rs140826989

Positions:

chr17-80110837-G-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 15 ACMG points: 15P and 0B. PM3_StrongPM2PVS1PP4

This summary comes from the ClinGen Evidence Repository: This variant, c.1548G>A (p.Trp516Ter), is a nonsense variant that is expected to result in nonsense mediated decay and absence of gene product. This is supported by the lack of cross reactive immunological material in cultured fibroblasts from a patient with this variant (PMID 22252923). Therefore, PVS1 can be applied. The highest population minor allele frequency for this variant in gnomAD v2.1.1 is 0.00002 in the European non-Finnish population, meeting the ClinGen LSD VCEP’s threshold for PM2. This variant is reported to be in compound heterozygosity with a unique pathogenic variant (c.-32-13T>G, c.525delT, or c.2481+1022_646+31del) in three patients who also meet the ClinGen LSD VCEP’s specifications for PP4 (PMID 20826098, 22237443, 25243733). In one of these patients, the variants were confirmed to be in trans (PMID 25243733). Therefore, PP4 and PM3_Strong can be applied. Additional cases have been reported but were not included because the residual GAA activity was not provided (and therefore PP4 cannot be assessed) (PMIDs 24715333, 29181627, 30155607), full HGVS nomenclature was not provided (PMID 25626711), a case with the same variant (not confirmed in trans) had already been included (PMID 29122469), or the second variant is a variant of unknown significance (PMID 26873529). There is a ClinVar entry for this variant (Variation ID: 189025, 2 star review status) with 5 submitters classifying the variant as pathogenic and one as likely pathogenic. In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as pathogenic for Pompe disease. GAA-specific ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen LSD VCEP: PVS1, PM2, PM3_Strong, PP4. LINK:https://erepo.genome.network/evrepo/ui/classification/CA274281/MONDO:0009290/010

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000039 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)

Exomes 𝑓: 0.000051 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

GAA
NM_000152.5 stop_gained

Scores

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic reviewed by expert panel P:20

Conservation

PhyloP100: 9.39

Variant links:

Genes affected

GAA (HGNC:4065): (alpha glucosidase) This gene encodes lysosomal alpha-glucosidase, which is essential for the degradation of glycogen to glucose in lysosomes. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate multiple intermediate forms and the mature form of the enzyme. Defects in this gene are the cause of glycogen storage disease II, also known as Pompe's disease, which is an autosomal recessive disorder with a broad clinical spectrum. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]

GAA links:

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 15 ACMG points.

PVS1

For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.

PM2

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PM3

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PP4

For more information check the summary or visit ClinGen Evidence Repository.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
GAA	NM_000152.5 linkuse as main transcript	c.1548G>A	p.Trp516*	stop_gained	10/20	ENST00000302262.8	NP_000143.2	P10253

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
GAA	ENST00000302262.8 linkuse as main transcript	c.1548G>A	p.Trp516*	stop_gained	10/20	1	NM_000152.5	ENSP00000305692.3		P10253

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes

AF:

0.0000394

AC:

AN:

152210

Hom.:

Cov.:

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Gnomad AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMI

AF:

0.00

Gnomad AMR

AF:

0.0000654

Gnomad ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad SAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad MID

AF:

0.00

Gnomad NFE

AF:

0.0000735

Gnomad OTH

AF:

0.00

GnomAD3 exomes

AF:

0.00000398

AC:

AN:

251134

Hom.:

AF XY:

0.00

AC XY:

AN XY:

135856

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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:

0.00000881

Gnomad OTH exome

AF:

0.00

GnomAD4 exome

AF:

0.0000506

AC:

AN:

1461796

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000481

AC XY:

AN XY:

727198

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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:

0.0000647

Gnomad4 OTH exome

AF:

0.0000331

GnomAD4 genome

AF:

0.0000394

AC:

AN:

152210

Hom.:

Cov.:

AF XY:

0.0000134

AC XY:

AN XY:

74350

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Gnomad4 AFR

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 AMR

AF:

0.0000654

Gnomad4 ASJ

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 EAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 SAS

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 FIN

AF:

0.00

Gnomad4 NFE

AF:

0.0000735

Gnomad4 OTH

AF:

0.00

Alfa

AF:

0.0000489

Hom.:

Bravo

AF:

0.0000340

TwinsUK

AF:

0.000270

AC:

ALSPAC

AF:

0.000778

AC:

ESP6500AA

AF:

0.00

AC:

ESP6500EA

AF:

0.000116

AC:

EpiCase

AF:

