chr2-178785718-TTG-T

Variant names:

• chr2-178785718-TTG-T
• rs1060500528
• NM_001267550.2:c.2393_2394delCA

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points: 11P and 0B. PVS1 PM2 PP5

The NM_001267550.2(TTN):​c.2393_2394delCA​(p.Thr798AsnfsTer9) variant causes a frameshift change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,852 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: TTN NM_001267550.2 frameshift
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:3 U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.08
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

TTN (HGNC:12403): (titin) This gene encodes a large abundant protein of striated muscle. The product of this gene is divided into two regions, a N-terminal I-band and a C-terminal A-band. The I-band, which is the elastic part of the molecule, contains two regions of tandem immunoglobulin domains on either side of a PEVK region that is rich in proline, glutamate, valine and lysine. The A-band, which is thought to act as a protein-ruler, contains a mixture of immunoglobulin and fibronectin repeats, and possesses kinase activity. An N-terminal Z-disc region and a C-terminal M-line region bind to the Z-line and M-line of the sarcomere, respectively, so that a single titin molecule spans half the length of a sarcomere. Titin also contains binding sites for muscle associated proteins so it serves as an adhesion template for the assembly of contractile machinery in muscle cells. It has also been identified as a structural protein for chromosomes. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants. Considerable variability exists in the I-band, the M-line and the Z-disc regions of titin. Variability in the I-band region contributes to the differences in elasticity of different titin isoforms and, therefore, to the differences in elasticity of different muscle types. Mutations in this gene are associated with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 9, and autoantibodies to titin are produced in patients with the autoimmune disease scleroderma. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012]

TTN Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• dilated cardiomyopathy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• dilated cardiomyopathy 1G

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, G2P
• early-onset myopathy with fatal cardiomyopathy

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, G2P
• TTN-related myopathy

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• myopathy, myofibrillar, 9, with early respiratory failure

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
• tibial muscular dystrophy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Orphanet
• autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2J

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, Orphanet
• hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 9

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE, LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), PanelApp Australia
• familial isolated dilated cardiomyopathy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• autosomal recessive centronuclear myopathy

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• childhood-onset progressive contractures-limb-girdle weakness-muscle dystrophy syndrome

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen
• congenital myopathy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• hereditary skeletal muscle disorder

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen

ACMG classification

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

• PVS1: Loss of function variant, product undergoes nonsense mediated mRNA decay. LoF is a known mechanism of disease.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 2-178785718-TTG-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr2-178785718-TTG-T is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 405012.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
TTN	NM_001267550.2	c.2393_2394delCA	p.Thr798AsnfsTer9	frameshift_variant	Exon 15 of 363	ENST00000589042.5	NP_001254479.2
TTN	NM_133379.5	c.2393_2394delCA	p.Thr798AsnfsTer9	frameshift_variant	Exon 15 of 46	ENST00000360870.10	NP_596870.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
TTN	ENST00000589042.5	c.2393_2394delCA	p.Thr798AsnfsTer9	frameshift_variant	Exon 15 of 363	5	NM_001267550.2	ENSP00000467141.1
TTN	ENST00000360870.10	c.2393_2394delCA	p.Thr798AsnfsTer9	frameshift_variant	Exon 15 of 46	5	NM_133379.5	ENSP00000354117.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461852 Hom.: 0 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 727232

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33478

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39694

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53420

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 8.99e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1111980

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60394

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:3 Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:2

Oct 12, 2016

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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May 09, 2024

Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Mayo Clinic

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

PM2 -

Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2J;C1858763:Dilated cardiomyopathy 1G Pathogenic:1

Aug 31, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Thr798Asnfs*9) in the TTN gene. While this is not anticipated to result in nonsense mediated decay, it is expected to create a truncated TTN protein. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been observed in the literature in individuals with autosomal recessive TTN-related conditions. This variant has been reported in individual(s) with dilated cardiomyopathy (internal data); however, the role of the variant in this condition is currently unclear. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 405012). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. This variant is located in the Z band of TTN (PMID: 25589632). Truncating variants in this region have been reported in individuals affected with autosomal recessive centronuclear myopathy (PMID: 33449170, internal data). Truncating variants in this region have also been identified in individuals affected with autosomal dominant dilated cardiomyopathy and/or cardio-related conditions (PMID: 27869827, 32964742, internal data). In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. -

Primary dilated cardiomyopathy Pathogenic:1

Feb 22, 2019

Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.Thr798AsnfsX9 variant in TTN has not been reported in individuals with TTN-associated diseases, such as dilated cardiomyopathy and neuromuscular conditions and was absent from large population studies. It has also been reported in ClinVar (Variation ID #405012). This variant is predicted to cause a frameshift, which alters the protein’s amino acid sequence beginning at position 798 and leads to a premature termination codon 9 amino acids downstream. This alteration is then predicted to lead to a truncated or absent protein. Nonsense and other truncating variants in TTN are strongly associated with DCM if they impact the exons encoding for the A-band (Herman 2012, Pugh 2014) and/or are located in an exon that is highly expressed in the heart (Roberts 2015). In addition, TTN variants have also been associated with myopathies and other neuromuscular conditions, which usually have autosomal recessive inheritance (Savarese 2016). The p.Thr798AsnfsX9 variant is located in a highly expressed exon in the Z-disk. In summary, although additional studies are required to fully establish its clinical significance, this variant meets criteria to be classified as likely pathogenic for TTN-associated diseases. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PVS1, PM2. -

Cardiovascular phenotype Pathogenic:1

Mar 05, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.2255_2256delCA variant, located in coding exon 13 of the TTN gene, results from a deletion of two nucleotides at nucleotide positions 2255 to 2256, causing a translational frameshift with a predicted alternate stop codon. This exon is located in the Z-disk region of the N2-B isoform of the titin protein and is constitutively expressed in TTN transcripts (percent spliced in or PSI 99%). This variant is considered to be rare based on population cohorts in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). This variant is expected to result in loss of function by premature protein truncation or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. While truncating variants in TTN are present in 1-3% of the general population, truncating variants in the A-band are the most common cause of dilated cardiomyopathy (Herman DS et al. N. Engl. J. Med., 2012 Feb;366:619-28; Roberts AM et al. Sci Transl Med, 2015 Jan;7:270ra6). TTN truncating variants encoded in constitutive exons (PSI >90%) have been found to be significantly associated with DCM regardless of their position in titin (Schafer S et al. Nat. Genet., 2017 01;49:46-53; Akhtar MM et al. Circ Heart Fail, 2020 Oct;13:e006832; Massier M et al. Clin Genet, 2025 Jan). Based on the majority of available evidence to date, this variant is likely to be pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
PhyloP100		3.1

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.16		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: rs1060500528; hg19: chr2-179650445;