rs727504443

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PVS1_ModeratePP5_Very_Strong

The NM_004415.4(DSP):​c.939+1G>A variant causes a splice donor, intron change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000496 in 1,613,744 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 Likely pathogenic (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 31)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000048 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

DSP
NM_004415.4 splice_donor, intron

Scores

5
1
1
Splicing: ADA: 1.000
2

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:14

Conservation

PhyloP100: 9.86

Publications

9 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
DSP (HGNC:3052): (desmoplakin) This gene encodes a protein that anchors intermediate filaments to desmosomal plaques and forms an obligate component of functional desmosomes. Mutations in this gene are the cause of several cardiomyopathies and keratodermas, including skin fragility-woolly hair syndrome. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]
DSP Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8
    Inheritance: AD, AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
  • keratosis palmoplantaris striata 2
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, LIMITED Submitted by: G2P, Ambry Genetics, Genomics England PanelApp
  • skin fragility-woolly hair-palmoplantar keratoderma syndrome
    Inheritance: AD, AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE, LIMITED Submitted by: Orphanet, G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
  • arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma
    Inheritance: AR, AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, ClinGen, Orphanet, Ambry Genetics
  • cardiomyopathy, dilated, with wooly hair, keratoderma, and tooth agenesis
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
  • lethal acantholytic epidermolysis bullosa
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet
  • familial isolated dilated cardiomyopathy
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • striate palmoplantar keratoderma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • severe dermatitis-multiple allergies-metabolic wasting syndrome
    Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
    Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

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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, product NOT destroyed by NMD, known LOF gene, truncates exone, which is 0.01880223 fraction of the gene. No cryptic splice site detected. Exon removal is inframe change.
PP5
Variant 6-7565521-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr6-7565521-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 178282.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
DSPNM_004415.4 linkc.939+1G>A splice_donor_variant, intron_variant Intron 7 of 23 ENST00000379802.8 NP_004406.2 P15924-1B4DKX6
DSPNM_001319034.2 linkc.939+1G>A splice_donor_variant, intron_variant Intron 7 of 23 NP_001305963.1 P15924-3B4DKX6
DSPNM_001008844.3 linkc.939+1G>A splice_donor_variant, intron_variant Intron 7 of 23 NP_001008844.1 P15924-2B4DKX6Q4LE79
DSPNM_001406591.1 linkc.939+1G>A splice_donor_variant, intron_variant Intron 7 of 10 NP_001393520.1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
DSPENST00000379802.8 linkc.939+1G>A splice_donor_variant, intron_variant Intron 7 of 23 1 NM_004415.4 ENSP00000369129.3 P15924-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000658
AC:
1
AN:
152088
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000241
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:
0.00
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000479
AC:
7
AN:
1461656
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.00000413
AC XY:
3
AN XY:
727136
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000299
AC:
1
AN:
33472
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44714
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26128
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.0000252
AC:
1
AN:
39698
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86250
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53412
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5764
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000450
AC:
5
AN:
1111840
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
60378
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.475
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
2
2
3
4
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
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10
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30-35
35-40
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>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00000658
AC:
1
AN:
152088
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.0000135
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74284
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000241
AC:
1
AN:
41414
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15262
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3470
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5190
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4808
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10596
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68026
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2094
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.525
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance
Alfa
AF:
0.00000505
Hom.:
0

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:14
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:4
Jan 05, 2023
GeneDx
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Canonical splice site variant expected to result in aberrant splicing; Published functional studies demonstrate aberrant splicing leading to retention of the entire intron 7, which contains a premature termination codon within the N-terminal domain of the peptide (Whittock et al., 1999); Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 20738328, 25163546, 19095136, 24503780, 27532257, 10594734, 31317183, 32372669, 31402444, 31447099, 34352074, 30847666, 34135346, 20864495) -

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Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Nov 02, 2016
Stanford Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease, Stanford University
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:provider interpretation

c.939+1G>A in DSP (NM_004415.2) Seen in a family with familial DCM. Testing done at Invitae. Given that this type of variation is typically pathogenic in this gene, the supporting experimental data, case data, and rarity, we consider this variant likely pathogenic and we feel it is suitable for assessing risk in healthy relatives ("predictive genetic testing"). Given that splice variants are known to be pathogenic in DSP and this specific variant has in vitro evidence for aberrant splicing, we did not do a thorough independent review of the data on the variant. Per the lab report, the variant "as been reported in the literature in patients with palmoplantar keratoderma, left dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, and dilated cardiomyopathy (PMID: 10594734, 19095136, 20864495, 24503780)." There is no variation at this nucleotide listed in the ExAC, which currently includes variant calls on >60,000 unrelated individuals of African, Asian, European, Latino, and Ashkenazi descent. The average coverage at that site in ExAC is >50x. -

