NM_020435.4:c.-20+1G>C

Variant names:

• chr1-228150008-G-C
• NM_020435.4:c.-20+1G>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PVS1_Moderate PM2 PP5_Moderate

The NM_020435.4(GJC2):​c.-20+1G>C variant causes a splice donor, intron change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. 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 Pathogenic (★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 34)
• Consequence: GJC2 NM_020435.4 splice_donor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 2.55

Genes affected

GJC2 (HGNC:17494): (gap junction protein gamma 2) This gene encodes a gap junction protein. Gap junction proteins are members of a large family of homologous connexins and comprise 4 transmembrane, 2 extracellular, and 3 cytoplasmic domains. This gene plays a key role in central myelination and is involved in peripheral myelination in humans. Defects in this gene are the cause of autosomal recessive Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease-1. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 6 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, product NOT destroyed by NMD, known LOF gene, truncates exone, which is 0.05909091 fraction of the gene. Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 5.7, offset of 19, new splice context is: catGTatgt. Cryptic site results in frameshift change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in inframe change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 1-228150008-G-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr1-228150008-G-C is described in ClinVar as [Pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 2202995.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
GJC2	NM_020435.4	c.-20+1G>C		splice_donor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 1 of 1	ENST00000366714.3	NP_065168.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
GJC2	ENST00000366714.3	c.-20+1G>C		splice_donor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 1 of 1	1	NM_020435.4	ENSP00000355675.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 34

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 0

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 34

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Spastic paraplegia Pathogenic:1

Mar 19, 2022

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change falls in intron 1 of the GJC2 gene. It does not directly change the encoded amino acid sequence of the GJC2 protein. It affects a nucleotide within the consensus splice site. This variant has been observed in individual(s) with clinical features of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMID: 23143715). It has also been observed to segregate with disease in related individuals. Variants that disrupt the consensus splice site are a relatively common cause of aberrant splicing (PMID: 17576681, 9536098). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.29
CADD	Pathogenic	35
DANN	Uncertain	0.98

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.76
SpliceAI score (max)		0.96		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DG_spliceai		0.58		Position offset: 18
DS_DL_spliceai		0.96		Position offset: -1

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

Publications

No publications associated with this variant yet.

Other links and lift over

hg19: chr1-228337709;