rs727505188

Variant names:

• chr9-114403981-C-T
• rs727505188
• NM_015404.4:c.2333G>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. The variant received -1 ACMG points: 2P and 3B. PM2 BP4_Moderate BP6

The NM_015404.4(WHRN):​c.2333G>A​(p.Arg778Gln) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000343 in 1,459,790 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 14/22 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000034 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: WHRN NM_015404.4 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:1 B:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 0.308
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

WHRN (HGNC:16361): (whirlin) This gene is thought to function in the organization and stabilization of sterocilia elongation and actin cystoskeletal assembly, based on studies of the related mouse gene. Mutations in this gene have been associated with autosomal recessive non-syndromic deafness and Usher Syndrome. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2016]

WHRN Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Usher syndrome type 2D

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), PanelApp Australia, Ambry Genetics, G2P
• autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 31

  Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, PanelApp Australia
• nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss

  Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen
• hearing loss, autosomal recessive

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Usher syndrome type 2

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_benign. The variant received -1 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.10083911).
• BP6: Variant 9-114403981-C-T is Benign according to our data. Variant chr9-114403981-C-T is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 179878.We mark this variant Likely_benign, oryginal submission is: [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
WHRN	NM_015404.4	c.2333G>A	p.Arg778Gln	missense_variant	Exon 10 of 12	ENST00000362057.4	NP_056219.3

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
WHRN	ENST00000362057.4	c.2333G>A	p.Arg778Gln	missense_variant	Exon 10 of 12	1	NM_015404.4	ENSP00000354623.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.00000400 AC: 1 AN: 250190 AF XY: 0.00000739

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.00000880

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000343 AC: 5 AN: 1459790 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 36 AF XY: 0.00000138 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 726232

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33478

American (AMR) AF: 0.0000224 AC: 1 AN: 44702

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26132

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39694

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86224

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 51568

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000270 AC: 3 AN: 1111864

Other (OTH) AF: 0.0000166 AC: 1 AN: 60360

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1 Benign:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:1

Jun 24, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with glutamine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 778 of the WHRN protein (p.Arg778Gln). This variant is present in population databases (rs727505188, gnomAD 0.0009%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with WHRN-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 179878). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function output the following: SIFT: "Not Available"; PolyPhen-2: "Benign"; Align-GVGD: "Not Available". The glutamine amino acid residue is found in multiple mammalian species, which suggests that this missense change does not adversely affect 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. -

not specified Benign:1

Jul 24, 2014

Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine

Significance: Likely benign

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Arg778Gln in exon 10 of DFNB31: This variant is not expected to have clinical si gnificance due to a lack of conservation across species, including mammals. Of n ote, bushbaby, guinea pig, chinchilla, and brush-tailed rat have a glutamine (Gl n) at this position despite high nearby amino acid conservation. In addition, co mputational prediction tools do not suggest a high likelihood of impact to the p rotein. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.077
BayesDel_addAF	Benign	-0.25	T
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.60
CADD	Benign	21
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.096	.;.;T
Eigen	Benign	-0.23
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.13
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.21	N
LIST_S2	Benign	0.80	T;T;T
M_CAP	Benign	0.0049	T
MetaRNN	Benign	0.10	T;T;T
MetaSVM	Benign	-1.1	T
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.1	.;.;M
PhyloP100		0.31
PrimateAI	Benign	0.31	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-0.40	N;N;N
REVEL	Benign	0.019
Sift	Benign	0.057	T;T;D
Sift4G	Benign	0.35	T;T;T
Polyphen		0.083, 0.029	.;B;B
Vest4		0.10
MutPred		0.25		.;.;Loss of methylation at R778 (P = 0.0112);
MVP		0.22
MPC		0.14
ClinPred		0.22	T
GERP RS		3.2
Varity_R		0.040
gMVP		0.28
Mutation Taster		=90/10	polymorphism

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs727505188; hg19: chr9-117166261;