rs120074128
Variant summary
Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 14 ACMG points: 14P and 0B. PM2PM5PP3_ModeratePP5_Very_Strong
The NM_000543.5(SMPD1):c.880C>A(p.Gln294Lys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000018 in 1,614,062 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 Pathogenic (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. Q294R) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.
Frequency
Consequence
NM_000543.5 missense
Scores
Clinical Significance
Conservation
Publications
- acid sphingomyelinase deficiencyInheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
- Niemann-Pick diseaseInheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: Myriad Women’s Health
- Niemann-Pick disease type AInheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, G2P
- Niemann-Pick disease type BInheritance: AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
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ACMG classification
Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 14 ACMG points.
Transcripts
RefSeq
Ensembl
Frequencies
GnomAD3 genomes  0.00000657  AC: 1AN: 152176Hom.:  0  Cov.: 31 show subpopulations 
GnomAD2 exomes  AF:  0.00000795  AC: 2AN: 251426 AF XY:  0.0000147   show subpopulations 
GnomAD4 exome  AF:  0.0000192  AC: 28AN: 1461886Hom.:  0  Cov.: 36 AF XY:  0.0000234  AC XY: 17AN XY: 727248 show subpopulations 
Age Distribution
GnomAD4 genome  0.00000657  AC: 1AN: 152176Hom.:  0  Cov.: 31 AF XY:  0.0000134  AC XY: 1AN XY: 74352 show subpopulations 
ClinVar
Submissions by phenotype
Niemann-Pick disease, type A    Pathogenic:3 
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Niemann-Pick disease, type A;C0268243:Niemann-Pick disease, type B    Pathogenic:2 
This sequence change replaces glutamine, which is neutral and polar, with lysine, which is basic and polar, at codon 294 of the SMPD1 protein (p.Gln294Lys). This variant is present in population databases (rs120074128, gnomAD 0.003%). This missense change has been observed in individuals with Niemann-Pick disease i (PMID: 9266408, 15241805, 15877209, 17011332). It has also been observed to segregate with disease in related individuals. This variant is also known as p.Gln292Lys. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 2994). 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) has been performed for this missense variant. However, the output from this modeling did not meet the statistical confidence thresholds required to predict the impact of this variant on SMPD1 protein function. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects SMPD1 function (PMID: 15877209). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -
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not specified    Pathogenic:1 
Variant summary: The SMPD1 c.880C>A (p.Gln294Lys) variant involves the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. 3/4 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant (SNPsandGO not captured due to low reliability index). This variant was found in 3/246300 control chromosomes at a frequency of 0.0000122, which does not exceed the estimated maximal expected allele frequency of a pathogenic SMPD1 variant (0.0022361). This variant has been reported in numerous acid sphingomyelinase deficiency patients with neurologic abnormalities, both as a homozygous and compound heterozygous allele (McGovern_2004, Pittis_2004, Wasserstein_2006, and Pavlu-Pereira_2005). Transient expression of the variant in ASM-deficient human skin fibroblasts in the homozygous state showed ASM activity <5% of WT (Pavlu-Pereira_2005). Taken together, this variant is classified as pathogenic. -
Niemann-Pick disease, type B    Pathogenic:1 
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Inborn genetic diseases    Pathogenic:1 
The c.880C>A (p.Q294K) alteration is located in exon 2 (coding exon 2) of the SMPD1 gene. This alteration results from a C to A substitution at nucleotide position 880, causing the glutamine (Q) at amino acid position 294 to be replaced by a lysine (K). Based on data from gnomAD, the A allele has an overall frequency of <0.01% (2/251426) total alleles studied. The highest observed frequency was <0.01% (2/113716) of European (non-Finnish) alleles. This alteration has been reported in the homozygous and compound heterozygous state with a second SMPD1 alteration in multiple individuals with SMPD1-related Niemann-Pick disease (Harzer, 2003; Pavl, 1997; Pavl-Pereira, 2005; Pittis, 2004; Reunert, 2016; Wang, 2017; Wasserstein, 2006). This alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Based on the available evidence, this alteration is classified as pathogenic. -
Niemann-pick disease, intermediate, protracted neurovisceral    Pathogenic:1 
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not provided    Pathogenic:1 
SMPD1: PM3:Very Strong, PM2, PM5, PP4:Moderate, PS3:Supporting -
Sphingomyelin/cholesterol lipidosis    Pathogenic:1 
The p.Gln294Lys variant in SMPD1 (also known as p.Gln292Lys due to a difference in cDNA numbering) has been reported in at least 24 individuals with Niemann-Pick disease, segregated with disease in 6 affected relatives from 3 families (PMID: 15241805, 17011332, 15877209, 14681755), and has been identified in 0.002% (2/113716) of European (non-Finnish) chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP rs120074128). 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: 2994) as Pathogenic by Counsyl, Integrated Genetics, and OMIM. In vitro functional studies provide some evidence that the p.Gln294Lys variant may impact protein function (PMID: 15877209). 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 6 affected homozygotes and in combination with reported pathogenic variants in at least 13 individuals with Niemann-Pick disease increases the likelihood that the p.Gln294Lys variant is pathogenic (VariationID: 167710, 2990, 2982, 371341, 2991, 189096, 371576; PMID: 15877209, 17011332, 14681755). The phenotype of numerous individuals homozygous and compound heterozygous for this variant is highly specific for Niemann-Pick disease based on acid sphingomyelinase activity being <10% of normal, consistent with disease (PMID: 15877209, 14681755). In summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as pathogenic for Niemann-Pick disease in an autosomal recessive manner based on its presence in affected homozygotes and compound heterozygotes, in vitro functional studies, cosegregation with disease, and the phenotype of individuals with the variant being highly specific for disease. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PM3_very-strong, PS3, PM2, PP1_moderate, PP3, PP4 (Richards 2015). -
Computational scores
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Splicing
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