Enhancing rare variant interpretation in inherited arrhythmias through quantitative analysis of consortium disease cohorts and population controls
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Author(s)
Ware, James
Mazzarotto, Francesco
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
PURPOSE:Stringent variant interpretation guidelines can lead to high rates of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) for genetically heterogeneous disease like long QT syndrome (LQTS) and Brugada syndrome (BrS). Quantitative and disease-specific customization of American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics/Association for Molecular Pathology (ACMG/AMP) guidelines can address this false negative rate. METHODS:We compared rare variant frequencies from 1847 LQTS (KCNQ1/KCNH2/SCN5A) and 3335 BrS (SCN5A) cases from the International LQTS/BrS Genetics Consortia to population-specific gnomAD data and developed disease-specific criteria for ACMG/AMP evidence classes-rarity (PM2/BS1 rules) and case enrichment of individual (PS4) and domain-specific (PM1) variants. RESULTS:Rare SCN5A variant prevalence differed between European (20.8%) and Japanese (8.9%) BrS patients (p = 5.7 × 10-18) and diagnosis with spontaneous (28.7%) versus induced (15.8%) Brugada type 1 electrocardiogram (ECG) (p = 1.3 × 10-13). Ion channel transmembrane regions and specific N-terminus (KCNH2) and C-terminus (KCNQ1/KCNH2) domains were characterized by high enrichment of case variants and >95% probability of pathogenicity. Applying the customized rules, 17.4% of European BrS and 74.8% of European LQTS cases had (likely) pathogenic variants, compared with estimated diagnostic yields (case excess over gnomAD) of 19.2%/82.1%, reducing VUS prevalence to close to background rare variant frequency. CONCLUSION:Large case-control data sets enable quantitative implementation of ACMG/AMP guidelines and increased sensitivity for inherited arrhythmia genetic testing.
Date Issued
2020-09-07
Date Acceptance
2020-08-11
Citation
Genetics in Medicine, 2020, 23, pp.47-58
ISSN
1098-3600
Publisher
American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
Start Page
47
End Page
58
Journal / Book Title
Genetics in Medicine
Volume
23
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Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
Rosetrees Trust
British Heart Foundation
Identifier
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41436-020-00946-5#further-reading
Grant Number
107469/Z/15/Z
M735
RE/18/4/34215
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Genetics & Heredity
variant interpretation
LQTS
Brugada
ACMG/AMP guidelines
MUTATIONS
ACMG/AMP guidelines
Brugada
LQTS
variant interpretation
Nantes Referral Center for inherited cardiac arrhythmia
Genetics & Heredity
0604 Genetics
1103 Clinical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-09-07