chr17-6425644-C-A

Variant names:

Variant summary

Our verdict is Benign. Variant got -12 ACMG points: 0P and 12B. BP4_StrongBS1BS2

The NM_014336.5(AIPL1):c.971G>T(p.Arg324Leu) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00552 in 1,612,140 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 21 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0035 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.0057 ( 21 hom. )

Consequence

AIPL1
NM_014336.5 missense

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:5B:4

Conservation

PhyloP100: 1.90

Variant links:

Genes affected

AIPL1 (HGNC:359): (aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein like 1) Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is the most severe inherited retinopathy with the earliest age of onset and accounts for at least 5% of all inherited retinal diseases. Affected individuals are diagnosed at birth or in the first few months of life with nystagmus, severely impaired vision or blindness and an abnormal or flat electroretinogram. The photoreceptor/pineal-expressed gene, AIPL1, encoding aryl-hydrocarbon interacting protein-like 1, is located within the LCA4 candidate region. The encoded protein contains three tetratricopeptide motifs, consistent with chaperone or nuclear transport activity. Mutations in this gene may cause approximately 20% of recessive LCA. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2014]

AIPL1 links:

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Benign. Variant got -12 ACMG points.

BP4

Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.020529807).

BS1

Variant frequency is greater than expected in population nfe. gnomad4 allele frequency = 0.00349 (532/152232) while in subpopulation NFE AF= 0.00621 (422/67990). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.00572. There are 0 homozygotes in gnomad4. There are 245 alleles in male gnomad4 subpopulation. Median coverage is 32. This position pass quality control queck.

BS2

High Homozygotes in GnomAdExome4 at 21 AD,AR gene

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
AIPL1	NM_014336.5 link	c.971G>T	p.Arg324Leu	missense_variant	Exon 6 of 6	ENST00000381129.8	NP_055151.3	Q9NZN9-1F1T0B6

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
AIPL1	ENST00000381129.8 link	c.971G>T	p.Arg324Leu	missense_variant	Exon 6 of 6	1	NM_014336.5	ENSP00000370521.3		Q9NZN9-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.00350

AC:

532

AN:

152114

Hom.:

Cov.:

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00135

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00219

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.00203

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.00166

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.000283

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.00621

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00478

GnomAD3 exomes

AF:

0.00384

AC:

953

AN:

248490

Hom.:

AF XY:

0.00386

AC XY:

520

AN XY:

134568

show subpopulations

Gnomad AFR exome

AF:

0.000926

Gnomad AMR exome

AF:

0.00315

Gnomad ASJ exome

AF:

0.0000994

Gnomad EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS exome

AF:

0.00265

Gnomad FIN exome

AF:

0.000693

Gnomad NFE exome

AF:

0.00632

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00377

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.00573

AC:

8360

AN:

1459908

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00565

AC XY:

4102

AN XY:

726368

show subpopulations

Gnomad4 AFR exome

AF:

0.000896

Gnomad4 AMR exome

AF:

0.00327

Gnomad4 ASJ exome

AF:

0.000191

Gnomad4 EAS exome

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome

AF:

0.00218

Gnomad4 FIN exome

AF:

0.000987

Gnomad4 NFE exome

AF:

0.00686

Gnomad4 OTH exome

AF:

0.00504

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.00349

AC:

532

AN:

152232

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.00329

AC XY:

245

AN XY:

74418

show subpopulations

Gnomad4 AFR

AF:

0.00135

Gnomad4 AMR

AF:

0.00203

Gnomad4 ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 SAS

AF:

0.00166

Gnomad4 FIN

AF:

0.000283

Gnomad4 NFE

AF:

0.00621

Gnomad4 OTH

AF:

0.00473

Alfa

AF:

0.00558

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.00377

TwinsUK

AF:

0.00485

AC:

ALSPAC

AF:

0.00675

AC:

ESP6500AA

AF:

0.000908

AC:

ESP6500EA

AF:

0.00651

AC:

ExAC

AF:

0.00383

AC:

465

Asia WGS

AF:

0.000866

AC:

AN:

3478

EpiCase

AF:

0.00703

EpiControl

AF:

