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Submissions for variant NC_012920.1(MT-CO3):m.9487_9501del

dbSNP: rs267606612
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Total submissions: 3
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Submitter RCV SCV Clinical significance Condition Last evaluated Review status Method Comment
ClinGen Mitochondrial Disease Nuclear and Mitochondrial Variant Curation Expert Panel, ClinGen RCV003985255 SCV004801743 likely pathogenic Mitochondrial disease 2024-02-26 reviewed by expert panel curation The m.9487_9501del (p.Phe94Ter) variant in MT-CO3 has been reported in one individual to date, in a teenager with myopathy and recurrent myoglobinuria (PMID: 8630495). Her muscle biopsy showed type 1 fiber predominance, many ragged red fibers (RRF) that stained heaving for SDH and were COX-negative, and 64% COX-negative fibers. Electron microscopy showed scattered areas of increased numbers of mitochondria, some of which were enlarged and irregular with disordered cristae. Complex IV activity was 14% of controls. Heteroplasmy levels were reported as 92% in muscle, 0.7% leukocytes, 0.5% in lymphocytes, and undetectable in fibroblasts. As this is the only case reported to date, PS4 could not be applied. The variant was not detected in her healthy mother’s leukocytes. However, this expert panel noted the very low heteroplasmy levels reported in the proband’s leukocytes was unusual given the technology at the time, therefore this was not considered a de novo occurrence. Given no additional family members were tested, segregation evidence (PP1) could not be applied. There are no additional reported de novo occurrences of this variant to our knowledge. Computational predictors are not applicable for this variant type precluding consideration for PP3 or BP4. This variant is absent in the GenBank dataset, Helix dataset, and gnomAD v3.1.2 (PM2_supporting). This 15 base pair microdeletion results in loss of the last 167 amino acids (64% of the protein, PVS1_strong). Single fiber testing showed higher levels of the variant in COX-negative non-RRF fibers (97.4 ± 1.4%) and in COX-negative RRF (98.6 ± 0.8%) than in COX-positive fibers (25.2 ± 25.1%; PS3_supporting; PMID: 8630495). In summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as likely pathogenic for primary mitochondrial disease inherited in a mitochondrial manner. This classification was approved by the NICHD/NINDS U24 ClinGen Mitochondrial Disease Variant Curation Expert Panel on February 26, 2024. Mitochondrial DNA-specific ACMG/AMP criteria applied (PMID: 32906214): PM2_supporting, PS3_supporting, PVS1_strong.
OMIM RCV000010289 SCV000030513 pathogenic Mitochondrial complex IV deficiency, nuclear type 1 1996-04-01 no assertion criteria provided literature only
OMIM RCV000010290 SCV000030514 pathogenic Mitochondrial complex IV deficiency with recurrent myoglobinuria 1996-04-01 no assertion criteria provided literature only

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