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KCNJ11 c.602G>A, p.Arg201His

NM_000525.4:c.602G>A NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His) Missense · exon 1 View identifiers
Classification
Pathogenic

Variant description:

The KCNJ11 NM_000525.4:c.602G>A (NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His)) missense variant has not previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC). Experimental evidence: Independent beta-cell, mammalian-cell, and oocyte assays consistently showed R201H reduced ATP sensitivity, surface expression, electrical activation, and insulin secretion. Based on available guidelines, this variant is considered to be Pathogenic.

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Pathogenic.A pathogenic classification under the recorded framework.

In plain language

Gene-level background from the recorded interpretation.

About KCNJ11

KCNJ11 encodes an inward-rectifier potassium channel that helps regulate electrical activity and insulin release in cells. Changes in this gene are associated with neonatal diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and familial persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy. KCNJ11 has no established cancer-related role.

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01The reasoning

How it was classified

The recorded framework is Generic ACMG/AMP 2015 with ClinGen SVI recommendations. The criteria and strengths shown below come from the saved assessment; this page does not recalculate the classification.

Recorded applied criteria

The applied criteria and their strengths are shown as assessed under the stated framework.

Pathogenic evidence criteria: 8 Benign evidence criteria: 0
Pathogenic criteria applied · 8
PS1Strong
PS1 · strong

Met: the exact p.Arg201His change was reported in 11 families and 14 patients and independently characterized in functional studies.

PS3Moderate
PS3 · moderate

Met at moderate strength: independent beta-cell, mammalian-cell, and oocyte assays consistently showed R201H reduced ATP sensitivity, surface expression, electrical activation, and insulin secretion.

PS4Strong
PS4 · strong

Met: one R201H carrier among 11 probands versus 0/100 controls gave continuity-corrected OR 28.7 (95% CI 1.10-750.38), exceeding OR >5 with CI excluding 1.

PM1Moderate
PM1 · moderate

Met: Arg201 is explicitly identified as a neonatal-diabetes hotspot, and R201H is absent from gnomAD v2.1 and v4.1.

PM2Supporting
PM2 · supporting

Met at supporting strength: AF is 0 in gnomAD v2.1 (0/248,530) and v4.1 (0/1,612,208), below the <=0.0001 PM2 threshold.

PM5Moderate
PM5 · moderate

Met: different missense substitutions at Arg201, including R201C and R201L, were reported in KCNJ11 neonatal diabetes.

PP1Supporting
PP1 · supporting

Met at supporting strength: p.Arg201His co-segregated with permanent neonatal diabetes in the affected proband and her affected mother.

PP3Strong
PP3 · strong

Met, strong: missense REVEL 0.982 exceeds the supplied PP3 strong threshold of 0.932.

Benign criteria applied · 0

No benign criterion marked as applied in the recorded assessment.

Recorded classification: Pathogenic

Pathogenic: PS1 and PS4 strong, PS3/PM1/PM5 moderate, PP1/PM2 supporting, and PP3 strong satisfy generic ACMG/AMP rules.

02The sources

Evidence at a glance

Evidence summaries and captured source records, where available. Missing entries should not be interpreted as negative findings.

gnomAD v4.1
gnomAD v2.1
Population frequency
0 / 1,612,208 alleles

gnomAD v4.1: 0 / 1,612,208 alleles. Recorded AF 0. Recorded homozygote count 0.

gnomAD v2.1

This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/248530 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the African/African American population (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/16168 alleles, homozygotes = 0).

gnomAD-Canada

Not available in gnomAD-Canada v1.0.

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REVEL score
0.982 recorded score

Recorded REVEL score: 0.982. Refer to the recorded PP3/BP4 rationale for interpretation.

ClinVar submissions
10 reported laboratory submissions

10 Pathogenic. ClinVar API review status: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts.

Context only ClinVar ↗
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Functional evidence
Not recorded

No standalone functional evidence summary is recorded in evidence_summary.functional.

COSMIC
Cancer Hotspots
Somatic evidence
No matching record reported

This variant has not previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC).

Cancer Hotspots

This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot.

For specialists

Technical detail

ACMG/AMP criteria under Generic ACMG/AMP 2015 with ClinGen SVI recommendations, with the data and sources behind each one.

28 criteria with recorded statuses: 8 met · 10 not met · 6 not assessed · 4 not applicable. Open any row for the full reasoning, the rule and the evidence behind it.

Met Not met Not assessed Not applicable

The codon/residue evidence supports PS1, PM1, and PM5 for KCNJ11 p.Arg201His; PP2 remains unassessed because its gene-level benign-missense requirement is not quantified, and BP1 is not met.

Segregation/de novo evidence supports PP1 at supporting strength from one affected mother-proband pair; PS2 is not met because the documented case is maternally inherited, while PM6 and BS4 lack qualifying evidence.

PS4 is met from a sparse case-control comparison: R201H occurred in 1/11 affected probands and 0/100 nondiabetic Caucasian controls; continuity-corrected OR 28.71, 95% CI 1.10-750.38.

PP4 is not met because neonatal diabetes has multiple genetic etiologies and is not highly specific for KCNJ11.

PP5 and BP6 are not triggered because the exact variant has no ClinVar expert-panel classification; available assertions are clinical-laboratory Pathogenic submissions.

BP5 is not assessed because no case-level alternate molecular basis for the disease was documented.

Population evidence supports PM2 at supporting strength because the variant is absent from gnomAD v2.1 and v4.1, while BA1, BS1, and BS2 are not met.

The zero observed frequency does not provide benign population evidence; it is concordant with the documented early-onset neonatal-diabetes association and pathogenic ClinVar consensus.

Met · 8

PS1 StrongACMG_2015Met: the exact p.Arg201His change was reported in 11 families and 14 patients and independently characterized in functional studies. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

The queried variant is NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His) (R201H). Multiple independent publications explicitly report the same amino-acid substitution in KCNJ11 in patients with permanent or transient neonatal diabetes, including functional studies of R201H. PMID:15448106 reports the R201H substitution in family AA with permanent neonatal diabetes; PMID:16609879 reports R201H in 11 families and 14 patients; PMID:17065345 and PMID:15718250 experimentally characterize the exact R201H variant. These reports establish the same amino-acid change as disease-causing regardless of nucleotide change.

