rs1557084491

Variant names:

• chrX-49077749-T-C
• rs1557084491
• NM_001029896.2:c.131-2A>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PVS1_Moderate PM2 PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_001029896.2(WDR45):​c.131-2A>G variant causes a splice acceptor, intron change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 22)
• Consequence: WDR45 NM_001029896.2 splice_acceptor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.04
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

WDR45 (HGNC:28912): (WD repeat domain 45) This gene encodes a member of the WD repeat protein family. WD repeats are minimally conserved regions of approximately 40 amino acids typically bracketed by gly-his and trp-asp (GH-WD), which may facilitate formation of heterotrimeric or multiprotein complexes. Members of this family are involved in a variety of cellular processes, including cell cycle progression, signal transduction, apoptosis, and gene regulation. This gene has a pseudogene at chromosome 4q31.3. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene, but the biological validity and full-length nature of some variants have not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

WDR45 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 5

  Inheritance: XL Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Illumina, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, Genomics England PanelApp, G2P
• X-linked complex neurodevelopmental disorder

  Inheritance: XL Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• infantile spasms

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ENSG00000288053 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, product NOT destroyed by NMD, known LOF gene, truncates exone, which is 0.09695291 fraction of the gene. Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 3.1, offset of 11, new splice context is: cctgtccggaccacgagcAGgtg. Cryptic site results in frameshift change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in inframe change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant X-49077749-T-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chrX-49077749-T-C is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 540346.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
WDR45	NM_001029896.2	c.131-2A>G		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 3 of 10	ENST00000376372.9	NP_001025067.1
WDR45	NM_007075.4	c.131-2A>G		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 4 of 11		NP_009006.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
WDR45	ENST00000376372.9	c.131-2A>G		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 3 of 10	1	NM_001029896.2	ENSP00000365551.3
ENSG00000288053	ENST00000376358.4	c.130+88A>G		intron_variant	Intron 3 of 7	2		ENSP00000365536.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 22

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 29

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 22

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 5 Pathogenic:1

Sep 10, 2017

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change affects an acceptor splice site in intron 4 of the WDR45 gene. It is expected to disrupt RNA splicing and likely results in an absent or disrupted protein product. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals with WDR45-related disease. Donor and acceptor splice site variants typically lead to a loss of protein function (PMID: 16199547), and loss-of-function variants in WDR45 are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 23176820, 24368176, 25744623). 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. -

not provided Pathogenic:1

Oct 25, 2023

GeneDx

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Canonical splice site variant predicted to result in an in-frame loss of the adjacent exon in a gene for which loss of function is a known mechanism of disease; Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 33504798, 32811771) -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.62	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.050
CADD	Pathogenic	35
DANN	Uncertain	0.98
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
PhyloP100		7.0
GERP RS		3.7
PromoterAI		0.0066	Neutral
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.3
Mutation Taster		=13/87	disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.96
SpliceAI score (max)		0.99		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai		0.90		Position offset: -13
DS_AL_spliceai		0.99		Position offset: -2

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1557084491; hg19: chrX-48935408;