Description
The c.352C>T variant in the hepatocyte nuclear factor 4-alpha gene, HNF4A, results in a premature termination at codon 118 (p.(Arg118Ter)) of NM_175914.5. This variant, located in biologically-relevant exon 4 of 10, is predicted to lead to nonsense mediated decay in a gene in which loss-of-function is an established disease mechanism (PVS1; PMID: 23348805). This variant is absent in gnomAD v2.1.1 (PM2_Supporting), and was identified in four unrelated individuals with non-autoimmune and non-absolute/near-absolute insulin-deficient diabetes (PS4_Moderate; ClinVar ID:1457657, internal lab contributors). One of these individuals has a clinical history highly specific for HNF4A-MODY (MODY probability calculator result >50%, negative genetic testing for HNF1A, and antibody negative) (PP4_Moderate; internal lab contributor). This variant also segregated with diabetes, with four informative meioses in two families (PP1_Strong; internal lab contributors). In summary, c.352C>T meets the criteria to be classified as pathogenic for monogenic diabetes. ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen MDEP (specification version 2.0.0, approved 10/11/23): PVS1, PP1_Strong, PP4_Moderate, PS4_Moderate, PM2_Supporting.
# | Sample | Method | Observation |
---|
Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
---|
1 | germline | unknown | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |