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M-3243-A-T

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Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 7 ACMG points: 7P and 0B. PM2_SupportingPS3_ModeratePP3PS4_ModeratePM5_Supporting

This summary comes from the ClinGen Evidence Repository: The m.3243A>T variant in MT-TL1 has been reported in eight unrelated probands with primary mitochondrial disease. Features in affected individuals include mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) and chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO), as well as myoclonic epilepsy, exercise intolerance with rhabdomyolysis, cataracts, sensorineural hearing loss, diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, and ataxia (PMIDs: 9168904, 18203188, 20471262, 23220830, 30210801, 33924034, 25504047; PS4_moderate). In all individuals, the variant was present at heteroplasmy, ranging from 69-99% in muscle and 13-50% in blood. Age of onset varied from six to 29 years old. There are no large families reported in the medical literature to consider for evidence of segregation. There are no de novo occurrences of this variant reported to our knowledge. The m.3243A>T variant is absent in the GenBank dataset and gnomAD3.1.2. There is one heteroplasmic occurrence in 195,893 sequences in the Helix database, however the overall frequency is still low (PM2_supporting). The computational predictor MitoTIP suggests this variant is pathogenic, scoring in the 58.8 percentile, and HmtVAR also predicts it to be pathogenic with a score of 0.8 (PP3). The m.3243A>T variant is at the same nucleotide position as a previously established pathogenic variant (m. 3243A>G; PM5_supporting). Several different functional studies have been performed on this variant that support its pathogenicity and show independent deleterious effects of the variant, including generation of cybrids, single fiber testing, and aminoacylation assays (PS3_moderate). Cybrids with high levels of this variant, when compared to wild type, showed lower oxygen consumption, higher glucose consumption and lactate production, increased motility and migration capacities associated with specific glycosylation patterns, lower growth rate, and altered cellular processes (PMIDs: 25504047, 32273537). Single fiber testing showed higher levels of the variant in COX-deficient fibers (95.8 ± 0.7%, n=9) than in COX-positive fibers (44.3 ± 8.8%, n=9; p < 0.001; PMID:20471262). Structural and aminoacylation studies of in-vitro transcribed human tRNALeu(UUR) showed that the m.3243A>T variant was associated with a 300-fold loss of aminoacylation efficiency (PMID:12729737). In summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as likely pathogenic for primary mitochondrial disease inherited in a mitochondrial manner. We note that one expert on this panel felt pathogenic was a more appropriate classification given the functional evidence of impact however the majority agreed with likely pathogenic. This classification was approved by the NICHD/NINDS U24 ClinGen Mitochondrial Disease Variant Curation Expert Panel on October 10, 2022. Mitochondrial DNA-specific ACMG/AMP criteria applied (PMID:32906214): PS4_moderate, PM2_supporting, PP3, PM5_supporting, PS3_moderate. LINK:https://erepo.genome.network/evrepo/ui/classification/CA913168968/MONDO:0044970/014

Frequency

Mitomap GenBank:
Absent

Consequence

MT-TL1
ENST00000386347.1 non_coding_transcript_exon

Scores

Mitotip
Uncertain
13

Clinical Significance

Likely pathogenic reviewed by expert panel P:3O:1
MELAS-/-Leigh-Syndrome-/-DMDF-/-MIDD-/-SNHL-/-CPEO-/-MM-/-FSGS-/-ASD-/-Cardiac+multi-organ-dysfunction,MM-/-MELAS-/-SNHL-/-CPEO

Conservation

PhyloP100: 5.83
Variant links:
Genes affected
MT-TL1 (HGNC:7490): (mitochondrially encoded tRNA leucine 1 (UUA/G)) Implicated in cardiomyopathy. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
MT-RNR2 (HGNC:7471): (mitochondrially encoded 16S RNA) Enables G protein-coupled receptor binding activity; protein self-association; and receptor antagonist activity. Involved in several processes, including leukocyte chemotaxis; negative regulation of cell death; and negative regulation of neuroinflammatory response. Located in several cellular components, including mitochondrion; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; and sperm midpiece. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 7 ACMG points.

PS3
PS4
PM2
PM5
PP3

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
TRNL1TRNL1.1 use as main transcriptn.14A>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant 1/1
RNR2RNR2.1 use as main transcript downstream_gene_variant

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
MT-TL1ENST00000386347.1 linkuse as main transcriptn.14A>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant 1/1
MT-RNR2ENST00000387347.2 linkuse as main transcript downstream_gene_variant

Frequencies

GnomAD4 exome
Cov.:
0
We have no GnomAD4 genomes data on this position. Probably position not covered by the project.

