ClinVar Genomic variation as it relates to human health

The c.224A>G variant in MYOC is a missense variant predicted to cause substitution of Glutamine by Arginine at amino acid 75 (p.Gln75Arg). This variant was not found in any population of gnomAD (v2.1.1), meeting the <= 0.0001 threshold set for PM2_Supporting in a population of at least 10,000 alleles. The REVEL score = 0.11, which met the <= 0.15 threshold for BP4, suggesting that the variant does not impact MYOC function. There was no functional evidence predicting a damaging or benign impact of this variant on MYOC function. This variant was identified in laboratory based testing, but has not yet been found in a proband with juvenile or primary open angle glaucoma, thus PS4 did not apply. In summary, this variant met the criteria to receive a score of 0 and to be classified as a variant of uncertain significance (uncertain significance classification range -1 to 5) for primary open angle glaucoma based on the ACMG/AMP criteria met, as specified by the ClinGen Glaucoma VCEP (v1, 12 Oct 2021): BP4, PM2_Supporting.

This variant was observed in the ICSL laboratory as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. It had not been previously curated by ICSL or reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD: prior to June 1st, 2018), and was therefore a candidate for classification through an automated scoring system. Utilizing variant allele frequency, disease prevalence and penetrance estimates, and inheritance mode, an automated score was calculated to assess if this variant is too frequent to cause the disease. Based on the score, this variant could not be ruled out of causing disease and therefore its association with disease required further investigation. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (if applicable). No publications were found based on this search. This variant was therefore classified as a variant of unknown significance for this disease.

This variant was observed in the ICSL laboratory as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. It had not been previously curated by ICSL or reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD: prior to June 1st, 2018), and was therefore a candidate for classification through an automated scoring system. Utilizing variant allele frequency, disease prevalence and penetrance estimates, and inheritance mode, an automated score was calculated to assess if this variant is too frequent to cause the disease. Based on the score, this variant could not be ruled out of causing disease and therefore its association with disease required further investigation. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (if applicable). No publications were found based on this search. This variant was therefore classified as a variant of unknown significance for this disease.