rs71524353

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -5 ACMG points: 0P and 5B. BP4_StrongBP6

The NM_006005.3(WFS1):​c.1153G>A​(p.Glu385Lys) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000727 in 1,613,944 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 1 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign 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. E385Q) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.00085 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.00071 ( 1 hom. )

Consequence

WFS1
NM_006005.3 missense

Scores

6
6
6

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:2B:7

Conservation

PhyloP100: 9.34

Publications

16 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
WFS1 (HGNC:12762): (wolframin ER transmembrane glycoprotein) This gene encodes a transmembrane protein, which is located primarily in the endoplasmic reticulum and ubiquitously expressed with highest levels in brain, pancreas, heart, and insulinoma beta-cell lines. Mutations in this gene are associated with Wolfram syndrome, also called DIDMOAD (Diabetes Insipidus, Diabetes Mellitus, Optic Atrophy, and Deafness), an autosomal recessive disorder. The disease affects the brain and central nervous system. Mutations in this gene can also cause autosomal dominant deafness 6 (DFNA6), also known as DFNA14 or DFNA38. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2009]
WFS1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • Wolfram-like syndrome
    Inheritance: AD, AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics, ClinGen, Orphanet
  • Wolfram syndrome
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, ClinGen
  • autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 6
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • cataract 41
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • Wolfram syndrome 1
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
  • autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • early-onset nuclear cataract
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • type 2 diabetes mellitus
    Inheritance: Unknown Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -5 ACMG points.

BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.056906283).
BP6
Variant 4-6300948-G-A is Benign according to our data. Variant chr4-6300948-G-A is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 178590.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
WFS1NM_006005.3 linkc.1153G>A p.Glu385Lys missense_variant Exon 8 of 8 ENST00000226760.5 NP_005996.2
WFS1NM_001145853.1 linkc.1153G>A p.Glu385Lys missense_variant Exon 8 of 8 NP_001139325.1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
WFS1ENST00000226760.5 linkc.1153G>A p.Glu385Lys missense_variant Exon 8 of 8 1 NM_006005.3 ENSP00000226760.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.000848
AC:
129
AN:
152098
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000966
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.000916
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00923
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.000193
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.000207
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00255
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.000676
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00192
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00120
AC:
301
AN:
251472
AF XY:
0.00128
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.0000615
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.000723
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00427
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00296
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00105
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00196
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.000715
AC:
1045
AN:
1461728
Hom.:
1
Cov.:
99
AF XY:
0.000725
AC XY:
527
AN XY:
727204
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000896
AC:
3
AN:
33474
American (AMR)
AF:
0.000942
AC:
42
AN:
44596
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00528
AC:
138
AN:
26136
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39694
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00125
AC:
108
AN:
86258
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00285
AC:
152
AN:
53418
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00277
AC:
16
AN:
5768
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.000460
AC:
511
AN:
1111990
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00124
AC:
75
AN:
60394
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.481
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
89
178
266
355
444
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
22
44
66
88
110
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.000847
AC:
129
AN:
152216
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.000900
AC XY:
67
AN XY:
74406
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000963
AC:
4
AN:
41532
American (AMR)
AF:
0.000915
AC:
14
AN:
15304
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00923
AC:
32
AN:
3466
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.000193
AC:
1
AN:
5172
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.000207
AC:
1
AN:
4824
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00255
AC:
27
AN:
10592
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
294
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.000676
AC:
46
AN:
68014
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00190
AC:
4
AN:
2110
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.508
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
6
13
19
26
32
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
Alfa
AF:
0.000792
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.000604
TwinsUK
AF:
0.000270
AC:
1
ALSPAC
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.00105
AC:
9
ExAC
AF:
0.00136
AC:
165
EpiCase
AF:
0.000600
EpiControl
AF:
0.00107

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Uncertain:2Benign:7
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Benign:3
Apr 21, 2021
GeneDx
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 23595122, 24909696, 28432734)

Aug 01, 2025
CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

WFS1: BS2

Nov 27, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

not specified Uncertain:1Benign:1
Feb 04, 2015
Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

p.Glu385Lys in exon 8 of WFS1: This variant is not expected to have clinical sig nificance because it has been identified in 0.4% (24/6748) of European (Finnish ) chromosomes and 0.2% (113/67706) of European (non-Finnish) chromosomes by the Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC, http://exac.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP rs7152 4353). Although this variant been reported in the heterozygous state in 3 indivi duals with hearing loss and 1 individual with optic atrophy, the variant did not segregate with hearing loss in 1 affected sibling (Kytovuori 2013, Hakli 2014). Moreover, the p.Glu385Lys variant has been identified by our laboratory in 3 in dividuals with hearing loss, but two individuals had an alternate genetic explan ation for their hearing loss.

May 28, 2014
Genetic Services Laboratory, University of Chicago
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

WFS1-Related Spectrum Disorders Uncertain:1
Jan 13, 2018
Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant was observed in the ICSL laboratory as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. It had not been previously curated by ICSL or reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD: prior to June 1st, 2018), and was therefore a candidate for classification through an automated scoring system. Utilizing variant allele frequency, disease prevalence and penetrance estimates, and inheritance mode, an automated score was calculated to assess if this variant is too frequent to cause the disease. Based on the score, this variant could not be ruled out of causing disease and therefore its association with disease required further investigation. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (if applicable). No publications were found based on this search. This variant was therefore classified as a variant of unknown significance for this disease.

Monogenic diabetes Benign:1
Feb 03, 2016
Personalized Diabetes Medicine Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:research

ACMG Criteria: PP3, BS2 (type2diabetesgenetics.org), BP4

WFS1-related disorder Benign:1
Feb 03, 2021
PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

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).

Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 6 Benign:1
Jan 13, 2018
Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant was observed in the ICSL laboratory as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. It had not been previously curated by ICSL or reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD: prior to June 1st, 2018), and was therefore a candidate for classification through an automated scoring system. Utilizing variant allele frequency, disease prevalence and penetrance estimates, and inheritance mode, an automated score was calculated to assess if this variant is too frequent to cause the disease. Based on the score and internal cut-off values, a variant classified as likely benign is not then subjected to further curation. The score for this variant resulted in a classification of likely benign for this disease.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.85
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.0055
T
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.17
CADD
Uncertain
24
DANN
Pathogenic
1.0
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.31
T;T
Eigen
Uncertain
0.54
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.58
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Benign
0.0
.;D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.57
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.057
T;T
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.47
D
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.8
M;M
PhyloP100
9.3
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.60
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-1.9
N;N
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.77
Sift
Benign
0.077
T;T
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.010
D;D
Vest4
0.84
ClinPred
0.086
T
GERP RS
4.8
Varity_R
0.32
gMVP
0.94
Mutation Taster
=25/75
disease causing

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs71524353; hg19: chr4-6302675; API