ClinVar

Description

The MYH7 Gly178Arg has previously been identified in 1 HCM patient (Waldmuller S et al., 2011), 1 LVNC patient (Blueprint Genetics, ClinVar SCV000207087.1) and in at least 3 DCM patients (Genedx, ClinVar SCV000208677.6; Walsh R, et al., 2017). The variant frequency in the Genome Aggregation Database (http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/) is low. We have identified the MYH7 Gly178Arg variant in a LVNC patient with a family history of disease (3 other affected members; genetic segregation not possible). Computational tools SIFT, MutationTaster, and PolyPhen-2 predict this variant to have a deleterious effect. Additionally PolyPhen-HCM, a tool specifically designed to predict the effects of missense variants in HCM genes (Jordan DM, et al., 2011), predicts this variant to cause disease. In summary, although MYH7 Gly178Arg is absent in the general population and in silico tools support a pathogenic role, further evidence is required to understand its role in LVNC and cardiomyopathy. Hence, we classify MYH7 Gly178Arg as a variant of "uncertain significance".