 21465647, 22695344, 24158611). This suggests that this is a clinically significant region of the protein, and that variants that disrupt it are likely to be disease-causing. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingEurofins Ntd Llc (ga)Dec 16, 2016- -
Hearing impairment Pathogenic:1
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingGenetic Services Laboratory, University of ChicagoFeb 08, 2013- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.34
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.54
Cadd
Pathogenic
42
Dann
Uncertain
1.0
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.95
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.83
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.97
D
MutationTaster
Benign
1.0
D;D
Vest4
0.87
GERP RS
5.2

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

LitVar

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs104894407; hg19: chr13-20763589; API