NM_174936.4:c.1394C>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 2 ACMG points: 6P and 4B. PM1PM5PP3PP5BS2

The NM_174936.4(PCSK9):​c.1394C>T​(p.Ser465Leu) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000753 in 1,459,884 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. S465W) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 34)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000075 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

PCSK9
NM_174936.4 missense

Scores

2
8
9

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:5U:6

Conservation

PhyloP100: 3.73
Variant links:
Genes affected
PCSK9 (HGNC:20001): (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9) This gene encodes a member of the subtilisin-like proprotein convertase family, which includes proteases that process protein and peptide precursors trafficking through regulated or constitutive branches of the secretory pathway. The encoded protein undergoes an autocatalytic processing event with its prosegment in the ER and is constitutively secreted as an inactive protease into the extracellular matrix and trans-Golgi network. It is expressed in liver, intestine and kidney tissues and escorts specific receptors for lysosomal degradation. It plays a role in cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism. Mutations in this gene have been associated with autosomal dominant familial hypercholesterolemia. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2014]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 2 ACMG points.

PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 3 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 4 benign, 11 uncertain in NM_174936.4
PM5
Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr1-55058538-C-G is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 2418130.We mark this variant Likely_pathogenic, oryginal submissions are: {Uncertain_significance=1, Likely_pathogenic=1}.
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.77
PP5
Variant 1-55058538-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr1-55058538-C-T is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 403292.We mark this variant Likely_pathogenic, oryginal submissions are: {Uncertain_significance=6, Pathogenic=2}. Variant chr1-55058538-C-T is described in Lovd as [Likely_pathogenic]. Variant chr1-55058538-C-T is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].
BS2
High AC in GnomAdExome4 at 11 AD gene.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
PCSK9NM_174936.4 linkc.1394C>T p.Ser465Leu missense_variant Exon 9 of 12 ENST00000302118.5 NP_777596.2 Q8NBP7-1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
PCSK9ENST00000302118.5 linkc.1394C>T p.Ser465Leu missense_variant Exon 9 of 12 1 NM_174936.4 ENSP00000303208.5 Q8NBP7-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
34
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.0000239
AC:
6
AN:
251370
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000368
AC XY:
5
AN XY:
135888
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.0000544
Gnomad SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000352
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.000163
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000753
AC:
11
AN:
1459884
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
85
AF XY:
0.00000826
AC XY:
6
AN XY:
726246
show subpopulations
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:
0.00000899
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
34
Alfa
AF:
0.0000675
Hom.:
0

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:5Uncertain:6
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:2Uncertain:1
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Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Sep 29, 2023
GeneDx
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

Published functional studies demonstrate a damaging effect through defective PCSK9-LDL binding (Sarkar et al., 2022); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Reported in association with FH in published literature (Sturm et al., 2021; Hopkins et al., 2015; Di Taranto et al., 2017; Ruotolo et al., 2014); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 29259136, 32058034, 26165249, 26374825, 29127338, 24607922, 31653860, 34037665, 36187800) -

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Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Hypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant, 3 Pathogenic:1Uncertain:2
Nov 09, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces serine, which is neutral and polar, with leucine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 465 of the PCSK9 protein (p.Ser465Leu). This variant is present in population databases (no rsID available, gnomAD 0.006%). This missense change has been observed in individuals with hypercholesterolemia (PMID: 24607922, 26374825). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 403292). Invitae Evidence Modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt PCSK9 protein function with a positive predictive value of 80%. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

May 03, 2023
Institute of Human Genetics, University of Leipzig Medical Center
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

Criteria applied: PS4_SUP -

Jun 09, 2024
All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

This missense variant replaces serine with leucine at codon 465 of the PCSK9 protein. Computational prediction suggests that this variant may not impact protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold <= 0.5, PMID: 27666373). Functional studies have shown that this variant may cause a decrease in PCSK9 secretion and noted that this finding is not consistent with reported high LDL-C levels (PMID: 29259136, 32058034). Another functional study in transfected HEK293 cells has shown that this variant significantly decreased LDL binding (PMID: 36187800). This variant has been reported in two related individuals affected with hypercholesterolemia (PMID: 24607922). Cells from these carriers showed partially reduced LDLR activity but no change in the amount of LDLR protein at the cell surface. This variant has been reported in over ten unrelated individuals affected with hypercholesterolemia who showed mildly elevated LDL-C levels (PMID: 29127338, 26374825, 34037665; Color internal data). This variant has also been identified in 6/251370 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Although there is a suspicion that this variant may be associated with disease, the role of this variant cannot be determined conclusively, due to the unclear impact of this variant on the LDLR function and the observation of this variant in the general population. Therefore, this variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Familial hypercholesterolemia Pathogenic:1Uncertain:2
Jan 22, 2020
Broad Center for Mendelian Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: curation