0.000109

EpiControl

AF:

0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:20

Revision: reviewed by expert panel

LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Glycogen storage disease, type II

Pathogenic:12

Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego	-	This nonsense variant found in exon 10 of 20 is predicted to result in loss of normal protein function through either protein truncation or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). This variant has been previously reported as a compound heterozygous change in patients with Glycogen storage disease II (PMID: 14695532, 29181627, 29122469, 24715333). Loss-of-function variation in GAA is an established mechanism of disease (PMID:18425781, 22252923). This variant has been observed in individuals with low alpha-glucosidase enzyme activity, suggestive of Glycogen storage disease II (PMID: 25243733, 22676651).The c.1548G>A (p.Trp516Ter) variant is present in the heterozygous state in the gnomAD population database at a frequency of 0.00007 (2/282510) and thus is presumed to be rare. Based on the available evidence, the c.1548G>A (p.Trp516Ter) variant is classified as a Pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics	Oct 16, 2021	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	curation	Broad Center for Mendelian Genomics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard	Jan 22, 2020	The p.Trp516Ter variant in GAA has been reported in at least 16 individuals (including at least 10 Caucasian individuals) with Glycogen Storage Disease II (PMID: 22676651, 25155446, 14695532, 17027861, 15048888, 18757064, 20826098, 22237443, 25243733, 24715333, 22252923, 26873529, 23601496), and has also been reported pathogenic by EGL and likely pathogenic by Counsyl in ClinVar (Variation ID: 189025). This variant has been identified in 0.002% (2/128904) of European (non-Finnish) chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP rs140826989). Although this variant has been seen in the general population, its frequency is low enough to be consistent with a recessive carrier frequency. This nonsense variant leads to a premature termination codon at position 516, which is predicted to lead to a truncated or absent protein. Loss of function of the GAA gene is an established disease mechanism in autosomal recessive Glycogen Storage Disease II. The presence of this variant in combination with 3 pathogenic variants, and in individuals with Glycogen Storage Disease II increases the likelihood that the p.Trp516Ter variant is pathogenic (PMID: 20826098, 25243733, 22237443, 22676651; Variation ID: 4031, 4033). The phenotype of six individuals compound heterozygous for this variant is highly specific for Glycogen Storage Disease II based on their low GAA activity within fibroblasts or a dried blood spot (PMID: 20826098, 23601496, 22237443, 25243733, 26873529, 22676651). In summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as pathogenic for Glycogen Storage Disease II in an autosomal recessive manner based on the predicted impact of the variant and multiple occurrences with pathogenic GAA variants in individuals with Glycogen Storage Disease II. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PVS1, PM3_Strong, PM2, PP4 (Richards 2015). -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp	Sep 09, 2019	Variant summary: GAA c.1548G>A (p.Trp516X) results in a premature termination codon, predicted to cause a truncation of the encoded protein or absence of the protein due to nonsense mediated decay, which are commonly known mechanisms for disease. Truncations downstream of this position have been classified as pathogenic by our laboratory. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 4e-06 in 251134 control chromosomes. c.1548G>A has been reported in the literature in individuals affected with Glycogen Storage Disease, Type 2 (Pompe Disease- eg Hermans_2004, deVries_2010, Messinger_2012, Stepien_2016). These data indicate that the variant is likely to be associated with disease. Three clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar (evaluation after 2014) and cited the variant as pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Baylor Genetics	Feb 09, 2024	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	MGZ Medical Genetics Center	Sep 08, 2021	- -
Pathogenic, reviewed by expert panel	curation	ClinGen Lysosomal Storage Disorder Variant Curation Expert Panel	Feb 14, 2020	This variant, c.1548G>A (p.Trp516Ter), is a nonsense variant that is expected to result in nonsense mediated decay and absence of gene product. This is supported by the lack of cross reactive immunological material in cultured fibroblasts from a patient with this variant (PMID 22252923). Therefore, PVS1 can be applied. The highest population minor allele frequency for this variant in gnomAD v2.1.1 is 0.00002 in the European non-Finnish population, meeting the ClinGen LSD VCEP's threshold for PM2. This variant is reported to be in compound heterozygosity with a unique pathogenic variant (c.-32-13T>G, c.525delT, or c.2481+1022_646+31del) in three patients who also meet the ClinGen LSD VCEP's specifications for PP4 (PMID 20826098, 22237443, 25243733). In one of these patients, the variants were confirmed to be in trans (PMID 25243733). Therefore, PP4 and PM3_Strong can be applied. Additional cases have been reported but were not included because the residual GAA activity was not provided (and therefore PP4 cannot be assessed) (PMIDs 24715333, 29181627, 30155607), full HGVS nomenclature was not provided (PMID 25626711), a case with the same variant (not confirmed in trans) had already been included (PMID 29122469), or the second variant is a variant of unknown significance (PMID 26873529). There is a ClinVar entry for this variant (Variation ID: 189025, 2 star review status) with 5 submitters classifying the variant as pathogenic and one as likely pathogenic. In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as pathogenic for Pompe disease. GAA-specific ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen LSD VCEP: PVS1, PM2, PM3_Strong, PP4. -
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided	clinical testing	Molecular Therapies Laboratory, Murdoch University	Jan 07, 2019	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp	Jan 20, 2024	This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Trp516*) in the GAA gene. It is expected to result in an absent or disrupted protein product. Loss-of-function variants in GAA are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 18425781, 22252923). This variant is present in population databases (rs140826989, gnomAD 0.002%). This premature translational stop signal has been observed in individual(s) with Pompe disease and low alpha-glucosidase enzyme activity (PMID: 14695532, 22676651, 24715333, 25243733, 29122469, 29181627). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 189025). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	DASA	Jan 05, 2022	The c.1548G>A;p.(Trp516) variant creates a premature translational stop signal in the GAA gene. It is expected to result in an absent or disrupted protein product -PVS1. This sequence change has been observed in affected individual(s) and ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Clinvar ID 189025; PMID: 32317649; 30155607; 29181627; 29122469; 26873529) - PS4. The variant is present at low allele frequencies population databases (rs140826989 – gnomAD 0.003942%; ABraOM no frequency - http://abraom.ib.usp.br/) -PM2_supporting. The p.(Trp516) was detected in trans with a pathogenic variant (PMID: 32317649; 29181627; 29122469; 26873529) - PM3_strong. In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided	clinical testing	Natera, Inc.	Sep 16, 2020	- -
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	literature only	Counsyl	Oct 20, 2014	- -

