NM_004004.6:c.-22-2A>G

Variant names:

• chr13-20189605-T-C
• rs201895089
• NM_004004.6:c.-22-2A>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points: 11P and 0B. PVS1 PM2 PP5

The NM_004004.6(GJB2):​c.-22-2A>G variant causes a splice acceptor, intron change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000206 in 1,455,756 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). The gene GJB2 is included in the ClinGen Criteria Specification Registry.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000021 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: GJB2 NM_004004.6 splice_acceptor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:1 U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 6.71
• Publications: 17 publications found

Genes affected

GJB2 (HGNC:4284): (gap junction protein beta 2) This gene encodes a member of the gap junction protein family. The gap junctions were first characterized by electron microscopy as regionally specialized structures on plasma membranes of contacting adherent cells. These structures were shown to consist of cell-to-cell channels that facilitate the transfer of ions and small molecules between cells. The gap junction proteins, also known as connexins, purified from fractions of enriched gap junctions from different tissues differ. According to sequence similarities at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, the gap junction proteins are divided into two categories, alpha and beta. Mutations in this gene are responsible for as much as 50% of pre-lingual, recessive deafness. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

GJB2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Bart-Pumphrey syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
• ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Genomics England PanelApp
• keratoderma hereditarium mutilans

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, G2P, Genomics England PanelApp
• palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp, G2P
• syndromic genetic hearing loss

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Laboratory for Molecular Medicine
• nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Genomics England PanelApp
• autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
• autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• KID syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• hearing loss, autosomal recessive

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ENSG00000296095 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Specifications for GJB2 are available in the ClinGen Criteria Specification Registry and recommended for reference when assigning criteria.

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, LoF is a know mechanism of disease,
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 13-20189605-T-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr13-20189605-T-C is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 551912.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_004004.6. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	GJB2	NM_004004.6	MANE Select	c.-22-2A>G		splice_acceptor intron	N/A	NP_003995.2

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	GJB2	ENST00000382848.5	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.-22-2A>G		splice_acceptor intron	N/A	ENSP00000372299.4	P29033
	GJB2	ENST00000382844.2	TSL:6	c.-24A>G		5_prime_UTR	Exon 1 of 1	ENSP00000372295.1	P29033
	GJB2	ENST00000906230.1		c.-24A>G		5_prime_UTR	Exon 2 of 2	ENSP00000576289.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000206 AC: 3 AN: 1455756 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 30 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 724646

African (AFR) AF: 0.0000600 AC: 2 AN: 33350

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44714

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26098

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39672

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86116

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53398

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5422

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 9.03e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1106838

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60148

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 1

Bravo AF: 0.00000756

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
1	-	-	Autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome;C0265964:Mutilating keratoderma;C0266004:Knuckle pads, deafness AND leukonychia syndrome;C1835672:Palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome;C1865234:Ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss;C2673759:Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A;C2675750:Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A (1)
-	1	-	Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A (1)
-	1	-	not specified (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.46
CADD	Pathogenic	31
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
PhyloP100		6.7
PromoterAI		0.026	Neutral

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.92
SpliceAI score (max)		0.91		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai		0.43		Position offset: 36
DS_AL_spliceai		0.91		Position offset: -2

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs201895089; hg19: chr13-20763744;