2-47466748-G-A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 1 ACMG points: 1P and 0B. PP3

The NM_000251.3(MSH2):​c.1601G>A​(p.Arg534His) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000328 in 1,613,738 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. R534C) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000033 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000033 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

MSH2
NM_000251.3 missense

Scores

14
4
1

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:12B:2O:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 9.06

Publications

18 publications found
Variant links:
Genes affected
MSH2 (HGNC:7325): (mutS homolog 2) This locus is frequently mutated in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC). When cloned, it was discovered to be a human homolog of the E. coli mismatch repair gene mutS, consistent with the characteristic alterations in microsatellite sequences (RER+ phenotype) found in HNPCC. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]
MSH2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
  • Lynch syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: G2P, ClinGen, Orphanet
  • Lynch syndrome 1
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
  • Muir-Torre syndrome
    Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Orphanet, G2P
  • mismatch repair cancer syndrome 1
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: ClinGen, Orphanet
  • mismatch repair cancer syndrome 2
    Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P
  • ovarian cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • malignant pancreatic neoplasm
    Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • prostate cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
  • rhabdomyosarcoma
    Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
  • breast cancer
    Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
  • hereditary breast carcinoma
    Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 1 ACMG points.

PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.835

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
MSH2NM_000251.3 linkc.1601G>A p.Arg534His missense_variant Exon 10 of 16 ENST00000233146.7 NP_000242.1 P43246-1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
MSH2ENST00000233146.7 linkc.1601G>A p.Arg534His missense_variant Exon 10 of 16 1 NM_000251.3 ENSP00000233146.2 P43246-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000329
AC:
5
AN:
152098
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000241
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000588
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD2 exomes
AF:
0.0000557
AC:
14
AN:
251348
AF XY:
0.0000515
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000880
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.000163
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000328
AC:
48
AN:
1461640
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000316
AC XY:
23
AN XY:
727124
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33468
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
44722
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
26128
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
39660
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.0000696
AC:
6
AN:
86244
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
53418
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5766
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000369
AC:
41
AN:
1111850
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.0000166
AC:
1
AN:
60384
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.466
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
3
6
10
13
16
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000329
AC:
5
AN:
152098
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.0000135
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74314
show subpopulations
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000241
AC:
1
AN:
41416
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
15264
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
3466
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5202
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
4816
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
10606
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
316
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.0000588
AC:
4
AN:
68008
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
2092
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.425
Heterozygous variant carriers
0
1
1
2
2
3
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
0.95
Allele balance

Age Distribution

Genome Het
Variant carriers
0
2
4
6
8
10
<30
30-35
35-40
40-45
45-50
50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70
70-75
75-80
>80
Age
Alfa
AF:
0.0000823
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000227
ExAC
AF:
0.0000577
AC:
7

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Uncertain:12Benign:2Other:1
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:4
Jul 17, 2017
True Health Diagnostics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Apr 01, 2025
Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This missense variant replaces arginine with histidine at codon 534 of the MSH2 protein. Computational prediction suggests that this variant may have deleterious impact on protein structure and function. This variant has intermediate MSH2 function in a 6-thioguanine sensitivity assay in haploid human cells (PMID: 33357406). This variant has been reported in individuals affected with colorectal cancer (PMID: 25142776, 29684080), breast cancer (PMID: 33471991, 34326862), and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (PMID: 31396961), but also in healthy individuals (PMID: 24728327, 33471991). This variant has been identified in 14/251348 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). The available evidence is insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease conclusively. Therefore, this variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Jun 12, 2024
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The p.R534H variant (also known as c.1601G>A), located in coding exon 10 of the MSH2 gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 1601. The arginine at codon 534 is replaced by histidine, an amino acid with highly similar properties. This alteration has been reported in a 68-year-old male patient with colorectal cancer; however this individuals tumor exhibited normal IHC and was MSS (Kraus C et al. Int J Cancer, 2015 Mar;136:E559-68). Another study reported this alteration in a cohort of Chinese esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients (Ko JM et al. Int J Cancer, 2020 02;146:1042-1051). This variant was reported in 7/60,466 breast cancer cases but also reported in 6/53,461 controls (Dorling et al. N Engl J Med. 2021 02;384:428-439). In a massively parallel cell-based functional assay testing susceptibility to a DNA damaging agent, 6-thioguanine (6-TG), this variant was reported to be functionally neutral (Jia X et al. Am J Hum Genet, 2021 01;108:163-175). This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

May 29, 2021
Sema4, Sema4
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:curation

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Lynch syndrome 1 Uncertain:2Benign:1
Dec 10, 2024
Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This variant is considered likely benign. This variant is strongly associated with less severe personal and family histories of cancer, typical for individuals without pathogenic variants in this gene [PMID: 27363726]. -

