Genetic Variant VEGFA:c.-663C>A (chr6-43770044-C-A) – ACMG Classification: Likely_benign (-2 pts)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -2 ACMG points: 2P and 4B. PM2BP4_Strong

The NM_003376.6(VEGFA):c.-663C>A variant causes a upstream gene change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000102 in 294,798 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)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000070 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

VEGFA
NM_003376.6 upstream_gene

Scores

Clinical Significance

Not reported in ClinVar

Conservation

PhyloP100: -1.43

Variant links:

Genes affected

VEGFA (HGNC:12680): (vascular endothelial growth factor A) This gene is a member of the PDGF/VEGF growth factor family. It encodes a heparin-binding protein, which exists as a disulfide-linked homodimer. This growth factor induces proliferation and migration of vascular endothelial cells, and is essential for both physiological and pathological angiogenesis. Disruption of this gene in mice resulted in abnormal embryonic blood vessel formation. This gene is upregulated in many known tumors and its expression is correlated with tumor stage and progression. Elevated levels of this protein are found in patients with POEMS syndrome, also known as Crow-Fukase syndrome. Allelic variants of this gene have been associated with microvascular complications of diabetes 1 (MVCD1) and atherosclerosis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described. There is also evidence for alternative translation initiation from upstream non-AUG (CUG) codons resulting in additional isoforms. A recent study showed that a C-terminally extended isoform is produced by use of an alternative in-frame translation termination codon via a stop codon readthrough mechanism, and that this isoform is antiangiogenic. Expression of some isoforms derived from the AUG start codon is regulated by a small upstream open reading frame, which is located within an internal ribosome entry site. The levels of VEGF are increased during infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), thus promoting inflammation by facilitating recruitment of inflammatory cells, and by increasing the level of angiopoietin II (Ang II), one of two products of the SARS-CoV-2 binding target, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). In turn, Ang II facilitates the elevation of VEGF, thus forming a vicious cycle in the release of inflammatory cytokines. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2020]

VEGFA links:

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -2 ACMG points.

PM2

Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.76).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
VEGFA	NM_003376.6 link	c.-663C>A		upstream_gene_variant		ENST00000672860.3	NP_003367.4	P15692-13

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	Effect	TSL	MANE	Protein	UniProt
VEGFA	ENST00000672860.3 link	c.-663C>A	upstream_gene_variant		NM_003376.6	ENSP00000500082.3	P15692-13A0A5F9ZH41
VEGFA	ENST00000425836.9 link	c.-663C>A	upstream_gene_variant	1		ENSP00000388465.4	A0A0A0MSH5
VEGFA	ENST00000372067.8 link	c.-663C>A	upstream_gene_variant	1		ENSP00000361137.4	P15692-11H3BLW8
VEGFA	ENST00000476772.5 link	n.-140C>A	upstream_gene_variant	1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000131

AC:

AN:

152100

Hom.:

Cov.:

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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

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.00000701

AC:

AN:

142698

Hom.:

AF XY:

0.0000142

AC XY:

AN XY:

70230

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Gnomad4 AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome

AF:

0.0000112

Gnomad4 OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000131

AC:

AN:

152100

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000135

AC XY:

AN XY:

74306

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Gnomad4 AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 AMR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 SAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 NFE

AF:

0.0000294

Gnomad4 OTH

AF:

0.00

Bravo

AF:

0.00000756

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_noAF

Benign

-0.76

CADD

Benign

5.9

DANN

Benign

0.89

Splicing

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

Publications

LitVar

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

ClinVar

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

LitVar

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