16-23638131-T-C

Position:

• chr16-23638131-T-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.49-2A>G variant causes a splice acceptor, intron change involving the alteration of a non-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 predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: PALB2 NM_024675.4 splice_acceptor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:1 U:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 3.19

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]

PALB2 (HGNC:):

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 0.01656838 fraction of the gene. Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 6.8, offset of 6, new splice context is: ttttcttcttccggttaaAGgag. Cryptic site results in inframe 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 16-23638131-T-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr16-23638131-T-C is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 2677460.We mark this variant Likely_pathogenic, oryginal submissions are: {Uncertain_significance=1, Likely_pathogenic=1}.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	Protein	UniProt
PALB2	NM_024675.4	c.49-2A>G		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant		ENST00000261584.9	NP_078951.2

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
PALB2	ENST00000261584.9	c.49-2A>G		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant		1	NM_024675.4	ENSP00000261584.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 30

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1 Uncertain:1

Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications

Submissions by phenotype

Familial cancer of breast Pathogenic:1 Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp	Feb 23, 2023	Experimental studies have shown that sequence changes at this splice site disrupt the consensus splice site and strengthen a cryptic acceptor site in exon 2, located 6 nucleotides downstream of the natural splice site. This results in an alternative transcript with an in-frame deletion of 2 amino acids, which do not affect known functional domains and/or critical residues (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. Studies have shown that disruption of this splice site results in the activation of a cryptic splice site in exon 2 (PMID: 34846068). 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. Disruption of this splice site has been observed in individual(s) with breast cancer and/or colorectal cancer (PMID: 25452441, 29478780). This sequence change affects an acceptor splice site in intron 1 of the PALB2 gene. RNA analysis indicates that disruption of this splice site induces altered splicing and likely results in the loss of 2 amino acid residue(s), but is expected to preserve the integrity of the reading-frame. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). -
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Baylor Genetics	Sep 29, 2022	- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.60	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.24
CADD	Pathogenic	34
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.99
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.83
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.88	D
GERP RS		5.5

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.93
SpliceAI score (max)		0.97		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai		0.55		Position offset: 24
DS_AL_spliceai		0.97		Position offset: -2

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

Publications

No publications associated with this variant yet.

Other links and lift over

hg19: chr16-23649452;