Total submissions: 3
Submitter | RCV | SCV | Clinical significance | Condition | Last evaluated | Review status | Method | Comment |
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Invitae | RCV000469544 | SCV000541545 | uncertain significance | Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 1C | 2016-05-03 | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | This sequence change replaces alanine with threonine at codon 153 of the LITAF protein (p.Ala153Thr). The alanine residue is weakly conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between alanine and threonine. This variant is present in population databases (rs543022814, ExAC 0.03%) but has not been reported in the literature in individuals with a LITAF-related disease. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be tolerated, but these predictions have not been confirmed by published functional studies. In summary, this variant is a rare missense change that is not predicted to affect protein function. There is no indication that it causes disease, but the available evidence is currently insufficient to prove that conclusively. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. |
Gene |
RCV000481674 | SCV000574393 | uncertain significance | not provided | 2017-03-27 | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | A variant of uncertain significance has been identified in the LITAF gene. The A153T variant has not been published as a pathogenic variant, nor has it been reported as a benign variant to our knowledge. The A153T variant is observed in 4/14698 (0.03%) alleles from individuals of South Asian background (Lek et al., 2016; 1000 Genomes Consortium et al., 2015; Exome Variant Server). The A153T variant is a non-conservative amino acid substitution, which is likely to impact secondary protein structure as these residues differ in polarity, charge, size and/or other properties. This substitution occurs at a position that is conserved across species. However, in silico analysis is inconsistent in its predictions as to whether or not the variant is damaging to the protein structure/function. Therefore, based on the currently available information, it is unclear whether this variant is a pathogenic variant or a rare benign variant. |
Illumina Clinical Services Laboratory, |
RCV000469544 | SCV001274008 | uncertain significance | Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, type 1C | 2018-01-13 | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | This variant was observed in the ICSL laboratory as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. It had not been previously curated by ICSL or reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD: prior to June 1st, 2018), and was therefore a candidate for classification through an automated scoring system. Utilizing variant allele frequency, disease prevalence and penetrance estimates, and inheritance mode, an automated score was calculated to assess if this variant is too frequent to cause the disease. Based on the score, this variant could not be ruled out of causing disease and therefore its association with disease required further investigation. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (if applicable). No publications were found based on this search. This variant was therefore classified as a variant of unknown significance for this disease. |