8-143925760-G-A

Variant names:

• chr8-143925760-G-A
• rs781873089
• NM_201384.3:c.4169C>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points: 0P and 2B. BP4_Moderate

The NM_201384.3(PLEC):​c.4169C>T​(p.Ala1390Val) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000044 in 1,592,156 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. A1390A) has been classified as Likely benign.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 (0 hom., cov: 34)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000042 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: PLEC NM_201384.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.84
• Publications: 3 publications found

Genes affected

PLEC (HGNC:9069): (plectin) Plectin is a prominent member of an important family of structurally and in part functionally related proteins, termed plakins or cytolinkers, that are capable of interlinking different elements of the cytoskeleton. Plakins, with their multi-domain structure and enormous size, not only play crucial roles in maintaining cell and tissue integrity and orchestrating dynamic changes in cytoarchitecture and cell shape, but also serve as scaffolding platforms for the assembly, positioning, and regulation of signaling complexes (reviewed in PMID: 9701547, 11854008, and 17499243). Plectin is expressed as several protein isoforms in a wide range of cell types and tissues from a single gene located on chromosome 8 in humans (PMID: 8633055, 8698233). Until 2010, this locus was named plectin 1 (symbol PLEC1 in human; Plec1 in mouse and rat) and the gene product had been referred to as "hemidesmosomal protein 1" or "plectin 1, intermediate filament binding 500kDa". These names were superseded by plectin. The plectin gene locus in mouse on chromosome 15 has been analyzed in detail (PMID: 10556294, 14559777), revealing a genomic exon-intron organization with well over 40 exons spanning over 62 kb and an unusual 5' transcript complexity of plectin isoforms. Eleven exons (1-1j) have been identified that alternatively splice directly into a common exon 2 which is the first exon to encode plectin's highly conserved actin binding domain (ABD). Three additional exons (-1, 0a, and 0) splice into an alternative first coding exon (1c), and two additional exons (2alpha and 3alpha) are optionally spliced within the exons encoding the acting binding domain (exons 2-8). Analysis of the human locus has identified eight of the eleven alternative 5' exons found in mouse and rat (PMID: 14672974); exons 1i, 1j and 1h have not been confirmed in human. Furthermore, isoforms lacking the central rod domain encoded by exon 31 have been detected in mouse (PMID:10556294), rat (PMID: 9177781), and human (PMID: 11441066, 10780662, 20052759). The short alternative amino-terminal sequences encoded by the different first exons direct the targeting of the various isoforms to distinct subcellular locations (PMID: 14559777). As the expression of specific plectin isoforms was found to be dependent on cell type (tissue) and stage of development (PMID: 10556294, 12542521, 17389230) it appears that each cell type (tissue) contains a unique set (proportion and composition) of plectin isoforms, as if custom-made for specific requirements of the particular cells. Concordantly, individual isoforms were found to carry out distinct and specific functions (PMID: 14559777, 12542521, 18541706). In 1996, a number of groups reported that patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD) lacked plectin expression in skin and muscle tissues due to defects in the plectin gene (PMID: 8698233, 8941634, 8636409, 8894687, 8696340). Two other subtypes of plectin-related EBS have been described: EBS-pyloric atresia (PA) and EBS-Ogna. For reviews of plectin-related diseases see PMID: 15810881, 19945614. Mutations in the plectin gene related to human diseases should be named based on the position in NM_000445 (variant 1, isoform 1c), unless the mutation is located within one of the other alternative first exons, in which case the position in the respective Reference Sequence should be used. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]

PLEC Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• epidermolysis bullosa simplex

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: G2P
• epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5A, Ogna type

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, PanelApp Australia, Genomics England PanelApp
• autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• congenital myasthenic syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp
• epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
• epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: PanelApp Australia
• autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

  Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen
• aplasia cutis congenita

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• cholestasis

  Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -2 ACMG points.

• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.18136662).

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_201384.3. 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
	PLEC	NM_201384.3	MANE Select	c.4169C>T	p.Ala1390Val	missense	Exon 31 of 32	NP_958786.1
	PLEC	NM_201378.4	MANE Plus Clinical	c.4127C>T	p.Ala1376Val	missense	Exon 31 of 32	NP_958780.1
	PLEC	NM_201380.4		c.4580C>T	p.Ala1527Val	missense	Exon 31 of 32	NP_958782.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	PLEC	ENST00000345136.8	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.4169C>T	p.Ala1390Val	missense	Exon 31 of 32	ENSP00000344848.3
	PLEC	ENST00000356346.7	TSL:1 MANE Plus Clinical	c.4127C>T	p.Ala1376Val	missense	Exon 31 of 32	ENSP00000348702.3
	PLEC	ENST00000322810.8	TSL:1	c.4580C>T	p.Ala1527Val	missense	Exon 31 of 32	ENSP00000323856.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152128 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 34

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: 0.000207

Gnomad FIN AF: 0.00

Gnomad MID AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE AF: 0.00

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.00000469 AC: 1 AN: 213362 AF XY: 0.00000841

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.0000300

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000417 AC: 6 AN: 1440028 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 62 AF XY: 0.00000559 AC XY: 4 AN XY: 716134

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33302

American (AMR) AF: 0.0000226 AC: 1 AN: 44210

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 25910

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39430

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 85434

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 37716

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5686

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000451 AC: 5 AN: 1108450

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 59890

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152128 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 34 AF XY: 0.0000135 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 74314

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 41426

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 15278

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 3470

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5180

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.000207 AC: 1 AN: 4834

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 10604

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 314

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 68020

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 2090

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5. (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

ExAC AF: 0.0000170 AC: 2

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

not specified Uncertain:1

Mar 06, 2017

Athena Diagnostics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Inborn genetic diseases Uncertain:1

Jun 03, 2024

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.4250C>T (p.A1417V) alteration is located in exon 32 (coding exon 31) of the PLEC gene. This alteration results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 4250, causing the alanine (A) at amino acid position 1417 to be replaced by a valine (V). Based on insufficient or conflicting evidence, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.33
BayesDel_addAF	Benign	-0.12	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.33
CADD	Uncertain	25
DANN	Benign	0.97
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.075	T
Eigen	Uncertain	0.47
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.40
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.96	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.99	D
M_CAP	Benign	0.060	D
MetaRNN	Benign	0.18	T
MetaSVM	Benign	-0.93	T
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.4	M
PhyloP100		3.8
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.65	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-0.63	N
REVEL	Benign	0.21
Sift	Uncertain	0.016	D
Sift4G	Benign	0.17	T
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.37
MutPred		0.16		Loss of ubiquitination at K1528 (P = 0.0415)
MVP		0.58
ClinPred		0.44	T
GERP RS		4.4
Varity_R		0.34
gMVP		0.51
Mutation Taster		=57/43	polymorphism

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs781873089; hg19: chr8-144999928;