rs143550996

Variant summary

Our verdict is Benign. The variant received -9 ACMG points: 0P and 9B. BP4_StrongBP6BS2

The NM_001283009.2(RTEL1):​c.959T>C​(p.Met320Thr) variant causes a missense, splice region change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00154 in 1,612,424 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 4 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 18/24 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predict no significant impact on normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. M320V) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0011 ( 0 hom., cov: 31)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0016 ( 4 hom. )

Consequence

RTEL1
NM_001283009.2 missense, splice_region

Scores

1
18
Splicing: ADA: 0.0001307
2

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:4B:2

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.568

Publications

4 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
RTEL1 (HGNC:15888): (regulator of telomere elongation helicase 1) This gene encodes a DNA helicase which functions in the stability, protection and elongation of telomeres and interacts with proteins in the shelterin complex known to protect telomeres during DNA replication. Mutations in this gene have been associated with dyskeratosis congenita and Hoyerall-Hreidarsson syndrome. Read-through transcription of this gene into the neighboring downstream gene, which encodes tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 6b, generates a non-coding transcript. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]
RTEL1-TNFRSF6B (HGNC:44095): (RTEL1-TNFRSF6B readthrough (NMD candidate)) This locus represents naturally occurring read-through transcription between the neighboring RTEL1 (regulator of telomere elongation helicase 1) and TNFRSF6B (tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 6b, decoy) genes on chromosome 20. The read-through transcript is a candidate for nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), and is unlikely to produce a protein product. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2011]

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Benign. The variant received -9 ACMG points.

BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.013461858).
BP6
Variant 20-63678268-T-C is Benign according to our data. Variant chr20-63678268-T-C is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 540945.
BS2
High Homozygotes in GnomAdExome4 at 4 AR,AD gene

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
RTEL1NM_001283009.2 linkc.959T>C p.Met320Thr missense_variant, splice_region_variant Exon 12 of 35 ENST00000360203.11 NP_001269938.1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
RTEL1ENST00000360203.11 linkc.959T>C p.Met320Thr missense_variant, splice_region_variant Exon 12 of 35 5 NM_001283009.2 ENSP00000353332.5
RTEL1ENST00000508582.7 linkc.1031T>C p.Met344Thr missense_variant, splice_region_variant Exon 12 of 35 2 ENSP00000424307.2
RTEL1ENST00000370018.7 linkc.959T>C p.Met320Thr missense_variant, splice_region_variant Exon 12 of 35 1 ENSP00000359035.3
RTEL1-TNFRSF6BENST00000492259.6 linkn.1043T>C non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 10 of 35 5 ENSP00000457428.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00107
AC:
163
AN:
152042
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.000266
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00110
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.000786
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.000416
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00170
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00949
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.00169
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.000480
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00112
AC:
279
AN:
249962
AF XY:
0.00113
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.000247
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.000174
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.0000999
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00229
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00175
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00115
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00159
AC:
2317
AN:
1460264
Hom.:
4
Cov.:
36
AF XY:
0.00154
AC XY:
1115
AN XY:
726126
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.000388
AC:
13
AN:
33468
American (AMR)
AF:
0.000224
AC:
10
AN:
44620
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.0000383
AC:
1
AN:
26102
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39648
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.000371
AC:
32
AN:
86158
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00261
AC:
139
AN:
53240
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.000173
AC:
1
AN:
5764
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00184
AC:
2047
AN:
1110944
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00123
AC:
74
AN:
60320
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.483
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
125
250
374
499
624
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Exome Hom
Variant carriers
0
86
172
258
344
430
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00107
AC:
163
AN:
152160
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.00116
AC XY:
86
AN XY:
74388
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.000265
AC:
11
AN:
41540
American (AMR)
AF:
0.000785
AC:
12
AN:
15286
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3470
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5168
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.000416
AC:
2
AN:
4808
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00170
AC:
18
AN:
10606
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00680
AC:
2
AN:
294
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00169
AC:
115
AN:
67972
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.000950
AC:
2
AN:
2106
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.504
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
9
19
28
38
47
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
4
8
12
16
20
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
Alfa
AF:
0.00109
Hom.:
1
Bravo
AF:
0.000907
TwinsUK
AF:
0.00189
AC:
7
ALSPAC
AF:
0.00156
AC:
6
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.000454
AC:
2
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.00105
AC:
9
ExAC
AF:
0.00107
AC:
130
Asia WGS
AF:
0.000289
AC:
1
AN:
3478
EpiCase
AF:
0.00125
EpiControl
AF:
0.00142

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Uncertain:4Benign:2
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:2
Mar 02, 2021
GeneDx
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Identified in two individuals with suspected familial bone marrow failure, one with shortened telomeres that also carried a variant in TERT, and another with normal telomere length (Marsh 2018); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; Also known as M320T (c.959T>C); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 29344583) -

Jul 01, 2022
CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Dyskeratosis congenita Uncertain:1Benign:1
Sep 23, 2021
Sema4, Sema4
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:curation

- -

Sep 16, 2020
Natera, Inc.
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

not specified Uncertain:1
May 18, 2022
Genetic Services Laboratory, University of Chicago
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

DNA sequence analysis of the RTEL1 gene demonstrated a sequence change, c.1031T>C, in exon 12 that results in an amino acid change, p.Met344Thr (cDNA transcript used: NM_032957.4). This sequence change has been described in the gnomAD database with a frequency of 0.22% in the European Finnish subpopulation (dbSNP rs143550996). The p.Met344Thr change affects a poorly conserved amino acid residue located in a domain of the RTEL1 protein that is known to be functional. The p.Met344Thr substitution appears to be benign using several in-silico pathogenicity prediction tools (SIFT, PolyPhen2, Align GVGD, REVEL). This sequence change does not appear to have been previously described in individuals with RTEL1-related disorders. Due to insufficient evidences and the lack of functional studies, the clinical significance of the p.Met344Thr change remains unknown at this time. -

Dyskeratosis congenita, autosomal recessive 5;C4225346:Pulmonary fibrosis and/or bone marrow failure, Telomere-related, 3 Benign:1
Jan 30, 2025
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.15
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.39
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.33
CADD
Benign
6.7
DANN
Benign
0.35
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.12
T;.;.;.
Eigen
Benign
-0.83
Eigen_PC
Benign
-0.81
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.63
D
LIST_S2
Benign
0.56
T;T;T;T
M_CAP
Benign
0.057
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.013
T;T;T;T
MetaSVM
Benign
-0.85
T
MutationAssessor
Benign
1.2
L;.;L;.
PhyloP100
0.57
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.50
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-0.93
N;N;N;.
REVEL
Benign
0.20
Sift
Benign
0.54
T;T;T;.
Sift4G
Benign
0.56
T;T;T;T
Polyphen
0.0060
B;B;B;.
Vest4
0.33
MVP
0.35
ClinPred
0.0069
T
GERP RS
-1.3
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.1
Varity_R
0.020
gMVP
0.25
Mutation Taster
=85/15
polymorphism

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA
Benign
0.00013
dbscSNV1_RF
Benign
0.0060
SpliceAI score (max)
0.10
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs143550996; hg19: chr20-62309621; API