15-89321777-G-C

Variant names:

• chr15-89321777-G-C
• rs121918053
• NM_002693.3:c.2557C>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5 PP3_Strong PP5_Moderate

The NM_002693.3(POLG):​c.2557C>G​(p.Arg853Gly) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,816 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 Likely pathogenic (★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R853W) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: POLG NM_002693.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Likely pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 1.67
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

POLG (HGNC:9179): (DNA polymerase gamma, catalytic subunit) Mitochondrial DNA polymerase is heterotrimeric, consisting of a homodimer of accessory subunits plus a catalytic subunit. The protein encoded by this gene is the catalytic subunit of mitochondrial DNA polymerase. The encoded protein contains a polyglutamine tract near its N-terminus that may be polymorphic. Defects in this gene are a cause of progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions 1 (PEOA1), sensory ataxic neuropathy dysarthria and ophthalmoparesis (SANDO), Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome (AHS), and mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome (MNGIE). Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

POLG Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions, autosomal dominant 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
• mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4a

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, G2P
• sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Orphanet, G2P
• autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• autosomal recessive progressive external ophthalmoplegia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• recessive mitochondrial ataxia syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• spinocerebellar ataxia with epilepsy

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Leigh syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 10 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 8 uncertain in NM_002693.3
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr15-89321777-G-A is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 13512.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.995
• PP5: Variant 15-89321777-G-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr15-89321777-G-C is described in ClinVar as Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 2778434.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
POLG	NM_002693.3	c.2557C>G	p.Arg853Gly	missense_variant	Exon 16 of 23	ENST00000268124.11	NP_002684.1
POLG	NM_001126131.2	c.2557C>G	p.Arg853Gly	missense_variant	Exon 16 of 23		NP_001119603.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
POLG	ENST00000268124.11	c.2557C>G	p.Arg853Gly	missense_variant	Exon 16 of 23	1	NM_002693.3	ENSP00000268124.5

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461816 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 727212

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33476

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39700

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86254

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53404

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5762

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 8.99e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1111972

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60388

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy Pathogenic:1

May 16, 2023

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant disrupts the p.Arg853 amino acid residue in POLG. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 18546365, 19478085, 20185557). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. 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 POLG protein function. This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with POLG-related conditions. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 853 of the POLG protein (p.Arg853Gly). 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.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.99
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.52	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.51
CADD	Uncertain	24
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.98	D;D
Eigen	Uncertain	0.53
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.40
LIST_S2	Benign	0.0	.;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.85	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	1.0	D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	0.84	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.2	M;M
PhyloP100		1.7
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.73	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-6.8	D;D
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Vest4		0.99
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		2.1
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.2
Varity_R		0.95
gMVP		0.98
Mutation Taster		=22/78	disease causing

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.0		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs121918053; hg19: chr15-89865008;