Rule
Same amino acid change as a previously established pathogenic variant regardless of nucleotide change. ... Caveat: Beware of changes that impact splicing rather than at the amino acid/protein level.
Evidence considered
  • PMID:15448106, Results paragraph 2 and family AA: KCNJ11 Arg201His (R201H) was identified in a family with permanent neonatal diabetes.
  • PMID:16609879, Results genotype-phenotype paragraph: R201H was the most common mutation, occurring in 11 families and 14 patients.
  • PMID:17065345, Abstract and Results: the exact R201H variant reduced KATP-channel ATP sensitivity and impaired electrical activity and insulin secretion.
  • PMID:15718250, Functional analysis: R201H showed markedly reduced ATP sensitivity compared with wild-type channels.
Sources
PS3 ModerateACMG_2015Met at moderate strength: independent beta-cell, mammalian-cell, and oocyte assays consistently showed R201H reduced ATP sensitivity, surface expression, electrical activation, and insulin secretion. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PS3 is met at moderate strength. Three independent peer-reviewed functional studies directly evaluated KCNJ11 p.Arg201His (c.602G>A; R201H) using biologically relevant KATP-channel systems. Lin et al. (PMID:16731837) used mammalian COSm6, HEK293, and N2a cells with wild-type controls, electrophysiology, Western blotting, and surface-expression assays, finding reduced ATP sensitivity and approximately 80% reduced surface expression for R201H. Männikkö et al. (PMID:17065345) used inducible stable INS-1 beta-cell expression with wild-type controls and patch-clamp, membrane-potential, and insulin-secretion assays; R201H increased the ATP IC50 from approximately 20 micromol/l to approximately 2 mmol/l, prevented metabolically induced channel closure and electrical activation, and abolished methyl-succinate-stimulated insulin secretion. Kassem et al. (PMID:15718250) independently tested R201H in Xenopus oocytes expressing Kir6.2/SUR1 and found markedly reduced ATP sensitivity and increased channel current. These findings are concordant, mechanistically linked to KCNJ11/Kir6.2 control of beta-cell electrical activity and insulin secretion, and include appropriate wild-type or comparator controls. Moderate rather than strong strength is assigned because the available studies are research assays and do not demonstrate validation, reproducibility, and robustness in a clinical diagnostic laboratory setting as emphasized by the governing definition.

Rule
Well-established in vitro or in vivo functional studies supportive of a damaging effect on the gene or gene product. Note: Functional studies that have been validated and shown to be reproducible and robust in a clinical diagnostic laboratory setting are considered the most well-established.
Evidence considered
  • Lin et al. 2006, Diabetes, PMID:16731837: R201H was tested with wild-type controls in COSm6, HEK293, and N2a cells; electrophysiology and expression assays showed reduced ATP sensitivity and approximately 80% reduced KATP-channel surface expression.
  • Männikkö et al. 2006, PMID:17065345: inducible stable INS-1 beta-cell expression of R201H versus wild type showed ATP IC50 increasing from approximately 20 micromol/l to approximately 2 mmol/l, failure of methyl succinate to close KATP channels or stimulate electrical activity and insulin secretion, and rescue of secretion by tolbutamide.
  • Kassem et al. 2005, PMID:15718250: Xenopus oocytes expressing Kir6.2/SUR1 showed markedly reduced ATP sensitivity for R201H, with increased current at 1 mmol/l MgATP compared with wild type.
  • The studies are biologically relevant because KCNJ11/Kir6.2 forms the pore of beta-cell KATP channels, whose ATP-dependent closure regulates membrane depolarization and insulin release.
Still missing
  • No evidence was identified that these assays were validated and shown to be reproducible and robust in a clinical diagnostic laboratory setting.
Sources
PS4 StrongACMG_2015Met: one R201H carrier among 11 probands versus 0/100 controls gave continuity-corrected OR 28.7 (95% CI 1.10-750.38), exceeding OR >5 with CI excluding 1. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PMID:15448106 reports one R201H carrier among 11 probands with permanent neonatal diabetes and no R201H among 100 nondiabetic Caucasian controls. This is a case-control comparison even though the paper does not print an odds ratio. Using a Haldane-Anscombe 0.5 continuity correction for the zero control cell, OR = (1.5 x 100.5)/(10.5 x 0.5) = 28.71 and the Wald 95% CI is 1.10-750.38; therefore OR > 5.0 and the confidence interval excludes 1.0. PMID:16609879 independently reports R201H in 11 families and 14 patients with permanent diabetes. The sparse counts and wide confidence interval warrant human review, but the generic PS4 threshold is met.

Rule
The prevalence of the variant in affected individuals is significantly increased compared to the prevalence in controls. ... Note 1: Relative risk (RR) or odds ratio (OR), as obtained from case-control studies, is >5.0 and the confidence interval around the estimate of RR or OR does not include 1.0.
Evidence considered
  • Gloyn et al. 2004, PMID:15448106, Results paragraph 2 and Table 1/family AA: R201H was identified in the permanent-neonatal-diabetes cohort; the study included 11 probands and states that the mutation was absent from 100 nondiabetic Caucasian subjects.
  • Case-control calculation from the reported counts: affected probands 1/11 versus controls 0/100; with a 0.5 continuity correction, OR = 28.71 and Wald 95% CI = 1.10-750.38, so OR > 5.0 and the CI excludes 1.0.
  • Flanagan et al. 2006, PMID:16609879, genotype-phenotype results and Table 2: R201H was the most common mutation, occurring in 11 families and 14 patients with permanent diabetes.
Still missing
  • The published comparison is sparse and the confidence interval is very wide; the controls were nondiabetic Caucasian subjects rather than a population database.
Sources
PM1 ModerateACMG_2015Met: Arg201 is explicitly identified as a neonatal-diabetes hotspot, and R201H is absent from gnomAD v2.1 and v4.1. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

The variant changes residue Arg201, and PMID:27681997 explicitly states that arginine 201 is a hotspot of neonatal-diabetes mutations. The same source documents R201C, R201H, and R201L in KCNJ11 neonatal diabetes, while the queried R201H allele is absent from gnomAD v2.1 (0/248,530 alleles) and gnomAD v4.1 (0/1,612,208 alleles). This supports a disease-associated mutational hotspot without observed population variation for the queried missense allele; no VCEP domain table applies because no VCEP covers KCNJ11.

