Genetic Variant HBA1:c.-77C>G (chr16-176640-C-G) – ACMG Classification: Likely_benign (-4 pts)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -4 ACMG points: 0P and 4B. BP4_Strong

The NM_000558.5(HBA1):c.-77C>G variant causes a upstream gene change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.00063 ( 0 hom., cov: 29)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000088 ( 0 hom. )

Failed GnomAD Quality Control

Consequence

HBA1
NM_000558.5 upstream_gene

Scores

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: -4.91

Publications

0 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

HBA1 (HGNC:4823): (hemoglobin subunit alpha 1) The human alpha globin gene cluster located on chromosome 16 spans about 30 kb and includes seven loci: 5'- zeta - pseudozeta - mu - pseudoalpha-1 - alpha-2 - alpha-1 - theta - 3'. The alpha-2 (HBA2) and alpha-1 (HBA1) coding sequences are identical. These genes differ slightly over the 5' untranslated regions and the introns, but they differ significantly over the 3' untranslated regions. Two alpha chains plus two beta chains constitute HbA, which in normal adult life comprises about 97% of the total hemoglobin; alpha chains combine with delta chains to constitute HbA-2, which with HbF (fetal hemoglobin) makes up the remaining 3% of adult hemoglobin. Alpha thalassemias result from deletions of each of the alpha genes as well as deletions of both HBA2 and HBA1; some nondeletion alpha thalassemias have also been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

HBA1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

alpha thalassemia spectrum
Inheritance: AR, SD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
erythrocytosis, familial, 7
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
hemoglobin M disease
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
hemoglobin H disease
Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
methemoglobinemia, alpha type
Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen
Heinz body anemia
Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

HBA1 links:

ENSG00000294436 (HGNC:):

ENSG00000294436 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -4 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.81).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
HBA1	NM_000558.5 link	c.-77C>G		upstream_gene_variant		ENST00000320868.9	NP_000549.1	P69905D1MGQ2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
HBA1	ENST00000320868.9 link	c.-77C>G		upstream_gene_variant		1	NM_000558.5	ENSP00000322421.5		P69905

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.000624

AC:

AN:

152236

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00217

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.000196

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:

0.000478

GnomAD4 exome

Data not reliable, filtered out with message: AS_VQSR

AF:

0.0000882

AC:

124

AN:

1406684

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000760

AC XY:

AN XY:

697440

show subpopulations

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

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00294

AC:

AN:

31326

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000183

AC:

AN:

38174

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

25342

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

37172

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

81648

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

50200

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.000231

AC:

AN:

4332

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00000185

AC:

AN:

1080306

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.000378

AC:

AN:

58184

⚠️ 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.

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.292

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Age Distribution

Exome Het

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GnomAD4 genome

Data not reliable, filtered out with message: AS_VQSR

AF:

0.000630

AC:

AN:

152354

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.000752

AC XY:

AN XY:

74508

show subpopulations

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

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00219

AC:

AN:

41558

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000196

AC:

AN:

15310

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5196

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4834

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10628

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

294

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.0000147

AC:

AN:

68036

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.000473

AC:

AN:

2114

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5. (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.301

Heterozygous variant carriers

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Age Distribution

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0.00

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ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:1

Nov 17, 2023

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The HBA1 c.-77C>G variant is located 77 bp upstream of the translation initiation codon in the promoter region of the alpha1-globin gene. To the best of our knowledge, this variant has not been reported in individuals with HBA1-related conditions in the published literature. Based on the available information, we are unable to determine the clinical significance of this variant. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.81

CADD

Benign

0.16

(source)

DANN

Benign

0.50

PhyloP100

-4.9

PromoterAI

0.28

Neutral

(source)

Splicing

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

Publications

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

Age Distribution

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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