18-51065469-G-T

Variant names:

• chr18-51065469-G-T
• rs773598775
• NM_005359.6:c.1002G>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 5 ACMG points: 5P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP3

The NM_005359.6(SMAD4):​c.1002G>T​(p.Gln334His) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000342 in 1,461,760 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. There is a variant allele frequency bias in the population database for this variant (GnomAdExome4), which may indicate mosaicism or somatic mutations in the reference population data. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Another nucleotide change resulting in the same amino acid substitution has been previously reported as Uncertain significance in ClinVar. Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. Q334K) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000034 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: SMAD4 NM_005359.6 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:5
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 0.667
• Publications: 1 publications found

Genes affected

SMAD4 (HGNC:6770): (SMAD family member 4) This gene encodes a member of the Smad family of signal transduction proteins. Smad proteins are phosphorylated and activated by transmembrane serine-threonine receptor kinases in response to transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta signaling. The product of this gene forms homomeric complexes and heteromeric complexes with other activated Smad proteins, which then accumulate in the nucleus and regulate the transcription of target genes. This protein binds to DNA and recognizes an 8-bp palindromic sequence (GTCTAGAC) called the Smad-binding element (SBE). The protein acts as a tumor suppressor and inhibits epithelial cell proliferation. It may also have an inhibitory effect on tumors by reducing angiogenesis and increasing blood vessel hyperpermeability. The encoded protein is a crucial component of the bone morphogenetic protein signaling pathway. The Smad proteins are subject to complex regulation by post-translational modifications. Mutations or deletions in this gene have been shown to result in pancreatic cancer, juvenile polyposis syndrome, and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, May 2022]

SMAD4 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• juvenile polyposis/hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Genomics England PanelApp, G2P, PanelApp Australia
• Myhre syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Orphanet, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• generalized juvenile polyposis/juvenile polyposis coli

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp
• juvenile polyposis syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• pulmonary arterial hypertension

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 5 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a domain MH2 (size 229) in uniprot entity SMAD4_HUMAN there are 34 pathogenic changes around while only 2 benign (94%) in NM_005359.6
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: Splicing predictors support a deleterious effect. Scorers claiming Pathogenic: max_spliceai. No scorers claiming Uncertain. No scorers claiming Benign.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
SMAD4	NM_005359.6	c.1002G>T	p.Gln334His	missense_variant	Exon 9 of 12	ENST00000342988.8	NP_005350.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
SMAD4	ENST00000342988.8	c.1002G>T	p.Gln334His	missense_variant	Exon 9 of 12	5	NM_005359.6	ENSP00000341551.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000342 AC: 5 AN: 1461760 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 31 AF XY: 0.00000275 AC XY: 2 AN XY: 727204

⚠️ 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: 33478

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

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26132

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39680

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53416

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

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000450 AC: 5 AN: 1111920

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60384

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0.000889026), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:5

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Juvenile polyposis/hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia syndrome Uncertain:2

Feb 24, 2023

All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This missense variant replaces glutamine with histidine at codon 334 of the SMAD4 protein. Computational prediction suggests that this variant may have deleterious impact on protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold >= 0.7, PMID: 27666373). To our knowledge, functional studies have not been reported for this variant. This variant has not been reported in individuals affected with SMAD4-related disorders in the literature. This variant has not been identified in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). The available evidence is insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease conclusively. Therefore, this variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Feb 13, 2024

Baylor Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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not provided Uncertain:1

Dec 06, 2017

GeneDx

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant is denoted SMAD4 c.1002G>T at the cDNA level, p.Gln334His (Q334H) at the protein level, and results in the change of a Glutamine to a Histidine (CAG>CAT). This variant has not, to our knowledge, been published in the literature as pathogenic or benign. SMAD4 Gln334His was not observed in large population cohorts (Lek 2016). Since Glutamine and Histidine differ in some properties, this is considered a semi-conservative amino acid substitution. SMAD4 Gln334His is located in the MH2 domain (UniProt). In-silico analyses, including protein predictors and evolutionary conservation, support a deleterious effect. Based on currently available evidence, it is unclear whether SMAD4 Gln334His is a pathogenic or benign variant. We consider it to be a variant of uncertain significance. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome;C4707243:Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection Uncertain:1

Dec 13, 2024

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.Q334H variant (also known as c.1002G>T), located in coding exon 8 of the SMAD4 gene, results from a G to T substitution at nucleotide position 1002. The glutamine at codon 334 is replaced by histidine, an amino acid with highly similar properties. This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Juvenile polyposis syndrome Uncertain:1

Jul 23, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces glutamine, which is neutral and polar, with histidine, which is basic and polar, at codon 334 of the SMAD4 protein (p.Gln334His). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with SMAD4-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 419077). 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) has been performed at Invitae for this missense variant, however the output from this modeling did not meet the statistical confidence thresholds required to predict the impact of this variant on SMAD4 protein function. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.95
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.47	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.44
CADD	Pathogenic	32
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D;D
Eigen	Uncertain	0.55
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.51
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.93	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.94	.;D;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.68	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.93	D;D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	0.98	D
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.6	M;M;.
PhyloP100		0.67
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.84	D
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-4.4	D;D;.
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.82
Sift	Uncertain	0.0030	D;D;.
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.0050	D;D;D
Polyphen		0.99	D;D;.
Vest4		0.88
MutPred		0.62		Gain of catalytic residue at D332 (P = 0.248);Gain of catalytic residue at D332 (P = 0.248);.;
MVP		0.99
MPC		1.3
ClinPred		0.98	D
GERP RS		4.1
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.7
Varity_R		0.76
gMVP		0.81
Mutation Taster		=22/78	disease causing

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.66		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai		0.66		Position offset: 5

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs773598775; hg19: chr18-48591839;