rs1553624279

Positions:

• chr3-25501284-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PVS1 PM2

The NM_000965.5(RARB):​c.409C>T​(p.Arg137*) variant causes a stop gained change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000686 in 1,458,040 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 (★★). Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.9e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: RARB NM_000965.5 stop_gained
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.22

Genes affected

RARB (HGNC:9865): (retinoic acid receptor beta) This gene encodes retinoic acid receptor beta, a member of the thyroid-steroid hormone receptor superfamily of nuclear transcriptional regulators. This receptor localizes to the cytoplasm and to subnuclear compartments. It binds retinoic acid, the biologically active form of vitamin A which mediates cellular signalling in embryonic morphogenesis, cell growth and differentiation. It is thought that this protein limits growth of many cell types by regulating gene expression. The gene was first identified in a hepatocellular carcinoma where it flanks a hepatitis B virus integration site. Alternate promoter usage and differential splicing result in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2014]

RARB (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 10 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

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
RARB	NM_000965.5	c.409C>T	p.Arg137*	stop_gained	3/8	ENST00000330688.9	NP_000956.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
RARB	ENST00000330688.9	c.409C>T	p.Arg137*	stop_gained	3/8	1	NM_000965.5	ENSP00000332296.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.86e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1458040 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 30 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 725230

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.0000166

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Microphthalmia, syndromic 12 Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing;provider interpretation

Geisinger Autism and Developmental Medicine Institute, Geisinger Health System

May 23, 2017

This variant was identified in a 6 year old male with global developmental delay, autism spectrum disorder, pica, and atopic dermatitis. It is absent from the gnomAD database and is predicted to result in loss of protein function due to truncation or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. It was inherited from a mother who has a history of learning difficulties in grade school. She completed 14 years of education. Neither the proband nor his mother have had ophthalmologic evaluations but there are no vision concerns. There were no additional variants identified in the RARB gene. -

not provided Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

GeneDx

Apr 10, 2017

The R137X variant in the RARB gene has not been reported previously as a pathogenic variant nor as a benign variant, to our knowledge. This variant is predicted to cause loss of normal protein function either through protein truncation or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. The R137X variant is not observed in large population cohorts (Lek et al., 2016; 1000 Genomes Consortium et al., 2015; Exome Variant Server). We interpret R137X as a variant of uncertain significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.63	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.60
CADD	Pathogenic	46
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.76
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.62
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.88	D
Vest4		0.84, 0.88
GERP RS		3.9

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.010		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1553624279; hg19: chr3-25542775;