6-7541916-A-G

Variant names:

• chr6-7541916-A-G
• rs1131691557
• NM_004415.4:c.1A>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 3 ACMG points: 3P and 0B. PVS1_Supporting PM2

The NM_004415.4(DSP):​c.1A>G​(p.Met1?) variant causes a start lost change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000686 in 1,457,608 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 30)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.9e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: DSP NM_004415.4 start_lost
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:4
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.29

Genes affected

DSP (HGNC:3052): (desmoplakin) This gene encodes a protein that anchors intermediate filaments to desmosomal plaques and forms an obligate component of functional desmosomes. Mutations in this gene are the cause of several cardiomyopathies and keratodermas, including skin fragility-woolly hair syndrome. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]

DSP-AS1 (HGNC:56039): (DSP antisense RNA 1)

ACMG classification

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 3 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Start lost variant, no pathogenic variants between lost start and next in-frame start position. Next in-frame start position is after 17 codons. Genomic position: 7541964. Lost 0.006 part of the original CDS.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
DSP	NM_004415.4	c.1A>G	p.Met1?	start_lost	Exon 1 of 24	ENST00000379802.8	NP_004406.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
DSP	ENST00000379802.8	c.1A>G	p.Met1?	start_lost	Exon 1 of 24	1	NM_004415.4	ENSP00000369129.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 30

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.86e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1457608 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 724826

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: 0.0000117

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 30

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:4

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma Uncertain:1

Nov 02, 2023

All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant results in the loss of the translation initiation codon methionine (p.Met1?) of the DSP protein. To our knowledge, functional studies have not been reported for this variant. This variant has been reported in 4 individuals from a population-based cohort who had not been previously diagnosed with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (PMID: 33684294). This variant has been identified in 2/233270 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). While loss of DSP function is a known mechanism of disease, one cannot rule out the possibility that a downstream in-frame methionine is used for alternate translation initiation and results in the production of truncated but functional DSP protein. 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. -

Cardiomyopathy Uncertain:1

Oct 19, 2023

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant results in the loss of the translation initiation codon methionine (p.Met1?) of the DSP protein. To our knowledge, functional studies have not been reported for this variant. This variant has been reported in 4 individuals from a population-based cohort who had not been previously diagnosed with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (PMID: 33684294). This variant has been identified in 2/233270 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). While loss of DSP function is a known mechanism of disease, one cannot rule out the possibility that a downstream in-frame methionine is used for alternate translation initiation and results in the production of truncated but functional DSP protein. 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. -

not provided Uncertain:1

Nov 13, 2024

GeneDx

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.1 A>G variant in the DSP gene has not been published previously, to our knowledge. As this variant changes the translation initiator Methionine codon, the resultant protein is described as p.Met1? using a question mark to signify that it is not known if the loss of Met1 means that all protein translation is completely prevented or if an abnormal protein is produced using an alternate Methionine. Although no translation initiator variants have been reported in the DSP gene, many loss-of-function variants are known to be pathogenic in this gene associated with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (Stenson et al., 2014). Based on the ACMG recommendations, c.1 A>G is interpreted as a pathogenic variant. -

Cardiovascular phenotype Uncertain:1

Nov 23, 2022

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.M1? variant (also known as c.1A>G) is located in coding exon 1 of the DSP gene and results from a A to G substitution at nucleotide position 1. This alters the methionine residue at the initiation codon (ATG). This variant has been detected in individuals from a cohort not selected for the presence of cardiovascular disease; however, clinical details were limited (Carruth ED et al. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2019 11;12(11):e002579). Variations that modify the initiation codon (ATG) are expected to result in either loss of translation initiation, N-terminal truncation, or cause a shift in the mRNA reading frame; however, there is an in-frame methionine 16 amino acids from the initiation site, which may result in N-terminal truncation of unknown functional significance. 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
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.17	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.010
CADD	Benign	23
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.17	T;.
Eigen	Benign	0.066
Eigen_PC	Benign	0.14
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.62	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.90	D;D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.99	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D
MetaSVM	Benign	-0.51	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-0.77	N;N
REVEL	Uncertain	0.47
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Polyphen		0.32	B;.
Vest4		0.73
MutPred		0.99		Loss of catalytic residue at M1 (P = 0.0761);Loss of catalytic residue at M1 (P = 0.0761);
MVP		0.94
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		3.9
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.6
Varity_R		0.84
gMVP		0.78

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.0		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1131691557; hg19: chr6-7542149;