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Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Cardiomyopathy Pathogenic:2
Aug 02, 2022
CHEO Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Apr 22, 2024
Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant causes a G to A nucleotide substitution at the +1 position of intron 7 of the DSP gene. A functional RNA study with a skin biopsy from a patient has shown that this variant causes the retention of intron 7, resulting in premature termination codon 25 amino acids downstream from the splice site. Only low levels of the mutant transcript were detected, indicating the variant leads to transcript degradation via nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (PMID: 10594734). This variant has been reported in an individual affected with striate palmoplantar keratoderma, and has been observed to segregate with disease in two relatives from the family (PMID: 10594734). This individual was later reported to be also affected with left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (PMID: 19095136). Additionally, this variant has been identified in four other individuals with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (PMIDs: 20864495, 36431211), at least three individuals with dilated cardiomyopathy (PMIDs: 24503780, 27532257; ClinVar SCV000924774.1, SCV000204706.4), an individual suspected of having hereditary cardiomyopathies (PMID: 35083019), an asymptomatic individual with a family history of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (PMID: 36138163), and a healthy individual aged 70 years or older with no history of coronary heart disease (PMID: 34135346). This variant has been identified in 1/31370 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Loss of DSP function is a known mechanism of disease (clinicalgenome.org). Based on the available evidence, this variant is classified as Pathogenic. -

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8 Pathogenic:2
Nov 01, 2010
OMIM
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:literature only

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Oct 09, 2024
Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Based on the classification scheme VCGS_Germline_v1.3.4, this variant is classified as Pathogenic. Following criteria are met: 0102 - Loss of function is a known mechanism of disease in this gene and is associated with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8 (MIM#607450) and other DSP-related cardiac disorders. (I) 0108 - This gene is associated with both recessive and dominant disease. Variants in this gene are usually inherited in a dominant manner, however rare reports of recessive inheritance have resulted in a more severe cardiac phenotype (OMIM). (I) 0112 - The condition associated with this gene has incomplete penetrance. In families with cardiomyopathies, reduced penetrance has been reported among family members aged 60-86 years (PMID: 36580316). (I) 0115 - Variants in this gene are known to have variable expressivity. Age-dependent penetrance and variable expressivity are well-described aspects of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (PMID: 29062697). (I) 0210 - Splice site variant proven to affect splicing of the transcript with a known effect on protein sequence. Nested PCR of patient cDNA described the inclusion of intron 7 and a new stop codon twenty-five amino acids downstream. This new protein product would be predicted to undergo nonsense-mediated decay; however the relevant data was not shown by the authors and this information was interpreted with caution (PMID: 10594734). (SP) 0251 - This variant is heterozygous. (I) 0304 - Variant is present in gnomAD (v2) <0.01 (1 heterozygote, 0 homozygotes). (SP) 0703 - Other splice site variants comparable to the one identified in this case has moderate previous evidence for pathogenicity. Two variants (c.939+1G>T, c.939+2T>C) at this canonical splice site have been reported once each as pathogenic (ClinVar). (SP) 0801 - This variant has strong previous evidence of pathogenicity in unrelated individuals. This variant has been reported seven times as pathogenic and once as likely pathogenic (ClinVar). It has also been reported in an individual with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (PMID: 20864495), an individual with left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (PMID: 19095136) and in a family with striate palmoplantar keratoderma with no mention of cardiac status (PMID: 10594734). (SP) 1208 - Inheritance information for this variant is not currently available in this individual. (I) Legend: (SP) - Supporting pathogenic, (I) - Information, (SB) - Supporting benign -

