rs879254525

chr19-11105348-T-C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5 PP3_Strong PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000527.5(LDLR):c.442T>C(p.Cys148Arg) variant causes a missense 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. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. C148S) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: LDLR NM_000527.5 missense
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:5
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.87

Genes affected

LDLR (HGNC:6547): (low density lipoprotein receptor) The low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene family consists of cell surface proteins involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis of specific ligands. The encoded protein is normally bound at the cell membrane, where it binds low density lipoprotein/cholesterol and is taken into the cell. Lysosomes release the cholesterol, which is made available for repression of microsomal enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase, the rate-limiting step in cholesterol synthesis. At the same time, a reciprocal stimulation of cholesterol ester synthesis takes place. Mutations in this gene cause the autosomal dominant disorder, familial hypercholesterolemia. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, May 2022]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 18 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 7 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 2 benign, 8 uncertain in NM_000527.5
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr19-11105349-G-C is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 251227.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.995
• PP5: Variant 19-11105348-T-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr19-11105348-T-C is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 251224.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr19-11105348-T-C is described in Lovd as [Likely_pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
LDLR	NM_000527.5	c.442T>C	p.Cys148Arg	missense_variant	4/18	ENST00000558518.6

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
LDLR	ENST00000558518.6	c.442T>C	p.Cys148Arg	missense_variant	4/18	1	NM_000527.5	P3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:5

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Hypercholesterolemia, familial, 1 Pathogenic:4

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	literature only	LDLR-LOVD, British Heart Foundation	Mar 25, 2016	- -
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation	Nov 05, 2016	Disrupt disulfide bridge between Cys148 and Cys160. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	U4M - Lille University & CHRU Lille, Université de Lille - CHRU de Lille	Mar 30, 2017	- -
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	research	Fundacion Hipercolesterolemia Familiar	Mar 01, 2016	- -

Familial hypercholesterolemia Pathogenic:1

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Mar 01, 2023

In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. This sequence change replaces cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, with arginine, which is basic and polar, at codon 148 of the LDLR protein (p.Cys148Arg). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with familial hypercholesterolemia (PMID: 11506462). This variant is also known as Cys127>Arg. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 251224). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt LDLR protein function. This variant affects a cysteine residue located within an LDLRA or epidermal-growth-factor (EGF)-like domains of the LDLR protein. Cysteine residues in these domains have been shown to be involved in the formation of disulfide bridges, which are critical for protein structure and stability (PMID: 7548065, 7603991, 7979249). In addition, missense substitutions within the LDLRA and EGF-like domains affecting cysteine residues are overrepresented among patients with hypercholesterolemia (PMID: 18325082). This variant disrupts the p.Cys148 amino acid residue in LDLR. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 11462246, 16389549, 17539906, 33732287). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.98
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.58	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.59
Cadd	Uncertain	24
Dann	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.97	D;.;.;.
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.82
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.62
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	1.0	D
LIST_S2	Benign	0.79	T;T;T;T
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.92	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	1.0	D;D;D;D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	0.90	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	4.3	H;.;.;H
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D;D;D;D;D;D
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.65	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-11	D;D;D;D
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;D;D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D;D;D;D
Polyphen		1.0	D;.;.;.
Vest4		0.92
MutPred		0.92		Loss of catalytic residue at C148 (P = 0.1639);Loss of catalytic residue at C148 (P = 0.1639);.;Loss of catalytic residue at C148 (P = 0.1639);
MVP		1.0
MPC		1.1
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.5
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.8
Varity_R		0.97
gMVP		1.0

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs879254525; hg19: chr19-11216024;