rs148932047

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PVS1PM2PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_007055.4(POLR3A):​c.2617C>T​(p.Arg873*) variant causes a stop gained, splice region change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000384 in 1,612,742 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predict no significant impact on normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★★). Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000046 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000038 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

POLR3A
NM_007055.4 stop_gained, splice_region

Scores

3
3
1
Splicing: ADA: 0.07842
2

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:8

Conservation

PhyloP100: 3.10

Publications

4 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
POLR3A (HGNC:30074): (RNA polymerase III subunit A) The protein encoded by this gene is the catalytic component of RNA polymerase III, which synthesizes small RNAs. The encoded protein also acts as a sensor to detect foreign DNA and trigger an innate immune response. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]
POLR3A Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • odontoleukodystrophy
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Illumina, Orphanet
  • Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 7, with or without oligodontia and/or hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • hypomyelination-cerebellar atrophy-hypoplasia of the corpus callosum syndrome
    Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • hypomyelination-hypogonadotropic hypogonadism-hypodontia syndrome
    Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • tremor-ataxia-central hypomyelination syndrome
    Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 18 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 10-77993367-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr10-77993367-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 235466.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
POLR3ANM_007055.4 linkc.2617C>T p.Arg873* stop_gained, splice_region_variant Exon 20 of 31 ENST00000372371.8 NP_008986.2 O14802

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
POLR3AENST00000372371.8 linkc.2617C>T p.Arg873* stop_gained, splice_region_variant Exon 20 of 31 1 NM_007055.4 ENSP00000361446.3 O14802

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000460
AC:
7
AN:
152144
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000966
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000441
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.0000478
AC:
12
AN:
251082
AF XY:
0.0000442
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.000123
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.000109
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000440
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.000164
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000377
AC:
55
AN:
1460598
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
30
AF XY:
0.0000413
AC XY:
30
AN XY:
726708
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000299
AC:
1
AN:
33454
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44716
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26120
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.0000504
AC:
2
AN:
39674
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000696
AC:
6
AN:
86240
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53360
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5766
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000387
AC:
43
AN:
1110916
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000497
AC:
3
AN:
60352
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.471
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
4
7
11
14
18
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome 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
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000460
AC:
7
AN:
152144
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000538
AC XY:
4
AN XY:
74328
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000966
AC:
4
AN:
41426
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15268
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3468
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5196
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4830
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10606
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000441
AC:
3
AN:
68030
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2092
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.489
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<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:
0.0000401
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000529
TwinsUK
AF:
0.000539
AC:
2
ALSPAC
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.000227
AC:
1
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ExAC
AF:
0.0000330
AC:
4
Asia WGS
AF:
0.000289
AC:
1
AN:
3478
EpiCase
AF:
0.0000545
EpiControl
AF:
0.00

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:8
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:5
Aug 29, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Arg873*) in the POLR3A gene. It is expected to result in an absent or disrupted protein product. Loss-of-function variants in POLR3A are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 21855841, 25339210, 27612211, 30414627, 30450527). This variant is present in population databases (rs148932047, gnomAD 0.01%). This premature translational stop signal has been observed in individual(s) with neonatal progeriod syndrome and/or spastic ataxia (PMID: 27612211, 28459997). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 235466). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Jan 08, 2016
Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Nov 22, 2022
GeneDx
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Nonsense variant predicted to result in protein truncation or nonsense mediated decay in a gene for which loss-of-function is a known mechanism of disease; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 28459997, 27612211, 31589614) -

Sep 30, 2023
Revvity Omics, Revvity
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

- -

Oct 01, 2023
CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

POLR3A: PVS1, PM3:Strong, PM2 -

POLR3A-related disorder Pathogenic:1
Oct 31, 2022
PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The POLR3A c.2617C>T variant is predicted to result in premature protein termination (p.Arg873*). This variant has been reported in the compound heterozygous state in two individuals with autosomal recessive POLR3A related disorders (Jay et al. 2016. PubMed ID: 27612211; Minnerop et al. 2017. PubMed ID: 28459997). This variant is reported in 0.010% of alleles in individuals of East Asian descent in gnomAD (http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/10-79753125-G-A). Nonsense variants in POLR3A are expected to be pathogenic. This variant is interpreted as pathogenic. -

Leukodystrophy Pathogenic:1
Jan 24, 2023
Broad Center for Mendelian Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:curation

The p.Arg873Ter variant in POLR3A has been reported in 2 individuals with POLR3A-related disorders (PMID: 27612211, 28459997), and has been identified in 0.01% (2/19914) of East Asian chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP ID: rs148932047). Although this variant has been seen in the general population in a heterozygous state, its frequency is low enough to be consistent with a recessive carrier frequency. This variant has also been reported in ClinVar (Variation ID#: 235466) and has been interpreted as pathogenic by Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine (Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics), Invitae, OMIM, and PerkinElmer Genomics. Of the 2 affected individuals, 1 was a compound heterozygote that carried a reported likely pathogenic variant in trans, which increases the likelihood that the p.Arg873Ter variant is pathogenic (VariationID: 31144; PMID: 27612211). This nonsense variant leads to a premature termination codon at position 873, which is predicted to lead to a truncated or absent protein. Loss of function of the POLR3A gene is an established disease mechanism in autosomal recessive POLR3A-related disorders. In summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as pathogenic for autosomal recessive POLR3A-related disorders. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PVS1, PM3, PM2_supporting (Richards 2015). -

Neonatal pseudo-hydrocephalic progeroid syndrome Pathogenic:1
Feb 13, 2019
OMIM
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:literature only

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.47
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.62
CADD
Pathogenic
37
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.74
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.58
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.91
D
PhyloP100
3.1
Vest4
0.98
GERP RS
3.4
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7
Mutation Taster
=3/197
disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA
Benign
0.078
dbscSNV1_RF
Benign
0.37
SpliceAI score (max)
0.070
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: rs148932047; hg19: chr10-79753125; COSMIC: COSV64930759; API