3-10146608-G-C

Variant names:

• chr3-10146608-G-C
• rs771727849
• NM_000551.4:c.435G>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP3_Moderate

The NM_000551.4(VHL):​c.435G>C​(p.Gln145His) variant causes a missense change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. Q145R) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: VHL NM_000551.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:3
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 4.98
• Publications: 8 publications found

Genes affected

VHL (HGNC:12687): (von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor) This gene encodes a component of a ubiquitination complex. The encoded protein is involved in the ubiquitination and degradation of hypoxia-inducible-factor (HIF), which is a transcription factor that plays a central role in the regulation of gene expression by oxygen. In addition to oxygen-related gene expression, this protein plays a role in many other cellular processes including cilia formation, cytokine signaling, regulation of senescence, and formation of the extracellular matrix. Variants of this gene are associated with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, pheochromocytoma, erythrocytosis, renal cell carcinoma, and cerebellar hemangioblastoma. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2022]

VHL Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• pheochromocytoma

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: G2P
• von Hippel-Lindau disease

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Orphanet
• renal cell carcinoma

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• autosomal recessive secondary polycythemia not associated with VHL gene

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• Chuvash polycythemia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet
• hereditary pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 10 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 2 benign, 32 uncertain in NM_000551.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.912

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
VHL	NM_000551.4	c.435G>C	p.Gln145His	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 3	ENST00000256474.3	NP_000542.1
VHL	NR_176335.1	n.764G>C		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 3 of 4
VHL	NM_001354723.2	c.*18-3179G>C		intron_variant	Intron 2 of 2		NP_001341652.1
VHL	NM_198156.3	c.341-3179G>C		intron_variant	Intron 1 of 1		NP_937799.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
VHL	ENST00000256474.3	c.435G>C	p.Gln145His	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 3	1	NM_000551.4	ENSP00000256474.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.00000398 AC: 1 AN: 251494 AF XY: 0.00000736

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.00000879

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:3

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome Uncertain:1

Jul 29, 2024

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 145 of the VHL 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). A functional study has reported that this variant impairs HIF-2alpha degradation and alters binding specificity to HIF-1alpha (PMID: 15611064). This variant has not been reported in individuals affected with hereditary cancer in the literature. This variant has been identified in 1/251494 chromosomes 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. -

Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome;C1837915:Chuvash polycythemia Uncertain:1

Nov 20, 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 145 of the VHL protein (p.Gln145His). This variant is present in population databases (no rsID available, gnomAD 0.0009%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with VHL-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 216479). Invitae Evidence Modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt VHL protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects VHL function (PMID: 15611064). 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. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:1

Jun 11, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.Q145H variant (also known as c.435G>C), located in coding exon 2 of the VHL gene, results from a G to C substitution at nucleotide position 435. The glutamine at codon 145 is replaced by histidine, an amino acid with highly similar properties. Functional in vitro studies indicate this alteration disrupts binding to HIF-2 alpha and fails to degrade HIF-2 alpha (Miller F et al. J Biol Chem, 2005 Mar;280:7985-96). This variant was detected as heterozygous in individual(s) with no reported features of Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (Ambry internal data). This amino acid position is well 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. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.79
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.33	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.24
CADD	Uncertain	23
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.82	D
Eigen	Uncertain	0.32
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.31
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.91	D
LIST_S2	Benign	0.75	T
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.74	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.91	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Benign	1.8	L
PhyloP100		5.0
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.63	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-2.1	N
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.79
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.0030	D
Polyphen		0.99	D
Vest4		0.65
MutPred		0.67		Loss of sheet (P = 0.1158);
MVP		1.0
MPC		1.0
ClinPred		0.84	D
GERP RS		4.2
Varity_R		0.80
gMVP		0.82
Mutation Taster		=55/45	polymorphism

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.030		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: rs771727849; hg19: chr3-10188292;