association, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp | Jan 29, 2025 | This sequence change replaces asparagine, which is neutral and polar, with serine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 34 of the SPINK1 protein (p.Asn34Ser). This variant is present in population databases (rs17107315, gnomAD 2.0%), and has an allele count higher than expected for a pathogenic variant. This variant is reported as heterozygous in approximately 12% of individuals affected with chronic pancreatitis and in approximately 1.9% of unaffected controls (PMID: 17466744). Based on this data, this variant is expected to confer an approximate 6-12 fold increased risk for chronic pancreatitis in heterozygous carriers. Homozygous individuals have been reported in approximately 3-5% of individuals with chronic pancreatitis (PMID: 23951356, 10835640), approximately 0.015% of the general population (ExAC), and in no unaffected controls to date (reviewed in PMID: 17466744). Although homozygous individuals are presumed to have at least twice the risk of heterozygous carriers, an accurate odds ratio can not be calculated due to the small number of homozygous individuals in the general population. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 13760). An algorithm developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (PolyPhen-2) suggests that this variant is likely to be tolerated. Multiple studies have failed to demonstrate that this Asn34Ser missense change disrupts any known function of the SPINK1 protein (PMID: 12483248, 17568390, 17525091). In summary, this variant is a missense change that does not affect any known function of the SPINK1 protein function. While this variant is associated with a significant risk for developing chronic pancreatitis, in the absence of a deleterious protein effect it remains uncertain whether this variant directly contributes to disease or if it may be linked to an undiscovered mutation (PMID: 19299380). Therefore, it has been classified as an Increased Risk Allele. - |
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter | curation | Sema4, Sema4 | May 24, 2021 | - - |
not provided, no classification provided | literature only | GeneReviews | - | - - |
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Ambry Genetics | Aug 21, 2023 | The c.101A>G (p.N34S) alteration is located in exon 3 (coding exon 3) of the SPINK1 gene. This alteration results from an A to G substitution at nucleotide position 101, causing the asparagine (N) at amino acid position 34 to be replaced by a serine (S). Based on data from gnomAD, the G allele has an overall frequency of 0.903% (2537/281004) total alleles studied. The highest observed frequency was 1.975% (602/30476) of South Asian alleles. This mutation has been observed in heterozygous and homozygous states in individuals with chronic pancreatitis (Witt, 2000). In case control studies, p.N34S has has been associated with a significant odds ratio for both acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis (O'Reilly, 2008; Rosendahl, 2013). Heterozygous p.N34S confers an increased risk, while homozygous p.N34S is considered to be disease-causing (Masson, 2013). This amino acid position is poorly conserved in available vertebrate species. This alteration is predicted to be tolerated by in silico analysis. Based on the available evidence, this alteration is classified as pathogenic. - |
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Baylor Genetics | Nov 17, 2020 | This variant was determined to be pathogenic according to ACMG Guidelines, 2015 [PMID:25741868]. - |
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Undiagnosed Diseases Network, NIH | Nov 17, 2020 | - - |
Established risk allele, no assertion criteria provided | case-control | Intergen, Intergen Genetics and Rare Diseases Diagnosis Center | Jul 20, 2023 | - - |
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Centre for Mendelian Genomics, University Medical Centre Ljubljana | Aug 23, 2019 | This variant was classified as: Pathogenic. The following ACMG criteria were applied in classifying this variant: BS1,PS4,PS1. This variant was detected in homozygous state. - |
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp | Jun 08, 2020 | SPINK1 c.101A>G (p.Asn34Ser) results in a conservative amino acid change located in the Kazal domain (IPR002350) of the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a benign effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.009 in 254072 control chromosomes (gnomAD and publication data), including 20 homozygotes. This frequency is approximately 2 times the estimated maximal expected allele frequency of a pathogenic SPINK1 variant. However, this variant is a well-reported pathogenic risk factor that is known to be relatively frequent in the general population. Multiple studies have identified the variant in the compound heterozygous and homozygous state in numerous patients with chronic pancreatitis (example, Witt_2000, Chandak_2002, Rosendahl_2012, Pelaez-Luna_2014). Large association studies have been performed that suggest a strong association between the variant and disease, with odds ratios ranging from 10 to over 50 (example, Chen_2009, Witt_2000). However, experimental data reported that the trypsin inhibitory activity of the variant protein was preserved (> 90% of normal) and there was no significant difference in mRNA expression or splicing compared to wild-type (Kuwata_2002, Kiraly_2007, Boulling_2012). Although it has been proposed that other cis-linked variant(s) might be responsible for the observed increased pancreatitis risk conferred by the N34S haplotype, studies reporting a causative role of this variant within its associated haplotype have also been reported (Boulling_2012, Boulling_2017, Kereszturi_2017). Nine clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 without evidence for independent evaluation and classified the variant as VUS (n=3), Pathogenic (n=4) or Risk factor (n=2)). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as a pathogenic risk factor for predisposition to Chronic Pancreatitis. - |
