rs61752784

chr15-89330133-C-G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -6 ACMG points: 3P and 9B. PM1 PP3 BP4_Strong BP6 BS2

The NM_002693.3(POLG):c.803G>C(p.Gly268Ala) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00395 in 1,614,062 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 18 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.0035 (1 hom., cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0040 (17 hom.)
• Consequence: POLG NM_002693.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:1 U:8 B:10 O:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.87

Genes affected

POLG (HGNC:9179): (DNA polymerase gamma, catalytic subunit) Mitochondrial DNA polymerase is heterotrimeric, consisting of a homodimer of accessory subunits plus a catalytic subunit. The protein encoded by this gene is the catalytic subunit of mitochondrial DNA polymerase. The encoded protein contains a polyglutamine tract near its N-terminus that may be polymorphic. Defects in this gene are a cause of progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions 1 (PEOA1), sensory ataxic neuropathy dysarthria and ophthalmoparesis (SANDO), Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome (AHS), and mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome (MNGIE). Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

POLGARF (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -6 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 2 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 8 uncertain in NM_002693.3
• PP3: Multiple lines of computational evidence support a deleterious effect 8: AlphaMissense, BayesDel_addAF, BayesDel_noAF, Eigen, MutationAssessor, phyloP100way_vertebrate, PROVEAN, REVEL [when max_spliceai, FATHMM_MKL, MetaRNN, MutationTaster was below the threshold]
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.05388558).
• BP6: Variant 15-89330133-C-G is Benign according to our data. Variant chr15-89330133-C-G is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 196354.We mark this variant Likely_benign, oryginal submissions are: {Uncertain_significance=8, Likely_benign=8, Benign=2, not_provided=1}. Variant chr15-89330133-C-G is described in Lovd as [Likely_benign].
• BS2: High Homozygotes in GnomAdExome at 4 AD,AR gene

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
POLG	NM_002693.3	c.803G>C	p.Gly268Ala	missense_variant	3/23	ENST00000268124.11
POLGARF	NM_001406557.1	c.*75G>C		3_prime_UTR_variant	3/23
POLG	NM_001126131.2	c.803G>C	p.Gly268Ala	missense_variant	3/23

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
POLG	ENST00000268124.11	c.803G>C	p.Gly268Ala	missense_variant	3/23	1	NM_002693.3	P1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.00353 AC: 538 AN: 152224 Hom.: 1 Cov.: 32

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.000868

Gnomad AMI AF: 0.0110

Gnomad AMR AF: 0.00634

Gnomad ASJ AF: 0.00490

Gnomad EAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad SAS AF: 0.000828

Gnomad FIN AF: 0.00546

Gnomad MID AF: 0.00316

Gnomad NFE AF: 0.00439

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00767

GnomAD3 exomes AF: 0.00344 AC: 865 AN: 251312 Hom.: 4 AF XY: 0.00348 AC XY: 473 AN XY: 135874

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.000738

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00497

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00585

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad SAS exome AF: 0.000359

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00416

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.00419

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00733

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00400 AC: 5843 AN: 1461720 Hom.: 17 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00395 AC XY: 2871 AN XY: 727180

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.000597

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00474

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00517

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.000371

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00436

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00446

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00378

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.00352 AC: 537 AN: 152342 Hom.: 1 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00346 AC XY: 258 AN XY: 74492

Gnomad4 AFR AF: 0.000866

Gnomad4 AMR AF: 0.00634

Gnomad4 ASJ AF: 0.00490

Gnomad4 EAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS AF: 0.000829

Gnomad4 FIN AF: 0.00546

Gnomad4 NFE AF: 0.00439

Gnomad4 OTH AF: 0.00759

Alfa AF: 0.00444 Hom.: 2

Bravo AF: 0.00369

TwinsUK AF: 0.00566 AC: 21

ALSPAC AF: 0.00493 AC: 19

ESP6500AA AF: 0.000682 AC: 3

ESP6500EA AF: 0.00547 AC: 47

ExAC AF: 0.00348 AC: 422

Asia WGS AF: 0.000866 AC: 3 AN: 3478

EpiCase AF: 0.00431

EpiControl AF: 0.00533

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1 Uncertain:8 Benign:10 Other:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:3 Benign:3

