rs80358200

Positions:

• chr1-147908217-C-G
• chr1-147908217-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5 PP3_Strong PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_005267.5(GJA8):​c.262C>G​(p.Pro88Ala) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 12/21 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. P88L) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: GJA8 NM_005267.5 missense
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:3
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.84

Genes affected

GJA8 (HGNC:4281): (gap junction protein alpha 8) This gene encodes a transmembrane connexin protein that is necessary for lens growth and maturation of lens fiber cells. The encoded protein is a component of gap junction channels and functions in a calcium and pH-dependent manner. Mutations in this gene have been associated with zonular pulverulent cataracts, nuclear progressive cataracts, and cataract-microcornea syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2009]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 18 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 2 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 7 uncertain in NM_005267.5
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr1-147908218-C-T is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 1684590.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.996
• PP5: Variant 1-147908217-C-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr1-147908217-C-G is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 650108.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
GJA8	NM_005267.5	c.262C>G	p.Pro88Ala	missense_variant	2/2	ENST00000369235.2	NP_005258.2
GJA8	XM_011509417.3	c.262C>G	p.Pro88Ala	missense_variant	1/2		XP_011507719.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
GJA8	ENST00000369235.2	c.262C>G	p.Pro88Ala	missense_variant	2/2	6	NM_005267.5	ENSP00000358238.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 35

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:3

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Cataract 1 multiple types Pathogenic:2

Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp	Jan 18, 2019	This variant disrupts the p.Pro88 amino acid residue in GJA8. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been observed in individuals with GJA8-related conditions (PMID: 9497259, 19073179, 12800976, 18587493, 16397066, 24535056), suggesting that it is a clinically significant residue. As a result, variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be causative of disease. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive, but these predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies and their clinical significance is uncertain. This variant has been observed to be de novo in an individual affected with bilateral cataract (Invitae). This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This sequence change replaces proline with alanine at codon 88 of the GJA8 protein (p.Pro88Ala). The proline residue is highly conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between proline and alanine. -
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Juno Genomics, Hangzhou Juno Genomics, Inc	-	PM2_Supporting+PP3_Strong+PP4+PM5 -

not provided Pathogenic:1

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen

Jan 01, 2024

GJA8: PM1, PM2, PM5, PM6:Supporting, PP3, PS4:Supporting -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.96
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.55	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.55
CADD	Pathogenic	27
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.98	D
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.92
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.84
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.94	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.99	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.89	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	1.0	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.0	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.1	M
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.80	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-8.0	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.97
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.89
MutPred		0.96		Gain of catalytic residue at P88 (P = 0.0272);
MVP		0.96
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.2
Varity_R		0.87
gMVP		0.99

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.010		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs80358200; hg19: chr1-147380344;