Rule
Located in a mutational hot spot and/or critical and well-established functional domain (e.g. active site of an enzyme) without benign variation.
Evidence considered
  • PMID:27681997, Results section 3.1: "Arginine at position 201 is a hot spot of NDM mutations."
  • PMID:27681997, Results section 3.1 and Table 2: R201C, R201G, and R201H occur among KCNJ11-NDM patients, with R201H reported in patient 7.
  • gnomAD v2.1: KCNJ11 c.602G>A / p.Arg201His observed at 0/248,530 alleles.
  • gnomAD v4.1: KCNJ11 c.602G>A / p.Arg201His observed at 0/1,612,208 alleles.
Sources
PM2 SupportingACMG_2015Met at supporting strength: AF is 0 in gnomAD v2.1 (0/248,530) and v4.1 (0/1,612,208), below the <=0.0001 PM2 threshold. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PM2 is met at supporting strength. NM_000525.4:c.602G>A (p.Arg201His) is absent from the default all-comers population datasets: gnomAD v2.1 exomes show 0/248,530 alleles and gnomAD v4.1 shows 0/1,612,208 alleles, with 0 homozygotes in both. No governing VCEP specifies a non-cancer or exome-only subset for this generic interpretation, so the all-comers gnomAD v2.1 and v4.1 entries are the applicable defaults. The supplied generic PM2 threshold is <=0.0001, and the observed AF is 0.

Rule
Absent from controls (or at extremely low frequency if recessive) in Exome Sequencing Project, 1000 Genomes or Exome Aggregation Consortium.
Evidence considered
  • gnomAD v2.1 exomes: 0 alternate alleles among 248,530 total alleles; AF=0.00000%; homozygotes=0.
  • gnomAD v4.1 all-comers: 0 alternate alleles among 1,612,208 total alleles; AF=0.00000%; homozygotes=0.
  • No VCEP covers KCNJ11 in this case; therefore no non-cancer or exome-only governing source restriction supersedes the default all-comers gnomAD entries.
  • Generic calibration supplied for this case: PM2 supporting threshold <=0.0001, ClinGen SVI recommendation cited with ACMG/AMP 2015 (PMID:25741868).
Sources
PM5 ModerateACMG_2015Met: different missense substitutions at Arg201, including R201C and R201L, were reported in KCNJ11 neonatal diabetes. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

The queried variant is p.Arg201His. PMID:27681997 reports other missense substitutions at the same residue, including R201C and R201L, and documents R201C in patients with KCNJ11 neonatal diabetes and iDEND syndrome; it also states that R201C and R201L had been previously reported. These are different missense changes at Arg201 associated with the same disease spectrum, satisfying the classic same-residue PM5 pattern.

Rule
Novel missense change at an amino acid residue where a different missense change determined to be pathogenic has been seen before. ... Caveat: Beware of changes that impact splicing rather than at the amino acid/protein level.
Evidence considered
  • PMID:27681997, Results section 3.1: R201C, R201H, and R201L had been reported at the Arg201 hotspot.
  • PMID:27681997, Table 2 and Discussion: R201C occurred in KCNJ11-NDM patients and had previously been associated with iDEND syndrome.
Sources
PP1 SupportingACMG_2015Met at supporting strength: p.Arg201His co-segregated with permanent neonatal diabetes in the affected proband and her affected mother. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PP1 is met at supporting strength. In family AA, the exact KCNJ11 p.Arg201His variant was identified in the affected proband and her affected mother, providing co-segregation with permanent neonatal diabetes in multiple affected family members. Only one affected parent-proband pair is documented, so no stronger use is assigned.

Rule
Co-segregation with disease in multiple affected family members in a gene definitively known to cause the disease. ... May be used as stronger evidence with increasing segregation data.
Evidence considered
  • PMID:15448106, Results paragraph 2 and Table 1 family AA: heterozygous Arg201His was present in the proband and her mother, and both were affected with permanent neonatal diabetes.
  • This is one affected parent-proband pair; the evidence supports PP1 at supporting strength without escalation.
Still missing
  • Additional affected relatives and independent segregating families are not documented for stronger segregation evidence.
Sources
PP3 StrongACMG_2015Met, strong: missense REVEL 0.982 exceeds the supplied PP3 strong threshold of 0.932. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

The variant is a missense substitution, NM_000525.4:c.602G>A (p.Arg201His), so the generic missense path requires REVEL and excludes SpliceAI from PP3/BP4 assessment. REVEL is 0.982, meeting the supplied generic ClinGen SVI strong PP3 threshold of >=0.932 (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997). BayesDel is not used because no generic ACMG-strength calibration is established.

Rule
Multiple lines of computational evidence support a deleterious effect on the gene or gene product (conservation, evolutionary, splicing impact, etc.).
Evidence considered
  • Variant consequence: missense, NM_000525.4:c.602G>A, NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His).
  • Local REVEL predictor lookup: REVEL score 0.982 for this variant; this meets the supplied PP3 strong cutoff >=0.932.
  • ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration: Pejaver et al. 2022, Am J Hum Genet, PMID:36413997, supplied in the governing generic-threshold block.
  • SpliceAI max delta 0.003 was not used because the governing generic rule selects REVEL only for a missense variant; BayesDel score 0.591382 was not used because no generic ACMG-strength calibration is established.
Sources
revel

Not met · 10 · evaluated, threshold not reached

PS2 ACMG_2015Not met: the variant was reported in both a proband and her affected mother, demonstrating inheritance rather than confirmed de novo occurrence. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PS2 is not met. The directly extracted family-level evidence for p.Arg201His reports the variant in the proband and her affected mother, demonstrating inheritance rather than de novo occurrence. No evidence establishes a de novo event with both maternity and paternity confirmed in a patient without family history.

