ClinVar

Description

Based on the classification scheme VCGS_Germline_v1.3.4, this variant is classified as VUS-3C. Following criteria are met: 0105 - The mechanism of disease for this gene is not clearly established. Functional studies have suggested loss-of-function, gain-of-function and dominant-negative mechanisms based on calcium sensitivity, contractibility and mouse models (PMIDs: 18612386, 32098556, 33025817). (I) 0107 - This gene is associated with autosomal dominant disease. (I) 0115 - Variants in this gene are known to have variable expressivity, e.g., the variant, p.(Arg92Gln), has been reported to cause both DCM and HCM, even within the same family (PMID: 26507537). (I) 0200 - Variant is predicted to result in a missense amino acid change from arginine to cysteine. (I) 0251 - This variant is heterozygous. (I) 0302 - Variant is present in gnomAD <0.001 for a dominant condition (v2 & v3: 150 heterozygotes, 0 homozygotes). (I) 0309 - An alternative amino acid change at the same position has been observed in gnomAD (p.(Arg285His), v2 & v3: 11 heterozygotes, 0 homozygotes). (I) 0504 - Same amino acid change has been observed in placental mammals. (SB) 0600 - Variant is located in the annotated troponin domain (DECIPHER). (I) 0704 - Another missense variant comparable to the one identified in this case has limited previous evidence for pathogenicity. p.(Arg285Pro) has been reported in at least 7 individuals with HCM and has been more recently reported as likely pathogenic/pathogenic (cardiodb, ClinVar, PMID: 24793961). p.(Arg285His), a minor amino acid change, has been reported multiple times as a VUS, including in individuals with HCM (cardiodb, ClinVar, PMID: 33297573). (SP) 0809 - Previous evidence of pathogenicity for this variant is inconclusive. This variant has fourteen VUS, six likely pathogenic and two pathogenic submissions in ClinVar. This variant has been identified in many individuals with HCM however, some of them also have pathogenic variants in other sarcomeric genes (cardiodb, VCGS, PMIDs: 26507537, 12860912, 32228044, 35514357). (I) 0906 - Segregation evidence for this variant is inconclusive. This variant did not segregate with HCM in the 58-year old mother of a HCM patient tested at VCGS. This variant has been reported to have incomplete penetrance and to cause mild and late onset HCM (PMIDs: 20038417, 19150014, 15246915). (I) 1010 - Functional evidence for this variant is inconclusive. Three transgenic mice studies showed that this variant did not cause ventricular tachycardia, significant hypertrophy or ventricular fibrosis. However, transgenic mice cardiac muscle fibres did display significant increases in energy cost, a decrease in maximal force, and an increased Ca2+ sensitivity of force development (PMIDs: 19033660, 16115869, 16777946). A more recent study of transgenic mice showed the variant did not affect Ca2+ sensitivity in myocytes and there was no prolonged action potential in the heart (PMID: 22647877). (I) 1208 - Inheritance information for this variant is not currently available in this individual. (I) Legend: (SP) - Supporting pathogenic, (I) - Information, (SB) - Supporting benign