chr17-70175605-G-C

Variant names:

• chr17-70175605-G-C
• rs199473381
• NM_000891.3:c.566G>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points: 11P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5 PP2 PP3_Strong

The NM_000891.3(KCNJ2):​c.566G>C​(p.Arg189Thr) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 13/22 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R189K) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: KCNJ2 NM_000891.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 10.0
• Publications: 7 publications found

Genes affected

KCNJ2 (HGNC:6263): (potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 2) Potassium channels are present in most mammalian cells, where they participate in a wide range of physiologic responses. The protein encoded by this gene is an integral membrane protein and inward-rectifier type potassium channel. The encoded protein, which has a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into a cell rather than out of a cell, probably participates in establishing action potential waveform and excitability of neuronal and muscle tissues. Mutations in this gene have been associated with Andersen syndrome, which is characterized by periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias, and dysmorphic features. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

KCNJ2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Andersen-Tawil syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• short QT syndrome type 3

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• short QT syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Orphanet
• familial atrial fibrillation

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED, NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen, Genomics England PanelApp
• long QT syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 5 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 9 uncertain in NM_000891.3
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr17-70175605-G-A is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 190812.
• PP2: Missense variant in the KCNJ2 gene, where missense mutations are typically associated with disease (based on misZ statistic). The gene has 51 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 2 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 2.7459 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 3.9347 (above the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to short QT syndrome type 3, short QT syndrome, Andersen-Tawil syndrome, familial atrial fibrillation, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, long QT syndrome.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.984

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000891.3. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	KCNJ2	NM_000891.3	MANE Select	c.566G>C	p.Arg189Thr	missense	Exon 2 of 2	NP_000882.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	KCNJ2	ENST00000243457.4	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.566G>C	p.Arg189Thr	missense	Exon 2 of 2	ENSP00000243457.2
	KCNJ2	ENST00000535240.1	TSL:1	c.566G>C	p.Arg189Thr	missense	Exon 2 of 2	ENSP00000441848.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Andersen Tawil syndrome;C1865018:Short QT syndrome type 3 Uncertain:1

Dec 21, 2018

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces arginine with threonine at codon 189 of the KCNJ2 protein (p.Arg189Thr). The arginine residue is highly conserved and there is a moderate physicochemical difference between arginine and threonine. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals with KCNJ2-related conditions. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive, but these predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies and their clinical significance is uncertain. This variant disrupts the p.Arg189 amino acid residue in KCNJ2. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been observed in individuals with KCNJ2-related conditions (PMID:27145478, 12796536), which suggests that this may be a clinically significant amino acid residue. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	1.0
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.58	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.59
CADD	Pathogenic	28
DANN	Uncertain	0.98
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.98	D
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.1
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	1.0
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	1.0	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.99	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.62	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.98	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.1	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	4.3	H
PhyloP100		10
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.91	D
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-5.8	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.95
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.91
MutPred		0.91		Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0451)
MVP		0.98
MPC		2.3
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.7
Varity_R		0.95
gMVP		1.0
Mutation Taster		=6/94	disease causing

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs199473381; hg19: chr17-68171746;