NM_001927.4:c.785A>T

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Benign. The variant received -7 ACMG points: 2P and 9B. PP2PP3BP4_StrongBP6BS1

The NM_001927.4(DES):c.785A>T(p.Glu262Val) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000141 in 1,613,916 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 Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.00074 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000079 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

DES
NM_001927.4 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:7B:7

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.37

Publications

3 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

DES (HGNC:2770): (desmin) This gene encodes a muscle-specific class III intermediate filament. Homopolymers of this protein form a stable intracytoplasmic filamentous network connecting myofibrils to each other and to the plasma membrane. Mutations in this gene are associated with desmin-related myopathy, a familial cardiac and skeletal myopathy (CSM), and with distal myopathies. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

DES Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

dilated cardiomyopathy
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
dilated cardiomyopathy 1I
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Ambry Genetics
myofibrillar myopathy 1
Inheritance: AD, AR, SD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Ambry Genetics
atrioventricular block
Inheritance: AD, AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen
familial isolated dilated cardiomyopathy
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
neurogenic scapuloperoneal syndrome, Kaeser type
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

DES links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Benign. The variant received -7 ACMG points.

PP2

Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 32 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 2 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 1.7729 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 0.36303 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to myofibrillar myopathy 1, dilated cardiomyopathy 1I, atrioventricular block, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, familial isolated dilated cardiomyopathy, neurogenic scapuloperoneal syndrome, Kaeser type.

PP3

Multiple lines of computational evidence support a deleterious effect 8: AlphaMissense, BayesDel_noAF, Cadd, Eigen, MutationAssessor, PROVEAN, REVEL, REVEL [when BayesDel_addAF, CardioboostCm, max_spliceai, FATHMM_MKL, MetaRNN, MutationTaster was below the threshold]

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.05641961).

BP6

Variant 2-219420544-A-T is Benign according to our data. Variant chr2-219420544-A-T is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 44270.

BS1

Variant frequency is greater than expected in population afr. GnomAd4 allele frequency = 0.000743 (113/152168) while in subpopulation AFR AF = 0.00248 (103/41530). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.00209. There are 0 homozygotes in GnomAd4. There are 60 alleles in the male GnomAd4 subpopulation. Median coverage is 32. This position passed quality control check.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
DES	NM_001927.4 link	c.785A>T	p.Glu262Val	missense_variant	Exon 4 of 9	ENST00000373960.4	NP_001918.3	P17661Q53SB5

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	UniProt
DES	ENST00000373960.4 link	c.785A>T	p.Glu262Val	missense_variant	Exon 4 of 9	1	NM_001927.4	ENSP00000363071.3	P17661
DES	ENST00000477226.6 link	n.259A>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 3 of 8	4
DES	ENST00000492726.1 link	n.180A>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 3 of 6	4
DES	ENST00000683013.1 link	n.173A>T		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 2 of 7

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.000737

AC:

112

AN:

152050

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00246

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.000459

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.00

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00144

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.000181

AC:

AN:

249304

AF XY:

0.000126

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00242

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.000174

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:

0.0000787

AC:

115

AN:

1461748

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000536

AC XY:

AN XY:

727160

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00257

AC:

AN:

33480

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000268

AC:

AN:

44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86256

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

53286

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

8.99e-7

AC:

AN:

1112004

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.000265

AC:

AN:

60394

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.496

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

<30

30-35

35-40

40-45

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.000743

AC:

113

AN:

152168

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.000807

AC XY:

AN XY:

74384

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.00248

AC:

103

AN:

41530

American (AMR)

AF:

0.000458

AC:

AN:

15280

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5148

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4820

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10602

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

294

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

67998

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00142

AC:

AN:

2112

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.501

Heterozygous variant carriers

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

0.95

Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het

Variant carriers

<30

30-35

35-40

40-45

45-50

50-55

55-60

60-65

65-70

70-75

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>80

Age

Alfa

AF:

0.000100

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.000892

ESP6500AA

AF:

0.00136

AC:

ESP6500EA

AF:

0.00

AC:

ExAC

AF:

0.000214

AC:

Asia WGS

AF:

0.000577

AC:

AN:

3478

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:7Benign:7

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:5Benign:1

May 01, 2024

GeneDx

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Identified in patients with DCM in published literature (PMID: 24503780, 37652022); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 26807690, 29926427, 24503780, 37652022) -

Sep 13, 2021

Revvity Omics, Revvity

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center

Significance:Likely benign

Review Status:no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Mar 07, 2024

