NM_033163.5:c.157-1G>A

Variant names:

• chr10-101774913-C-T
• rs1554834892
• NM_033163.5:c.157-1G>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PVS1 PM2 PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_033163.5(FGF8):​c.157-1G>A variant causes a splice acceptor, intron change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,572 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 31)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: FGF8 NM_033163.5 splice_acceptor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 5.78
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

FGF8 (HGNC:3686): (fibroblast growth factor 8) The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family. FGF family members possess broad mitogenic and cell survival activities, and are involved in a variety of biological processes, including embryonic development, cell growth, morphogenesis, tissue repair, tumor growth and invasion. This protein is known to be a factor that supports androgen and anchorage independent growth of mammary tumor cells. Overexpression of this gene has been shown to increase tumor growth and angiogensis. The adult expression of this gene is restricted to testes and ovaries. Temporal and spatial pattern of this gene expression suggests its function as an embryonic epithelial factor. Studies of the mouse and chick homologs revealed roles in midbrain and limb development, organogenesis, embryo gastrulation and left-right axis determination. The alternative splicing of this gene results in four transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

FGF8 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• hypogonadotropic hypogonadism 6 with or without anosmia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
• hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

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

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• holoprosencephaly

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, LoF is a know mechanism of disease, Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 3.3, offset of 1, new splice context is: atttttcaatttcctaaaAGtaa. Cryptic site results in frameshift change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in frameshift change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 10-101774913-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr10-101774913-C-T is described in ClinVar as Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 545413.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
FGF8	NM_033163.5	c.157-1G>A		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 3 of 5	ENST00000320185.7	NP_149353.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
FGF8	ENST00000320185.7	c.157-1G>A		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 3 of 5	1	NM_033163.5	ENSP00000321797.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461572 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 727114

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33476

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44724

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

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39698

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86256

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53174

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

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 8.99e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1111954

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60388

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 31

ClinVar

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Holoprosencephaly sequence Pathogenic:1

Apr 19, 2018

Muenke lab, National Institutes of Health

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: research

Compatible clinical presentation with ACMG criteria:PVS1;PM2;PP3;PP6. -

not provided Pathogenic:1

Jan 29, 2025

GeneDx

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Reported in a patient with holoprosencephaly in the published literature who also had variants in other genes that may have been responsible for the phenotype (PMID: 29992659); Canonical splice site variant predicted to result in a null allele in a gene for which loss of function is a known mechanism of disease; Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 29992659) -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.63	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.35
CADD	Pathogenic	35
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.0
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.87
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.98	D
PhyloP100		5.8
GERP RS		4.5
Mutation Taster		=1/99	disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.94
SpliceAI score (max)		0.95		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai		0.23		Position offset: -2
DS_AL_spliceai		0.95		Position offset: -1

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1554834892; hg19: chr10-103534670;