8-143935910-G-T

Variant names:

• chr8-143935910-G-T
• rs189256993
• NM_201384.3:c.540C>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PVS1 PM2

The NM_201384.3(PLEC):​c.540C>A​(p.Cys180*) variant causes a stop gained change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000137 in 1,460,648 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar. Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. C180C) has been classified as Likely benign. Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000014 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: PLEC NM_201384.3 stop_gained
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -0.307
• Publications: 0 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 These names were superseded by plectin.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: Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Loss of function variant, product undergoes nonsense mediated mRNA decay. LoF is a known mechanism of disease.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage

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.540C>A	p.Cys180*	stop_gained	Exon 6 of 32	NP_958786.1
	PLEC	NM_201378.4	MANE Plus Clinical	c.498C>A	p.Cys166*	stop_gained	Exon 6 of 32	NP_958780.1
	PLEC	NM_201380.4		c.951C>A	p.Cys317*	stop_gained	Exon 6 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.540C>A	p.Cys180*	stop_gained	Exon 6 of 32	ENSP00000344848.3
	PLEC	ENST00000356346.7	TSL:1 MANE Plus Clinical	c.498C>A	p.Cys166*	stop_gained	Exon 6 of 32	ENSP00000348702.3
	PLEC	ENST00000322810.8	TSL:1	c.951C>A	p.Cys317*	stop_gained	Exon 6 of 32	ENSP00000323856.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000137 AC: 2 AN: 1460648 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 726618

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33480

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44712

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39700

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86252

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 52260

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000180 AC: 2 AN: 1111964

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

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.60	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	-0.010
CADD	Pathogenic	33
DANN	Benign	0.97
Eigen	Benign	-0.56
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.92
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.39	N
PhyloP100		-0.31
Vest4		0.80
GERP RS		-8.8
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.7
Mutation Taster		=3/197	disease causing (fs/PTC)

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: rs189256993; hg19: chr8-145010078;