rs878854488

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PVS1PM2PP5_Moderate

The NM_002354.3(EPCAM):​c.429G>A​(p.Trp143*) variant causes a stop gained change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000344 in 1,453,182 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 (★). Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000034 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

EPCAM
NM_002354.3 stop_gained

Scores

5
1

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic criteria provided, single submitter P:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 6.16

Publications

2 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: Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points.

PVS1
Loss of function variant, product undergoes nonsense mediated mRNA decay. LoF is a known mechanism of disease.
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP5
Variant 2-47375237-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr2-47375237-G-A is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 239127.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_002354.3. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
EPCAM
NM_002354.3
MANE Select
c.429G>Ap.Trp143*
stop_gained
Exon 4 of 9NP_002345.2

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected
GeneTranscriptTagsHGVScHGVSpEffectExon RankProteinUniProt
EPCAM
ENST00000263735.9
TSL:1 MANE Select
c.429G>Ap.Trp143*
stop_gained
Exon 4 of 9ENSP00000263735.4
EPCAM
ENST00000405271.5
TSL:5
c.513G>Ap.Trp171*
stop_gained
Exon 5 of 10ENSP00000385476.1
EPCAM
ENST00000456133.5
TSL:5
n.513G>A
non_coding_transcript_exon
Exon 5 of 11ENSP00000410675.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
32
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.00000796
AC:
2
AN:
251230
AF XY:
0.0000147
show subpopulations
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 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000176
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000344
AC:
5
AN:
1453182
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
29
AF XY:
0.00000553
AC XY:
4
AN XY:
723494
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33294
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44702
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26062
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39598
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
86024
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53376
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5682
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00000453
AC:
5
AN:
1104364
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
60080
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.425
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
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2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
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8
10
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35-40
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Age
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
32
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.00000378

ClinVar

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

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Pathogenic:1
Dec 23, 2015
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. While this particular variant has not been reported in the literature, truncating variants in EPCAM are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 24142340). This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal at codon 143 (p.Trp143*). It is expected to result in an absent or disrupted protein product. Exon level deletions at the 3' end of EPCAM, involving exon 9 minimally, lead to transcriptional read-through into the neighboring MSH2 gene, triggering epigenetic silencing and inactivation of MSH2 (PMID: 19098912, 23938213). Loss of MSH2 subsequently causes Lynch syndrome (PMID: 23264089, 19455606, 15849733). Other pathogenic sequence changes, such as this variant c.429G>A p.Trp143*, which disrupt EPCAM protein function alone, are known causes of autosomal recessive congenital tufting enteropathy (PMID: 18572020, 20034091, 23462293).

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.61
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.65
CADD
Pathogenic
48
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.92
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.79
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
PhyloP100
6.2
Vest4
0.91
GERP RS
5.1
Mutation Taster
=6/194
disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.080
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs878854488; hg19: chr2-47602376; API