Rule
De novo (both maternity and paternity confirmed) in a patient with the disease and no family history.
Evidence considered
  • PMID:15448106, Results paragraph 2 and Table 1 family AA: heterozygous KCNJ11 Arg201His was identified in the proband and her mother; both had permanent neonatal diabetes.
  • The available family evidence therefore supports inheritance from an affected mother, not PS2-level de novo status.
Still missing
  • No qualifying case with both maternity and paternity confirmed and no family history was documented.
Sources
PP4 ACMG_2015Not met: neonatal diabetes has multiple genetic etiologies, so the phenotype is not highly specific for a single genetic cause under PP4. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

The reported phenotype is neonatal diabetes, including permanent or transient neonatal diabetes, but this phenotype is not highly specific for a single genetic etiology. The literature and the Japanese cohort include both KCNJ11- and ABCC8-associated neonatal diabetes, so generic PP4 is not satisfied.

Rule
Patient’s phenotype or family history is highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.
Evidence considered
  • Flanagan et al. 2006, PMID:16609879: the study describes permanent and transient neonatal diabetes associated with KCNJ11 mutations and evaluates genotype-phenotype relationships rather than a phenotype unique to one gene.
  • Suzuki et al. 2007, PMID:27681997, Results and Table 2: the Japanese neonatal-diabetes cohort includes KCNJ11- and ABCC8-associated disease, demonstrating that neonatal diabetes is not a single-gene phenotype.
Sources
PP5 ACMG_2015Not met: ClinVar has no exact-variant expert-panel classification, so clinical-laboratory and aggregate Pathogenic assertions cannot trigger PP5. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

The exact variant has Pathogenic clinical-laboratory and literature-linked assertions in ClinVar, but the ClinVar record reports zero expert-panel submissions. Under the required generic rule, ordinary laboratory submissions, aggregate ClinVar labels, and non-expert assertions do not trigger PP5.

Rule
Reputable source recently reports variant as pathogenic, but the evidence is not available to the laboratory to perform an independent evaluation.
Evidence considered
  • ClinVar exact variant NM_000525.4:c.602G>A (p.Arg201His), Variation ID 8666: Pathogenic is reported from 10 clinical laboratories, but expert_panel_submissions = 0.
  • The literature-pass record lists exact-variant reports, but published case reports are not exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel classifications and cannot substitute for the required PP5 source.
Still missing
  • No exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel Pathogenic or Likely pathogenic classification was identified.
Sources
BA1 ACMG_2015Not met: gnomAD observed AF is 0/1,612,208 alleles, far below the >=5% BA1 threshold. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BA1 is not met. The variant has observed AF 0.00000% in gnomAD v2.1 exomes (0/248,530 alleles) and gnomAD v4.1 all-comers (0/1,612,208 alleles), with 0 homozygotes. The reported grpmax FAF is null because no alternate alleles were observed; no popmax point estimate supports BA1. These observed frequencies are far below the generic stand-alone threshold of >=0.05. The variant has a pathogenic ClinVar consensus and a well-established early-onset neonatal-diabetes association, so there is no population-frequency basis to override that evidence with BA1.

Rule
Allele frequency is above 5% in Exome Sequencing Project, 1000 Genomes or Exome Aggregation Consortium.
Evidence considered
  • gnomAD v2.1 exomes: 0 alternate alleles in 248,530 total alleles; AF=0.00000%; homozygotes=0.
  • gnomAD v4.1 all-comers: 0 alternate alleles in 1,612,208 total alleles; AF=0.00000%; homozygotes=0.
  • The gnomAD records report grpmax FAF as null because no alternate allele was observed; the observed AF is nevertheless zero and no popmax point estimate is being used.
  • Generic calibration supplied for this case: BA1 stand-alone threshold >=0.05, ACMG/AMP 2015 (PMID:25741868).
  • ClinVar reports Pathogenic with multiple submitters and no conflicts for NM_000525.4:c.602G>A (variation ID 8666).
Sources
BS1 ACMG_2015Not met: observed AF is 0/1,612,208 alleles, with no elevated filtering frequency exceeding the generic 1% BS1 default. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BS1 is not met. The variant's observed AF is 0.00000% in gnomAD v2.1 exomes (0/248,530 alleles) and gnomAD v4.1 all-comers (0/1,612,208 alleles), with no observed alternate alleles in any reported ancestry and no homozygotes. The reported grpmax FAF is null because the alternate allele count is zero; there is no elevated filtering frequency to compare with the disorder's maximum credible allele frequency. KCNJ11 R201H is associated with neonatal diabetes presenting in infancy, so the supplied 1% generic BS1 default is not approached.

Rule
Allele frequency is greater than expected for the disorder.
Evidence considered
  • gnomAD v2.1 exomes: AF=0.00000% from 0/248,530 alleles; all reported population counts are zero alternate alleles.
  • gnomAD v4.1 all-comers: AF=0.00000% from 0/1,612,208 alleles; African/African American, the highest observed population in the record, also has 0/75,044 alleles.
  • The gnomAD records report grpmax FAF as null because no alternate allele was observed; no popmax point estimate is used.
  • Generic calibration supplied for this case: BS1 default threshold >=0.01; maximum credible allele-frequency reasoning should consider prevalence, penetrance, and allelic heterogeneity (Whiffin et al. 2017, PMID:28518168).
  • The available case literature describes R201H in neonatal diabetes diagnosed in infancy, supporting an early-onset disease context rather than a late-onset or reduced-penetrance frequency exception (PMID:16609879).
Sources
BS2 ACMG_2015Not met: gnomAD shows 0 alternate alleles and 0 homozygotes, with no healthy-adult observation of R201H. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BS2 is not met. This criterion requires observation of the variant in a healthy adult in the relevant fully penetrant early-onset inheritance context. gnomAD v2.1 and v4.1 show no alternate alleles and no homozygotes, so they provide no healthy adult carrier observation. Published reports instead describe heterozygous R201H in affected individuals with neonatal diabetes diagnosed in infancy, including a family with permanent neonatal diabetes; these observations do not satisfy BS2.

Rule
Observed in a healthy adult individual for a recessive (homozygous), dominant (heterozygous), or X-linked (hemizygous) disorder, with full penetrance expected at an early age.
Evidence considered
  • gnomAD v2.1: 0/248,530 alleles and 0 homozygotes.
  • gnomAD v4.1: 0/1,612,208 alleles and 0 homozygotes.
  • PMID:16609879 reports R201H in 11 families and 14 patients; all reported R201H carriers had isolated diabetes, diagnosed at a median age of 6 weeks (range 0-17 weeks).
  • PMID:15448106 reports heterozygous R201H in a family with permanent neonatal diabetes; the proband and mother were affected, and the variant was absent from 100 nondiabetic Caucasian subjects.
  • No source reviewed for this group reports a healthy adult carrying NM_000525.4:c.602G>A/p.Arg201His.
Sources
BS3 ACMG_2015Not met: independent assays showed R201H reduced ATP sensitivity and surface expression and impaired beta-cell electrical activity and insulin secretion, rather than no damaging effect. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BS3 is not met. The available variant-specific functional studies do not show no damaging effect; instead, independent assays consistently demonstrate abnormal KATP-channel function and expression for R201H, including markedly reduced ATP sensitivity, increased channel activity, impaired surface expression, failure of metabolic electrical activation, and impaired insulin secretion. No well-established benign functional or splicing result for this variant was identified.

Rule
Well-established in vitro or in vivo functional studies show no damaging effect on protein function or splicing.
Evidence considered
  • PMID:16731837: R201H reduced ATP sensitivity and KATP-channel surface expression in multiple mammalian cell systems.
  • PMID:17065345: R201H impaired ATP-dependent channel inhibition, metabolic electrical activation, and insulin secretion in INS-1 beta cells.
  • PMID:15718250: R201H showed substantially reduced ATP sensitivity and increased channel current in a Kir6.2/SUR1 oocyte assay.
Sources
BP1 ACMG_2015Not met: affected cohorts contain numerous pathogenic activating missense variants, with no evidence that KCNJ11 disease is primarily truncating. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BP1 does not apply because the available KCNJ11 disease literature describes activating missense variation as a common mechanism of neonatal diabetes. PMID:16609879 reports 14 different heterozygous missense mutations in affected patients, and PMID:27681997 describes multiple KCNJ11 missense mutations causing neonatal diabetes; the supplied evidence does not show that disease in this gene is primarily caused by truncating variants.

Rule
Missense variant in a gene for which primarily truncating variants are known to cause disease.
Evidence considered
  • PMID:16609879, Introduction and Results: activating KCNJ11 missense mutations cause neonatal diabetes and 14 different heterozygous missense mutations were identified.
  • PMID:27681997, Results section 3.1 and Table 2: multiple KCNJ11 missense substitutions were identified in patients with neonatal diabetes.
Sources
BP4 ACMG_2015Not met: missense REVEL 0.982 is above the most permissive supplied BP4 threshold of 0.29. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

The variant is a missense substitution, so the applicable generic BP4 path is REVEL only; SpliceAI is not evidence for BP4 in this situation. REVEL is 0.982, which exceeds all supplied BP4 benign thresholds (supporting <=0.29, moderate <=0.183, strong <=0.016), so BP4 is not met. BayesDel is not used because no generic ACMG-strength calibration is established.

Rule
Multiple lines of computational evidence suggest no impact on gene or gene product (conservation, evolutionary, splicing impact, etc)
Evidence considered
  • Variant consequence: missense, NM_000525.4:c.602G>A, NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His).
  • Local REVEL predictor lookup: REVEL score 0.982; this does not meet BP4 supporting <=0.29, moderate <=0.183, or strong <=0.016.
  • SpliceAI max delta 0.003 was not substituted for REVEL because the governing generic rule selects exactly one path by consequence type and this variant is missense.
  • BayesDel score 0.591382 was not used because no generic ACMG-strength calibration is established.
Sources
revel
BP6 ACMG_2015Not met: no exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel Benign or Likely benign classification is present to satisfy BP6. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

No exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel classification of Benign or Likely benign is present. The record instead contains Pathogenic clinical-laboratory assertions and no expert-panel submission, so BP6 is not triggered.

Rule
Reputable source recently reports variant as benign, but the evidence is not available to the laboratory to perform an independent evaluation.
Evidence considered
  • ClinVar exact variant NM_000525.4:c.602G>A (p.Arg201His), Variation ID 8666: the available classification is Pathogenic from clinical laboratories and expert_panel_submissions = 0; no qualifying Benign or Likely benign expert-panel assertion is present.
Still missing
  • No exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel Benign or Likely benign classification was identified.
Sources

Not assessed · 6 · no assessment recorded

PM3 ACMG_2015Not assessed: no second pathogenic allele or parental/offspring testing establishes that KCNJ11 p.Arg201His is in trans. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PM3 cannot be assessed because the available variant-specific evidence reports heterozygous KCNJ11 p.Arg201His in an affected proband and her affected mother but does not document a second pathogenic variant, parental testing establishing trans phase, or offspring testing. The reported phenotype is neonatal diabetes, and no evidence establishes that this variant is present in trans with a pathogenic allele in a recessive KCNJ11 disorder.

Rule
PM3: For recessive disorders, detected in trans with a pathogenic variant Note: This requires testing of parents (or offspring) to determine phase.
Evidence considered
  • Permanent neonatal diabetes due to mutations in KCNJ11 encoding Kir6.2: patient characteristics and initial response to sulfonylurea therapy, family AA: p.Arg201His was heterozygous and identified in the proband and her affected mother; the reported observation does not identify a second pathogenic allele or establish trans phase.
  • No source reviewed for this group documents parental/offspring phase testing or a pathogenic variant in trans for this exact variant.
Still missing
  • A second pathogenic or likely pathogenic allele in the same individual is not documented.
  • Parental or offspring testing establishing phase is not documented.
  • A recessive KCNJ11 phenotype for this variant is not documented.
Sources
PM6 ACMG_2015Not assessed: available primary evidence shows maternal transmission, and no qualifying assumed-de novo case with undocumented parental confirmation is sufficiently documented. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PM6 is not assessed. The available primary family report documents maternal transmission in family AA, while no qualifying report with an assumed de novo occurrence and absent maternity and paternity confirmation provides sufficient case-level details for this criterion.

Rule
Assumed de novo, but without confirmation of paternity and maternity.
Evidence considered
  • PMID:15448106, Table 1 family AA and Results: the proband and her mother both carried Arg201His and both had permanent neonatal diabetes.
  • No qualifying assumed-de-novo parental-testing description was available for application of PM6.
Still missing
  • A primary report documenting an assumed de novo occurrence without confirmed maternity and paternity is needed.
Sources
PP2 ACMG_2015Not assessed: missense disease mechanism is established, but no gene-level evidence or threshold demonstrates a low rate of benign missense variation. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

The literature supports missense variants as a common disease mechanism in KCNJ11: activating KCNJ11 missense mutations cause neonatal diabetes, and PMID:16609879 reports 14 different heterozygous missense mutations in its cohort. However, the supplied evidence does not provide a gene-level rate or defined threshold demonstrating a low rate of benign missense variation, and the absence of this single allele from gnomAD cannot establish that gene-level requirement.

