Description
Variant summary: CLCN1 c.501C>G (p.Phe167Leu) results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Three of five in-silico tools predict a benign effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00086 in 1614204 control chromosomes in the gnomAD database, including 5 homozygotes. This frequency is not significantly higher than estimated for a pathogenic variant in CLCN1 causing Myotonia congenita (0.00086 vs 0.0035), allowing no conclusion about variant significance. c.501C>G has been reported in the literature at a compound heterozygous state in individuals affected with autosomal recessive Myotonia congenita (examples, Gorukmez_2023, Bozovic_2021, Suetterlin_2022, Vereb_2020). It has also been reported at a heterozygous in several individuals with autosomal dominant Myotonia congenita and often along with a pathogenic variant from another gene that may fully explain the phenotype (example, Peddareddygari_2016, Maggi_2017). These report(s) do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Myotonia congenita. Several publications report experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function. These results showed no damaging or marginal effect of this variant on the electrophysiological metrics of CLCN1 by whole-cell patch clamping in HEK293T cells or in xenopus oocytes (Desaphy_2013, Zhang_2000, Suetterlin_2022). The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 34106991, 23933576, 28993909, 27266866, 34529042, 10690989, 36964972). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 209138). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance.
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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 |