rs61751388

Positions:

• chr1-94029444-C-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PVS1_Moderate PM2 PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000350.3(ABCA4):​c.4539+1G>T variant causes a splice donor, 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 Pathogenic (★★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: ABCA4 NM_000350.3 splice_donor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:6 O:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 5.80

Genes affected

ABCA4 (HGNC:34): (ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 4) The membrane-associated protein encoded by this gene is a member of the superfamily of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. ABC proteins transport various molecules across extra- and intracellular membranes. ABC genes are divided into seven distinct subfamilies (ABC1, MDR/TAP, MRP, ALD, OABP, GCN20, White). This protein is a member of the ABC1 subfamily. Members of the ABC1 subfamily comprise the only major ABC subfamily found exclusively in multicellular eukaryotes. This protein is a retina-specific ABC transporter with N-retinylidene-PE as a substrate. It is expressed exclusively in retina photoreceptor cells, and the gene product mediates transport of an essental molecule, all-trans-retinal aldehyde (atRAL), across the photoreceptor cell membrane. Mutations in this gene are found in patients diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a form of juvenile-onset macular degeneration. Mutations in this gene are also associated with retinitis pigmentosa-19, cone-rod dystrophy type 3, early-onset severe retinal dystrophy, fundus flavimaculatus, and macular degeneration age-related 2. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2019]

ABCA4 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 12 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, product NOT destroyed by NMD, known LOF gene, truncates exone, which is 0.027264731 fraction of the gene. Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 5.6, offset of 30, new splice context is: cagGTctgc. Cryptic site results in inframe change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in frameshift change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 1-94029444-C-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr1-94029444-C-A is described in ClinVar as [Pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 99294.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr1-94029444-C-A is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic]. Variant chr1-94029444-C-A is described in Lovd as [Likely_pathogenic]. Variant chr1-94029444-C-A is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
ABCA4	NM_000350.3	c.4539+1G>T		splice_donor_variant, intron_variant		ENST00000370225.4	NP_000341.2
ABCA4	XM_047416704.1	c.4317+1G>T		splice_donor_variant, intron_variant

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
ABCA4	ENST00000370225.4	c.4539+1G>T		splice_donor_variant, intron_variant		1	NM_000350.3	ENSP00000359245.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:6 Other:1

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:3 Other:1

not provided, no classification provided	literature only	Retina International	-	- -
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided	clinical testing	Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center	-	- -
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided	clinical testing	Joint Genome Diagnostic Labs from Nijmegen and Maastricht, Radboudumc and MUMC+	-	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp	Sep 27, 2023	This sequence change affects a donor splice site in intron 30 of the ABCA4 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), and loss-of-function variants in ABCA4 are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 10958761, 24938718, 25312043, 26780318). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). Disruption of this splice site has been observed in individual(s) with Stargardt disease, cone-rod dystrophy, or retinitis pigmentosa (PMID: 9466990). In at least one individual the data is consistent with being in trans (on the opposite chromosome) from a pathogenic variant. It has also been observed to segregate with disease in related individuals. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 99294). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Retinitis pigmentosa 19 Pathogenic:1

Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided

literature only

OMIM

Mar 01, 1998

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Cone-rod dystrophy 3 Pathogenic:1

Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided

literature only

OMIM

Mar 01, 1998

- -

Retinitis pigmentosa Pathogenic:1

Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

curation

Broad Center for Mendelian Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Apr 01, 2021

The c.4539+1G>T variant in ABCA4 was identified in an individual with Retinitis pigmentosa, via a collaborative study between the Broad Institute's Center for Mendelian Genomics and the Pierce lab (https://oculargenomics.meei.harvard.edu/labs/pierce-lab/lab-members/). Through a review of available evidence we were able to apply the following criteria: PVS1, PM2, PM3-P. Based on this evidence we have classified this variant as Pathogenic. If you have any questions about the classification please reach out to the Pierce Lab. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.40	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.34
CADD	Pathogenic	29
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.0
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.87
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
GERP RS		5.4

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.95
SpliceAI score (max)		0.77		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai		0.77		Position offset: 1

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs61751388; hg19: chr1-94495000;