18-23544950-C-CCCCCCCCCCCCCA

Variant names:

• chr18-23544950-C-CCCCCCCCCCCCCA
• rs772150994
• NM_000271.5:c.1947+9_1947+10insTGGGGGGGGGGGG

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 0 ACMG points: 0P and 0B.

The NM_000271.5(NPC1):​c.1947+9_1947+10insTGGGGGGGGGGGG variant causes a intron change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000786 in 1,272,194 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. It is difficult to determine the true allele frequency of this variant because it is of type INS_BIG, and the frequency of such variant types in population databases may be underestimated and unreliable. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 27)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 7.9e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: NPC1 NM_000271.5 intron
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: -0.825
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

NPC1 (HGNC:7897): (NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 1) This gene encodes a large protein that resides in the limiting membrane of endosomes and lysosomes and mediates intracellular cholesterol trafficking via binding of cholesterol to its N-terminal domain. It is predicted to have a cytoplasmic C-terminus, 13 transmembrane domains, and 3 large loops in the lumen of the endosome - the last loop being at the N-terminus. This protein transports low-density lipoproteins to late endosomal/lysosomal compartments where they are hydrolized and released as free cholesterol. Defects in this gene cause Niemann-Pick type C disease, a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by over accumulation of cholesterol and glycosphingolipids in late endosomal/lysosomal compartments.[provided by RefSeq, Aug 2009]

NPC1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Niemann-Pick disease, type C1

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: ClinGen, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Myriad Women’s Health
• Niemann-Pick disease type C, adult neurologic onset

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Niemann-Pick disease type C, juvenile neurologic onset

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Niemann-Pick disease type C, late infantile neurologic onset

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Niemann-Pick disease type C, severe early infantile neurologic onset

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Niemann-Pick disease type C, severe perinatal form

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 0 ACMG points.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
NPC1	NM_000271.5	c.1947+9_1947+10insTGGGGGGGGGGGG		intron_variant	Intron 12 of 24	ENST00000269228.10	NP_000262.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
NPC1	ENST00000269228.10	c.1947+9_1947+10insTGGGGGGGGGGGG		intron_variant	Intron 12 of 24	1	NM_000271.5	ENSP00000269228.4
NPC1	ENST00000591051.1	c.1023+9_1023+10insTGGGGGGGGGGGG		intron_variant	Intron 5 of 17	2		ENSP00000467636.1
NPC1	ENST00000540608.5	n.1861+9_1861+10insTGGGGGGGGGGGG		intron_variant	Intron 10 of 15	2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 27

GnomAD4 exome AF: 7.86e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1272194 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 26 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 640110

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 31238

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 42970

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 25068

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 34646

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 81850

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 49066

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5458

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00000105 AC: 1 AN: 948408

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53490

⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0.000000), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 27

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
PhyloP100		-0.82

Splicing

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs772150994; hg19: chr18-21124914;