ClinVar

Description

The FBN1 c.4177_4199del; p.Glu1393fs variant, to our knowledge, is not reported in the medical literature or gene-specific databases. This variant is also absent from general population databases (1000 Genomes Project, Exome Variant Server, and Genome Aggregation Database), indicating it is not a common polymorphism. A different variant, c.4177delG; p.Glu1393fs, has been reported in individuals and families affected with Marfan syndrome; further, in vitro functional analyses of this variant protein shows a marked reduction in fibrillin synthesis and matrix deposition as well as translation of a truncated protein product (Aoyama 1994, Schrijver 2002). Similarly, the c.4177_4199del variant causes a frameshift by deleting 23 nucleotides and is predicted to result in a truncated protein or mRNA subject to nonsense-mediated decay. Based on the above information, this variant is considered pathogenic. References: Aoyama T et al. Quantitative differences in biosynthesis and extracellular deposition of fibrillin in cultured fibroblasts distinguish five groups of Marfan syndrome patients and suggest distinct pathogenetic mechanisms. J Clin Invest. 1994 Jul;94(1):130-7. Schrijver I et al. Premature Termination Mutations in FBN1: Distinct Effects on Differential Allelic Expression and on Protein and Clinical Phenotypes. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Aug; 71(2): 223–237.