rs863224958

Variant names:

• chr15-42359951-G-A
• rs863224958
• NM_000070.3:c.146G>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PP4_Strong PP3 PM2_Supporting PM3_Strong

This summary comes from the ClinGen Evidence Repository: The NM_000070.3: c.146G>A variant in CAPN3 is a missense variant predicted to cause substitution of arginine by histidine at amino acid 49 (p.Arg49His). This variant has been detected in at least six unrelated individuals with limb girdle muscular dystrophy (PMID:16650086, 17318636, 25135358; ClinVar SCV003459936.1 internal data communication, ClinVar SCV001164521.1 internal data communication), including in a homozygous state in one individual (ClinVar SCV001164521.1 internal data communication, 0.5 pts), confirmed in trans with a pathogenic variant (c.967G>T p.(Glu323Ter), 1.0 pt, PMID:17318636), and confirmed in trans with two variants not yet curated by the VCEP and considered VUS (0.5 pts) (PM3_Strong). At least one patient with this variant displayed progressive limb girdle muscle weakness as well as absent expression of calpain-3, which is highly specific for CAPN3-related LGMD (PP4_Strong; PMID:16650086). This variant is absent from gnomAD v2.1.1 and v3.1.2 (PM2_Supporting). The computational predictor REVEL gives a score of 0.84, which exceeds the VCEP threshold of ≥0.70, evidence that correlates with impact to CAPN3 function (PP3). In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as Pathogenic for autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy based on the ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen LGMD VCEP (LGMD VCEP specifications version 1.0.0; 01/09/2025): PM3_Strong, PP4_Strong, PM2_Supporting, PP3. LINK:https://erepo.genome.network/evrepo/ui/classification/CA347493/MONDO:0015152/187

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000089 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: CAPN3 NM_000070.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic reviewed by expert panel P:12
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 8.35
• Publications: 11 publications found

Genes affected

CAPN3 (HGNC:1480): (calpain 3) Calpain, a heterodimer consisting of a large and a small subunit, is a major intracellular protease, although its function has not been well established. This gene encodes a muscle-specific member of the calpain large subunit family that specifically binds to titin. Mutations in this gene are associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophies type 2A. Alternate promoters and alternative splicing result in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms and some variants are ubiquitously expressed. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

CAPN3 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal dominant

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Myriad Women’s Health, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

  Inheritance: SD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
• muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal dominant 4

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)

ENSG00000258461 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Specifications for CAPN3 are available in the ClinGen Criteria Specification Registry and recommended for reference when assigning criteria.

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points.

• PM2: For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.
• PM3: For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.
• PP3: For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.
• PP4: For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000070.3. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	CAPN3	NM_000070.3	MANE Select	c.146G>A	p.Arg49His	missense	Exon 1 of 24	NP_000061.1	P20807-1
	CAPN3	NM_024344.2		c.146G>A	p.Arg49His	missense	Exon 1 of 23	NP_077320.1	P20807-3
	CAPN3	NM_173087.2		c.146G>A	p.Arg49His	missense	Exon 1 of 21	NP_775110.1	P20807-2

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	CAPN3	ENST00000397163.8	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.146G>A	p.Arg49His	missense	Exon 1 of 24	ENSP00000380349.3	P20807-1
	CAPN3	ENST00000357568.8	TSL:1	c.146G>A	p.Arg49His	missense	Exon 1 of 23	ENSP00000350181.3	P20807-3
	CAPN3	ENST00000349748.8	TSL:1	c.146G>A	p.Arg49His	missense	Exon 1 of 21	ENSP00000183936.4	P20807-2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000889 AC: 13 AN: 1461880 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 33 AF XY: 0.00000688 AC XY: 5 AN XY: 727236

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

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

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

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

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53420

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

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.0000108 AC: 12 AN: 1112000

Other (OTH) AF: 0.0000166 AC: 1 AN: 60396

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.0000322 Hom.: 0

EpiCase AF: 0.0000545

EpiControl AF: 0.00

ClinVar

ClinVar submissions

Significance: Pathogenic

Revision: reviewed by expert panel

Pathogenic	VUS	Benign	Condition
6	-	-	Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A (6)
2	-	-	Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (2)
2	-	-	not provided (2)
1	-	-	Abnormality of the musculature (1)
1	-	-	Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal dominant 4 (1)

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.86
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.46	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.42
CADD	Pathogenic	32
DANN	Pathogenic	1.0
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.048	T
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.76
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.81
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.97	D
M_CAP	Uncertain	0.20	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.93	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	1.0	D
MutationAssessor	Benign	0.90	L
PhyloP100		8.3
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.73	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-1.3	N
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.77
Sift	Uncertain	0.0070	D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.032	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.90
MutPred		0.83		Gain of sheet (P = 0.0344)
MVP		0.98
MPC		0.70
ClinPred		0.98	D
GERP RS		6.0
PromoterAI		-0.016	Neutral
Varity_R		0.11
gMVP		0.82
Mutation Taster		=16/84	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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs863224958; hg19: chr15-42652149; COSMIC: COSV58819321; COSMIC: COSV58819321;