not provided

Pathogenic:7

Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided	clinical testing	Clinical Genetics DNA and cytogenetics Diagnostics Lab, Erasmus MC, Erasmus Medical Center	-	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	CeGaT Center for Human Genetics Tuebingen	Jun 01, 2019	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Revvity Omics, Revvity	Feb 24, 2023	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	GeneDx	Jan 31, 2022	Reported in multiple unrelated patients with glycogen storage disease type II (GSDII) (Hermans et al. 2004; van et al. 2015; Elder et al. 2013; Bergsma et al. 2015; de Vries JM et al. 2010); Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); Nonsense variant predicted to result in protein truncation or nonsense mediated decay in a gene for which loss-of-function is a known mechanism of disease; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 22252923, 18757064, 34134972, 31965297, 32888769, 31086307, 25525159, 25155446, 29181627, 25541616, 22676651, 24715333, 20826098, 23601496, 15048888, 25243733, 14695532) -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)	Jun 08, 2018	- -
Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided	clinical testing	Genome Diagnostics Laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht	-	- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	AiLife Diagnostics, AiLife Diagnostics	Sep 08, 2021	- -

GAA-related disorder

Pathogenic:1

Pathogenic, no assertion criteria provided

clinical testing

PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences

Jun 01, 2024

The GAA c.1548G>A variant is predicted to result in premature protein termination (p.Trp516*). This variant has been reported in multiple unrelated patients with glycogen storage disease type II (GSDII) together with another pathogenic variant in GAA (see example: Hermans et al. 2004. PubMed ID: 14695532; Löscher et al. 2018. PubMed ID: 29181627). This variant is reported in 0.0016% of alleles in individuals of European (Non-Finnish) descent in gnomAD. Nonsense variants in GAA are expected to be pathogenic. This variant is interpreted as pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name

Calibrated prediction

Score

Prediction

BayesDel_addAF

Pathogenic

0.63

BayesDel_noAF

Pathogenic

0.63

CADD

Pathogenic

DANN

Uncertain

1.0

Eigen

Pathogenic

0.83

Eigen_PC

Pathogenic

0.69

FATHMM_MKL

Pathogenic

0.99

Vest4

0.90

GERP RS

4.4

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

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Variant summary

Frequency

Consequence

Scores

Clinical Significance

Conservation

ACMG classification

Transcripts

RefSeq

Ensembl

Frequencies

ClinVar

Submissions by phenotype

Computational scores

Splicing

Publications

LitVar

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