rs120074119

Positions:

• chr11-6394446-G-A
• chr11-6394446-G-C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 11 ACMG points: 11P and 0B. PM2 PP3 PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000543.5(SMPD1):​c.1735G>A​(p.Gly579Ser) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,874 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 Likely pathogenic (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: SMPD1 NM_000543.5 missense
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:6
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.66

Genes affected

SMPD1 (HGNC:11120): (sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1) The protein encoded by this gene is a lysosomal acid sphingomyelinase that converts sphingomyelin to ceramide. The encoded protein also has phospholipase C activity. Defects in this gene are a cause of Niemann-Pick disease type A (NPA) and Niemann-Pick disease type B (NPB). Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2010]

SMPD1 (HGNC:):

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 11 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.777
• PP5: Variant 11-6394446-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr11-6394446-G-A is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 2982.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr11-6394446-G-A is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
SMPD1	NM_000543.5	c.1735G>A	p.Gly579Ser	missense_variant	6/6	ENST00000342245.9	NP_000534.3

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
SMPD1	ENST00000342245.9	c.1735G>A	p.Gly579Ser	missense_variant	6/6	1	NM_000543.5	ENSP00000340409.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD3 exomes AF: 0.00000795 AC: 2 AN: 251448 Hom.: 0 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 135902

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00

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: 0.0000176

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461874 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 34 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 727238

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: 8.99e-7

Gnomad4 OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

Bravo AF: 0.00000378

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:6

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Niemann-Pick disease, type A;C0268243:Niemann-Pick disease, type B Pathogenic:2

Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp	Jun 29, 2023	For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. 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 SMPD1 protein function. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 2982). This variant is also known as G577S. This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with Niemann-Pick disease (PMID: 1718266, 15877209). This variant is present in population databases (rs120074119, gnomAD 0.002%). This sequence change replaces glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, with serine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 579 of the SMPD1 protein (p.Gly579Ser). -
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics	Feb 19, 2024	- -

Sphingomyelin/cholesterol lipidosis Pathogenic:2

Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp	Jun 03, 2022	Variant summary: SMPD1 c.1735G>A (p.Gly579Ser) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the Calcineurin-like phosphoesterase domain, ApaH type (IPR004843) of the encoded protein sequence. Two of four in-silico tools predict a benign effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 8e-06 in 251448 control chromosomes. c.1735G>A has been reported in the literature in individuals affected with Niemann-Pick Disease (example, Ferlinz_1991, Pavlu-Pereira_2005, Hu_2021). These data indicate that the variant is likely to be associated with disease. At least one publication reports experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function (Ferlinz_1991). The most pronounced variant effect results in complete loss of enzymatic activity. Two clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 without evidence for independent evaluation. All laboratories classified the variant as pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	curation	Broad Center for Mendelian Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard	Jan 22, 2020	The p.Gly579Ser variant in SMPD1 (also known as p.Gly577Ser due to a difference in cDNA numbering) has been reported in at least 2 individuals with Niemann-Pick disease (PMID: 1718266, 15877209, 16151905) and has been identified in 0.002% (2/113736) of European (non-Finnish) chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP rs120074119). Although this variant has been seen in the general population, its frequency is low enough to be consistent with a recessive carrier frequency. This variant has also been reported in ClinVar (VariationID: 2982) as pathogenic by OMIM. In vitro functional studies provide some evidence that the p.Gly579Ser variant may impact protein function (PMID: 1718266). However, these types of assays may not accurately represent biological function. Computational prediction tools and conservation analyses suggest that this variant may impact the protein, though this information is not predictive enough to determine pathogenicity. The presence of this variant in 1 affected homozygote and in combination with a reported pathogenic variant in an individual with Niemann-Pick disease increases the likelihood that the p.Gly579Ser variant is pathogenic (VariationID: 2994; PMID: 1718266, 15877209, 16151905). The phenotype of an individual compound heterozygous for this variant is highly specific for Niemann-Pick disease based on acid sphingomyselinase activity being <10% of normal, consistent with disease (PMID: 15877209). In summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as pathogenic for Niemann-Pick disease in an autosomal recessive manner based on in vitro functional studies and its presence in individuals with phenotypes specific for disease. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PS3, PM2, PM3, PP3, PP4 (Richards 2015). -

Niemann-Pick disease, type A Pathogenic:2

Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided	literature only	OMIM	Sep 30, 1991	- -
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Baylor Genetics	Jan 27, 2024	- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Uncertain	0.48
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.34	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.27
CADD	Benign	22
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
Eigen	Uncertain	0.44
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.53
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	1.0	D
LIST_S2	Benign	0.85	D;D
M_CAP	Uncertain	0.098	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.78	D;D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	-0.22	T
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.66	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-1.5	N;N
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.72
Sift	Benign	0.18	T;T
Sift4G	Benign	0.14	T;T
Vest4		0.72
MVP		0.98
MPC		0.60
ClinPred		0.69	D
GERP RS		5.4
Varity_R		0.69
gMVP		0.74

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs120074119; hg19: chr11-6415676;