Cardiovascular phenotype Pathogenic:2
Nov 15, 2023
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The c.939+1G>A intronic pathogenic mutation results from a G to A substitution one nucleotide after coding exon 7 of the DSP gene. This mutation was identified in a family with striate palmoplantar keratoderma; six individuals were heterozygous with 3 symptomatic. This mutation was identified in individuals with dilated cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; some individuals also had variants in other cardiac-related genes (Sen-Chowdhry S et al. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 2008 Dec;52:2175-87; Christensen AH et al. J. Med. Genet., 2010 Nov;47:736-44; Pugh TJ et al. Genet. Med., 2014 Aug;16:601-8; Haas J et al. Eur. Heart J., 2015 May;36:1123-35a; Walsh R et al. Genet. Med., 2017 02;19:192-203). This nucleotide position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In silico splice site analysis predicts that this alteration will weaken the native splice donor site. Alterations that disrupt the canonical splice site are expected to cause aberrant splicing, resulting in an abnormal protein or a transcript that is subject to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. In addition, RNA studies have suggested that this variant results in aberrant splicing and nonsense-mediated decay (Whittock NV et al. J. Invest. Dermatol., 1999 Dec;113:940-6). Alterations in DSP that result in haploinsufficiency or protein truncation have been reported in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) (Fressart V et al. Europace.2010;12(6):861-8; Elliott P et al. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2010;3(4):314-22; Quarta G et al. Circulation. 2011;123(23):2701-9; Garcia-Pavia P et al. Heart. 2011;97(21):1744-52; Rasmussen TB et al. Clin Genet.2013;84(1):20-30; Pugh TJ et al.Genet Med.2014;16(8):601-8). Based on the supporting evidence, this alteration is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation. -

Feb 16, 2022
Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease, Montreal Heart Institute
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma Pathogenic:1
Jun 27, 2024
All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant causes a G to A nucleotide substitution at the +1 position of intron 7 of the DSP gene. A functional RNA study with a skin biopsy from a patient has shown that this variant causes the retention of intron 7, resulting in premature termination codon 25 amino acids downstream from the splice site. Only low levels of the mutant transcript were detected, indicating the variant leads to transcript degradation via nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (PMID: 10594734). This variant has been reported in an individual affected with striate palmoplantar keratoderma, and has been observed to segregate with disease in two relatives from the family (PMID: 10594734). This individual was later reported to be also affected with left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (PMID: 19095136). Additionally, this variant has been identified in four other individuals with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (PMIDs: 20864495, 36431211), at least three individuals with dilated cardiomyopathy (PMIDs: 24503780, 27532257; ClinVar SCV000924774.1, SCV000204706.4), an individual suspected of having hereditary cardiomyopathies (PMID: 35083019), an asymptomatic individual with a family history of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (PMID: 36138163), and a healthy individual aged 70 years or older with no history of coronary heart disease (PMID: 34135346). This variant has been identified in 1/31370 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Loss of DSP function is a known mechanism of disease (clinicalgenome.org). Based on the available evidence, this variant is classified as Pathogenic. -

Primary dilated cardiomyopathy;C0349788:Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy Pathogenic:1
Jan 05, 2015
Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The c.939+1G>A variant in DSP has been reported in 2 individuals with ARVC, 1 wi th LDAC and 1 with palmoplantar hyperkeratosis (unknown cardiac status) (Whittoc k 1999, Sen Chowdry 2008, Christensen 2010, Asimaki 2009-refered to as 1218+1G>A ). This variant has been identified by our laboratory in 1 individual with DCM a nd segregated with disease in 1 affected relative. It was absent from large popu lation studies. This variant occurs in the invariant region (+/- 1,2) of the spl ice consensus sequence and studies have shown that it alters splicing, leading t o retention of intron 7 and a premature termination codon (Whittock 1999). Splic e site and other loss of function variants in DSP have been reported in patients with ARVC (http://arvcdatabase.info/). In summary, although additional studies are required to fully establish its clinical significance, the c.939+1G>A varian t is likely pathogenic. -

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8;C1854063:Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with wooly hair and keratoderma Pathogenic:1
Nov 24, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change affects a donor splice site in intron 7 of the DSP gene. RNA analysis indicates that disruption of this splice site induces altered splicing and may result in an absent or altered protein product. This variant is present in population databases (rs727504443, gnomAD 0.01%). Disruption of this splice site has been observed in individual(s) with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, dilated cardiomyopathy, left dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, and/or palmoplantar keratoderma (PMID: 10594734, 19095136, 20864495, 24503780). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 178282). Studies have shown that disruption of this splice site results in the retention of intron 7, and produces a non-functional protein and/or introduces a premature termination codon (PMID: 10594734). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Keratosis palmoplantaris striata 2 Pathogenic:1
Nov 01, 2010
OMIM
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:literature only

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.46
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.43
CADD
Pathogenic
33
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
Eigen
Pathogenic
1.2
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
1.0
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
1.0
D
PhyloP100
9.9
GERP RS
5.5
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7
Mutation Taster
=0/100
disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA
Pathogenic
1.0
dbscSNV1_RF
Pathogenic
0.94
SpliceAI score (max)
0.99
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai
0.99
Position offset: -1

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs727504443; hg19: chr6-7565754; API