rs59962885

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 5 ACMG points: 6P and 1B. PM1PM2PM5BS1_Supporting

The NM_001927.4(DES):​c.1009G>A​(p.Ala337Thr) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000359 in 1,613,398 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. A337P) has been classified as Pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000046 ( 0 hom., cov: 31)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000035 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

DES
NM_001927.4 missense

Scores

1
13
6

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:6

Conservation

PhyloP100: 6.20
Variant links:
Genes affected
DES (HGNC:2770): (desmin) This gene encodes a muscle-specific class III intermediate filament. Homopolymers of this protein form a stable intracytoplasmic filamentous network connecting myofibrils to each other and to the plasma membrane. Mutations in this gene are associated with desmin-related myopathy, a familial cardiac and skeletal myopathy (CSM), and with distal myopathies. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 5 ACMG points.

PM1
In a region_of_interest Interaction with NEB (size 147) in uniprot entity DESM_HUMAN there are 50 pathogenic changes around while only 2 benign (96%) in NM_001927.4
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PM5
Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr2-219420939-G-C is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].
BS1
Variant frequency is greater than expected in population sas. gnomad4_exome allele frequency = 0.0000349 (51/1461292) while in subpopulation SAS AF= 0.00036 (31/86204). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.00026. There are 0 homozygotes in gnomad4_exome. There are 27 alleles in male gnomad4_exome subpopulation. Median coverage is 38. This position pass quality control queck. Existence of Clinvar submissions makes me limit the strength of this signal to Supporting

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
DESNM_001927.4 linkc.1009G>A p.Ala337Thr missense_variant Exon 5 of 9 ENST00000373960.4 NP_001918.3 P17661Q53SB5

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
DESENST00000373960.4 linkc.1009G>A p.Ala337Thr missense_variant Exon 5 of 9 1 NM_001927.4 ENSP00000363071.3 P17661
DESENST00000477226.6 linkn.483G>A non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 4 of 8 4
DESENST00000492726.1 linkn.404G>A non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 4 of 6 4
DESENST00000683013.1 linkn.397G>A non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 3 of 7

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000460
AC:
7
AN:
152106
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000965
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:
0.0000294
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.000479
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.0000679
AC:
17
AN:
250286
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000665
AC XY:
9
AN XY:
135336
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.000186
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS exome
AF:
0.000295
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000441
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000349
AC:
51
AN:
1461292
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
38
AF XY:
0.0000371
AC XY:
27
AN XY:
726926
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.000120
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.0000252
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.000360
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.0000126
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.0000166
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000460
AC:
7
AN:
152106
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.0000404
AC XY:
3
AN XY:
74294
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.0000965
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.0000294
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.000479
Alfa
AF:
0.0000581
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000831
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.000454
AC:
2
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ExAC
AF:
0.000115
AC:
14
Asia WGS
AF:
0.000577
AC:
2
AN:
3478
EpiCase
AF:
0.00
EpiControl
AF:
0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:6
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not specified Uncertain:1
Feb 27, 2024
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

Variant summary: DES c.1009G>A (p.Ala337Thr) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the Intermediate filament, rod domain (IPR039008) of the encoded protein sequence. Four of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 6.8e-05 in 250286 control chromosomes (gnomAD). The observed variant frequency is approximately 2 fold of the estimated maximal expected allele frequency for a pathogenic variant in DES causing Dilated Cardiomyopathy phenotype (3.1e-05), strongly suggesting that the variant is benign. c.1009G>A has been reported in the literature in individuals from cohorts of hypertrophy cardiomyopathy/dilated cardiomyopathy /sudden death that had panel testing (example: Lin_2017, McGurk_2023). These report(s) do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Dilated Cardiomyopathy. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 29247119, 37652022). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 382176). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Desmin-related myofibrillar myopathy Uncertain:1
Jan 22, 2025
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces alanine, which is neutral and non-polar, with threonine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 337 of the DES protein (p.Ala337Thr). This variant is present in population databases (rs59962885, gnomAD 0.03%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with sudden unexplained death (PMID: 29247119). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 382176). 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) has been performed for this missense variant. However, the output from this modeling did not meet the statistical confidence thresholds required to predict the impact of this variant on DES protein function. 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. -

Dilated cardiomyopathy 1I Uncertain:1
Feb 14, 2023
Neuberg Centre For Genomic Medicine, NCGM
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

The missense c.1009G>A (p.Ala337Thr) variant in the DES gene has been detected in a sudden death cohort, and in a non_x0002_compaction cardiomyopathy cohort; however, details are limited (van Waning, Jaap I et al., 2018; Lin, Ying et al., 2017). This variant is reported with the allele frequency (0.006%) in the gnomAD Exomes and novel in 1000 Genomes. It is submitted to ClinVar as Uncertain Significance. The amino acid Alanine at position 337 is changed to a Threonine changing protein sequence and it might alter its composition and physico-chemical properties. The amino acid change p.Ala337Thr in DES is predicted as conserved by GERP++ and PhyloP across 100 vertebrates. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Uncertain Significance -

Desmin-related myofibrillar myopathy;C1858154:Dilated cardiomyopathy 1I;C1867005:Neurogenic scapuloperoneal syndrome, Kaeser type Uncertain:1
Oct 12, 2021
Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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not provided Uncertain:1
May 06, 2024
GeneDx
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

Identified in patients with DCM, sudden death, and non-compaction cardiomyopathy (NCCM) in published literature (PMID: 37652022, 29247119, 29447731); In silico analysis indicates that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 32906206, 26807690, 29247119, 37652022, 29447731) -

Cardiovascular phenotype Uncertain:1
Jul 26, 2024
Ambry Genetics
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.A337T variant (also known as c.1009G>A), located in coding exon 5 of the DES gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 1009. The alanine at codon 337 is replaced by threonine, an amino acid with similar properties. This variant has been detected in a sudden death cohort, and in a non-compaction cardiomyopathy cohort; however, details were limited (Lin Y et al. Circ Cardiovasc Genet, 2017 Dec;10; van Waning JI et al. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 2018 02;71:711-722). This amino acid position is not well conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, the in silico prediction for this alteration is inconclusive. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Uncertain
0.42
CardioboostCm
Benign
0.019
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.030
T
BayesDel_noAF
Uncertain
0.020
CADD
Pathogenic
32
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.56
D
Eigen
Uncertain
0.48
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.49
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.96
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.91
D
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.19
D
MetaRNN
Uncertain
0.50
D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
0.86
D
MutationAssessor
Benign
1.9
L
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.69
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-2.2
N
REVEL
Uncertain
0.63
Sift
Benign
0.055
T
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.060
T
Polyphen
0.95
P
Vest4
0.47
MVP
0.98
MPC
1.3
ClinPred
0.47
T
GERP RS
4.8
Varity_R
0.26
gMVP
0.65

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.0
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

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs59962885; hg19: chr2-220285661; API