18-23560239-C-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -1 ACMG points: 2P and 3B. PM2BP4_ModerateBS1_Supporting

The NM_000271.5(NPC1):​c.873G>T​(p.Trp291Cys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000102 in 1,614,128 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, including 1 homozygotes. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.00044 ( 1 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000066 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

NPC1
NM_000271.5 missense

Scores

3
10
6

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:8

Conservation

PhyloP100: 6.08
Variant links:
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]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -1 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.14668027).
BS1
Variant frequency is greater than expected in population afr. gnomad4_exome allele frequency = 0.0000664 (97/1461792) while in subpopulation AFR AF= 0.00248 (83/33472). AF 95% confidence interval is 0.00205. There are 0 homozygotes in gnomad4_exome. There are 48 alleles in male gnomad4_exome subpopulation. Median coverage is 31. This position pass quality control queck. Existence of Clinvar submissions makes me limit the strength of this signal to Supporting

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
NPC1NM_000271.5 linkuse as main transcriptc.873G>T p.Trp291Cys missense_variant 6/25 ENST00000269228.10

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
NPC1ENST00000269228.10 linkuse as main transcriptc.873G>T p.Trp291Cys missense_variant 6/251 NM_000271.5 P1O15118-1
NPC1ENST00000591051.1 linkuse as main transcriptc.105G>T p.Trp35Cys missense_variant 1/182
NPC1ENST00000540608.5 linkuse as main transcriptn.787G>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant 4/162

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.000434
AC:
66
AN:
152218
Hom.:
1
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00147
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.000262
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000147
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.0000758
AC:
19
AN:
250522
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000369
AC XY:
5
AN XY:
135586
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00112
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.0000289
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000664
AC:
97
AN:
1461792
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.0000660
AC XY:
48
AN XY:
727196
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.00248
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.0000447
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.0000116
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.000182
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.000440
AC:
67
AN:
152336
Hom.:
1
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.000430
AC XY:
32
AN XY:
74496
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.00149
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.000261
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.0000147
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.00
Alfa
AF:
0.000117
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.000506
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.00136
AC:
6
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.000116
AC:
1
ExAC
AF:
0.0000906
AC:
11

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:8
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 Uncertain:4
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingIllumina Laboratory Services, IlluminaApr 27, 2017This variant was observed as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (where applicable). No publications were found based on this search. Allele frequency data from public databases did not allow this variant to be ruled in or out of causing disease. Therefore, this variant is classified as a variant of unknown significance. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingFulgent Genetics, Fulgent GeneticsApr 14, 2022- -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingLabcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), LabcorpNov 01, 2022This sequence change replaces tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 291 of the NPC1 protein (p.Trp291Cys). This variant is present in population databases (rs138151007, gnomAD 0.1%). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with NPC1-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 289805). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt NPC1 protein function. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -
Uncertain significance, no assertion criteria providedclinical testingNatera, Inc.Sep 16, 2020- -
not provided Uncertain:3
Uncertain significance, no assertion criteria providedclinical testingDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System-The NPC1 p.Trp291Cys variant was not identified in the literature but was identified in dbSNP (ID: rs138151007), ClinVar (classified as uncertain significance by EGL Genetics, Fulgent Genetics, Invitae, and Mayo Clinic), and LOVD 3.0 (variant effect not shared). The variant was identified in control databases in 32 of 281902 chromosomes at a frequency of 0.0001135 (Genome Aggregation Database March 6, 2019, v2.1.1). The variant was observed in the following populations: African in 31 of 24830 chromosomes (freq: 0.001248) and Latino in 1 of 35406 chromosomes (freq: 0.000028), but was not observed in the Ashkenazi Jewish, East Asian, European (Finnish), European (non-Finnish), Other, or South Asian populations. The p.Trp291 residue is conserved in mammals but not in more distantly related organisms, and four out of five computational analyses (PolyPhen-2, SIFT, AlignGVGD, BLOSUM, MutationTaster) suggest that the variant may impact the protein; however, this information is not predictive enough to assume pathogenicity. The variant occurs outside of the splicing consensus sequence and two of four in silico or computational prediction software programs (SpliceSiteFinder, MaxEntScan, NNSPLICE, GeneSplicer) predict a greater than 10% difference in splicing; this is not very predictive of pathogenicity. In summary, based on the above information the clinical significance of this variant cannot be determined with certainty at this time. This variant is classified as a variant of uncertain significance. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingEurofins Ntd Llc (ga)Feb 23, 2018- -
Uncertain significance, no assertion criteria providedclinical testingMayo Clinic Laboratories, Mayo ClinicMay 17, 2017- -
NPC1-related disorder Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, no assertion criteria providedclinical testingPreventionGenetics, part of Exact SciencesAug 29, 2024The NPC1 c.873G>T variant is predicted to result in the amino acid substitution p.Trp291Cys. This variant was observed in one individual in a cohort study of inborn errors of metabolism in psychiatric populations (Sriretnakumar et al. 2019. PubMed ID: 30556376). This variant in the heterozygous condition was reported in one individual with cholestatic disorder, however, the individual symptoms were resolved without intervention (Jeyaraj et al. 2021. PubMed ID: 34828443). This variant is reported in 0.12% of alleles in individuals of African descent in gnomAD. At this time, the clinical significance of this variant is uncertain due to the absence of conclusive functional and genetic evidence. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Uncertain
0.48
BayesDel_addAF
Uncertain
0.15
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.41
CADD
Pathogenic
27
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.39
T
Eigen
Uncertain
0.55
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.62
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.94
D
M_CAP
Benign
0.076
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.15
T
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.61
D
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.1
M
MutationTaster
Benign
1.0
D;D
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.72
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-3.7
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.73
Sift
Benign
0.074
T
Sift4G
Benign
0.12
T
Polyphen
0.96
D
Vest4
0.57
MutPred
0.52
Gain of sheet (P = 0.0011);
MVP
0.97
MPC
0.40
ClinPred
0.17
T
GERP RS
5.7
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7
Varity_R
0.45
gMVP
0.86

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

LitVar

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs138151007; hg19: chr18-21140203; API