rs749693224

Variant names:

• chr13-20189522-A-C
• rs749693224
• NM_004004.6:c.60T>G

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 8 ACMG points: 8P and 0B. PM1 PM5 PP2 PP3_Moderate PP5

The NM_004004.6(GJB2):​c.60T>G​(p.Ile20Met) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000155 in 1,613,978 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic 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. I20T) has been classified as Pathogenic.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 (0 hom., cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.000016 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: GJB2 NM_004004.6 missense
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:3 U:5
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -1.32
• Publications: 2 publications found

Genes affected

GJB2 (HGNC:4284): (gap junction protein beta 2) This gene encodes a member of the gap junction protein family. The gap junctions were first characterized by electron microscopy as regionally specialized structures on plasma membranes of contacting adherent cells. These structures were shown to consist of cell-to-cell channels that facilitate the transfer of ions and small molecules between cells. The gap junction proteins, also known as connexins, purified from fractions of enriched gap junctions from different tissues differ. According to sequence similarities at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, the gap junction proteins are divided into two categories, alpha and beta. Mutations in this gene are responsible for as much as 50% of pre-lingual, recessive deafness. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

GJB2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Bart-Pumphrey syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
• ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: G2P, Genomics England PanelApp
• keratoderma hereditarium mutilans

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp, G2P
• palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, G2P
• autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, G2P, PanelApp Australia
• hearing loss, autosomal recessive

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, ClinGen
• autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
• autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• KID syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ENSG00000296095 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 8 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 15 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 2 benign, 8 uncertain in NM_004004.6
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr13-20189523-A-G is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 371766.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
• PP2: Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 111 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 10 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: -0.72044 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 0.4379 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A, ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss, keratoderma hereditarium mutilans, hearing loss, autosomal recessive, Bart-Pumphrey syndrome, palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome, autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome, autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A, autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss, KID syndrome.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.885
• PP5: Variant 13-20189522-A-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr13-20189522-A-C is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 438615.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
GJB2	NM_004004.6	c.60T>G	p.Ile20Met	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	ENST00000382848.5	NP_003995.2
GJB2	XM_011535049.3	c.60T>G	p.Ile20Met	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2		XP_011533351.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
GJB2	ENST00000382848.5	c.60T>G	p.Ile20Met	missense_variant	Exon 2 of 2	1	NM_004004.6	ENSP00000372299.4
GJB2	ENST00000382844.2	c.60T>G	p.Ile20Met	missense_variant	Exon 1 of 1	6		ENSP00000372295.1
ENSG00000296095	ENST00000736390.1	n.232-3942T>G		intron_variant	Intron 1 of 3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152168 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMI AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ AF: 0.000288

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

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.0000360 AC: 9 AN: 249864 AF XY: 0.0000518

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.000794

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.00000892

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.0000164 AC: 24 AN: 1461810 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.0000165 AC XY: 12 AN XY: 727208

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33480

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44722

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.000689 AC: 18 AN: 26136

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39700

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86256

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53416

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.000173 AC: 1 AN: 5768

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000180 AC: 2 AN: 1111936

Other (OTH) AF: 0.0000497 AC: 3 AN: 60396

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152168 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 74346

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 41450

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 15276

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.000288 AC: 1 AN: 3468

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5184

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 4828

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 10614

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 316

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 68032

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 2088

Alfa AF: 0.0000272 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.00000756

ExAC AF: 0.00000824 AC: 1

EpiCase AF: 0.00

EpiControl AF: 0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:3 Uncertain:5

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A Pathogenic:1 Uncertain:3

Nov 25, 2024

Laboratory of Prof. Karen Avraham, Tel Aviv University

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: research

The p.(Ile20Met) variant was detected in five compound heterozygous probands, three for p.I20M/c.167delT and two for p.I20M/c.35delG, all of them with mild-moderate HL. Segregation analysis in these families supported pathogenicity of the variant. Another proband with compound heterozygosity for p.I20M/p.V37I reported normal hearing but refused to have his hearing tested. -

May 09, 2017

Genomic Diagnostic Laboratory, Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Jan 31, 2018

Counsyl

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

This submission and the accompanying classification are no longer maintained by the submitter. For more information on current observations and classification, please contact variantquestions@myriad.com. -

Apr 27, 2017

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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). No publications were found based on this search. Allele frequency data from public databases did not allow this variant to be ruled in or out of causing disease. Therefore, this variant is classified as a variant of unknown significance. -

Autosomal dominant keratitis-ichthyosis-hearing loss syndrome;C0265964:Mutilating keratoderma;C0266004:Knuckle pads, deafness AND leukonychia syndrome;C1835672:Palmoplantar keratoderma-deafness syndrome;C1865234:Ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss;C2673759:Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss 1A;C2675750:Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A Pathogenic:1

Mar 26, 2024

Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

not provided Pathogenic:1

Aug 12, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces isoleucine, which is neutral and non-polar, with methionine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 20 of the GJB2 protein (p.Ile20Met). This variant is present in population databases (rs749693224, gnomAD 0.08%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with deafness (PMID: 12172394, 12910486, 17666888; Invitae). In at least one individual the data is consistent with being in trans (on the opposite chromosome) from a pathogenic variant. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 438615). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) has been performed at Invitae for this missense variant, however the output from this modeling did not meet the statistical confidence thresholds required to predict the impact of this variant on GJB2 protein function. This variant disrupts the p.Ile20 amino acid residue in GJB2. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 11313763, 12189487, 16217030, 16380907). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. -

Ichthyosis, hystrix-like, with hearing loss Uncertain:1

Apr 27, 2017

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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). No publications were found based on this search. Allele frequency data from public databases did not allow this variant to be ruled in or out of causing disease. Therefore, this variant is classified as a variant of unknown significance. -

Autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss 3A Uncertain:1

Apr 27, 2017

Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina

Significance: Uncertain significance

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.29
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.28	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.16
CADD	Benign	15
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Uncertain	0.73	D;D;D
Eigen	Benign	-0.47
Eigen_PC	Benign	-0.68
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.30	N
LIST_S2	Benign	0.84	.;.;T
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.32	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.89	D;D;D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.71	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.1	M;M;M
PhyloP100		-1.3
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.59	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-1.3	N;N;.
REVEL	Uncertain	0.60
Sift	Uncertain	0.0020	D;D;.
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.0050	D;D;.
Polyphen		0.84	P;P;P
Vest4		0.54
MutPred		0.93		Gain of disorder (P = 0.0567);Gain of disorder (P = 0.0567);Gain of disorder (P = 0.0567);
MVP		0.76
MPC		0.15
ClinPred		0.66	D
GERP RS		-5.8
PromoterAI		-0.0064	Neutral
Varity_R		0.82
gMVP		0.86
Mutation Taster		=26/74	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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs749693224; hg19: chr13-20763661;