rs1555632994

Variant names:

• chr18-23538673-T-G
• rs1555632994
• NM_000271.5:c.2912-2A>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PVS1 PM2 PP5_Moderate

The NM_000271.5(NPC1):​c.2912-2A>C 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. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: NPC1 NM_000271.5 splice_acceptor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Likely pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.95

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]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 12 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, LoF is a know mechanism of disease, Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 6.1, offset of -23, new splice context is: gagacctattcttctaacAGtcc. Cryptic site results in frameshift change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in frameshift change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 18-23538673-T-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr18-23538673-T-G is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 471942.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
NPC1	NM_000271.5	c.2912-2A>C		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 19 of 24	ENST00000269228.10	NP_000262.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
NPC1	ENST00000269228.10	c.2912-2A>C		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 19 of 24	1	NM_000271.5	ENSP00000269228.4
NPC1	ENST00000591051.1	c.1988-2A>C		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 12 of 17	2		ENSP00000467636.1
NPC1	ENST00000591955.1	n.253A>C		non_coding_transcript_exon_variant	Exon 1 of 2	4
NPC1	ENST00000591075.1	n.545-2A>C		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 1 of 2	4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1

Revision: criteria provided, single submitter

Submissions by phenotype

Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 Pathogenic:1

Jun 15, 2020

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

In summary, donor and acceptor splice site variants are typically loss-of-function (PMID: 16199547), and loss-of-function variants in NPC1 are known to be pathogenic. However, without additional functional and/or genetic data, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. While this particular variant has not been reported in the literature, loss-of-function variants in NPC1 are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 19252935). This sequence change affects an acceptor splice site in intron 19 of the NPC1 gene. It is expected to disrupt RNA splicing and likely results in an absent or disrupted protein product. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.63	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.11
CADD	Pathogenic	29
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.97
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.77
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
GERP RS		5.2

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.95
SpliceAI score (max)		0.99		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai		0.47		Position offset: -30
DS_AL_spliceai		0.99		Position offset: -2

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1555632994; hg19: chr18-21118637;