Athena Diagnostics

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Available data are insufficient to determine the clinical significance of the variant at this time. The frequency of this variant in the general population is higher than would generally be expected for pathogenic variants in this gene. (http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org) Computational tools predict that this variant is damaging. -

Jan 07, 2018

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Jun 21, 2024

ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

The DES c.785A>T; p.Glu262Val variant (rs147327878, ClinVar Variation ID: 44270) is reported in an individual with reduced ejection fraction and arrhythmia who also has a family history of cardiomyopathy and sudden death (Pugh 2014). This variant is observed in the African/African American population with an allele frequency of 0.26% (64/24820 alleles) in the Genome Aggregation Database (v2.1.1). Computational analyses predict that this variant is deleterious (REVEL: 0.855). Due to limited information, the clinical significance of this variant is uncertain at this time. References: Pugh TJ et al. The landscape of genetic variation in dilated cardiomyopathy as surveyed by clinical DNA sequencing. Genet Med. 2014 Aug;16(8):601-8. PMID: 24503780. -

not specified

Uncertain:1Benign:2

Clinical Genetics DNA and cytogenetics Diagnostics Lab, Erasmus MC, Erasmus Medical Center

Significance:Benign

Review Status:no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Jun 13, 2025

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Significance:Likely benign

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: DES c.785A>T (p.Glu262Val) results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00025 in 280670 control chromosomes, predominantly at a frequency of 0.0026 within the African or African-American subpopulation in the gnomAD database. The observed variant frequency within African or African-American control individuals in the gnomAD database is approximately 1.04 fold of the estimated maximal expected allele frequency for a pathogenic variant in DES causing Autosomal Recessive Desminopathy phenotype (0.0025). To our knowledge, no occurrence of c.785A>T in individuals affected with Autosomal Recessive Desminopathy and no experimental evidence demonstrating its impact on protein function have been reported. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 44270). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely benign. -

Aug 14, 2016

Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant classified as Uncertain Significance - Favor Benign. The p.Glu262Val var iant in DES has been identified by our laboratory in 3 African American individu als with features of DCM but is also present in 0.2% (25/10192) of African chrom osomes in the Exome Aggregation Consortium database (ExAC, http://exac.broadinst itute.org; dbSNP rs147327878). Computational prediction tools and conservation a nalysis suggest that the p.Glu262Val variant may impact the protein, though this information is not predictive enough to determine pathogenicity. In summary, wh ile the clinical significance of the p.Glu262Val variant is uncertain, its frequ ency suggests that it is more likely to be benign. -

Cardiovascular phenotype

Uncertain:1Benign:1

Feb 27, 2019

Ambry Genetics

Significance:Likely benign

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

This alteration is classified as likely benign based on a combination of the following: seen in unaffected individuals, population frequency, intact protein function, lack of segregation with disease, co-occurrence, RNA analysis, in silico models, amino acid conservation, lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or the mechanism of disease or impacted region is inconsistent with a known cause of pathogenicity. -

Apr 09, 2025

Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease, Montreal Heart Institute

Significance:Uncertain significance

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Desmin-related myofibrillar myopathy

Benign:1

Jan 30, 2025

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance:Likely benign

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Cardiomyopathy

Benign:1

Apr 24, 2023

CHEO Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Significance:Likely benign

Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

DES-related disorder

Benign:1

Apr 06, 2022

PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences

Significance:Likely benign

Review Status:no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant is classified as likely benign based on ACMG/AMP sequence variant interpretation guidelines (Richards et al. 2015 PMID: 25741868, with internal and published modifications). -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Pathogenic

0.59

CardioboostCm

Benign

0.063

BayesDel_addAF

Benign

-0.0075

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.21

CADD

Pathogenic

(source)

DANN

Uncertain

0.99

DEOGEN2

Pathogenic

0.86

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.72

Eigen_PC

Pathogenic

0.67

FATHMM_MKL

Pathogenic

0.97

LIST_S2

Uncertain

0.97

MetaRNN

Benign

0.056

MetaSVM

Uncertain

0.72

MutationAssessor

Pathogenic

3.8

PhyloP100

7.4

PrimateAI

Uncertain

0.60

PROVEAN

Pathogenic

-5.7

REVEL

Pathogenic

0.85

Sift

Pathogenic

0.0

Sift4G

Pathogenic

0.0010

Polyphen

0.99

Vest4

0.26

MVP

0.98

MPC

1.5

ClinPred

0.36

GERP RS

4.7

Varity_R

0.91

gMVP

0.77

Mutation Taster

=35/65

disease causing

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.050

Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

Publications

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

Age Distribution

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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