Description
The c.421del variant in the hepatocyte nuclear factor 4-alpha gene, HNF4A, causes a frameshift in the protein at codon 141 of NM_175914.5, adding 29 novel amino acids before encountering a stop codon (p.(Arg141AspfsTer29)). 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 an individual with a clinical history suggestive of HNF4A-MODY (neonatal hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia that is responsive to diazoxide and negative genetic testing for ABCC8 and KCNJ11)(PP4; PMID: 23796040). This variant segregated with diabetes, with three informative meioses in a single family with MODY (PP1; internal lab contributor). In summary, c.421del 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, PP4, PM2_Supporting.
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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 |