Description
The Q359X variant in the LAMP2 gene has been reported previously in a young male with a diagnosis of HCM requiring heart transplantation at 15 years of age and a history of Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW), muscle weakness, mild developmental delay and attention deficit disorder (ADD) (Yang et al., 2005). The variant was also identified in his sister with HCM and his family history was remarkable for his mother who died at 43 years of age with a history of HCM and heart transplantation, his maternal uncle who died at 22 years of age with a history of HCM, muscular dystrophy and ADD and his maternal grandmother who died at 43 years of age with a history of HCM (Yang et al., 2005). Q359X is predicted to cause loss of normal protein function either through the loss of 52 amino acids resulting in a truncated protein product. Furthermore, cell and immunostaining studies on skeletal and myocardial biopsy samples from the proband revealed no detectable LAMP2 protein expression (Yang et al., 2005). Other nonsense variants in the LAMP2 gene have been reported in HGMD in association with Danon disease (Stenson et al., 2014). Furthermore, the Q359X pathogenic variant was not observed in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, indicating it is not a common benign variant in these populations.In summary, Q359X in the LAMP2 gene is interpreted as a likely pathogenic variant.
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1 | germline | yes | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |