15-100402950-G-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -2 ACMG points: 2P and 4B. PM2 BP4_Strong

The NM_001378789.1(CERS3):c.1000-85C>A variant causes a intron change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000164 in 1,220,960 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000016 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: CERS3 NM_001378789.1 intron
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, single submitter U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 0.578

Genes affected

CERS3 (HGNC:23752): (ceramide synthase 3) This gene is a member of the ceramide synthase family of genes. The ceramide synthase enzymes regulate sphingolipid synthesis by catalyzing the formation of ceramides from sphingoid base and acyl-coA substrates. This family member is involved in the synthesis of ceramides with ultra-long-chain acyl moieties (ULC-Cers), important to the epidermis in its role in creating a protective barrier from the environment. The protein encoded by this gene has also been implicated in modification of the lipid structures required for spermatogenesis. Mutations in this gene have been associated with male fertility defects, and epidermal defects, including ichthyosis. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]

CERS3-AS1 (HGNC:51431): (CERS3 antisense RNA 1)

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -2 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.89).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
CERS3	NM_001378789.1	c.1000-85C>A		intron_variant		ENST00000679737.1
CERS3-AS1	NR_120374.1	n.211+3025G>T		intron_variant, non_coding_transcript_variant

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
CERS3	ENST00000679737.1	c.1000-85C>A		intron_variant			NM_001378789.1	P1
CERS3-AS1	ENST00000560643.1	n.51+3025G>T		intron_variant, non_coding_transcript_variant		3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome AF: 0.00000164 AC: 2 AN: 1220960 Hom.: 0 AF XY: 0.00000165 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 604724

Gnomad4 AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE exome AF: 0.00000212

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis 9 Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Molecular Genetics, Royal Melbourne Hospital

Oct 06, 2022

This sequence change in CERS3 is an intronic variant located in intron 12. This variant is absent from the population database gnomAD v2.1 and v3.1. To our knowledge, this variant has not been reported in the literature. The results from multiple in silico splicing predictors (SpliceAI, MaxEntScan, NNSplice) are conflicting for an impact splicing. Based on the classification scheme RMH Modified ACMG Guidelines v1.5.1, this variant is classified as a VARIANT OF UNCERTAIN SIGNIFICANCE. Following criteria are met: PM2_Supporting. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.89
Cadd	Benign	3.7
Dann	Benign	0.70

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.0		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

No publications associated with this variant yet.

Other links and lift over

hg19: chr15-100943155;