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

Genomes: not found (cov: 32)

Consequence

KCNH2
NM_000238.4 splice_donor, intron

Scores

2
4
1
Splicing: ADA: 1.000
2

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:4

Conservation

PhyloP100: 5.92
Variant links:
Genes affected
KCNH2 (HGNC:6251): (potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 2) This gene encodes a component of a voltage-activated potassium channel found in cardiac muscle, nerve cells, and microglia. Four copies of this protein interact with one copy of the KCNE2 protein to form a functional potassium channel. Mutations in this gene can cause long QT syndrome type 2 (LQT2). Transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, May 2022]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 14 ACMG points.

PVS1
Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, product NOT destroyed by NMD, known LOF gene, truncates exone, which is 0.12327586 fraction of the gene. No cryptic splice site detected. Exon removal is inframe change.
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP5
Variant 7-150952424-C-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr7-150952424-C-G is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 439845.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
KCNH2NM_000238.4 linkc.1557+1G>C splice_donor_variant, intron_variant Intron 6 of 14 ENST00000262186.10 NP_000229.1 Q12809-1Q15BH2A0A090N8Q0

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
KCNH2ENST00000262186.10 linkc.1557+1G>C splice_donor_variant, intron_variant Intron 6 of 14 1 NM_000238.4 ENSP00000262186.5 Q12809-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
32
GnomAD4 exome
Cov.:
32
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
32

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:4
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Long QT syndrome 2 Pathogenic:1
Mar 31, 2022
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_v1.3.4, 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
Oct 24, 2016
ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Long QT syndrome Pathogenic:1
Nov 10, 2023
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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
Jul 21, 2023
Ambry Genetics
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_addAF
Uncertain
0.16
D
BayesDel_noAF
Uncertain
-0.010
CADD
Pathogenic
35
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
Eigen
Pathogenic
1.0
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.82
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.95
D
GERP RS
4.7
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.8

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA
Pathogenic
1.0
dbscSNV1_RF
Pathogenic
0.90
SpliceAI score (max)
0.99
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DG_spliceai
0.79
Position offset: -4
DS_DL_spliceai
0.99
Position offset: 1

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

Publications

LitVar

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs886039043; hg19: chr7-150649512; API