Description
The SCN5A c.4786T>A; p.Phe1596Ile variant (rs199473278), is reported in the literature in multiple individuals affected with long QT syndrome (Christiansen 2014, Hoshi 2015, Kapplinger 2009) or atrial fibrillation (Boehringer 2014, Olesen 2012, Olesen 2011), though these studies did not report if this variant cosegregates with disease. This variant is reported in ClinVar (Variation ID: 67924) and is found in the non-Finnish European population with an overall allele frequency of 0.02% (25/125810 alleles) in the Genome Aggregation Database. The phenylalanine at codon 1596 is highly conserved and occurs in a C-terminal region of SCN5A containing other missense variants identified in individuals with Long QT syndrome (Christiansen 2014, Kapplinger 2009); however, computational analyses (SIFT: damaging, PolyPhen-2: benign) predict conflicting effects of this variant on protein structure/function. Further, while electrophysiology studies indicate the p.Phe1596Ile variant has modestly faster recovery from inactivation and slightly higher persistent current than wildtype protein, these defects are thought to be insufficient to cause disease (Hoshi 2015), and protein activity appears otherwise wildtype (Olesen 2011, Hoshi 2015). Due to limited information, the clinical significance of the p.Phe1596Ile variant is uncertain at this time. References: Boehringer T et al. SCN5A mutations and polymorphisms in patients with ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction. Mol Med Rep. 2014 Oct;10(4):2039-44. Christiansen M et al. Mutations in Danish patients with long QT syndrome and the identification of a large founder family with p.F29L in KCNH2. BMC Med Genet. 2014 Mar 7;15:31. Hoshi M et al. Polygenic Case of Long QT Syndrome Confirmed through Functional Characterization Informs the Interpretation of Genetic Screening Results. HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2015 Jul 1;1(4):201-205. Kapplinger JD et al. Spectrum and prevalence of mutations from the first 2,500 consecutive unrelated patients referred for the FAMILION long QT syndrome genetic test. Heart Rhythm. 2009 Sep;6(9):1297-303. Olesen MS et al. High prevalence of long QT syndrome-associated SCN5A variants in patients with early-onset lone atrial fibrillation. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2012 Aug 1;5(4):450-9. Olesen MS et al. Mutations in sodium channel beta-subunit SCN3B are associated with early-onset lone atrial fibrillation. Cardiovasc Res. 2011 Mar 1;89(4):786-93.
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| Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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| 1 | germline | unknown | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |
