15-89325610-G-C

Variant names:

• chr15-89325610-G-C
• rs139717885
• NM_002693.3:c.1789C>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5 PP3_Strong PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_002693.3(POLG):​c.1789C>G​(p.Arg597Gly) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000137 in 1,461,222 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. R597Q) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000014 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: POLG NM_002693.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 2.76
• Publications: 10 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 18 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, 11 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 chr15-89325610-G-A is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 381520.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.953
• PP5: Variant 15-89325610-G-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr15-89325610-G-C is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 619410.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
POLG	NM_002693.3	c.1789C>G	p.Arg597Gly	missense_variant	Exon 10 of 23	ENST00000268124.11	NP_002684.1
POLG	NM_001126131.2	c.1789C>G	p.Arg597Gly	missense_variant	Exon 10 of 23		NP_001119603.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
POLG	ENST00000268124.11	c.1789C>G	p.Arg597Gly	missense_variant	Exon 10 of 23	1	NM_002693.3	ENSP00000268124.5

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000137 AC: 2 AN: 1461222 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 726968

⚠️ 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: 33480

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: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 52782

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000180 AC: 2 AN: 1111982

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60392

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0.000000), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.00000378

ClinVar

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy Pathogenic:2

Mar 10, 2023

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 597 of the POLG protein (p.Arg597Gly). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with POLG-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 619410). 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 disrupts the p.Arg597 amino acid residue in POLG. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 19251978, 20138553, 21880868, 27538604). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. 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. -

Oct 01, 2018

Wong Mito Lab, Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The NM_002693.2:c.1789C>G (NP_002684.1:p.Arg597Gly) [GRCH38: NC_000015.10:g.89325610G>C] variant in POLG gene is interpretated to be a Pathogenic based on ACMG guidelines (PMID: 25741868). This variant meets the following evidence codes reported in the ACMG-guideline. PS1:This variation causes same amino-acid change as an established pathogenic variant. PM2:This variant is absent in key population databases. PM3:Detected in trans with a pathogenic variant for Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type) which is a recessive disorder. PP1:This variant is co-segregated with Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type) in multiple affected family members. PP2:This is a missense variant in POLG with a low rate of benign and high rate of pathogenic missense variations. PP3:Computational evidence/predictors indicate the variant has deleterious effect on POLG structure, function, or protein-protein interaction. PP4:Patient's phenotype or family history is highly specific for POLG. Based on the evidence criteria codes applied, the variant is suggested to be Pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.81
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.47	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.44
CADD	Uncertain	25
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.90	D;D
Eigen	Uncertain	0.59
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.50
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.88	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.94	.;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.52	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.95	D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.6	M;M
PhyloP100		2.8
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.81	D
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-5.3	D;D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.91
Sift	Uncertain	0.0070	D;D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.011	D;D
Polyphen		1.0	D;D
Vest4		0.92
MVP		0.98
MPC		0.75
ClinPred		0.99	D
GERP RS		4.0
Varity_R		0.84
gMVP		0.89
Mutation Taster		=19/81	disease causing (ClinVar)

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: rs139717885; hg19: chr15-89868841;