Likely risk allele, no assertion criteria provided | clinical testing | KCCC/NGS Laboratory, Kuwait Cancer Control Center | Jun 15, 2023 | This sequence change replaces asparagine, which is neutral and polar, with serine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 34 of the SPINK1 protein (p.Asn34Ser). This variant is present in population databases (rs17107315, gnomAD 2.0%). This variant is reported as heterozygous in ~12% of individuals affected with chronic pancreatitis and in ~1.9% of unaffected controls (PMID: 17466744). Based on this data, this variant is expected to confer ~6-12 fold increased risk for chronic pancreatitis in heterozygous carriers. Homozygous individuals have been reported in approximately 3-5% of individuals with chronic pancreatitis (PMID: 23951356, 10835640), ~0.015% of the general population (ExAC), and in no unaffected controls to date (reviewed in PMID: 17466744). Although homozygous individuals are presumed to have at least twice the risk of heterozygous carriers, an accurate odds ratio can not be calculated due to the small number of homozygous individuals in the general population. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 13760). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be tolerated. Multiple studies have failed to demonstrate that this Asn34Ser missense change disrupts any known function of the SPINK1 protein (PMID: 12483248, 17568390, 17525091). In summary, this variant is a missense change that does not affect any known function of the SPINK1 protein function. While this variant is associated with a significant risk for developing chronic pancreatitis, in the absence of a deleterious protein effect it remains uncertain whether this variant directly contributes to disease or if it may be linked to an undiscovered mutation (PMID: 19299380). Therefore, it has been classified as an Increased Risk Allele. - |
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Center for Human Genetics, Inc, Center for Human Genetics, Inc | Nov 01, 2016 | - - |
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Eurofins-Biomnis | Dec 01, 2022 | - - |
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Mendelics | May 28, 2019 | - - |
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided | clinical testing | Zotz-Klimas Genetics Lab, MVZ Zotz Klimas | Nov 02, 2023 | - - |
not provided, no classification provided | phenotyping only | GenomeConnect - Invitae Patient Insights Network | - | Variant interpreted as Established risk allele and reported on 01-31-2020 by Lab Invitae. GenomeConnect-Invitae Patient Insights Network assertions are reported exactly as they appear on the patient-provided report from the testing laboratory. Registry team members make no attempt to reinterpret the clinical significance of the variant. Phenotypic details are available under supporting information. - |
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Illumina Laboratory Services, Illumina | Apr 27, 2017 | This 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). Publications were found based on this search. However, the evidence from the literature, in combination with allele frequency data from public databases where available, was not sufficient to rule this variant in or out of causing disease. Therefore, this variant is classified as a variant of unknown significance. - |
risk factor, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine | Mar 12, 2021 | proposed classification - variant undergoing re-assessment, contact laboratory - |
Established risk allele, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Institute of Human Genetics, University of Leipzig Medical Center | Mar 08, 2022 | One of the most important CP-associated heritable risk factors (odds ratio (OR) = 10.90; 95% confidence interval 7.56–15.72). No functional data support pathogenic effect (expression, secretion or trypsin inhibitory activity of SPINK1). Linked with SNP rs142703147:C>A (c.-4141G>T) in this individual (this variant disrupts a PTF1L-binding site within an evolutionarily conserved HNF1A-PTF1L cis-regulatory module (CRM). Co-transfection transactivation experiments have demonstrated that this variant leads to reduced gene expression. Two pancreatic cancer cell lines heterozygous for the SPINK1 N34S haplotype exhibited reduced expression of the variant allele and suggested that c.-4141G>T might be a candidate causal variant. See Pu et al., 2021, PMID: 34828289 - |
not provided, no classification provided | phenotyping only | GenomeConnect, ClinGen | - | GenomeConnect assertions are reported exactly as they appear on the patient-provided report from the testing laboratory. GenomeConnect staff make no attempt to reinterpret the clinical significance of the variant. - |
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Neuberg Centre For Genomic Medicine, NCGM | May 20, 2023 | The missense c.101A>G(p.Asn34Ser) variant in SPINK1 gene has been reported previously in heterozygous as well as homozygous state in multiple individuals affected with chronic pancreatitis (Witt H et al., 2007). This variant has been reported with the allele frequency of 0.9% in the gnomAD Exomes database. This variant has been submitted to the ClinVar database with Likely Benign / Uncertain Significance / Established risk allele / Likely pathogenic / Pathogenic. Multiple lines of computational evidence (Polyphen - Benign, SIFT - Tolerated and MutationTaster - Polymorphism) predict no damaging effect on protein structure and function for this variant. The amino acid Asn at position 34 is changed to a Ser changing protein sequence and it might alter its composition and physico-chemical properties. Though functional studies have not proven a damaging effect, the variant is enriched in patients with pancreatitis as compared to the general population (Király O et al., 2007,Rosendahl J et al. ,2013 ). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as a Pathogenic variant which acts as a risk factor for the development of pancreatitis. - |