ClinVar

Description

Variant summary: FLNA c.7756+8A>G alters a non-conserved nucleotide located close to a canonical splice site and therefore could affect mRNA splicing, leading to a significantly altered protein sequence. Consensus agreement among computation tools predict no significant impact on normal splicing. However, these predictions have yet to be confirmed by functional studies. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00053 in 180346 control chromosomes. The observed variant frequency is approximately 1703-fold of the estimated maximal expected allele frequency for a pathogenic variant in FLNA causing Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia phenotype (3.1e-07), strongly suggesting that the variant is benign. To our knowledge, no occurrence of c.7756+8A>G in individuals affected with Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia and no experimental evidence demonstrating its impact on protein function have been reported. Five submitters have cited clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014. All submitters classified the variant as benign/likely benign. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as benign.