NM_024334.3:c.971delA

Variant names:

• chr3-14139266-CA-C
• rs1553603465
• NM_024334.3:c.971delA

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points: 2P and 0B. PM2

The NM_024334.3(TMEM43):​c.971delA​(p.Asn324ThrfsTer3) variant causes a frameshift change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000137 in 1,461,822 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000014 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: TMEM43 NM_024334.3 frameshift
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:3
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 6.53
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

TMEM43 (HGNC:28472): (transmembrane protein 43) This gene belongs to the TMEM43 family. Defects in this gene are the cause of familial arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia type 5 (ARVD5), also known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy type 5 (ARVC5). Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia is an inherited disorder, often involving both ventricles, and is characterized by ventricular tachycardia, heart failure, sudden cardiac death, and fibrofatty replacement of cardiomyocytes. This gene contains a response element for PPAR gamma (an adipogenic transcription factor), which may explain the fibrofatty replacement of the myocardium, a characteristic pathological finding in ARVC. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

TMEM43 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 5

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, G2P
• autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• auditory neuropathy, autosomal dominant 3

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
• Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy 7, autosomal dominant

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

ENSG00000268279 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 2 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
TMEM43	NM_024334.3	c.971delA	p.Asn324ThrfsTer3	frameshift_variant	Exon 11 of 12	ENST00000306077.5	NP_077310.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
TMEM43	ENST00000306077.5	c.971delA	p.Asn324ThrfsTer3	frameshift_variant	Exon 11 of 12	1	NM_024334.3	ENSP00000303992.5
ENSG00000268279	ENST00000608606.1	n.206delA		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 3 of 5	5		ENSP00000476275.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000137 AC: 2 AN: 1461822 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 31 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 727222

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

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44720

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26134

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

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53418

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

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000180 AC: 2 AN: 1111950

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60394

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:3

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 5 Uncertain:2

Apr 16, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Asn324Thrfs*3) in the TMEM43 gene. While this is not anticipated to result in nonsense mediated decay, it is expected to disrupt the last 77 amino acid(s) of the TMEM43 protein. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with TMEM43-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 534757). Experimental studies and prediction algorithms are not available or were not evaluated, and the functional significance of this variant is currently unknown. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Oct 02, 2023

All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant deletes 1 nucleotide in exon 11 of the TMEM43 gene, creating a frameshift and premature translation stop signal. This variant is expected to result in an absent or non-functional protein product. To our knowledge, this variant has not been reported in individuals affected with cardiovascular disorders in the literature. This variant has not been identified in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Clinical relevance of loss-of-function truncation and splice variants in the TMEM43 gene is not clearly established. The available evidence is insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease conclusively. Therefore, this variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Cardiovascular phenotype Uncertain:1

Sep 08, 2022

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.971delA variant, located in coding exon 11 of the TMEM43 gene, results from a deletion of one nucleotide at nucleotide position 971, causing a translational frameshift with a predicted alternate stop codon (p.N324Tfs*3). This alteration is expected to result in premature protein truncation or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. However, loss of function of TMEM43 has not been clearly established as a mechanism of disease. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
PhyloP100		6.5

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: rs1553603465; hg19: chr3-14180766;