chr17-44352404-C-T

Variant names:

• chr17-44352404-C-T
• rs63751294
• NM_002087.4:c.1477C>T
• GRN p.Arg493*

GermlineCancer (beta)

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance.

+1 Uncertain · Cold

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BenignB

Likely BenignLB

UncertainVUS

Likely PathogenicLP

PathogenicP

The variant received 1 classification points (ACGS-UK Somatic Oncogenicity v2025). O3_Supporting

The NM_002087.4(GRN):c.1477C>T (p.Arg493*) variant causes a stop gained change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant is predicted to lead to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). The gene GRN is a known oncogene (CancerMine: 8 oncogene, 6 driver citations). The gene GRN is a cancer driver gene (CancerMine: 8 oncogene, 6 driver citations). The variant allele was found at a cumulative frequency of 0.0000144 (AC=21) in the gnomAD database across 1,461,638 control chromosomes (no homozygotes observed). The grpmax filtering allele frequency (95% CI) is 0.0000101. In-silico predictor (BayesDel (noAF)) classifies this variant as likely damaging/oncogenic. Splicing prediction tools (SpliceAI) predict no significant impact on normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (★★). ClinVar reports functional evidence for this variant: "SCV000322383: Published functional studies demonstrate a damaging effect (Fujita et al., 2018)".

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.000014 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: GRN NM_002087.4 stop_gained
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:9 O:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 0.481
• Publications: 93 publications found

Genes affected

GRN (HGNC:4601): (granulin precursor) Granulins are a family of secreted, glycosylated peptides that are cleaved from a single precursor protein with 7.5 repeats of a highly conserved 12-cysteine granulin/epithelin motif. The 88 kDa precursor protein, progranulin, is also called proepithelin and PC cell-derived growth factor. Cleavage of the signal peptide produces mature granulin which can be further cleaved into a variety of active, 6 kDa peptides. These smaller cleavage products are named granulin A, granulin B, granulin C, etc. Epithelins 1 and 2 are synonymous with granulins A and B, respectively. Both the peptides and intact granulin protein regulate cell growth. However, different members of the granulin protein family may act as inhibitors, stimulators, or have dual actions on cell growth. Granulin family members are important in normal development, wound healing, and tumorigenesis. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

GRN Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• frontotemporal dementia and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• GRN-related frontotemporal lobar degeneration with Tdp43 inclusions

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
• neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 11

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Ambry Genetics, Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet

Classification according to ACGS-UK Somatic Oncogenicity v2025

Classification was made for transcript:

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 1 points.

Apply	Criterion Code & Title / Strength	Strength	Rationale / Clinical Context
	O3Absent or very rare in population		Very rare in gnomAD (popmax AF <0.01%) — O3 supporting; GnomAD effective popmax AF = 0.000010 — very rare (O3 supporting [+1])

Variant Effect in Transcripts

Automated classification analysis was done for transcript: NM_002087.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated classification assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene / Transcript	Tags	HGVSc / HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	Protein / UniProt
	GRN NM_002087.4	MANE Select	c.1477C>T p.Arg493*	stop_gained	Exon 12 of 13	Prot: NP_002078.1 UniProt:

GRN NM_002087.4

MANE Select

HGVSc / HGVSpc.1477C>Tp.Arg493*

Exon rankExon 12 of 13

stop_gained

Prot: NP_002078.1UniProt: P28799-1

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene / Transcript	Tags	HGVSc / HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	Protein / UniProt
	GRN ENST00000053867.8	TSL:1MANE Select	c.1477C>T p.Arg493*	stop_gained	Exon 12 of 13	Prot: ENSP00000053867.2 UniProt:
	GRN ENST00000900927.1		c.1477C>T p.Arg493*	stop_gained	Exon 12 of 13	Prot: ENSP00000570986.1 UniProt:
	GRN ENST00000900929.1		c.1477C>T p.Arg493*	stop_gained	Exon 13 of 14	Prot: ENSP00000570988.1 UniProt:

