20-63356709-G-T

Variant names:

• chr20-63356709-G-T
• rs2273504
• NM_000744.7:c.229-294C>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 2P and 4B. PM2 BP4_Strong

The NM_000744.7(CHRNA4):​c.229-294C>A variant causes a intron change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000132 in 152,004 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

• Frequency: Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 (0 hom., cov: 33)
• Consequence: CHRNA4 NM_000744.7 intron
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -0.872
• Publications: 22 publications found

Genes affected

CHRNA4 (HGNC:1958): (cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 4 subunit) This gene encodes a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, which belongs to a superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels that play a role in fast signal transmission at synapses. These pentameric receptors can bind acetylcholine, which causes an extensive change in conformation that leads to the opening of an ion-conducting channel across the plasma membrane. This protein is an integral membrane receptor subunit that can interact with either nAChR beta-2 or nAChR beta-4 to form a functional receptor. Mutations in this gene cause nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy type 1. Polymorphisms in this gene that provide protection against nicotine addiction have been described. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012]

CHRNA4 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
• familial sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.92).

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000744.7. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	CHRNA4	NM_000744.7	MANE Select	c.229-294C>A		intron	N/A	NP_000735.1
	CHRNA4	NM_001256573.2		c.-318-294C>A		intron	N/A	NP_001243502.1
	CHRNA4	NR_046317.2		n.413-294C>A		intron	N/A

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	CHRNA4	ENST00000370263.9	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.229-294C>A		intron	N/A	ENSP00000359285.4
	CHRNA4	ENST00000463705.5	TSL:1	n.1032-5682C>A		intron	N/A
	CHRNA4	ENST00000467563.3	TSL:1	n.281-294C>A		intron	N/A

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.0000132 AC: 2 AN: 152004 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMI AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR AF: 0.00

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: 0.0000294

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

We have no GnomAD4 exomes data on this position. Probably position not covered by the project.

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.0000132 AC: 2 AN: 152004 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 74230

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 41358

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 15278

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 3472

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5182

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 4832

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 10616

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 316

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.0000294 AC: 2 AN: 67954

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 2086

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 3036

Bravo AF: 0.0000113

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.92
CADD	Benign	3.0
DANN	Benign	0.49
PhyloP100		-0.87

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.020		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: rs2273504; hg19: chr20-61988061;