Rule
Missense variant in a gene that has a low rate of benign missense variation and where missense variants are a common mechanism of disease.
Evidence considered
  • PMID:16609879, Introduction and Results: activating KCNJ11 missense mutations cause neonatal diabetes; 14 different heterozygous missense mutations were identified in the cohort.
  • gnomAD v2.1 and v4.1: the queried R201H allele is absent, but single-variant absence does not establish the required gene-level low benign-missense rate.
Still missing
  • A validated gene-level measure or threshold for KCNJ11's low rate of benign missense variation is not available in the supplied evidence.
Sources
BS4 ACMG_2015Not assessed: no affected relative lacking the variant is documented, so lack of segregation cannot be established. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BS4 is not assessed. The available evidence documents an affected mother carrying the variant with the proband, but does not provide an affected relative who lacks the variant; therefore lack of segregation cannot be established.

Rule
Lack of segregation in affected members of a family.
Evidence considered
  • PMID:15448106, family AA: the reported affected mother carried the same variant as the affected proband; no discordant affected relative was reported in the extracted family data.
Still missing
  • Genotypes and phenotypes of additional affected family members are needed to evaluate non-segregation.
Sources
BP2 ACMG_2015Not assessed: no documented pathogenic variant in trans or cis with KCNJ11 p.Arg201His is available for BP2 evaluation. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BP2 cannot be assessed because the available evidence does not document the variant in trans with a pathogenic variant in an applicable fully penetrant dominant disorder, nor in cis with a pathogenic variant in any inheritance pattern. The available family observation reports the variant alone as heterozygous in an affected proband and her affected mother and provides no cis/trans result for another pathogenic allele.

Rule
BP2: Observed in trans with a pathogenic variant for a fully penetrant dominant gene/disorder or observed in cis with a pathogenic variant in any inheritance pattern.
Evidence considered
  • Permanent neonatal diabetes due to mutations in KCNJ11 encoding Kir6.2: patient characteristics and initial response to sulfonylurea therapy, family AA: p.Arg201His was heterozygous in the proband and her affected mother; the report does not describe another pathogenic allele or cis/trans phase.
  • No source reviewed for this group documents a pathogenic variant in cis or trans with this exact KCNJ11 variant.
Still missing
  • No fully penetrant dominant disorder case documents this variant in trans with a pathogenic variant.
  • No case documents this variant in cis with a pathogenic variant.
  • Family testing or haplotype data for another pathogenic allele are not documented.
Sources
BP5 ACMG_2015Not assessed: the available reports do not establish an alternate molecular basis for disease in a case carrying KCNJ11 R201H. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

The reviewed evidence documents KCNJ11 R201H in patients with neonatal diabetes but does not establish that an affected case had an alternate molecular basis for the disease. No qualifying BP5 case-level alternate diagnosis is available in the supplied evidence.

Rule
Variant found in a case with an alternate molecular basis for disease.
Evidence considered
  • The reviewed case reports and cohorts describe KCNJ11 R201H in neonatal-diabetes patients and do not report a confirmed alternate molecular diagnosis explaining the same disease presentation.
Still missing
  • A case-level report showing the variant together with a confirmed alternate molecular cause of the phenotype is needed.
Sources
Not applicable · 4· recorded as not applicable Show reasons ▾Hide reasons ▴
PVS1 N/ANot applicable: PVS1 requires a null variant (nonsense, frameshift, canonical splice, start-loss or stop-loss), and this is a missense variant. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PVS1 (ClinGen SVI PVS1 recommendations, PMC6185798, pvs1_generic_framework) applies only to null variant classes — nonsense, frameshift, canonical ±1/2 splice-consensus, translation-initiation-codon loss, and stop-loss variants — each expected to trigger nonsense-mediated decay or otherwise abolish normal protein function. NM_000525.4:c.602G>A in KCNJ11 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His). As a result, no null-variant mechanism (nonsense-mediated decay, truncation, or canonical splice disruption) is triggered by this variant class, so PVS1's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. No VCEP criteria specification covers PVS1 for KCNJ11, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 definition applies. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication.

Rule
deterministic_prefilter: requires_null_variant_class
Evidence considered
  • Deterministic consequence classification: missense (prefetch.json normalized protein consequence)
  • VCEP criterion policy: absent
Sources
pvs1_generic_framework ↗generic_acmg_combination_rules
PM4 N/ANot applicable: PM4 requires a protein-length change, and this is a missense variant. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PM4 (Richards et al. 2015, PMID:25741868) applies to protein length changes: in-frame insertions/deletions in a non-repetitive region, or stop-loss variants that extend the protein past the reference stop codon. NM_000525.4:c.602G>A in KCNJ11 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His). As a result, no change in protein length occurs, so there is nothing for this criterion to evaluate, so PM4's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. No VCEP criteria specification covers PM4 for KCNJ11, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 definition applies. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication.

Rule
deterministic_prefilter: requires_stop_loss_or_nonrepeat_indel
Evidence considered
  • Deterministic consequence classification: missense (prefetch.json normalized protein consequence)
  • VCEP criterion policy: absent
Sources
pvs1_generic_framework ↗generic_acmg_combination_rules
BP3 N/ANot applicable: BP3 requires an in-frame indel in a repeat region, and this is a missense variant. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BP3 (Richards et al. 2015, PMID:25741868) applies to in-frame insertions/deletions located in a repetitive region without a known function. NM_000525.4:c.602G>A in KCNJ11 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His). As a result, the variant does not alter protein length within a repeat region, so there is nothing for this criterion to evaluate, so BP3's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. No VCEP criteria specification covers BP3 for KCNJ11, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 definition applies. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication.

