rs863224453

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PVS1_ModeratePM2PP5_Moderate

The NM_002354.3(EPCAM):​c.859-1G>A variant causes a splice acceptor, intron change involving the alteration of a non-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: 33)

Consequence

EPCAM
NM_002354.3 splice_acceptor, intron

Scores

4
2
1
Splicing: ADA: 1.000
2

Clinical Significance

Likely pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 3.50

Publications

1 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
EPCAM (HGNC:11529): (epithelial cell adhesion molecule) This gene encodes a carcinoma-associated antigen and is a member of a family that includes at least two type I membrane proteins. This antigen is expressed on most normal epithelial cells and gastrointestinal carcinomas and functions as a homotypic calcium-independent cell adhesion molecule. The antigen is being used as a target for immunotherapy treatment of human carcinomas. Mutations in this gene result in congenital tufting enteropathy. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2008]
EPCAM Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • Lynch syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Orphanet
  • Lynch syndrome 8
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
  • congenital diarrhea 5 with tufting enteropathy
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), PanelApp Australia, Orphanet, G2P, Ambry Genetics
  • hereditary breast carcinoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points.

PVS1
Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, product NOT destroyed by NMD, known LOF gene, truncates exone, which is 0.04761905 fraction of the gene. Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 5.6, offset of 1, new splice context is: ttgtctttcttccactcaAGtta. Cryptic site results in frameshift change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in inframe change.
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP5
Variant 2-47385165-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr2-47385165-G-A is described in ClinVar as Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 216000.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
EPCAMNM_002354.3 linkc.859-1G>A splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant Intron 7 of 8 ENST00000263735.9 NP_002345.2 P16422

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
EPCAMENST00000263735.9 linkc.859-1G>A splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant Intron 7 of 8 1 NM_002354.3 ENSP00000263735.4 P16422
EPCAMENST00000405271.5 linkc.943-1G>A splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant Intron 8 of 9 5 ENSP00000385476.1 B5MCA4
EPCAMENST00000456133.5 linkn.943-1G>A splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant Intron 8 of 10 5 ENSP00000410675.1 B5MCA4
EPCAMENST00000490733.1 linkn.708-1G>A splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant Intron 5 of 5 3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
33
GnomAD4 exome
Cov.:
29
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
33
Alfa
AF:
0.00000506
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000113

ClinVar

Significance: Likely pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1
Revision: criteria provided, single submitter
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:1
Aug 04, 2021
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Likely pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change affects an acceptor splice site in intron 7 of the EPCAM gene. It is expected to disrupt RNA splicing. Variants that disrupt the donor or acceptor splice site typically lead to a loss of protein function (PMID: 16199547), and loss-of-function variants in EPCAM are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 24142340, 28361844). This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with EPCAM-related conditions. Deletions involving the 3’ region (minimally, exon 9) lead to transcriptional read-through from the EPCAM promoter into the adjacent MSH2 gene, resulting in hypermethylation of the MSH2 promoter and silencing of MSH2 expression, causing Lynch syndrome (PMID: 19098912, 19177550, 21309036). However, variants resulting in a loss-of-function of the EPCAM protein while leaving exon 9 intact are known to cause congenital tufting enteropathy (PMID: 24142340, 28361844). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic for congenital tufting enteropathy. However, this variant is not likely to confer risk for Lynch syndrome. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.62
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.25
CADD
Pathogenic
30
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
Eigen
Pathogenic
1.0
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.86
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.85
D
PhyloP100
3.5
GERP RS
4.9
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7
Mutation Taster
=36/64
disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA
Pathogenic
1.0
dbscSNV1_RF
Pathogenic
0.93
SpliceAI score (max)
0.97
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai
0.24
Position offset: 2
DS_AL_spliceai
0.97
Position offset: 1

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs863224453; hg19: chr2-47612304; API