rs1060503693

Variant names:

• chr8-24954281-C-T
• rs1060503693
• NM_006158.5:c.1069G>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 7 ACMG points: 7P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP2 PP3_Moderate

The NM_006158.5(NEFL):​c.1069G>A​(p.Glu357Lys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000137 in 1,461,334 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000014 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: NEFL NM_006158.5 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.88
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

NEFL (HGNC:7739): (neurofilament light chain) Neurofilaments are type IV intermediate filament heteropolymers composed of light, medium, and heavy chains. Neurofilaments comprise the axoskeleton and they functionally maintain the neuronal caliber. They may also play a role in intracellular transport to axons and dendrites. This gene encodes the light chain neurofilament protein. Mutations in this gene cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease types 1F (CMT1F) and 2E (CMT2E), disorders of the peripheral nervous system that are characterized by distinct neuropathies. A pseudogene has been identified on chromosome Y. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

NEFL Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1F

  Inheritance: AR, AD Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2E

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2B5

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 7 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a region_of_interest Coil 2B (size 115) in uniprot entity NFL_HUMAN there are 9 pathogenic changes around while only 1 benign (90%) in NM_006158.5
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP2: Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 19 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 5 curated benign missense variants. Trascript score misZ: 0.63774 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2B5, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2E, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1F.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.883

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
NEFL	NM_006158.5	c.1069G>A	p.Glu357Lys	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 4	ENST00000610854.2	NP_006149.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
NEFL	ENST00000610854.2	c.1069G>A	p.Glu357Lys	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 4	1	NM_006158.5	ENSP00000482169.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000137 AC: 2 AN: 1461334 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00000275 AC XY: 2 AN XY: 726912

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33472

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44686

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26126

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39668

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86130

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53390

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5762

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000180 AC: 2 AN: 1111736

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60364

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2E Uncertain:1

May 12, 2016

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces glutamic acid with lysine at codon 1069 of the NEFL protein (p.Glu357Lys). The glutamic acid residue is highly conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between glutamic acid and lysine. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency) and has not been reported in the literature in individuals with a NEFL-related disease. 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. In summary, this variant is a novel missense change with uncertain impact on protein function. It has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance.  A family study may help clarify the significance of this variant. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.97
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.62	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.65
CADD	Pathogenic	32
DANN	Benign	0.92
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.94	D;.;T
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.88	D;D;D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.88	D;D;D
PhyloP100		7.9
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.89	D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.0090	D;.;D
Polyphen		0.99	D;.;.
Vest4		0.86
MVP		0.80
GERP RS		6.1
Varity_R		0.78
gMVP		0.93

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: rs1060503693; hg19: chr8-24811795;