rs887114201

Positions:

• chr2-162288167-C-A
• chr2-162288167-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points: 8P and 0B. PVS1

The NM_022168.4(IFIH1):​c.1063G>T​(p.Glu355*) variant causes a stop gained change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000685 in 1,460,132 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 Uncertain significance (★). Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000068 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: IFIH1 NM_022168.4 stop_gained
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 0.963

Genes affected

IFIH1 (HGNC:18873): (interferon induced with helicase C domain 1) IFIH1 encodes MDA5 which is an intracellular sensor of viral RNA that triggers the innate immune response. Sensing RNA length and secondary structure, MDA5 binds dsRNA oligonucleotides with a modified DExD/H-box helicase core and a C-terminal domain, thus leading to a proinflammatory response that includes interferons. It has been shown that Coronaviruses (CoVs) as well as various other virus families, are capable of evading the MDA5-dependent interferon response, thus impeding the activation of the innate immune response to infection. MDA5 has also been shown to play an important role in enhancing natural killer cell function in malaria infection. In addition to its protective role in antiviral responses, MDA5 has been implicated in autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases such as type 1 diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome[provided by RefSeq, Jul 2020]

IFIH1 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Loss of function variant, product undergoes nonsense mediated mRNA decay. LoF is a known mechanism of disease.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
IFIH1	NM_022168.4	c.1063G>T	p.Glu355*	stop_gained	5/16	ENST00000649979.2	NP_071451.2
IFIH1	XM_047445407.1	c.346G>T	p.Glu116*	stop_gained	4/15		XP_047301363.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
IFIH1	ENST00000649979.2	c.1063G>T	p.Glu355*	stop_gained	5/16		NM_022168.4	ENSP00000497271.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000685 AC: 10 AN: 1460132 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 31 AF XY: 0.00000964 AC XY: 7 AN XY: 726466

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00000900

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

EpiCase AF: 0.0000546

EpiControl AF: 0.00

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 7;C4225427:Singleton-Merten syndrome 1 Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Sep 10, 2023

In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 863752). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with IFIH1-related conditions. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Glu355*) in the IFIH1 gene. It is expected to result in an absent or disrupted protein product. However, the current clinical and genetic evidence is not sufficient to establish whether loss-of-function variants in IFIH1 cause disease. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.46	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.43
CADD	Pathogenic	35
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
Eigen	Uncertain	0.58
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.36
FATHMM_MKL	Benign	0.27	N
Vest4		0.88
GERP RS		5.1

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.29		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai		0.29		Position offset: -32

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs887114201; hg19: chr2-163144677;