Mitomap

MELAS-/-Leigh-Syndrome-/-DMDF-/-MIDD-/-SNHL-/-CPEO-/-MM-/-FSGS-/-ASD-/-Cardiac+multi-organ-dysfunction,MM-/-MELAS-/-SNHL-/-CPEO

ClinVar

Significance: Likely pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:3Other:1
Revision: reviewed by expert panel
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Juvenile myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis AND stroke Pathogenic:2Other:1
not provided, no classification providedphenotyping onlyGenomeConnect, ClinGen-Variant classified as Pathogenic and reported on 08-31-2015 by Lab or GTR ID 26957. GenomeConnect assertions are reported exactly as they appear on the patient-provided report from the testing laboratory. GenomeConnect staff make no attempt to reinterpret the clinical significance of the variant. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingWong Mito Lab, Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of MedicineJul 12, 2019The NC_012920.1:m.3243A>T variant in MT-TL1 gene is interpreted to be a Pathogenic variant based on the modified ACMG guidelines (unpublished). This variant meets the following evidence codes reported in the guidelines: PS3, PS5, PM5, PP3 -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingMendelicsMay 04, 2022- -
Mitochondrial disease Pathogenic:1
Likely pathogenic, reviewed by expert panelcurationClinGen Mitochondrial Disease Nuclear and Mitochondrial Variant Curation Expert Panel, ClinGenOct 10, 2022The m.3243A>T variant in MT-TL1 has been reported in eight unrelated probands with primary mitochondrial disease. Features in affected individuals include mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) and chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO), as well as myoclonic epilepsy, exercise intolerance with rhabdomyolysis, cataracts, sensorineural hearing loss, diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, and ataxia (PMIDs: 9168904, 18203188, 20471262, 23220830, 30210801, 33924034, 25504047; PS4_moderate). In all individuals, the variant was present at heteroplasmy, ranging from 69-99% in muscle and 13-50% in blood. Age of onset varied from six to 29 years old. There are no large families reported in the medical literature to consider for evidence of segregation. There are no de novo occurrences of this variant reported to our knowledge. The m.3243A>T variant is absent in the GenBank dataset and gnomAD3.1.2. There is one heteroplasmic occurrence in 195,893 sequences in the Helix database, however the overall frequency is still low (PM2_supporting). The computational predictor MitoTIP suggests this variant is pathogenic, scoring in the 58.8 percentile, and HmtVAR also predicts it to be pathogenic with a score of 0.8 (PP3). The m.3243A>T variant is at the same nucleotide position as a previously established pathogenic variant (m. 3243A>G; PM5_supporting). Several different functional studies have been performed on this variant that support its pathogenicity and show independent deleterious effects of the variant, including generation of cybrids, single fiber testing, and aminoacylation assays (PS3_moderate). Cybrids with high levels of this variant, when compared to wild type, showed lower oxygen consumption, higher glucose consumption and lactate production, increased motility and migration capacities associated with specific glycosylation patterns, lower growth rate, and altered cellular processes (PMIDs: 25504047, 32273537). Single fiber testing showed higher levels of the variant in COX-deficient fibers (95.8 ± 0.7%, n=9) than in COX-positive fibers (44.3 ± 8.8%, n=9; p < 0.001; PMID: 20471262). Structural and aminoacylation studies of in-vitro transcribed human tRNALeu(UUR) showed that the m.3243A>T variant was associated with a 300-fold loss of aminoacylation efficiency (PMID: 12729737). In summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as likely pathogenic for primary mitochondrial disease inherited in a mitochondrial manner. We note that one expert on this panel felt pathogenic was a more appropriate classification given the functional evidence of impact however the majority agreed with likely pathogenic. This classification was approved by the NICHD/NINDS U24 ClinGen Mitochondrial Disease Variant Curation Expert Panel on October 10, 2022. Mitochondrial DNA-specific ACMG/AMP criteria applied (PMID: 32906214): PS4_moderate, PM2_supporting, PP3, PM5_supporting, PS3_moderate. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
Mitotip
Uncertain
13
Hmtvar
Pathogenic
0.80

Splicing

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

Publications

LitVar

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Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs199474657; hg19: chrM-3244; API