Description
The p.Leu238Gln variant in IDUA has been reported in at least 7 individuals with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS), segregated with disease in 4 affected relatives from 2 families (PMID: 24368159), and has been Identified in 0.014% (2/13914) of African chromosomes and 0.003% (3/102956) of European (non-Finnish) chromosomes by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org; dbSNP rs148789453). Although this variant has been seen in the general population, its frequency is low enough to be consistent with a recessive carrier frequency. In vitro functional studies provide some evidence that the p.Leu238Gln variant may impact protein function (PMID: 15300847). However, these types of assays may not accurately represent biological function. Computational prediction tools and conservation analyses suggest that this variant may impact the protein, though this information is not predictive enough to determine pathogenicity. The presence of this variant in combination with reported pathogenic variants in 5 individuals with MPS increases the likelihood that the p.Leu238Gln variant is pathogenic (VariationID: 11908, 222994; PMID: 24368159). The phenotype of individuals compound heterozygous for this variant is highly specific for MPS based on alpha-L-iduronidase activity being <1%, consistent with disease (PMID: 15300847). In summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as pathogenic for MPS in an autosomal recessive manner based on the presence of the variant in combination with known pathogenic variants, functional studies, cosegregation, and the phenotype of individuals with the variant and MPS being highly specific for IDUA. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PM3_strong, PS3_moderate, PM2_supporting, PP3, PP4, PP1 (Richards 2015).
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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 |