ClinVar

Description

This missense variant replaces arginine with glutamine at codon 162 of the TNNI3 protein. Computational prediction suggests that this variant may not impact protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold <= 0.5, PMID: 27666373). A functional study has shown that this variant disrupts interactions with troponin C and T (PMID: 15698845). This variant has been reported in over 15 unrelated individuals affected with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (PMID: 12860912, 15607392, 15698845, 15992656, 16352453, 25940119, 31877599, 33029862, 3349559, 33673806, 35470680, 36291626). This variant has been shown to segregate with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a family study (PMID: 22876777). This variant has also been reported in the homozygous state in an individual affected with severe, early-onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (PMID: 31877599). This individual's four relatives were asymptomatic heterozygous carriers. This variant has been identified in 10/249030 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Different missense variants occurring at the same codon, p.Arg162Pro and p.Arg162Trp, are known to cause disease (ClinVar variation ID: 43390, 161396), indicating that arginine at this position is important for TNNI3 protein function. Based on the available evidence, this variant is classified as Likely Pathogenic.