Rule
deterministic_prefilter: requires_repeat_region_indel
Evidence considered
  • Deterministic consequence classification: missense (prefetch.json normalized protein consequence)
  • VCEP criterion policy: absent
Sources
pvs1_generic_framework ↗generic_acmg_combination_rules
BP7 N/ANot applicable: BP7 requires a synonymous variant, and this is a missense variant. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BP7 (Richards et al. 2015, PMID:25741868) is defined for a synonymous (silent) variant for which splicing prediction algorithms predict no impact to the splice consensus sequence and the nucleotide is not highly conserved. NM_000525.4:c.602G>A in KCNJ11 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His). As a result, the encoded protein sequence is altered, so the criterion's silent-variant premise does not hold regardless of any splicing prediction, so BP7's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. No VCEP criteria specification covers BP7 for KCNJ11, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 definition applies. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication.

Rule
deterministic_prefilter: requires_synonymous
Evidence considered
  • Deterministic consequence classification: missense (prefetch.json normalized protein consequence)
  • VCEP criterion policy: absent
Sources
generic_acmg_combination_rules

Identifiers

Gene
KCNJ11
Transcript
NM_000525.4
Coding (HGVS c.)
NM_000525.4:c.602G>A
Protein (HGVS p.)
NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His)
GRCh38
chr11:17387490 C>T
GRCh37
chr11:17409037 C>T
Location and type
Exon 1 · missense
ClinVar
8666, 21199

Gene diagram

Every interpreted variant in KCNJ11, mapped onto the exon structure of NM_000525.4. Select a row to find it on the plot.

KCNJ11NM_000525.4
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gnomAD v4.1 0 / 1,612,208 alleles AF 0 · 0 homozygotes
gnomAD v2.1 0 / 248,530 alleles AF 0 · 0 homozygotes
gnomAD-Canada v1.0 Allele count data not recorded

By genetic ancestry

gnomAD v4.1

AF 0 · 0 / 1,612,208 alleles · 0 hom
No alternate alleles recorded in the displayed ancestry groups.

gnomAD v2.1

AF 0 · 0 / 248,530 alleles · 0 hom
No alternate alleles recorded in the displayed ancestry groups.

Statements

gnomAD v4.1

This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/1612208 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the African/African American population (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/75044 alleles, homozygotes = 0).

gnomAD v2.1

This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/248530 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the African/African American population (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/16168 alleles, homozygotes = 0).

gnomAD-Canada

Not available in gnomAD-Canada v1.0.

SpliceAI and Pangolin

SpliceAI acceptor lossat -53 bp
0.001
SpliceAI acceptor gainat +356 bp
0.001
SpliceAI donor lossat -55 bp
0.000
SpliceAI donor gainat -1 bp
0.003
Pangolin splice lossmagnitude shown
-0.002
Pangolin splice gain
0.005

Other predictors

REVEL
0.982
BayesDel
0.591

How the predictions were used

PP3 StrongACMG_2015Met, strong: missense REVEL 0.982 exceeds the supplied PP3 strong threshold of 0.932. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

The variant is a missense substitution, NM_000525.4:c.602G>A (p.Arg201His), so the generic missense path requires REVEL and excludes SpliceAI from PP3/BP4 assessment. REVEL is 0.982, meeting the supplied generic ClinGen SVI strong PP3 threshold of >=0.932 (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997). BayesDel is not used because no generic ACMG-strength calibration is established.

Rule
Multiple lines of computational evidence support a deleterious effect on the gene or gene product (conservation, evolutionary, splicing impact, etc.).
Evidence considered
  • Variant consequence: missense, NM_000525.4:c.602G>A, NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His).
  • Local REVEL predictor lookup: REVEL score 0.982 for this variant; this meets the supplied PP3 strong cutoff >=0.932.
  • ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration: Pejaver et al. 2022, Am J Hum Genet, PMID:36413997, supplied in the governing generic-threshold block.
  • SpliceAI max delta 0.003 was not used because the governing generic rule selects REVEL only for a missense variant; BayesDel score 0.591382 was not used because no generic ACMG-strength calibration is established.
Sources
revel
BP4 ACMG_2015Not met: missense REVEL 0.982 is above the most permissive supplied BP4 threshold of 0.29. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

The variant is a missense substitution, so the applicable generic BP4 path is REVEL only; SpliceAI is not evidence for BP4 in this situation. REVEL is 0.982, which exceeds all supplied BP4 benign thresholds (supporting <=0.29, moderate <=0.183, strong <=0.016), so BP4 is not met. BayesDel is not used because no generic ACMG-strength calibration is established.

Rule
Multiple lines of computational evidence suggest no impact on gene or gene product (conservation, evolutionary, splicing impact, etc)
Evidence considered
  • Variant consequence: missense, NM_000525.4:c.602G>A, NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His).
  • Local REVEL predictor lookup: REVEL score 0.982; this does not meet BP4 supporting <=0.29, moderate <=0.183, or strong <=0.016.
  • SpliceAI max delta 0.003 was not substituted for REVEL because the governing generic rule selects exactly one path by consequence type and this variant is missense.
  • BayesDel score 0.591382 was not used because no generic ACMG-strength calibration is established.
Sources
revel
BP7 N/ANot applicable: BP7 requires a synonymous variant, and this is a missense variant. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BP7 (Richards et al. 2015, PMID:25741868) is defined for a synonymous (silent) variant for which splicing prediction algorithms predict no impact to the splice consensus sequence and the nucleotide is not highly conserved. NM_000525.4:c.602G>A in KCNJ11 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_000516.3:p.(Arg201His). As a result, the encoded protein sequence is altered, so the criterion's silent-variant premise does not hold regardless of any splicing prediction, so BP7's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. No VCEP criteria specification covers BP7 for KCNJ11, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 definition applies. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication.

Rule
deterministic_prefilter: requires_synonymous
Evidence considered
  • Deterministic consequence classification: missense (prefetch.json normalized protein consequence)
  • VCEP criterion policy: absent
Sources
generic_acmg_combination_rules

Statement

In silico

SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.00). REVEL score = 0.982. BayesDel score = 0.591382.

9 paper records listed. 6 cited in the classification.