GRN ENST00000053867.8

TSL:1MANE Select

HGVSc / HGVSpc.1477C>Tp.Arg493*

Exon rankExon 12 of 13

stop_gained

Prot: ENSP00000053867.2UniProt: P28799-1

GRN ENST00000900927.1

HGVSc / HGVSpc.1477C>Tp.Arg493*

Exon rankExon 12 of 13

stop_gained

Prot: ENSP00000570986.1UniProt: P28799-1

GRN ENST00000900929.1

HGVSc / HGVSpc.1477C>Tp.Arg493*

Exon rankExon 13 of 14

stop_gained

Prot: ENSP00000570988.1UniProt: P28799-1

Frequencies

Allele frequencies (AF), counts (AC/AN), homozygotes and coverage

Common (AF > 0.05 / Hom > 5)

Rare (AF ≤ 0.0001 / Hom ≤ 1)

Source / population	AF	AC	Hom	AN	Coverage
Global population databases 6 sources Large-scale international reference populations
GnomAD3 genomes	AF:	AC:	Hom:	AN:	Cov:33
GnomAD2 exomes	AF: 0.00000796	AC:2	Hom:	AN:251110	Cov:
GnomAD4 exome	AF: 0.0000144	AC:21	Hom:0	AN:1461638	Cov:34
GnomAD4 genome	AF:	AC:	Hom:	AN:	Cov:33
TOPMed (Bravo)	AF: 0.0000151	AC:4	Hom:0	AN:264690	Cov:
ALFA (dbGaP/dbSNP Allele Frequency Aggregator)	AF: 0.0000913	AC:7	Hom:0	AN:76642	Cov:
Local & regional cohorts 2 sources Population-specific and national genomic databases
ESP6500 (Exome Variant Server)	AF: 0.0000769	AC:1	Hom:	AN:13006	Cov:
UK10K	AF: 0.000132	AC:1	Hom:	AN:7562	Cov:

Showing 8 sources

Case/control cohorts

Cohort	Cases			Controls
	AF	AC	AN	AF	AC	AN
BipEx(Bipolar disorder (including schizoaffective))	0.0000352	1	28420	0.00	0	28844
Epi25(Epilepsy)	0.00	0	41958	0.0000150	1	66888
SCHEMA(Schizophrenia)	0.0000314	3	95474	0.00000604	1	165678

Showing 3 cohortsAllele count / allele number. AF is computed from the counts for ASC (not provided by the source).

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance: Pathogenic

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
3	-	-	GRN-related frontotemporal lobar degeneration with Tdp43 inclusions (4)
3	-	-	not provided (4)
1	-	-	GRN-related disorder (1)
1	-	-	GRN-related frontotemporal lobar degeneration with Tdp43 inclusions;C3539123:Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 11 (1)
1	-	-	Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 11 (1)

Computational Scores

Algorithm	Calibrated pred.	Score	Prediction
AlphaGenome AVI	Pathogenic	34
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.63	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.29
CADD	Pathogenic	36
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Uncertain	0.28
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.0022
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.17	N
GPN-Star LLR	N/A	-8.9
GPN-Star score	N/A	8.9
Mutation Taster	N/A	3/197	disease causing (ClinVar)
PhyloP100	Benign	0.48
PromoterAI	N/A	0.023	Neutral
RBP_binding_hub_radar	N/A	0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar	N/A	1.9

Showing 15 of 15 scores

Splicing Scores

Algorithm	Calibrated pred.	Score	Prediction
Pangolin (max)	Benign	0.0
SpliceAI score (max)	Benign	0.0	Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Showing 2 of 2 scores

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

MaxEntScan Visualizer can be used to analyze the impact of this mutation on the neighboring sequence.

MaveDB functional evidence

MaveDB is a public repository of laboratory assays that test the effect of thousands of variants at once — treat this as supporting research data and interpret it with great caution; it is not a clinical classification.

No MaveDB functional evidence found for this variant.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs63751294;

hg19: chr17-42429772;

ACMG debug oncogenicity

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