rs35732034

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PVS1PM2

The NM_022168.4(IFIH1):​c.2807+1G>C variant causes a splice donor, intron change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000695 in 1,438,832 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 predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 7.0e-7 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

IFIH1
NM_022168.4 splice_donor, intron

Scores

5
1
1
Splicing: ADA: 1.000
2

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 7.28

Publications

0 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
IFIH1 (HGNC:18873): (interferon induced with helicase C domain 1) IFIH1 encodes MDA5 which is an intracellular sensor of viral RNA that triggers the innate immune response. Sensing RNA length and secondary structure, MDA5 binds dsRNA oligonucleotides with a modified DExD/H-box helicase core and a C-terminal domain, thus leading to a proinflammatory response that includes interferons. It has been shown that Coronaviruses (CoVs) as well as various other virus families, are capable of evading the MDA5-dependent interferon response, thus impeding the activation of the innate immune response to infection. MDA5 has also been shown to play an important role in enhancing natural killer cell function in malaria infection. In addition to its protective role in antiviral responses, MDA5 has been implicated in autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases such as type 1 diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome[provided by RefSeq, Jul 2020]
IFIH1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 7
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Illumina, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
  • Singleton-Merten syndrome 1
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • Singleton-Merten dysplasia
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • immunodeficiency 95
    Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points.

PVS1
Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, LoF is a know mechanism of disease, No cryptic splice site detected. Exon removal results in frameshift change.
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
IFIH1NM_022168.4 linkc.2807+1G>C splice_donor_variant, intron_variant Intron 14 of 15 ENST00000649979.2 NP_071451.2 Q9BYX4-1
IFIH1XM_047445407.1 linkc.2090+1G>C splice_donor_variant, intron_variant Intron 13 of 14 XP_047301363.1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
IFIH1ENST00000649979.2 linkc.2807+1G>C splice_donor_variant, intron_variant Intron 14 of 15 NM_022168.4 ENSP00000497271.1 Q9BYX4-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
33
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
6.95e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1438832
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
30
AF XY:
0.00
AC XY:
0
AN XY:
714064
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
32434
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
40836
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
25294
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39234
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
81428
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53008
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5658
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
9.08e-7
AC:
1
AN:
1101472
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
59468
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.375
Heterozygous variant carriers
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0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

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GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
33

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:1
Revision: criteria provided, single submitter
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 7;C4225427:Singleton-Merten syndrome 1 Uncertain:1
Jan 08, 2025
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change affects a donor splice site in intron 14 of the IFIH1 gene. It is expected to disrupt RNA splicing. Variants that disrupt the donor or acceptor splice site typically lead to a loss of protein function (PMID: 16199547), however the current clinical and genetic evidence is not sufficient to establish whether loss-of-function variants in IFIH1 cause disease. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with IFIH1-related conditions. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.45
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.40
CADD
Pathogenic
30
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
Eigen
Pathogenic
1.1
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.95
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
1.0
D
PhyloP100
7.3
GERP RS
4.7
Mutation Taster
=71/29
polymorphism

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA
Pathogenic
1.0
dbscSNV1_RF
Pathogenic
0.94
SpliceAI score (max)
0.98
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai
0.98
Position offset: 1

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs35732034; hg19: chr2-163124596; API