Cited in the classification

  • Permanent neonatal diabetes due to mutations in KCNJ11 encoding Kir6.2: patient characteristics and initial response to sulfonylurea therapy.
    KCNJ11 p.Arg201His (R201H) was identified in family AA in a study of permanent neonatal diabetes; the heterozygous variant occurred in the proband and mother and was absent from 100 nondiabetic Caucasian subjects.
    → PS1 · strong → PS4 · strong → PP1 · supporting Names this variant
    PMID 15448106 ↗
    Source detail
    The mutations CGT to CAT and GTG to ATG, corresponding to the previously described PND-associated amino acid substitutions Val59Met (V59M) and Arg201His (R201H), respectively, were identified in families N546 (V59M), IS3 (V59M), IS4 (V59M), and AA (R201H).

    Location Results, paragraph 2; Table 1, family AA

    Context KCNJ11 sequencing in 11 probands with GCK-negative permanent neonatal diabetes; family AA underwent tolbutamide and glibenclamide treatment evaluation.

  • Relapsing diabetes can result from moderately activating mutations in KCNJ11.
    R201H was functionally characterized as a permanent-neonatal-diabetes comparator and showed markedly reduced ATP sensitivity and increased channel activity compared with wild-type Kir6.2.
    → PS1 · strong → PS3 · moderate Names this variant
    PMID 15718250 ↗
    Source detail
    The R201H mutation associated with PNDM results in a decreased sensitivity to ATP

    Location Introduction; Functional analysis; Figure 3; Table 2

    Context Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing human Kir6.2/KCNJ11 with SUR1; whole-cell voltage-clamp and inside-out patch recordings.

  • Mutations in KCNJ11, which encodes Kir6.2, are a common cause of diabetes diagnosed in the first 6 months of life, with the phenotype determined by genotype.
    Flanagan SE et al. · 2006 Jun
    R201H was the most common KCNJ11 mutation in a cohort of patients with diabetes diagnosed before age 2 years, occurring in 11 families and 14 patients; the study describes activating KCNJ11 missense mutations as a cause of neonatal diabetes.
    → PS1 · strong → PS4 · strong Names this variant
    PMID 16609879 ↗
    Source detail
    The most common mutation, R201H, was associated with isolated diabetes in all of the 14 patients

    Location Results, genotype–phenotype relationship paragraph; Table 2

    Context KCNJ11 sequencing in 239 unrelated patients with permanent diabetes diagnosed before age 2 years, with clinical and neurological assessment of mutation-positive patients.

  • Kir6.2 mutations associated with neonatal diabetes reduce expression of ATP-sensitive K+ channels: implications in disease mechanism and sulfonylurea therapy.
    Lin CW et al. · 2006 Jun
    The paper directly studied R201H and found reduced ATP sensitivity and reduced KATP-channel expression at the cell surface. R201H expression was reduced in COSm6, HEK293, and N2a cells, and surface expression was reduced by approximately 80% in the reported assay.
    → PS3 · moderate Names this variant
    PMID 16731837 ↗
    Source detail
    PNDM mutations, including Q52R, V59G, V59M, R201C, R201H, and I296L, not only reduce channel ATP sensitivity but also impair channel expression at the cell surface to varying degrees.

    Location Abstract; Results, ‘Effects of PNDM mutations on KATP channel expression’; Figure 1

    Context Wild-type and mutant Kir6.2/SUR1 expressed in COSm6, HEK293, and N2a mammalian cells; Western blotting, chemiluminescence surface-expression assays, and patch-clamp electrophysiology with wild-type controls.

  • A Kir6.2 mutation causing neonatal diabetes impairs electrical activity and insulin secretion from INS-1 beta-cells.
    The exact KCNJ11 R201H variant reduced KATP-channel ATP sensitivity, increased resting KATP conductance, impaired electrical activity, and abolished methyl-succinate-stimulated insulin secretion in INS-1 beta cells.
    → PS1 · strong → PS3 · moderate Names this variant
    PMID 17065345 ↗
    Source detail
    Induction of Kir6.2-R201H expression strongly reduced KATP channel ATP sensitivity (the half-maximal inhibitory concentration increased from ~20 micromol/l to ~2 mmol/l), and the metabolic substrate methyl succinate failed to close KATP channels or stimulate electrical activity and insulin secretion.

    Location Abstract; Results, ATP sensitivity, whole-cell KATP currents, and insulin secretion measurements; Table 1 and Figures 2–6

    Context Stable tetracycline-inducible expression of wild-type or R201H Kir6.2 in INS-1 beta cells with patch-clamp, membrane-potential, and insulin-secretion assays.

  • Molecular and clinical features of KATP -channel neonatal diabetes mellitus in Japan.
    This Japanese KATP-neonatal-diabetes cohort identifies Arg201 as a hotspot of NDM mutations, reports R201C, R201H, and R201L at that residue, and includes R201H and R201C among affected KCNJ11 patients; R201C had previously been associated with iDEND syndrome.
    → PM1 · moderate → PM5 · moderate Names this variant
    PMID 27681997 ↗
    Source detail
    Arginine at position 201 is a hot spot of NDM mutations. Although R201C, R201H, and R201L mutations have been reported, R201G (patient 6) has not been reported.

    Location Results, section 3.1; Table 2, patients 5, 6, 7, and 12; Discussion

    Context Japanese cohort of 25 patients with KATP-channel neonatal diabetes identified by sequencing all KCNJ11 and ABCC8 exons and exon-intron boundaries; 16 patients had KCNJ11 mutations.

Other recorded publications

  • Switching from insulin to oral sulfonylureas in patients with diabetes due to Kir6.2 mutations.
    No paper-specific finding is recorded.
    PMID 16885550 ↗
  • Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology.
    No paper-specific finding is recorded.
    PMID 25741868 ↗
  • ACMG recommendations for standards for interpretation and reporting of sequence variations: Revisions 2007.
    No paper-specific finding is recorded.
    PMID 18414213 ↗

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Statements for reports

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gnomAD v4.1

This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/1612208 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the African/African American population (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/75044 alleles, homozygotes = 0).

gnomAD v2.1

This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/248530 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the African/African American population (AF= 0; MAF= 0.00000%, 0/16168 alleles, homozygotes = 0).

gnomAD-Canada

Not available in gnomAD-Canada v1.0.

ClinVar

This variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (10 clinical laboratories). (ClinVarID = 8666)

In silico

SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.00). REVEL score = 0.982. BayesDel score = 0.591382.

Somatic

This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot. This variant has not previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC).

Cancer Hotspots

This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot.