Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM1PM2PP3_Moderate
The NM_000548.5(TSC2):c.5158A>G(p.Asn1720Asp) variant causes a missense, splice region change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predict no significant impact on normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. N1720K) has been classified as Uncertain significance.
TSC2 (HGNC:12363): (TSC complex subunit 2) This gene is a tumor suppressor gene that encodes the growth inhibitory protein tuberin. Tuberin interacts with hamartin to form the TSC protein complex which functions in the control of cell growth. This TSC protein complex negatively regulates mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling which is a major regulator of anabolic cell growth. Mutations in this gene have been associated with tuberous sclerosis and lymphangioleiomyomatosis. [provided by RefSeq, May 2022]
TSC2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
tuberous sclerosis
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
tuberous sclerosis 2
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
tuberous sclerosis complex
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
Our verdict: Likely_pathogenic. The variant received 6 ACMG points.
PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 6 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 7 benign, 15 uncertain in NM_000548.5
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.905
Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change (SIFT: "Deleterious"; PolyPhen-2: "Benign"; Align-GVGD: "Class C0"). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may alter RNA splicing, but this prediction has not been confirmed by published transcriptional studies. In summary, this variant is a novel missense change with uncertain impact on protein function. It has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency) and has not been reported in the literature in individuals with a TSC2-related disease. This sequence change replaces asparagine with aspartic acid at codon 1720 of the TSC2 protein (p.Asn1720Asp). The asparagine residue is highly conserved and there is a small physicochemical difference between asparagine and aspartic acid. -