18-55234546-A-C

Variant names:

• chr18-55234546-A-C
• rs1555721921
• NM_001083962.2:c.1486+2T>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points: 11P and 0B. PVS1 PM2 PP5

The NM_001083962.2(TCF4):​c.1486+2T>G variant causes a splice donor, intron change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (no stars). The gene TCF4 is included in the ClinGen Criteria Specification Registry.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: TCF4 NM_001083962.2 splice_donor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic no assertion criteria provided P:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.91
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

TCF4 (HGNC:11634): (transcription factor 4) This gene encodes transcription factor 4, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor. The encoded protein recognizes an Ephrussi-box ('E-box') binding site ('CANNTG') - a motif first identified in immunoglobulin enhancers. This gene is broadly expressed, and may play an important role in nervous system development. Defects in this gene are a cause of Pitt-Hopkins syndrome. In addition, an intronic CTG repeat normally numbering 10-37 repeat units can expand to >50 repeat units and cause Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode different proteins have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2016]

TCF4 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Pitt-Hopkins syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: G2P, PanelApp Australia, Orphanet, Ambry Genetics, ClinGen, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• corneal dystrophy, Fuchs endothelial, 3

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: G2P
• autosomal dominant non-syndromic intellectual disability

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• autism spectrum disorder

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• intellectual disability

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

ACMG classification

Specifications for TCF4 are available in the ClinGen Criteria Specification Registry and recommended for reference when assigning criteria.

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, LoF is a know mechanism of disease, Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 3.5, offset of 4, new splice context is: gagGTtggc. Cryptic site results in frameshift change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in frameshift change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 18-55234546-A-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr18-55234546-A-C is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 626271.Status of the report is no_assertion_criteria_provided, 0 stars.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_001083962.2. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	TCF4	NM_001083962.2	MANE Select	c.1486+2T>G		splice_donor intron	N/A	NP_001077431.1	P15884-3
	TCF4	NM_001243226.3		c.1792+2T>G		splice_donor intron	N/A	NP_001230155.2	E9PH57
	TCF4	NM_001243228.2		c.1504+2T>G		splice_donor intron	N/A	NP_001230157.1	H3BTP3

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	TCF4	ENST00000354452.8	TSL:5 MANE Select	c.1486+2T>G		splice_donor intron	N/A	ENSP00000346440.3	P15884-3
	TCF4	ENST00000398339.5	TSL:1	c.1792+2T>G		splice_donor intron	N/A	ENSP00000381382.1	E9PH57
	TCF4	ENST00000356073.8	TSL:1	c.1486+2T>G		splice_donor intron	N/A	ENSP00000348374.4	P15884-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance: Pathogenic

Revision: no assertion criteria provided

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
1	-	-	Pitt-Hopkins syndrome (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.63	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.11
CADD	Pathogenic	30
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.1
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.97
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.94	D
PhyloP100		7.9
GERP RS		5.5
Mutation Taster		=0/100	disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.93
SpliceAI score (max)		0.98		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai		0.98		Position offset: 2

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1555721921; hg19: chr18-52901777;