Genetic Variant CAPN3:p.Thr184ArgfsTer36 (chr15-42387802-CA-C) – ACMG Classification: Pathogenic (15 pts)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 15 ACMG points: 15P and 0B. PP4_StrongPM3PVS1PP1

This summary comes from the ClinGen Evidence Repository: The NM_000070.3: c.550del p.(Thr184ArgfsTer36) variant in CAPN3 is a frameshift variant predicted to cause a premature stop codon in biologically relevant exon 5/24, leading to nonsense mediated decay in a gene in which loss of function is an established disease mechanism (PVS1). This variant is one of the most common disease-causing variants in CAPN3 reported in patients with Eastern European and Mediterranean ancestry (PMID:25900067). It has been detected in at least 36 individuals with LGMD (PMID:17236769, 17994539, 26404900, 30919934, 31788660, 17702496, 27142102). Of those individuals, at least 11 were compound heterozygous and 18 were homozygous (1.0 pt) (PM3). At least one patient with this variant displayed progressive limb girdle muscle weakness as well as absent expression of calpain-3, which is highly specific for CAPN3-related LGMD (PP4_Strong; PMID:17236769). The variant has also been reported to segregate with LGMD in two affected family members from two families (PP1, capped with PP4_Strong; PMID:30919934). The filtering allele frequency of the variant is 0.0005368 for European (non-Finnish) exome alleles in gnomAD v2.1.1 (the upper threshold of the 95% CI of 48/113726), which is greater than the LGMD VCEP threshold (<0.0001) for PM2_Supporting (criterion not met). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as Pathogenic for autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy based on the ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen LGMD VCEP (LGMD VCEP specifications version 1.0.0; 01/09/2025): PVS1, PM3, PP4_Strong, PP1. LINK:https://erepo.genome.network/evrepo/ui/classification/CA220352/MONDO:0015152/187

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.00020 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.00023 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

CAPN3
NM_000070.3 frameshift

Scores

Not classified

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic reviewed by expert panel P:44O:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.895

Publications

68 publications found

Variant links:

Genes affected

CAPN3 (HGNC:1480): (calpain 3) Calpain, a heterodimer consisting of a large and a small subunit, is a major intracellular protease, although its function has not been well established. This gene encodes a muscle-specific member of the calpain large subunit family that specifically binds to titin. Mutations in this gene are associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophies type 2A. Alternate promoters and alternative splicing result in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms and some variants are ubiquitously expressed. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

CAPN3 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal dominant
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A
Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Myriad Women’s Health, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Inheritance: SD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal dominant 4
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

CAPN3 links:

ENSG00000258461 (HGNC:):

ENSG00000258461 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 15 ACMG points.

PVS1

For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.

PM3

For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.

PP1

For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.

PP4

For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000070.3. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
CAPN3	NM_000070.3	MANE Select	c.550delA	p.Thr184ArgfsTer36	frameshift	Exon 4 of 24	NP_000061.1	P20807-1
CAPN3	NM_024344.2		c.550delA	p.Thr184ArgfsTer36	frameshift	Exon 4 of 23	NP_077320.1	P20807-3
CAPN3	NM_173087.2		c.550delA	p.Thr184ArgfsTer36	frameshift	Exon 4 of 21	NP_775110.1	P20807-2

Ensembl Transcripts

Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
CAPN3	ENST00000397163.8	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.550delA	p.Thr184ArgfsTer36	frameshift	Exon 4 of 24	ENSP00000380349.3	P20807-1
CAPN3	ENST00000357568.8	TSL:1	c.550delA	p.Thr184ArgfsTer36	frameshift	Exon 4 of 23	ENSP00000350181.3	P20807-3
CAPN3	ENST00000349748.8	TSL:1	c.550delA	p.Thr184ArgfsTer36	frameshift	Exon 4 of 21	ENSP00000183936.4	P20807-2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.000197

AC:

AN:

152178

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.0000483

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.00

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:

0.000411

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD2 exomes

AF:

0.000215

AC:

AN:

251442

AF XY:

0.000221

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.000231

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.000422

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.000163

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.000233

AC:

341

AN:

1461870

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.000242

AC XY:

176

AN XY:

727238

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000597

AC:

AN:

33478

American (AMR)

AF:

0.0000447

AC:

AN:

44722

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.000153

AC:

AN:

26136

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

39700

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

86258

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.000300

AC:

AN:

53420

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.000278

AC:

309

AN:

1111996

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.000132

AC:

AN:

60392

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.480

Heterozygous variant carriers

108

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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het

Variant carriers

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Age

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.000197

AC:

AN:

152178

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.000161

AC XY:

AN XY:

74344

show subpopulations

African (AFR)

AF:

0.0000483

AC:

AN:

41444

American (AMR)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

15264

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

3472

East Asian (EAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

5186

South Asian (SAS)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

4832

European-Finnish (FIN)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

10616

Middle Eastern (MID)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

316

European-Non Finnish (NFE)

AF:

0.000411

AC:

AN:

68044

Other (OTH)

AF:

0.00

AC:

AN:

2092

Allele Balance Distribution

Red line indicates average allele balance

Average allele balance: 0.477

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

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55-60

60-65

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>80

Age

Alfa

AF:

0.000473

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.000125

EpiCase

AF:

0.000164

EpiControl

AF:

0.00

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance:Pathogenic

Revision:reviewed by expert panel

View on ClinVar

Pathogenic

VUS

Benign

Condition

Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A (18)

not provided (11)

CAPN3-related disorder (2)

Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal dominant 4 (2)

Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (1)

Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A;C4748295:Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal dominant 4 (1)

Cardiac arrhythmia;C0026850:Muscular dystrophy;C0151786:Muscle weakness;C0409338:Elbow flexion contracture;C1859523:Lower-limb joint contracture (1)

Congenital muscular dystrophy (1)

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, recessive (1)

Muscular dystrophy (1)

Muscular dystrophy;C0427063:Shoulder girdle muscle weakness;C1858127:Limb-girdle muscle weakness (1)

Myopathy;C0151786:Muscle weakness;C0558845:Absent Achilles reflex (1)

Paresthesia;C0149931:Migraine;C0240914:Positive Romberg sign;C0241005:Elevated circulating creatine kinase concentration;C0311394:Difficulty walking;C4021727:EMG: neuropathic changes;C4022625:Absent muscle fiber calpain-3;C4082951:Progressive spinal muscular atrophy (1)

See cases (1)

Shoulder girdle muscle weakness;C1843057:Calf muscle hypertrophy (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

PhyloP100

-0.90

Mutation Taster

=0/200

disease causing (ClinVar)

(source)

Splicing

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

SpliceAI score (max)

0.29

Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

DS_AL_spliceai

0.29

Position offset: -49

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

Variant Effect in Transcripts

RefSeq Transcripts

Ensembl Transcripts

Frequencies

Age Distribution

Age Distribution

ClinVar

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

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