3-37004473-A-G

Variant names:

• chr3-37004473-A-G
• rs587779007
• NM_000249.4:c.379A>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5 PP3_Strong

The NM_000249.4(MLH1):​c.379A>G​(p.Arg127Gly) variant causes a missense, splice region change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,460,998 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 2/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. 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. R127K) has been classified as Pathogenic.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: MLH1 NM_000249.4 missense, splice_region
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 0.9999
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 6.84
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

MLH1 (HGNC:7127): (mutL homolog 1) The protein encoded by this gene can heterodimerize with mismatch repair endonuclease PMS2 to form MutL alpha, part of the DNA mismatch repair system. When MutL alpha is bound by MutS beta and some accessory proteins, the PMS2 subunit of MutL alpha introduces a single-strand break near DNA mismatches, providing an entry point for exonuclease degradation. The encoded protein is also involved in DNA damage signaling and can heterodimerize with DNA mismatch repair protein MLH3 to form MutL gamma, which is involved in meiosis. This gene was identified as a locus frequently mutated in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC). [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2017]

MLH1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Lynch syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: G2P, ClinGen, Orphanet
• Lynch syndrome 2

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Genomics England PanelApp
• Muir-Torre syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics, G2P, Orphanet
• mismatch repair cancer syndrome 1

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, ClinGen
• Lynch syndrome 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• ovarian cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• malignant pancreatic neoplasm

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• rhabdomyosarcoma

  Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• prostate cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• breast cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• hereditary breast carcinoma

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 10 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 39 uncertain in NM_000249.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr3-37004474-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 90194.Status of the report is reviewed_by_expert_panel, 3 stars.
• PP3: Splicing predictors support a deleterious effect. Scorers claiming Pathogenic: dbscSNV1_ADA, dbscSNV1_RF. No scorers claiming Uncertain. Scorers claiming Benign: max_spliceai.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000249.4. 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
	MLH1	NM_000249.4	MANE Select	c.379A>G	p.Arg127Gly	missense splice_region	Exon 4 of 19	NP_000240.1
	MLH1	NM_001354628.2		c.379A>G	p.Arg127Gly	missense splice_region	Exon 4 of 18	NP_001341557.1
	MLH1	NM_001354629.2		c.280A>G	p.Arg94Gly	missense splice_region	Exon 3 of 18	NP_001341558.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	MLH1	ENST00000231790.8	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.379A>G	p.Arg127Gly	missense splice_region	Exon 4 of 19	ENSP00000231790.3
	MLH1	ENST00000456676.7	TSL:1	c.379A>G	p.Arg127Gly	missense splice_region	Exon 4 of 17	ENSP00000416687.3
	MLH1	ENST00000413740.2	TSL:1	c.379A>G	p.Arg127Gly	missense splice_region	Exon 4 of 15	ENSP00000416476.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1460998 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 30 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 726878

⚠️ 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: 33466

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: 39682

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86240

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53414

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5766

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 9.00e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1111198

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60376

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal neoplasms Uncertain:1

May 15, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 127 of the MLH1 protein (p.Arg127Gly). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with MLH1-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1735009). An algorithm developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (PolyPhen-2) suggests that this variant is likely to be disruptive. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. 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 30, 2020

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.R127G variant (also known as c.379A>G), located in coding exon 4 of the MLH1 gene, results from an A to G substitution at nucleotide position 379. The arginine at codon 127 is replaced by glycine, an amino acid with dissimilar 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.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.78
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.51	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.50
CADD	Pathogenic	33
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.88	D
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.71
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.70
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.99	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.50	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.85	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.0	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.0	M
PhyloP100		6.8
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.62	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-5.3	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.86
Sift	Uncertain	0.0020	D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.0040	D
Polyphen		0.74	P
Vest4		0.87
MutPred		0.52		Loss of methylation at R127 (P = 0.0211)
MVP		0.99
MPC		0.42
ClinPred		0.99	D
GERP RS		5.7
Varity_R		0.86
gMVP		0.92
Mutation Taster		=6/94	disease causing

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	1.0
SpliceAI score (max)		0.14		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: rs587779007; hg19: chr3-37045964;