Description
The c.313_313+1delCG variant in LDLR has been reported in 1 Australian and 1 French individual with familial hypercholesterolemia (PMID: 22883975, 1301956), and was absent from large population studies. This variant has also been reported in ClinVar as pathogenic (Variation ID: 226316). In vitro functional studies provide some evidence that the c.313_313+1delCG variant may slightly impact protein function (PMID: 1301956). However, these types of assays may not accurately represent biological function. This variant occurs in the invariant region (+/- 1/2) of the splice consensus sequence, deletes the last base of the exon inducing a frameshift, and is predicted to cause altered splicing leading to an abnormal or absent protein. Heterozygous loss of function of the LDLR gene is an established disease mechanism in familial hypercholesterolemia. There is an in-frame cryptic splice site within 6 basepairs of the intron-exon boundary that could result in a rescued transcript and may maintain function of LDLR. In summary, although additional studies are required to fully establish its clinical significance, this variant is likely pathogenic. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PS3_supporting, PS4_supporting, PVS1_moderate, PM2 (Richards 2015).
| # | Sample | Method | Observation |
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| Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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| 1 | germline | unknown | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |
