rs80338756

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points: 11P and 0B. PM2PP3PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_201384.3(PLEC):​c.5917C>T​(p.Arg1973Trp) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000315 in 1,588,138 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 Pathogenic (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R1973Q) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 ( 0 hom., cov: 36)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000028 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

PLEC
NM_201384.3 missense

Scores

7
10
1

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:7O:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 1.63

Publications

17 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
PLEC (HGNC:9069): (plectin) Plectin is a prominent member of an important family of structurally and in part functionally related proteins, termed plakins or cytolinkers, that are capable of interlinking different elements of the cytoskeleton. Plakins, with their multi-domain structure and enormous size, not only play crucial roles in maintaining cell and tissue integrity and orchestrating dynamic changes in cytoarchitecture and cell shape, but also serve as scaffolding platforms for the assembly, positioning, and regulation of signaling complexes (reviewed in PMID: 9701547, 11854008, and 17499243). Plectin is expressed as several protein isoforms in a wide range of cell types and tissues from a single gene located on chromosome 8 in humans (PMID: 8633055, 8698233). Until 2010, this locus was named plectin 1 (symbol PLEC1 in human; Plec1 in mouse and rat) and the gene product had been referred to as "hemidesmosomal protein 1" or "plectin 1, intermediate filament binding 500kDa". These names were superseded by plectin. The plectin gene locus in mouse on chromosome 15 has been analyzed in detail (PMID: 10556294, 14559777), revealing a genomic exon-intron organization with well over 40 exons spanning over 62 kb and an unusual 5' transcript complexity of plectin isoforms. Eleven exons (1-1j) have been identified that alternatively splice directly into a common exon 2 which is the first exon to encode plectin's highly conserved actin binding domain (ABD). Three additional exons (-1, 0a, and 0) splice into an alternative first coding exon (1c), and two additional exons (2alpha and 3alpha) are optionally spliced within the exons encoding the acting binding domain (exons 2-8). Analysis of the human locus has identified eight of the eleven alternative 5' exons found in mouse and rat (PMID: 14672974); exons 1i, 1j and 1h have not been confirmed in human. Furthermore, isoforms lacking the central rod domain encoded by exon 31 have been detected in mouse (PMID:10556294), rat (PMID: 9177781), and human (PMID: 11441066, 10780662, 20052759). The short alternative amino-terminal sequences encoded by the different first exons direct the targeting of the various isoforms to distinct subcellular locations (PMID: 14559777). As the expression of specific plectin isoforms was found to be dependent on cell type (tissue) and stage of development (PMID: 10556294, 12542521, 17389230) it appears that each cell type (tissue) contains a unique set (proportion and composition) of plectin isoforms, as if custom-made for specific requirements of the particular cells. Concordantly, individual isoforms were found to carry out distinct and specific functions (PMID: 14559777, 12542521, 18541706). In 1996, a number of groups reported that patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD) lacked plectin expression in skin and muscle tissues due to defects in the plectin gene (PMID: 8698233, 8941634, 8636409, 8894687, 8696340). Two other subtypes of plectin-related EBS have been described: EBS-pyloric atresia (PA) and EBS-Ogna. For reviews of plectin-related diseases see PMID: 15810881, 19945614. Mutations in the plectin gene related to human diseases should be named based on the position in NM_000445 (variant 1, isoform 1c), unless the mutation is located within one of the other alternative first exons, in which case the position in the respective Reference Sequence should be used. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]
PLEC Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: G2P
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5A, Ogna type
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, PanelApp Australia, Genomics England PanelApp
  • autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • congenital myasthenic syndrome
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Orphanet, Genomics England PanelApp
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy
    Inheritance: AR Classification: STRONG Submitted by: PanelApp Australia
  • autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
    Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: ClinGen
  • aplasia cutis congenita
    Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
  • cholestasis
    Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.823
PP5
Variant 8-143924012-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr8-143924012-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 8262.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_201384.3. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
PLEC
NM_201384.3
MANE Select
c.5917C>Tp.Arg1973Trp
missense
Exon 31 of 32NP_958786.1
PLEC
NM_201378.4
MANE Plus Clinical
c.5875C>Tp.Arg1959Trp
missense
Exon 31 of 32NP_958780.1
PLEC
NM_201380.4
c.6328C>Tp.Arg2110Trp
missense
Exon 31 of 32NP_958782.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
PLEC
ENST00000345136.8
TSL:1 MANE Select
c.5917C>Tp.Arg1973Trp
missense
Exon 31 of 32ENSP00000344848.3
PLEC
ENST00000356346.7
TSL:1 MANE Plus Clinical
c.5875C>Tp.Arg1959Trp
missense
Exon 31 of 32ENSP00000348702.3
PLEC
ENST00000322810.8
TSL:1
c.6328C>Tp.Arg2110Trp
missense
Exon 31 of 32ENSP00000323856.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152150
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
36
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.0000655
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
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
210384
AF XY:
0.00
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:
0.00
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000279
AC:
4
AN:
1435988
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
74
AF XY:
0.00000280
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
714096
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33154
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000227
AC:
1
AN:
44034
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
25796
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39224
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
85130
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
37834
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5716
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000271
AC:
3
AN:
1105398
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
59702
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.438
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
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6
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10
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30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
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65-70
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>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.00000657
AC:
1
AN:
152150
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
36
AF XY:
0.0000135
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74328
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
41442
American (AMR)
AF:
0.0000655
AC:
1
AN:
15270
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3468
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5170
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4830
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10616
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
314
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
68036
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2092
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Genomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5. (p-value = 0), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.275
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
0
1
1
2
2
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:
0.00
Hom.:
0

