NPC1 p.Arg518Gln

Variant names:

• chr18-23551728-C-T
• NM_000271.5:c.1554-1G>A

Your query was ambiguous. Multiple possible variants found:

• chr18-23551728-C-T
• chr18-23551727-CC-TT

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points: 10P and 0B. PVS1 PM2

The NM_000271.5(NPC1):​c.1554-1G>A variant causes a splice acceptor, intron change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: NPC1 NM_000271.5 splice_acceptor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.79
• 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, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Myriad Women’s Health, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, G2P
• 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: Pathogenic. The variant received 10 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, LoF is a know mechanism of disease, No cryptic splice site detected. Exon removal results in frameshift change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000271.5. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	NPC1	NM_000271.5	MANE Select	c.1554-1G>A		splice_acceptor intron	N/A	NP_000262.2	O15118-1

Ensembl Transcripts

Sel.	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	NPC1	ENST00000269228.10	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.1554-1G>A		splice_acceptor intron	N/A	ENSP00000269228.4	O15118-1
	NPC1	ENST00000897526.1		c.1605-1G>A		splice_acceptor intron	N/A	ENSP00000567585.1
	NPC1	ENST00000926494.1		c.1554-1G>A		splice_acceptor intron	N/A	ENSP00000596553.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 30

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.63	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.36
CADD	Pathogenic	34
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.1
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.93
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	1.0	D
PhyloP100		7.8

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.94
SpliceAI score (max)		0.92		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai		0.39		Position offset: -2
DS_AL_spliceai		0.92		Position offset: -1

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

MaxEntScan Visualizer can be used to analyze the impact of this mutation on the neighboring sequence.

Other links and lift over

hg19: chr18-21131692;