7-19116867-G-T

Variant names:

• chr7-19116867-G-T
• rs1554441982
• NM_000474.4:c.455C>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points: 8P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP3_Strong

The NM_000474.4(TWIST1):​c.455C>A​(p.Ala152Glu) variant causes a missense 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. 12/21 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: TWIST1 NM_000474.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.83

Genes affected

TWIST1 (HGNC:12428): (twist family bHLH transcription factor 1) This gene encodes a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor that plays an important role in embryonic development. The encoded protein forms both homodimers and heterodimers that bind to DNA E box sequences and regulate the transcription of genes involved in cranial suture closure during skull development. This protein may also regulate neural tube closure, limb development and brown fat metabolism. This gene is hypermethylated and overexpressed in multiple human cancers, and the encoded protein promotes tumor cell invasion and metastasis, as well as metastatic recurrence. Mutations in this gene cause Saethre-Chotzen syndrome in human patients, which is characterized by craniosynostosis, ptosis and hypertelorism. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2020]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a domain bHLH (size 51) in uniprot entity TWST1_HUMAN there are 15 pathogenic changes around while only 0 benign (100%) in NM_000474.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.99

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
TWIST1	NM_000474.4	c.455C>A	p.Ala152Glu	missense_variant	Exon 1 of 2	ENST00000242261.6	NP_000465.1
TWIST1	NR_149001.2	n.770C>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 1 of 3

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
TWIST1	ENST00000242261.6	c.455C>A	p.Ala152Glu	missense_variant	Exon 1 of 2	1	NM_000474.4	ENSP00000242261.5
TWIST1	ENST00000354571.5	n.251C>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 1 of 3	2		ENSP00000346582.5
TWIST1	ENST00000443687.5	n.56C>A		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 1 of 4	4		ENSP00000416986.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:1

Jan 30, 2020

GeneDx

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Not observed in large population cohorts (Lek et al., 2016); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Has not been previously published as pathogenic or benign to our knowledge -

Saethre-Chotzen syndrome;C4551902:TWIST1-related craniosynostosis Uncertain:1

Apr 16, 2017

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces alanine with glutamic acid at codon 152 of the TWIST1 protein (p.Ala152Glu). The alanine residue is highly conserved and there is a moderate physicochemical difference between alanine and glutamic acid. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency) and has not been reported in the literature in individuals with a TWIST1-related disease. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive, but these predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies. In summary, this variant is a novel missense change with uncertain impact on protein function. It has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	1.0
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.57	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.59
CADD	Pathogenic	34
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.99	D
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.92
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.78
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.97	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.99	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.90	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	0.99	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.9	H
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.91	D
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-5.0	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.95
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.97
MutPred		0.89		Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0651);
MVP		1.0
MPC		2.8
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		3.9
Varity_R		0.99
gMVP		1.0

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: rs1554441982; hg19: chr7-19156490;