22-29636877-G-T

Variant names:

• chr22-29636877-G-T
• rs587776562
• NM_000268.4:c.240+1G>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PVS1_Moderate PM2 PP5_Moderate

The NM_000268.4(NF2):​c.240+1G>T 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 (★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: NF2 NM_000268.4 splice_donor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:4
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 10.0

Genes affected

NF2 (HGNC:7773): (NF2, moesin-ezrin-radixin like (MERLIN) tumor suppressor) This gene encodes a protein that is similar to some members of the ERM (ezrin, radixin, moesin) family of proteins that link cytoskeletal components with proteins in the cell membrane. The encoded protein is involved in regulation of contact-dependent inhibition of cell proliferation and functions in cell-cell adhesion and transmembrane signaling. The encoded protein has been shown to interact with cell-surface proteins, proteins involved in cytoskeletal dynamics, and proteins involved in regulating ion transport. Disruption of this protein's function has been implicated in tumorigenesis and metastasis. Mutations in this gene are associated with neurofibromatosis type II which is characterized by nervous system and skin tumors and ocular abnormalities. [provided by RefSeq, May 2022]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 6 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, product NOT destroyed by NMD, known LOF gene, truncates exone, which is 0.0704698 fraction of the gene. Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 3.4, offset of 25, new splice context is: ctgGTgggg. Cryptic site results in frameshift change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in inframe change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 22-29636877-G-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr22-29636877-G-T is described in ClinVar as [Pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 3283.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars. Variant chr22-29636877-G-T is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
NF2	NM_000268.4	c.240+1G>T		splice_donor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 2 of 15	ENST00000338641.10	NP_000259.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
NF2	ENST00000338641.10	c.240+1G>T		splice_donor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 2 of 15	1	NM_000268.4	ENSP00000344666.5

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:4

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Neurofibromatosis, type 2 Pathogenic:2

Sep 01, 2023

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 3283). This variant is also known as junction 80/81aggt to agtt. Disruption of this splice site has been observed in individuals with neurofibromatosis type 2 (PMID: 8379998). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change affects a donor splice site in intron 2 of the NF2 gene. It is expected to disrupt RNA splicing. Variants that disrupt the donor or acceptor splice site typically lead to a loss of protein function (PMID: 16199547), and loss-of-function variants in NF2 are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 9643284, 16983642). -

Jun 10, 1993

OMIM

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: literature only

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Acoustic neuroma Pathogenic:1

Apr 03, 2025

Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University Hospital Tübingen

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:1

Dec 13, 2024

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.240+1G>T intronic pathogenic mutation results from a G to T substitution one nucleotide after coding exon 2 of the NF2 gene. Alterations that disrupt the canonical splice site are expected to result in aberrant splicing. In silico splice site analysis predicts that this alteration will weaken the native splice donor site and may result in the creation or strengthening of a novel splice donor site. A resulting transcript is predicted to be in-frame and is not expected to trigger nonsense-mediated mRNAdecay; although, direct evidence is unavailable. However, the region predicted to be impacted is critical for protein function (Ambry internal data). This variant was reported in individual(s) with features consistent with NF2-related schwannomatosis (Rouleau GA et al. Nature, 1993 Jun;363:515-21; Ambry internal data).This variant is considered to be rare based on population cohorts in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). This nucleotide position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. Based on the supporting evidence, this variant is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.63	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.37
CADD	Pathogenic	35
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.3
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	1.1
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
GERP RS		5.7

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.94
SpliceAI score (max)		0.85		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DG_spliceai		0.42		Position offset: 35
DS_DL_spliceai		0.85		Position offset: -1

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs587776562; hg19: chr22-30032866; COSMIC: COSV58532819;