rs989279969

chr8-143917796-G-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 4 ACMG points: 4P and 0B. PM2 PP3_Moderate

The NM_201384.3(PLEC):c.12025C>T(p.Arg4009Cys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000118 in 1,613,280 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 (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R4009H) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.000026 (0 hom., cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.000010 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: PLEC NM_201384.3 missense
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:4
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 4.42

Genes affected

PLEC (HGNC:9069): (plectin) Plectin is a prominent member of an important family of structurally and in part functionally related proteins, termed plakins or cytolinkers, that are capable of interlinking different elements of the cytoskeleton. Plakins, with their multi-domain structure and enormous size, not only play crucial roles in maintaining cell and tissue integrity and orchestrating dynamic changes in cytoarchitecture and cell shape, but also serve as scaffolding platforms for the assembly, positioning, and regulation of signaling complexes (reviewed in PMID: 9701547, 11854008, and 17499243). Plectin is expressed as several protein isoforms in a wide range of cell types and tissues from a single gene located on chromosome 8 in humans (PMID: 8633055, 8698233). Until 2010, this locus was named plectin 1 (symbol PLEC1 in human; Plec1 in mouse and rat) and the gene product had been referred to as "hemidesmosomal protein 1" or "plectin 1, intermediate filament binding 500kDa". These names were superseded by plectin. The plectin gene locus in mouse on chromosome 15 has been analyzed in detail (PMID: 10556294, 14559777), revealing a genomic exon-intron organization with well over 40 exons spanning over 62 kb and an unusual 5' transcript complexity of plectin isoforms. Eleven exons (1-1j) have been identified that alternatively splice directly into a common exon 2 which is the first exon to encode plectin's highly conserved actin binding domain (ABD). Three additional exons (-1, 0a, and 0) splice into an alternative first coding exon (1c), and two additional exons (2alpha and 3alpha) are optionally spliced within the exons encoding the acting binding domain (exons 2-8). Analysis of the human locus has identified eight of the eleven alternative 5' exons found in mouse and rat (PMID: 14672974); exons 1i, 1j and 1h have not been confirmed in human. Furthermore, isoforms lacking the central rod domain encoded by exon 31 have been detected in mouse (PMID:10556294), rat (PMID: 9177781), and human (PMID: 11441066, 10780662, 20052759). The short alternative amino-terminal sequences encoded by the different first exons direct the targeting of the various isoforms to distinct subcellular locations (PMID: 14559777). As the expression of specific plectin isoforms was found to be dependent on cell type (tissue) and stage of development (PMID: 10556294, 12542521, 17389230) it appears that each cell type (tissue) contains a unique set (proportion and composition) of plectin isoforms, as if custom-made for specific requirements of the particular cells. Concordantly, individual isoforms were found to carry out distinct and specific functions (PMID: 14559777, 12542521, 18541706). In 1996, a number of groups reported that patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD) lacked plectin expression in skin and muscle tissues due to defects in the plectin gene (PMID: 8698233, 8941634, 8636409, 8894687, 8696340). Two other subtypes of plectin-related EBS have been described: EBS-pyloric atresia (PA) and EBS-Ogna. For reviews of plectin-related diseases see PMID: 15810881, 19945614. Mutations in the plectin gene related to human diseases should be named based on the position in NM_000445 (variant 1, isoform 1c), unless the mutation is located within one of the other alternative first exons, in which case the position in the respective Reference Sequence should be used. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 4 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.857

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
PLEC	NM_201384.3	c.12025C>T	p.Arg4009Cys	missense_variant	32/32	ENST00000345136.8
PLEC	NM_201378.4	c.11983C>T	p.Arg3995Cys	missense_variant	32/32	ENST00000356346.7

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
PLEC	ENST00000345136.8	c.12025C>T	p.Arg4009Cys	missense_variant	32/32	1	NM_201384.3
PLEC	ENST00000356346.7	c.11983C>T	p.Arg3995Cys	missense_variant	32/32	1	NM_201378.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.0000263 AC: 4 AN: 152040 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.0000483

Gnomad AMI AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad SAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN AF: 0.00

Gnomad MID AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE AF: 0.0000294

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD3 exomes AF: 0.0000120 AC: 3 AN: 249162 Hom.: 0 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 135294

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.0000556

Gnomad SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.0000177

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.0000103 AC: 15 AN: 1461240 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 62 AF XY: 0.00000825 AC XY: 6 AN XY: 726978

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.000101

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00000899

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.0000263 AC: 4 AN: 152040 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.0000135 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 74258

Gnomad4 AFR AF: 0.0000483

Gnomad4 AMR AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE AF: 0.0000294

Gnomad4 OTH AF: 0.00

Alfa AF: 0.0000773 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.0000189

EpiCase AF: 0.000109

EpiControl AF: 0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:4

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:3

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Revvity Omics, Revvity	Jul 14, 2021	- -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	GeneDx	Sep 13, 2017	A variant of uncertain significance has been identified in the PLEC gene. The R4036C variant has not been published as a pathogenic variant, nor has it been reported as a benign variant to our knowledge. The R4036C variant is not observed in large population cohorts (Lek et al., 2016; 1000 Genomes Consortium et al., 2015; Exome Variant Server). The R4036C variant is a non-conservative amino acid substitution, which is likely to impact secondary protein structure as these residues differ in polarity, charge, size and/or other properties. This substitution occurs at a position that is conserved across species, and in silico analysis predicts this variant is probably damaging to the protein structure/function. Based on the currently available information, it is unclear whether this variant is a pathogenic variant or a rare benign variant. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)	Oct 12, 2016	- -

Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type;C2677349:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5C, with pyloric atresia;C2931072:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex 5B, with muscular dystrophy;C3150989:Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2Q;C4225309:Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with nail dystrophy Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Apr 15, 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. Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) has been performed at Invitae for this missense variant, however the output from this modeling did not meet the statistical confidence thresholds required to predict the impact of this variant on PLEC protein function. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 451956). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with PLEC-related conditions. This variant is present in population databases (no rsID available, gnomAD 0.006%). This sequence change replaces arginine, which is basic and polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 4036 of the PLEC protein (p.Arg4036Cys). -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.69
BayesDel_addAF	Uncertain	0.071	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.030
Cadd	Uncertain	24
Dann	Benign	0.76
Eigen	Uncertain	0.63
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.54
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.93	D
LIST_S2	Pathogenic	0.99	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
M_CAP	Uncertain	0.16	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.86	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	-0.026	T
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.74	T
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-4.0	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;D
REVEL	Uncertain	0.57
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;D
Polyphen		1.0	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;.
Vest4		0.82
MutPred		0.68		.;.;.;.;Gain of catalytic residue at V4148 (P = 0.0576);.;.;.;.;.;
MVP		0.64
ClinPred		0.99	D
GERP RS		5.1
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.7
Varity_R		0.12
gMVP		0.65

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs989279969; hg19: chr8-144991964;