rs879255186
Variant summary
Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PVS1_ModeratePM2PP5_Very_Strong
The NM_000527.5(LDLR):c.2389+1G>A variant causes a splice donor, intron change. 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
Consequence
NM_000527.5 splice_donor, intron
Scores
Clinical Significance
Conservation
Publications
- hypercholesterolemia, familial, 1Inheritance: AD, SD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, ClinGen
- homozygous familial hypercholesterolemiaInheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
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ACMG classification
Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points.
Transcripts
RefSeq
| Gene | Transcript | HGVSc | HGVSp | Effect | Exon rank | MANE | Protein | UniProt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDLR | NM_000527.5 | c.2389+1G>A | splice_donor_variant, intron_variant | Intron 16 of 17 | ENST00000558518.6 | NP_000518.1 |
Ensembl
Frequencies
GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 31
GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32
GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 31
ClinVar
Submissions by phenotype
not provided Pathogenic:2
LDLR: PM2, PP4:Moderate, PS4:Moderate, PVS1:Moderate, PS1:Supporting -
Identified in unrelated individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) in the published literature (Bertolini et al., 1999; Heath et al., 1999) and referred for dyslipidemia genetic testing at GeneDx; Not observed in large population cohorts (Lek et al., 2016); Canonical splice site variant expected to result in aberrant splicing, although in the absence of functional evidence the actual effect of this sequence change is unknown; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 10208479, 25525159, 18700895, 9974426, 32977124) -
Hypercholesterolemia, familial, 1 Pathogenic:1
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Cardiovascular phenotype Pathogenic:1
The c.2389+1G>A intronic variant results from a G to A substitution one nucleotide after coding exon 16 of the LDLR gene. Alterations that disrupt the canonical splice site are expected to result in aberrant splicing. In silico splice site analysis predicts that this alteration will weaken the native splice donor site and may result in the creation or strengthening of a novel splice donor site. The resulting transcript is predicted to be in-frame and is not expected to trigger nonsense-mediated mRNA decay; however, direct evidence is unavailable. The exact functional effect of the altered amino acid sequence is unknown; however, the impacted region is critical for protein function and a significant portion of the protein is affected (Ambry internal data). This variant has been reported in association with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) (Heath KE et al. Atherosclerosis, 1999 Mar;143:41-54; Bertolini S et al. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 1999 Feb;19:408-18). This variant is considered to be rare based on population cohorts in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). This nucleotide position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. Based on the majority of available evidence to date, this variant is likely to be pathogenic. -
Familial hypercholesterolemia Pathogenic:1
This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change affects a donor splice site in intron 16 of the LDLR 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 LDLR are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 20809525, 28645073). Disruption of this splice site has been observed in individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia (PMID: 9974426, 10208479, 10735632, 32977124). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 252299). This variant is also known as IVS16+1G>A, G>A+1 IVS16. -
Computational scores
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Splicing
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