16-23626399-T-G

Variant names:

• chr16-23626399-T-G
• rs1060502787
• NM_024675.4:c.2587-2A>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 5 ACMG points: 5P and 0B. PVS1_Moderate PM2 PP5

The NM_024675.4(PALB2):​c.2587-2A>C variant causes a splice acceptor, intron change. 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 predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 31)
• Consequence: PALB2 NM_024675.4 splice_acceptor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 0.9999
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:2 U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 5.01

Genes affected

PALB2 (HGNC:26144): (partner and localizer of BRCA2) This gene encodes a protein that may function in tumor suppression. This protein binds to and colocalizes with the breast cancer 2 early onset protein (BRCA2) in nuclear foci and likely permits the stable intranuclear localization and accumulation of BRCA2. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 5 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, product NOT destroyed by NMD, known LOF gene, truncates exone, which is 0.04549284 fraction of the gene. Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 8.1, offset of 10, new splice context is: attgtgtccgaatccttcAGgtt. Cryptic site results in frameshift change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in inframe change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 16-23626399-T-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr16-23626399-T-G is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 410189.We mark this variant Likely_pathogenic, oryginal submissions are: {Uncertain_significance=1, Likely_pathogenic=2}.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
PALB2	NM_024675.4	c.2587-2A>C		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 6 of 12	ENST00000261584.9	NP_078951.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
PALB2	ENST00000261584.9	c.2587-2A>C		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 6 of 12	1	NM_024675.4	ENSP00000261584.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 31

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 31

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2 Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

Familial cancer of breast Pathogenic:1 Uncertain:1

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Myriad Genetics, Inc.	Sep 13, 2023	This variant is considered likely pathogenic. This variant occurs within a consensus splice junction and is predicted to result in abnormal mRNA splicing of either an out-of-frame exon or an in-frame exon necessary for protein stability and/or normal function. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp	Aug 06, 2019	This sequence change affects an acceptor splice site in intron 6 of the PALB2 gene. It is expected to disrupt RNA splicing and likely results in an absent or disrupted protein product. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals with PALB2-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 410189). Experimental studies have shown that sequence changes at this splice site disrupt the consensus splice site and strengthen a cryptic acceptor site in intron 6, located 42 nucleotides upstream of the natural splice site. This results in an alternative transcript with an in-frame insertion of 14 amino acids in the linker region between b-strand 7D (residues 855-860) and b-strand 1A (residues 868-877), but otherwise preserves the integrity of the reading frame (PMID: 30890586). Also, this alternative transcript has been shown to occur naturally in healthy individuals (PMID: 30890586). These studies suggest that the clinical significance of this splice variant may be uncertain. In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:1

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Ambry Genetics

Jan 26, 2017

The c.2587-2A>C intronic variant results from an A to C substitution two nucleotides upstream from coding exon 7 in the PALB2 gene. This nucleotide position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. The BDGP splice site prediction software does not produce a reliable prediction for the nearby native splice acceptor site. Using the ESEfinder splice site prediction tool, this alteration is predicted to abolish the native splice acceptor site; however, direct evidence is unavailable. Alterations that disrupt the canonical splice site are expected to cause aberrant splicing, resulting in an abnormal protein or a transcript that is subject to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. As such, this alteration is classified as likely pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.60	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.28
CADD	Pathogenic	32
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.1
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.93
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
GERP RS		5.9

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.89
SpliceAI score (max)		0.68		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai		0.58		Position offset: -12
DS_AL_spliceai		0.68		Position offset: -2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1060502787; hg19: chr16-23637720;