Description
The heterozygous p.Arg130Ter variant in PTEN was identified by our study in one individual with macrocephaly-autism syndrome (PMID: 32959437). Trio exome analysis showed this variant to be de novo. The p.Arg130Ter variant in PTEN has been previously reported in over 30 unrelated individuals with PTEN-associated disease (PMID: 29594054, PMID: 33083010, PMID: 24345843, PMID: 28655553, PMID: 28526761, PMID: 10400993, PMID: 14566704, PMID: 16773562, PMID: 11332402, PMID: 17286265, PMID: 20600018, PMID: 21194675, PMID: 23470840, PMID: 30659124, PMID: 23764071, PMID: 1191871, PMID: 10848731, PMID: 9467011, PMID: 9856571, PMID: 9259288, PMID: 21956414, SCV002059850.1) and segregated with disease in 17 affected relatives from 6 families (PMID: 28655553, PMID: 17286265, PMID: 30659124, PMID: 11332402, PMID: 9259288, PMID: 9856571), but has been identified in 0.003% (1/30614) of South Asian chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP ID: rs121909224). Although this variant has been seen in the general population in a heterozygous state, its frequency is not high enough to rule out a pathogenic role. Pathogenic variants may be present at a low frequency in the general population, for diseases with clinical variability, or reduced penetrance. The number of reported affected individuals with this variant is greater than expected compared to non-affected individuals with this variant. This variant was found to be de novo in 5 individuals with confirmed paternity and maternity (PMID: 28526761, PMID: 11918710, PMID: 32959437, PMID: 28526761, SCV002059850.1). This variant has also been reported in ClinVar (Variation ID: 7819) and has been interpreted as pathogenic by multiple submitters. This nonsense variant leads to a premature termination codon at position 130, which is predicted to lead to a truncated or absent protein. Heterozygous loss of function of the PTEN gene is an established disease mechanism in autosomal dominant PTEN-associated disease, including autosomal dominant macrocephaly-autism syndrome. In summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as pathogenic for autosomal dominant macrocephaly-autism syndrome. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PVS1, PS2_VeryStrong, PS4, PP1_Strong (Richards 2015).
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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 |