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Athena Diagnostics	Jun 09, 2020	- -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	GeneDx	Jul 23, 2021	Unclear whether patients found to harbor a single G268A variant were incidentally found to be carriers of an autosomal recessive POLG pathogenic variant or whether they may have a second unidentified pathogenic variant in POLG or another gene that was not detected by the testing methods (Blok et al., 2009; Tang et al. 2011); Pathogenicity of G268A was questioned as the G268A variant was present at high frequency in this cohort; however, it was not found with another POLG pathogenic variant in any of the patients (Tang et al., 2011); Functional studies are discordant regarding the effect of this variant; those studies using the yeast homologue demonstrate a deleterious effect, while those using human POLG demonstrate no significant effect (Baruffini et al., 2006; Baruffini et al., 2015; Macao et al., 2015; Kasahara et al., 2016); In silico analysis, which includes protein predictors and evolutionary conservation, supports a deleterious effect; Variant alters a highly conserved position in the exonuclease domain of the protein where many missense pathogenic variants have been reported in association with POLG-related disorders (Human DNA Polymerase Gamma Mutation Database); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 14635118, 26095671, 25462018, 16940310, 26357557, 21880868, 19578034, 24508722, 16401742, 25118206, 27987238, 28128857, 29474836, 31139930, 30637288, 32391929, 34023347, 32949115) -
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen	Apr 01, 2024	POLG: BS2 -
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics	Feb 22, 2017	- -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Revvity Omics, Revvity	Jun 03, 2022	- -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Mayo Clinic	Dec 11, 2019	- -

not specified Uncertain:1 Benign:2

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)	Jan 30, 2015	- -
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp	Dec 15, 2023	Variant summary: POLG c.803G>C (p.Gly268Ala) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the DNA mitochondrial polymerase, exonuclease domain 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 0.004 in 1614062 control chromosomes in the gnomAD database, including 18 homozygotes. The observed variant frequency is approximately 1.12 fold of the estimated maximal expected allele frequency for a pathogenic variant in POLG causing Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome - POLG Related phenotype (0.0035), suggesting that the variant is benign. c.803G>C has been reported in the literature in individuals affected with progressive external ophthalmoplegia in the homozygous state (DiFonzo_POLG_HM_2003, DelBo_2003) and in patients suggestive POLG deficiency (Tang_2015) as well as unspecified mitochondrial disorders (Cruz_2017). These reports do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome - POLG Related. Experimental evidence involving the variant has been conflicting, with some yeast and cell transfection studies showing a damaging effect while other studies in human cells showed remaining functional activity (Baruffini_2006, Kasahara_2016, Baruffini_2015). The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 14635118, 16940310, 27987238, 21880868, 28128857, 25462018). 17 submitters have cited clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014. Multiple submitters reported the variant with conflicting assessments including 8 VUS, 8 likely benign/benign and 1 likely pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely benign. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Genetic Services Laboratory, University of Chicago	Sep 20, 2016	- -

Progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy Benign:3

Benign, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Invitae	Jan 31, 2024	- -
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Mendelics	May 28, 2019	- -
Benign, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Wong Mito Lab, Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine	Oct 01, 2018	The NM_002693.2:c.803G>C (NP_002684.1:p.Gly268Ala) [GRCH38: NC_000015.10:g.89330133C>G] variant in POLG gene is interpretated to be a Benign based on ACMG guidelines (PMID: 25741868). This variant has been reported in PMID:16940310 ; 21880868 . This variant meets the following evidence codes reported in the ACMG-guideline. BS1:The minor allele frequency of this allele is high for Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type). BS2:Observation of the variant in controls is inconsistent with penetrance of Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4A (Alpers type). BP4:Computational evidence/predictors indicate no impact on the POLG structure, function, or protein-protein interaction. Based on the evidence criteria codes applied, the variant is suggested to be Benign. -