The p.Ser465Leu variant in PCSK9 has been reported in 13 individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia, segregated with disease in 2 affected relatives from 1 family (PMID: 24607922, 26374825, 29127338), and has been identified in 0.005% (1/18392) of East Asian chromosomes and 0.004% (4/113662) of European (non-Finnish) chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP rs778849441). Please note that for diseases with clinical variability, or reduced penetrance, pathogenic variants may be present at a low frequency in the general population. This variant has also been reported in ClinVar as a VUS, likely pathogenic, and pathogenic (Variation ID#: 403292). Computational prediction tools, including splice predictors, and conservation analyses suggest that this variant may not impact the protein, though this information is not predictive enough to rule out pathogenicity. In summary, the clinical significance of the p.Ser465Leu variant is uncertain. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PS4_moderate, BP4 (Richards 2015). -

Oct 18, 2023
Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

This missense variant replaces serine with leucine at codon 465 of the PCSK9 protein. Computational prediction suggests that this variant may not impact protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold <= 0.5, PMID: 27666373). Functional studies have shown that this variant may cause a decrease in PCSK9 secretion and noted that this finding is not consistent with reported high LDL-C levels (PMID: 29259136, 32058034). Another functional study in transfected HEK293 cells has shown that this variant significantly decreased LDL binding (PMID: 36187800). This variant has been reported in two related individuals affected with hypercholesterolemia (PMID: 24607922). Cells from these carriers showed partially reduced LDLR activity but no change in the amount of LDLR protein at the cell surface. This variant has been reported in over ten unrelated individuals affected with hypercholesterolemia who showed mildly elevated LDL-C levels (PMID: 29127338, 26374825, 34037665; Color internal data). This variant has also been identified in 6/251370 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Although there is a suspicion that this variant may be associated with disease, the role of this variant cannot be determined conclusively, due to the unclear impact of this variant on the LDLR function and the observation of this variant in the general population. Therefore, this variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Oct 07, 2024
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

Variant summary: PCSK9 c.1394C>T (p.Ser465Leu) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9, C-terminal domain 1 (IPR041254) of the encoded protein sequence. Three of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 2.4e-05 in 251370 control chromosomes, predominantly at a frequency of 5.4e-05 within the East Asian subpopulation in the gnomAD database. c.1394C>T has been reported in the literature in multiple individuals affected with Familial Hypercholesterolemia, four of which had developed coronary artery disease (example, Hopkins_2015). These data indicate that the variant is very likely to be associated with disease. At least one publication reports experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function. The most pronounced variant effect results in diminished LDL binding in HEK293 (Sarkar_2022). The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 26374825, 36187800). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 403292). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic. -

Hypercholesterolemia, familial, 1 Pathogenic:1
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Laboratorium voor Moleculaire Diagnostiek Experimentele Vasculaire Geneeskunde, Academisch Medisch Centrum
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method: research

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not specified Uncertain:1
Jan 31, 2017
Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

Variant identified in a genome or exome case(s) and assessed due to predicted null impact of the variant or pathogenic assertions in the literature or databases. Disclaimer: This variant has not undergone full assessment. The following are preliminary notes: 2 papers, not sig diff LDLR -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.25
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.15
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.28
CADD
Benign
21
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.44
T
Eigen
Benign
0.079
Eigen_PC
Benign
-0.10
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.63
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.86
D
M_CAP
Benign
0.026
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.77
D
MetaSVM
Benign
-0.42
T
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.6
M
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.68
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-3.6
D
REVEL
Uncertain
0.32
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.010
D
Polyphen
1.0
D
Vest4
0.73
MutPred
0.50
Loss of glycosylation at S465 (P = 0.0374);
MVP
0.85
MPC
0.29
ClinPred
0.74
D
GERP RS
1.5
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.3
Varity_R
0.61
gMVP
0.87

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.010
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: rs778849441; hg19: chr1-55524211; COSMIC: COSV105120113; API