Description
Note this variant was found in clinical genetic testing performed by one or more labs who may also submit to ClinVar. Thus any internal case data may overlap with the internal case data of other labs. The interpretation reviewed below is that of the Stanford Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease. TNNT2 variant Arg94Leu (R94L; c.281G>T at the nucleotide level) The variant has been reported in at least 3 unrelated cases of HCM with moderate segregation data in one family and functional data available. Varnava et al. (1999, 2001) identified this variant in an HCM family with a history of four SCD under age 45. It segregated with the disease in 3 affected family members tested, which included two siblings and their cousin. In addition, a child of one of the siblings who had an abnormal ECG but normal echo at age 6 also had the variant. Melacini et al. (2010) detected the variant in an Italian HCM transplant patient. Pasquale et al. (2011) detected it in an HCM patient followed in the UK. Another change at this same codon, Arg94Cys, has been associated with HCM (we consider that variant to be of uncertain significance, probably disease causing). Variation at nearby loci of TNNT2 (within 10 amino acids to either side) has been associated with disease, supporting the functional importance of this region of the protein. These HCM variants include Val85Leu, Asp86Ala, Arg92Trp, Arg92Gln, Arg92Leu, Lys97Asn and Ala104Val (Willott et al. 2010; Harvard Sarcomere Protein Gene Mutation Database). The region between residues ~80-180 of TNNT2 has been described as essential for anchoring the troponin-tropomyosin complex to the thin filament (Hinkle et al. 1999, Palm et al. 2001). In vitro functional data from Palm et al. (2001) suggests that the Arg94Leu variant impairs binding of troponin T to tropomyosin and makes the protein less effective at promoting the binding of tropomyosin to actin. Lu et al. (2003) found it increased the calcium sensitivity of force generation, but had no effect on the protein’s affinity for tropomyosin. Harada & Potter (2004) showed the variant to alter the contractile properties of skinned cardiac fibers, including the response of cardiac contraction to changes in pH. This is a nonconservative amino acid change from a basic, positively-charged Arginine to a nonpolar Leucine. The Arginine at codon 94 is completely conserved across 39 vertebrate species examined. In silico analysis with PolyPhen-2 (http://genetics.bwh.harvard.edu/pph2/) predicts the variant to be “probably damaging”. Pasquale et al. (2011) report that the SIFT prediction for the variant is “not tolerated”. In total the variant has not been seen in ~6190 published controls and publicly available population datasets. There is no variation at codon 94 listed in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project dataset, which currently includes variant calls on ~3500 Caucasian and ~1800 African American individuals (as of 1/15/2012). There is no variation at this codon listed in dbSNP or 1000 genomes (as of 1/15/2012). The variant was not observed in published controls: Varnava et al. (1999) did not find the variant in 100 normal controls. Varnava et al. (2001) did not detect it in at least 90 control individuals. Melacini et al. (2010) did not find it in 400 (Italian?) controls. Pasquale et al. (2011) did not find it in 200 Caucasian controls.
| # | Sample | Method | Observation |
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| Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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| 1 | germline | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided | | 3 | not provided | not provided | not provided |