POLG-related disorder Benign:1 Other:1

not provided, no classification provided	phenotyping only	GenomeConnect, ClinGen	-	GenomeConnect assertions are reported exactly as they appear on the patient-provided report from the testing laboratory. GenomeConnect staff make no attempt to reinterpret the clinical significance of the variant. -
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences	Apr 15, 2021	This variant is classified as likely benign based on ACMG/AMP sequence variant interpretation guidelines (Richards et al. 2015 PMID: 25741868, with internal and published modifications). -

Tip-toe gait Pathogenic:1

Likely pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided

clinical testing

Practice for Gait Abnormalities, David Pomarino, Competency Network Toe Walking c/o Practice Pomarino

Oct 01, 2021

- -

POLG-Related Spectrum Disorders Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Apr 27, 2017

This variant was observed as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (where applicable). Publications were found based on this search. However, the evidence from the literature, in combination with allele frequency data from public databases where available, was not sufficient to rule this variant in or out of causing disease. Therefore, this variant is classified as a variant of unknown significance. -

Hereditary spastic paraplegia Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Genome Diagnostics Laboratory, The Hospital for Sick Children

Nov 08, 2021

- -

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2U Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Center For Human Genetics And Laboratory Diagnostics, Dr. Klein, Dr. Rost And Colleagues

Sep 01, 2022

- -

Progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy;C1834846:Progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions, autosomal dominant 1;C1843851:Sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis;C3150914:Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome 4b;C4225153:Progressive external ophthalmoplegia with mitochondrial DNA deletions, autosomal recessive 1 Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Center for Genomics, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Nov 11, 2021

POLG NM_002693.2 exon 3 p.Gly268Ala (c.803G>C): This variant has been reported in several individuals with clinical suspicion of POLG related conditions, including progressive external ophthalmoplegias (PEO) (Di Fonzo 2003 PMID:14635118, Del Bo 2003 PMID:14557557, Gonzalez-Vioque 2006 PMID:16401742, Tang 2011 PMID:21880868). Individuals reported in the literature present with this variant in the heterozygous and homozygous state, but the clinical impact of zygosity is unclear. This variant is present in 0.4% (534/126574) of European individuals, including 3 homozygotes in the Genome Aggregation Database (http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/rs61752784). This variant is present in ClinVar (Variation ID:196354). Evolutionary conservation and computational predictive tools suggest that this variant may impact the protein. In vitro functional studies suggest a deleterious effect of this variant. However, these studies may not accurately represent in vivo biological function. In summary, data on this variant is insufficient for disease classification. Furthermore, at least one publication has questioned the pathogenicity of this variant (Tang 2011 PMID:21880868). This, combined with the high minor allele frequency identified in controls, conflicts with the expected pathogenicity of this variant. Therefore, the clinical significance of this variant is uncertain. -

Inborn genetic diseases Benign:1

Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Ambry Genetics

Jan 22, 2020

This alteration is classified as likely benign based on a combination of the following: seen in unaffected individuals, population frequency, intact protein function, lack of segregation with disease, co-occurrence, RNA analysis, in silico models, amino acid conservation, lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or the mechanism of disease or impacted region is inconsistent with a known cause of pathogenicity. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.84
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.18	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.50
Cadd	Uncertain	26
Dann	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.91	D;D
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.94
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.89
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
MetaRNN	Benign	0.054	T;T
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	0.87	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.0	M;M
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.67	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-5.2	D;D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.97
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D
Polyphen		1.0	D;D
Vest4		0.98
MVP		0.98
MPC		0.68
ClinPred		0.030	T
GERP RS		5.5
Varity_R		0.95
gMVP		0.91

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs61752784; hg19: chr15-89873364;