Total submissions: 1
| Submitter | RCV | SCV | Clinical significance | Condition | Last evaluated | Review status | Method | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, |
RCV004702174 | SCV005202541 | pathogenic | Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, APP-related | 2024-07-12 | criteria provided, single submitter | clinical testing | Variant summary: The variant involves the duplication of exons 1-18 in the APP gene. A presumed nomenclature of c.(?_-151)_(*1121_?)dup has been designated for the purposes of this classification. This duplication includes the entire coding sequence of the gene. As exact breakpoints are unknown, it may extend beyond the annotated region of the gene, to include other flanking genes. A large duplication (Size: 32.5 Mbp), which covers the APP gene and also includes several other genes was found at a frequency of 3.7e-05 in 462882 control chromosomes in the gnomAD database (CNVs v4.1 dataset). Duplications of the genomic region encompassing the full coding sequence of the APP gene have been reported in several individuals affected with autosomal dominant early-onset cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and Alzheimer disease (AD) (e.g. Sleegers_2006, McNaughton_2012, Grangeon_2023), and in a few cases the copy number gains were confined to the APP gene, suggesting that increased APP dosage was sufficient to cause early-onset AD (e.g. Sleegers_2006, Grangeon_2021). Publications also reported increased APP gene expression in patient derived blood samples (i.e. increased mRNA levels), suggesting that the gene regulatory regions are preserved within the affected DNA segment (e.g. Grangeon_2021). The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 16921174, 21193246, 37170141, 34532568). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 2423147). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic. |