rs886039043
Variant summary
Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 14 ACMG points: 14P and 0B. PVS1_StrongPM2PP5_Very_Strong
The NM_000238.4(KCNH2):c.1557+1G>C variant causes a splice donor, intron change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. 3/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★).
Frequency
Consequence
NM_000238.4 splice_donor, intron
Scores
Clinical Significance
Conservation
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ACMG classification
Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 14 ACMG points.
Transcripts
RefSeq
Gene | Transcript | HGVSc | HGVSp | Effect | Exon rank | MANE | Protein | UniProt |
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KCNH2 | NM_000238.4 | c.1557+1G>C | splice_donor_variant, intron_variant | Intron 6 of 14 | ENST00000262186.10 | NP_000229.1 |
Ensembl
Frequencies
GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32
GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32
GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32
ClinVar
Submissions by phenotype
Long QT syndrome 2 Pathogenic:1
Based on the classification scheme VCGS_Germline_v1.3.4, this variant is classified as Pathogenic. Following criteria are met: 0103 - Dominant negative and loss of function are known mechanisms of disease in this gene and are associated with long QT syndrome 2 (MIM#613688). Gain of function is also a known mechanism associated with short QT syndrome 1 (MIM#609620) (OMIM, PMID: 10753933; PMID: 21777565). (I) 0107 - This gene is associated with autosomal dominant disease. (I) 0112 - The condition associated with this gene has incomplete penetrance (PMID: 20301308). (I) 0211 - Canonical splice site variant without proven consequence on splicing (no functional evidence available). (SP) 0251 - This variant is heterozygous. (I) 0301 - Variant is absent from gnomAD (both v2 and v3). (SP) 0505 - Abnormal splicing is predicted by in silico tools and affected nucleotide is highly conserved. (SP) 0703 - Other canonical splice variants comparable to the one identified in this case have moderate previous evidence for pathogenicity. These variants, c.1557+1G>A and c.1557+2T>C, have been reported as pathogenic and likely pathogenic in individuals with long QT syndrome (LQTS) (ClinVar, PMID: 26669661, PMID: 32893267). (SP) 0801 - This variant has strong previous evidence of pathogenicity in unrelated individuals. This variant has been classified as pathogenic, and reported in at least five unrelated individuals with LQTS (ClinVar, VCGS, PMID: 19716085, PMID: 27920829). (SP) 1208 - Inheritance information for this variant is not currently available in this individual. (I) Legend: (SP) - Supporting pathogenic, (I) - Information, (SB) - Supporting benign -
not specified Pathogenic:1
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Long QT syndrome Pathogenic:1
This sequence change affects a donor splice site in intron 6 of the KCNH2 gene. It is expected to disrupt RNA splicing. Variants that disrupt the donor or acceptor splice site typically lead to a loss of protein function (PMID: 16199547), and loss-of-function variants in KCNH2 are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 10973849, 19862833). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). Disruption of this splice site has been observed in individual(s) with clinical features of long QT syndrome (PMID: 19716085, 26496715, 27920829). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 439845). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. 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. -
Cardiovascular phenotype Pathogenic:1
The c.1557+1G>C intronic variant results from a G to C substitution one nucleotide after coding exon 6 of the KCNH2 gene. Alterations that disrupt the canonical splice site are expected to cause aberrant splicing. In silico splice site analysis predicts that this alteration will weaken the native splice donor site and will result in the creation or strengthening of a novel splice donor site. The resulting transcript is predicted to be in-frame and is not expected to trigger nonsense-mediated mRNAdecay; however, direct evidence is unavailable. The exact functional effect of the altered amino acid sequence is unknown; however, the impacted region is critical for protein function (Ambry internal data). This variant has been detected in an an individual with long QT syndrome (LQTS), and in a LQTS genetic testing cohort (Kapplinger JD et al. Heart Rhythm, 2009 Sep;6:1297-303; Burns C et al. J Arrhythm, 2016 Dec;32:456-461). This variant is considered to be rare based on population cohorts in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). This nucleotide position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. Based on the majority of available evidence to date, this variant is likely to be pathogenic. -
Computational scores
Source:
Splicing
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