ClinVar

Description

The c.814C>A variant in the HNF1 homeobox A gene, HNF1A, causes an amino acid change of arginine to serine at codon 272 (p.(Arg272Ser)) of NM_000545.8. This variant resides in an amino acid within the HNF1α DNA binding domain that directly binds DNA, which is defined as critical for the protein’s function by the ClinGen MDEP (PM1) and is absent from gnomAD v2.1.1 (PM2_Supporting). Additionally, this variant is predicted to be deleterious by computational evidence, with a REVEL score of 0.949, which is greater than the MDEP VCEP threshold of 0.70 (PP3). This variant segregated with diabetes, with five informative meioses in two families with MODY (PP1_Strong; internal lab contributors). Two other missense variants, c.814C>T (p.Arg272Cys) and c.815G>A (p.Arg272His), have been interpreted as pathogenic by the ClinGen MDEP, and p.Arg272Ser has a greater Grantham distance than p.Arg272His. (PM5_Strong). This variant was identified in two unrelated individuals with non-autoimmune and non-absolute/near-absolute insulin-deficient diabetes; however, PS4_Moderate cannot be applied because this number is below the ClinGen MDEP threshold (PMIDs: 31165087 and 18003757, internal lab contributors). One of these individuals had a clinical history suggestive of HNF1A-MODY (MODY probability calculator result >50%); however, HNF4A was not tested (internal lab contributors). In summary, c.814C>A meets the criteria to be classified as pathogenic for monogenic diabetes. ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen MDEP (specification version 1.1, approved 9/30/2021): PM1, PM2_Supporting, PP3, PP1_Strong, PM5_Strong.