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:7Other:1
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type Pathogenic:4Other:1
Jul 07, 2023
Molecular Genetics, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change in PLEC is predicted to replace arginine with tryptophan at codon 1973, p.(Arg1973Trp) (also known as p.Arg1999Trp, p.Arg2000Trp, p.Arg2110Trp). The arginine residue is moderately conserved (73/91 vertebrates, UCSC), and is located in the central fibrous rod domain. There is a large physicochemical difference between arginine and tryptophan. This variant is absent from the population database gnomAD v2.1 and present in a single Latino/Admixed American individual in gnomAD v3.1 (1/15,270 alleles). This variant was identified in the original epidermolysis bullosa simplex Ogna (EBS-Ogna) type Norwegian family segregating with disease and has been reported in multiple other affected families with evidence of co-segregation (PMID: 11851880, 23774525). This variant has been identified as a de novo occurrence with confirmed parental relationships in at least one individual with EBS-Ogna (PMID: 11851880). A knock-in mouse model of the variant recapitulates the human EBS-Ogna phenotype, including the development of microlesions and skin fragility (PMID: 22144912). Computational evidence predicts a deleterious effect for the missense substitution (REVEL = 0.689). Based on the classification scheme RMH Modified ACMG/AMP Guidelines v1.6.1, this variant is classified as PATHOGENIC. Following criteria are met: PS2, PP1_Strong, PS3_Moderate, PS4_Supporting, PM2_Supporting, PP3.

Jan 01, 2002
OMIM
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:literature only

May 21, 2020
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_v1.1.1, this variant is classified as pathogenic. Following criteria are met: 0102 - Loss-of-function is a known mechanism of disease for this gene. (N) 0108 - This gene is known to be associated with both recessive and dominant disease. (N) 0200 - Variant is predicted to result in a missense amino acid change from arginine to tryptophan (exon 32). (N) 0251 - Variant is heterozygous. (N) 0302 - Variant is present in gnomAD <0.001 for a dominant condition (1 heterozygote, 0 homozygote). (P) 0309 - An alternative amino acid change at the same position has been observed in gnomAD (9 heterozygote, 0 homozygote). (N) 0501 - Missense variant consistently predicted to be damaging by multiple in silico tools or highly conserved with a major amino acid change. (P) 0600 - Variant is located in an annotated domain or motif, (rod domain; PMID: 23774525). (N) 0708 – A comparable missense variant (glutamine) has been previously classified as a variant of uncertain significance (ClinVar). (N) 0801 - Strong previous evidence of pathogenicity in multiple unrelated individuals with Ogna type epidermolysis bullosa simplex (ClinVar, PMID: 23774525, PMID: 22854623, PMID: 11851880). (P) 1002 - Moderate functional evidence supporting abnormal protein function. Mouse models demonstrated mutant protein was not detectable in skin, but was present in muscle (PMID: 22144912). (P) 1208 - Inheritance information for this variant is not currently available. (N) Legend: (P) - Pathogenic, (N) - Neutral, (B) - Benign

GeneReviews
Significance:not provided
Review Status:no classification provided
Collection Method:literature only

Jul 12, 2024
3billion
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The variant is observed at an extremely low frequency in the gnomAD v4.0.0 dataset (total allele frequency: <0.001%). Predicted Consequence/Location: Missense variant In silico tool predictions suggest damaging effect of the variant on gene or gene product [REVEL: 0.69 (>=0.6, sensitivity 0.68 and specificity 0.92)]. The same nucleotide change resulting in the same amino acid change has been previously reported as pathogenic/likely pathogenic with strong evidence (ClinVar ID: VCV000008262 /PMID: 11851880).The variant has been observed in multiple (>3) similarly affected unrelated individuals (PMID: 11851880, 22854623, 29453417).The variant has been reported to co-segregate with the disease in at least 7 similarly affected relatives/individuals in at least two unrelated families (PMID: 11851880, 22854623). Therefore, this variant is classified as Pathogenic according to the recommendation of ACMG/AMP guideline.

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type;C2677349:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia;C2931072:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy;C3150989:Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q;C4225309:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy Pathogenic:1
Oct 30, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 2000 of the PLEC protein (p.Arg2000Trp). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individuals with clinical features of autosomal dominant epidermolysis bullosa (PMID: 11851880, 22854623, 29453417). It has also been observed to segregate with disease in related individuals. This variant is also known as R2110W. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 8262). Experimental studies and prediction algorithms are not available or were not evaluated, and the functional significance of this variant is currently unknown. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic.

Simplex epidermolysis bullosa_Ogna type Pathogenic:1
Mar 21, 2016
Biomedical Innovation Departament, CIEMAT
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:research

not provided Pathogenic:1
Dec 12, 2022
GeneDx
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Published functional studies demonstrate that the R2000W variant renders the PLEC protein's coiled-coil domain vulnerable to cleavage by calpains and other proteases in the epidermis; treatment with calpain inhibitors resulted in increased PLEC protein levels (Walko et al., 2011); Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); Missense variant in a gene in which most reported pathogenic variants are truncating/loss of function; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 22854623, 23774525, 31001817, 11851880, 22144912, 29453417, 22864774)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.29
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.32
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.22
CADD
Pathogenic
26
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.44
T
Eigen
Uncertain
0.45
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.35
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.85
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.98
D
M_CAP
Pathogenic
0.72
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.82
D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
1.0
D
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.5
M
PhyloP100
1.6
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.56
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-2.9
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.69
Sift
Uncertain
0.0010
D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.0020
D
Polyphen
1.0
D
Vest4
0.68
MutPred
0.34
Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.0651)
MVP
0.76
ClinPred
0.96
D
GERP RS
4.5
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
3.2
Varity_R
0.16
gMVP
0.48
Mutation Taster
=0/100
disease causing (ClinVar)

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: rs80338756; hg19: chr8-144998180; API