ClinVar Genomic variation as it relates to human health

The c.454C>A (NM_000022.4) variant in ADA is a missense variant predicted to cause substitution of Leu by Met at amino acid 152. The filtering allele frequency (the upper threshold of the 95% CI) of this variant is 0.0006937 for South Asian chromosomes by gnomAD v 2.1.1, which is bigger than the ClinGen SCID VCEP threshold (0.0001742). So, PM2 is not met. The variant has been reported to segregate with SCID in 02 affected members (proband +1) from one family. LOD score: 0.6 = PP1_supporting. At least one patient (P6, PMID: 29744787) with this variant displayed: * Diagnostic criteria for SCID/Leaky SCID/Omenn syndrome met: 0.5 points, * Reduced ADA enzyme activity in patient cells (see table 2) 1 point, and * Lymphocyte count partially corrected by ADA enzyme replacement therapy: 1 point = TOTAL: 2.5 points, which is highly specific for SCID (PP4_moderate, PMID: 29744787.) In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as VUS for SCID. ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen SCID-VCEP: PP1_Supporting, PP4_Moderate (SCID VCEP specifications version 1.0).

Variant summary: ADA c.454C>A (p.Leu152Met) results in a conservative amino acid change located in the Adenosine/AMP deaminase domain (IPR001365) of the encoded protein sequence. Four of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00016 in 209700 control chromosomes (gnomAD). This frequency is not significantly higher than expected for a pathogenic variant in ADA causing Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (0.00016 vs 0.0016), allowing no conclusion about variant significance. c.454C>A has been reported in the literature in individuals affected with late-onset adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency (Cagdas_2018) and in a healthy homozygous individual with partial ADA deficiency (Hirschhorn 1997). These data indicate that the variant is likely to be associated with disease. Several publications report that ADA enzymatic activity could not be detected in the red cells with the variant (Hirschhorn_1997, Cagdas_2018). Eight clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 without evidence for independent evaluation. Multiple laboratories reported the variant with conflicting assessments (pathogenic/likely pathogenic n=6, VUS n=2). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely pathogenic.

The variant is observed at an extremely low frequency in the gnomAD v2.1.1 dataset (total allele frequency: 0.014%). In silico tool predictions suggest damaging effect of the variant on gene or gene product (REVEL: 0.82; 3Cnet: 0.46). Same nucleotide change resulting in same amino acid change has been previously reported as pathogenic/likely pathogenic with strong evidence (ClinVar ID: VCV000001979). A different missense change at the same codon (p.Leu152Pro) has been reported to be associated with ADA-related disorder (PMID: 31031743). Therefore, this variant is classified as Likely pathogenic according to the recommendation of ACMG/AMP guideline.

This sequence change replaces leucine, which is neutral and non-polar, with methionine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 152 of the ADA protein (p.Leu152Met). This variant is present in population databases (rs121908728, gnomAD 0.1%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with delayed onset adenosine deaminase deficiency (PMID: 9225964, 29744787). It has also been observed to segregate with disease in related individuals. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1979). 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 ADA protein function with a positive predictive value of 80%. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects ADA function (PMID: 9225964). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic.

Published in vitro functional studies demonstrate a damaging effect of L152M on ADA activity (PMID: 9225964); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 14499267, 29744787, 34426522, 9225964, 36964972, 32445296)