rs199473645
Variant summary
Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 3 ACMG points: 3P and 0B. PP3_ModeratePP5
The NM_000219.6(KCNE1):c.199C>T(p.Arg67Cys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000262 in 1,528,300 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 1 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 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. R67P) has been classified as Uncertain significance.
Frequency
Consequence
NM_000219.6 missense
Scores
Clinical Significance
Conservation
Publications
- long QT syndrome 5Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics
- Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome 2Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, PanelApp Australia
- Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndromeInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- atrial fibrillationInheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
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ACMG classification
Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 3 ACMG points.
Transcripts
RefSeq
Ensembl
Frequencies
GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.0000374 AC: 5AN: 133706Hom.: 0 Cov.: 17 show subpopulations
GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.0000318 AC: 8AN: 251382 AF XY: 0.0000294 show subpopulations
GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.0000251 AC: 35AN: 1394594Hom.: 1 Cov.: 26 AF XY: 0.0000330 AC XY: 23AN XY: 696712 show subpopulations
Age Distribution
GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.0000374 AC: 5AN: 133706Hom.: 0 Cov.: 17 AF XY: 0.0000155 AC XY: 1AN XY: 64538 show subpopulations
Age Distribution
ClinVar
Submissions by phenotype
not provided Pathogenic:2Uncertain:1
KCNE1: PM1, PM5, PS4:Moderate, PM2:Supporting -
In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; One functional study proposed that p.(R67C) resulted in a LQTS phenotype due to decreased PIP2 sensitivity (Li et al., 2011); another study found that p.(R67C) had no significant effect on channel current compared with wild type (Garmany et al., 2020); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 24710009, 24631775, 30020974, 19862833, 28018021, 29247119, 25234231, 32058015, 31941373, 19716085, 21576493) -
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not specified Uncertain:2
The Arg67Cys variant in KCNE1 has not previously been reported in any individual s with hearing loss but has been reported in one individual with long QT syndrom e (Kapplinger 2009). This variant was absent from large population studies. Comp utational prediction tools and conservation analyses suggest this variant may im pact the protein, though this information is not predictive enough to determine pathogenicity. In summary, the clinical significance of the Arg67Cys variant is uncertain. -
Variant summary: KCNE1 c.199C>T (p.Arg67Cys) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the C-terminal domain (Kapplinger_2009) of the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 3.2e-05 in 251382 control chromosomes. In our cross sectional ascertainment of the literature, c.199C>T has been reported in the literature in cohorts of individuals undergoing comprehensive genetic evaluation for LQTS with a wide variation in age of onset (example, Kapplinger_2009, Wang_2014, Coll_2018, Roberts_2020) and as an uninformative occurrence in a family with congenital heart block that underwent WES (whole exome sequencing) (example, Thongnak_2016). One of these publications reporting a segregation within at-least two affected members from one family classified the variant as a VUS (Roberts_2020). These data indicate that the variant may be associated with disease. At least two publications report conflicting experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function (example, Li_2011, Garmany_2020). The most pronounced variant effect results in decreased sensitivity towards phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) cofactor required for cardiac slow-delayed rectifier channel activity (Li_2011) while a subsequent study reported no significant differences in rectifying potassium current densities compared to WT (Garmany_2020). Three clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant citing overlapping but not identical evidence utilized in the context of this evalution (likely pathogenic, n=1; VUS, n=2). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as VUS-possibly pathogenic. -
Long QT syndrome Pathogenic:1
This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 67 of the KCNE1 protein (p.Arg67Cys). This variant is present in population databases (rs199473645, gnomAD 0.009%). This missense change has been observed in individuals with clinical features of long QT syndrome and/or sudden unexplained death (PMID: 19716085, 24631775, 29247119, 30020974, 31941373, 32058015; internal data). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 132660). Invitae Evidence Modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt KCNE1 protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects KCNE1 function (PMID: 21576493). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -
Cardiovascular phenotype Pathogenic:1
The p.R67C variant (also known as c.199C>T), located in coding exon 1 of the KCNE1 gene, results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 199. The arginine at codon 67 is replaced by cysteine, an amino acid with highly dissimilar properties. This alteration has been reported in long QT syndrome and sudden unexplained death cohorts (Hedley PL et al. Hum. Mutat., 2009 Nov;30:1486-511; Kapplinger JD et al. Heart Rhythm. 2009;6(9):1297-303; Wang D et al. Forensic Sci Int. 2014;237:90-9). This variant co-segregated with disease in 1 family tested in our laboratory (Internal Ambry Data). In a study looking at the function of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate in potassium channel IKs, p.R67C was shown to cause a reduced current when compared to the wildtype (Li Y, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2011 May; 108(22):9095-100). This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Based on the majority of available evidence to date, this variant is likely to be pathogenic. However, pathogenic and likely pathogenic KCNE1 variants typically exhibit low penetrance in the heterozygous state and may represent risk factors that manifest clinically only in the presence of additional genetic or environmental factors (Roberts JD et al.Circulation. 2020 02;141(6):429-439). -
Long QT syndrome 5 Uncertain:1
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Congenital long QT syndrome Other:1
This variant has been reported as associated with Long QT syndrome in the following publications (PMID:19716085). This is a literature report, and does not necessarily reflect the clinical interpretation of the Imperial College / Royal Brompton Cardiovascular Genetics laboratory. -
Computational scores
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Splicing
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