chr17-63941930-C-T

Variant names:

• chr17-63941930-C-T
• rs748517635
• NM_000334.4:c.4352G>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points: 8P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP3_Strong

The NM_000334.4(SCN4A):​c.4352G>A​(p.Arg1451His) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000137 in 1,456,250 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 13/21 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 31)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000014 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: SCN4A NM_000334.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:3 U:3
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.91

Genes affected

SCN4A (HGNC:10591): (sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 4) Voltage-gated sodium channels are transmembrane glycoprotein complexes composed of a large alpha subunit with 24 transmembrane domains and one or more regulatory beta subunits. They are responsible for the generation and propagation of action potentials in neurons and muscle. This gene encodes one member of the sodium channel alpha subunit gene family. It is expressed in skeletal muscle, and mutations in this gene have been linked to several myotonia and periodic paralysis disorders. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a helix (size 12) in uniprot entity SCN4A_HUMAN there are 4 pathogenic changes around while only 0 benign (100%) in NM_000334.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.982

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
SCN4A	NM_000334.4	c.4352G>A	p.Arg1451His	missense_variant	Exon 24 of 24	ENST00000435607.3	NP_000325.4

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
SCN4A	ENST00000435607.3	c.4352G>A	p.Arg1451His	missense_variant	Exon 24 of 24	1	NM_000334.4	ENSP00000396320.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000137 AC: 2 AN: 1456250 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 35 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 723404

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.0000116

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 9.03e-7

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 31

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:3 Uncertain:3

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis Pathogenic:1 Uncertain:1

Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp	Jan 06, 2025	This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with histidine, which is basic and polar, at codon 1451 of the SCN4A protein (p.Arg1451His). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individuals with clinical features of autosomal dominant SCN4A-related conditions (PMID: 27922499, 35907044; internal data). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 448280). Invitae Evidence Modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt SCN4A protein function with a positive predictive value of 80%. This variant disrupts the p.Arg1451 amino acid residue in SCN4A. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 29391559, 29946067). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute	Jun 24, 2022	Based on the classification scheme VCGS_Germline_v1.3.4, this variant is classified as VUS-3A. Following criteria are met: 0103 - Loss of function (LoF) and gain of function (GoF) are known mechanisms of disease in this gene and are associated with SCN4A-related disease. GoF is a well characterised disease mechanism for autosomal dominant SCN4A-related diseases, while LoF is a mechanism associated with autosomal recessive SCN4A-related diseases (PMID: 26700687, OMIM). (I) 0108 - This gene is associated with both recessive and dominant disease. Phenotypes involving paralysis and myotonia are typically inherited in a dominant manner, whereas myasthenic syndrome and congenital myopathy display recessive inheritance (OMIM, PMID: 26700687). (I) 0115 - Variants in this gene are known to have variable expressivity. Some individuals carrying pathogenic variants do not present with a typical clinical phenotype, however they do have detectable signs of myotonia on EMG (PMID: 20301669). (I) 0200 - Variant is predicted to result in a missense amino acid change from arginine to histidine. (I) 0252 - This variant is homozygous. (I) 0301 - Variant is absent from gnomAD (both v2 and v3). (SP) 0309 - Multiple alternative amino acid changes at the same position have been observed in gnomAD (v3) (highest allele count: 5 heterozygotes, 0 homozygotes). (I) 0501 - Missense variant consistently predicted to be damaging by multiple in silico tools or highly conserved with a major amino acid change. (SP) 0600 - Variant is located in the annotated ion transport protein domain (DECIPHER). (I) 0702 - Other missense variants comparable to the one identified in this case have strong previous evidence for pathogenicity. Two alternative changes have been observed in at least five individuals in the literature with SCN4A-related conditions. This includes several affected heterozygotes, and one homozygote who was affected with hypokalemic periodic paralysis (PMIDs: 29946067, 29391559). (SP) 0809 - Previous evidence of pathogenicity for this variant is inconclusive. This variant has been classified as a VUS by two clinical laboratories in ClinVar, and was observed in an individual with hyperkalemia and gait abnormalitites who was homozygous for this variant. This variant has also been observed as heterozygous in one individual in the literature who had a genetically confirmed diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy 2, in whom the SCN4A variant was thought to explain their severe muscle pain (PMID: 27922499). (I) 1007 - No published functional evidence has been identified for this variant. (I) 1101 - Very strong and specific phenotype match for this individual. (SP) 1208 - Inheritance information for this variant is not currently available in this individual. (I) Legend: (SP) - Supporting pathogenic, (I) - Information, (SB) - Supporting benign -

not provided Uncertain:2

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Athena Diagnostics	Sep 09, 2021	- -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Revvity Omics, Revvity	Sep 02, 2021	- -

SCN4A-related non-dystrophic myotonia Pathogenic:1

Likely pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided

research

Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences

Apr 06, 2022

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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis, type 1 Pathogenic:1

Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided

research

Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences

Apr 12, 2022

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.91
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.54	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.54
CADD	Pathogenic	27
DANN	Pathogenic	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.99	D
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.84
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.68
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.97	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.94	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.68	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.98	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.0	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	4.6	H
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.89	D
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-4.6	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.98
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.015	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.80
MutPred		0.89		Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0262);
MVP		0.96
MPC		0.99
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		3.7
Varity_R		0.93
gMVP		0.97

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs748517635; hg19: chr17-62019290; COSMIC: COSV99076859;