0.00747

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:5Benign:4

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided

Uncertain:3Benign:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)	Nov 22, 2016	- -
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen	Apr 01, 2024	AIPL1: BP4, BS2 -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	GeneDx	Jun 06, 2016	The R324L variant in the AIPL1 gene has been reported previously in two individuals with a clinical diagnosis of Leber's congenital amaurosis; however, neither of these individuals had a second AIPL1 variant identified, and one individual was noted to have two reportedly pathogenic RPE65 variants also identified (Wiszniewski et al., 2011). The NHLBI ESP Exome Sequencing Project and the 1000 Genomes Project report R324L was observed in 56/8600 (0.65%) and 9/1006 (0.89%) alleles, respectively, from individuals of European background, indicating it may be a rare variant in this population. This variant is a non-conservative amino acid substitution, which is likely to impact secondary protein structure as these residues differ in polarity, charge, size and/or other properties, and occurs at a position that is conserved across species. However, in silico analysis is inconsistent in its predictions as to whether or not the variant is damaging to the protein structure/function. We interpret R324L as a variant of uncertain significance. -
Uncertain significance, no assertion criteria provided	clinical testing	Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System	-	The AIPL1 p.Arg324Leu variant was identified in 2 of 120 proband chromosomes (frequency: 0.0167) from individuals with Leber congenital amaurosis (Wiszniewski_2011_PMID:21153841). The variant was identified in dbSNP (ID: rs150427474), ClinVar (classified as a VUS by EGL Genetics, Fulgent Genetics and GeneDx) and LOVD 3.0 (classified as a VUS and benign). The variant was also identified in control databases in 1055 of 279794 chromosomes (3 homozygous) at a frequency of 0.003771 increasing the likelihood this could be a low frequency benign variant (Genome Aggregation Database Feb 27, 2017). The variant was observed in the following populations: European (non-Finnish) in 795 of 127754 chromosomes (freq: 0.006223), Other in 26 of 7196 chromosomes (freq: 0.003613), Latino in 111 of 35420 chromosomes (freq: 0.003134), South Asian in 81 of 30602 chromosomes (freq: 0.002647), African in 25 of 24890 chromosomes (freq: 0.001004), European (Finnish) in 16 of 23664 chromosomes (freq: 0.000676) and Ashkenazi Jewish in 1 of 10350 chromosomes (freq: 0.000097), but was not observed in the East Asian population. The p.Arg324 residue is conserved in mammals and computational analyses (PolyPhen-2, SIFT, AlignGVGD, BLOSUM, MutationTaster) provide inconsistent predictions regarding the impact to the protein; this information is not very predictive of pathogenicity. The variant occurs outside of the splicing consensus sequence and in silico or computational prediction software programs (SpliceSiteFinder, MaxEntScan, NNSPLICE, GeneSplicer) do not predict a difference in splicing. In summary, based on the above information the clinical significance of this variant cannot be determined with certainty at this time. This variant is classified as a variant of uncertain significance. -

Leber congenital amaurosis 4

Benign:2

Benign, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp	Jan 23, 2025	- -
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina	Apr 27, 2017	This variant was observed as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (where applicable). No publications were found based on this search. Allele frequency data from public databases allowed determination this variant is unlikely to cause disease. Therefore, this variant is classified as likely benign. -

Retinitis pigmentosa;C1858386:Leber congenital amaurosis 4

Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics

Oct 31, 2018

- -

Retinal dystrophy

Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Institute of Human Genetics, Univ. Regensburg, Univ. Regensburg

Jan 01, 2022

- -

Retinitis pigmentosa

Benign:1

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Apr 27, 2017

This variant was observed as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (where applicable). No publications were found based on this search. Allele frequency data from public databases allowed determination this variant is unlikely to cause disease. Therefore, this variant is classified as likely benign. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

AlphaMissense

Uncertain

0.35

BayesDel_addAF

Benign

-0.12

BayesDel_noAF

Uncertain

-0.070

CADD

Benign

DANN

Uncertain

0.99

DEOGEN2

Benign

0.28

T;.;T;.;.;.

Eigen

Benign

-0.28

Eigen_PC

Benign

-0.24

FATHMM_MKL

Uncertain

0.91

LIST_S2

Benign

0.80

T;T;T;T;T;T

M_CAP

Pathogenic

0.61

MetaRNN

Benign

0.021

T;T;T;T;T;T

MetaSVM

Uncertain

-0.18

MutationAssessor

Benign

0.55

N;.;.;.;.;.

PrimateAI

Benign

0.36

PROVEAN

Uncertain

-3.1

D;D;.;.;.;.

REVEL

Uncertain

0.40

Sift

Uncertain

0.023

D;D;.;.;.;.

Sift4G

Benign

0.073

T;T;T;D;T;D

Polyphen

0.65

P;P;.;.;.;P

Vest4

0.23

MVP

0.94

MPC

0.33

ClinPred

0.048

GERP RS

2.7

Varity_R

0.15

gMVP

0.51

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

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

LitVar

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