Dec 14, 2016
Counsyl
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

This submission and the accompanying classification are no longer maintained by the submitter. For more information on current observations and classification, please contact variantquestions@myriad.com. -

Oct 12, 2023
Baylor Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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not provided Uncertain:2
Mar 14, 2025
GeneDx
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Published functional studies demonstrate mismatch repair function similar to wildtype (PMID: 33357406); Observed in an individual with colorectal cancer whose tumor showed normal immunohistochemistry results and had microsatellite stability (PMID: 25142776); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 24728327, 28494185, 18822302, 9774676, 21120944, 26824983, 33471991, 31396961, 34326862, 29684080, 33357406, 25142776) -

Jun 07, 2024
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

The MSH2 c.1601G>A (p.Arg534His) variant has been reported in the published literature in individuals with colorectal cancer (PMIDs: 25142776 (2015), 28494185 (2017)), breast cancer (34326862 (2021), 33471991 (2021), see LOVD (https://databases.lovd.nl/shared/)), and esophageal cancer (PMID: 31396961 (2020)). This variant has also been observed in reportedly healthy individuals (PMIDs: 23012121 (2012), 24728327 (2014), 33471991 (2021), see LOVD (https://databases.lovd.nl/shared/)). A cell-survival screening assay suggests this variant has neutral effects on DNA mismatch repair function (PMID: 33357406 (2021)). The frequency of this variant in the general population, 0.000098 (3/30606 chromosomes (Genome Aggregation Database, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org)), is uninformative in the assessment of its pathogenicity. Analysis of this variant using bioinformatics tools for the prediction of the effect of amino acid changes on protein structure and function yielded predictions that this variant is damaging. Based on the available information, we are unable to determine the clinical significance of this variant. -

not specified Uncertain:1Other:1
Jul 19, 2018
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: MSH2 c.1601G>A (p.Arg534His) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the DNA mismatch repair protein MutS, clamp domain (IPR007861), which is inserted between the two subdomains of the core domain. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 5.3e-05 in 246194 control chromosomes (gnomAD). This frequency is not higher than expected for a pathogenic variant in MSH2 causing Lynch Syndrome (5.3e-05 vs 0.00057), allowing no conclusion about variant significance. c.1601G>A has been reported in the literature in individuals affected with colorectal cancer and in an individual with a positive family history of inherited cancer disorder (Kraus_2015, O'Leary_2014). These reports do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Lynch Syndrome. Co-occurrences with other pathogenic variant(s) have been reported (MSH2 c.998G>A, p.Cys333Tyr (LOVD)), providing supporting evidence for a benign role. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. Five clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014 without evidence for independent evaluation. All laboratories classified the variant as uncertain significance. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Sep 19, 2013
ITMI
Significance:not provided
Review Status:no classification provided
Collection Method:reference population

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MSH2-related disorder Uncertain:1
Apr 14, 2024
PreventionGenetics, part of Exact Sciences
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing

The MSH2 c.1601G>A variant is predicted to result in the amino acid substitution p.Arg534His. This variant has been reported in individuals with colorectal cancer (Kraus et al. 2015. PubMed ID: 25142776; Yehia et al. 2018. PubMed ID: 29684080), breast cancer (Bhai et al. 2021. PubMed ID: 34326862), and esophageal cancer (Ko et al. 2019. PubMed ID: 31396961). However, this variant was present at similar frequencies in a large cohort of breast cancer patients (n = 7; 0.12%) compared to unaffected controls (n = 6; 0.011%) (Breast Cancer Association Consortium et al. 2021. PubMed ID: 33471991) and was classified as "functionally neutral" based on the results of a high-throughput DNA damage repair assay (Jia et al. 2021. PubMed ID: 33357406). This variant is reported in 0.0098% of alleles in individuals of South Asian descent in gnomAD and is classified as a variant of uncertain significance by majority of the submitters in ClinVar (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/127632/). At this time, the clinical significance of this variant is uncertain due to the absence of conclusive functional and genetic evidence. -

Lynch syndrome Uncertain:1
Nov 30, 2023
All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This missense variant replaces arginine with histidine at codon 534 of the MSH2 protein. Computational prediction suggests that this variant may have deleterious impact on protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold >= 0.7, PMID: 27666373). This variant has intermediate MSH2 function in a 6-thioguanine sensitivity assay in haploid human cells (internally defined LOF score threshold -1.32 < LOF score < 0.88, PMID: 33357406). This variant has been reported in individuals affected with colorectal cancer (PMID: 25142776, 29684080), breast cancer (PMID: 33471991), and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (PMID: 31396961), but also in healthy individuals (PMID: 24728327, 33471991). This variant has been identified in 14/251348 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). The available evidence is insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease conclusively. Therefore, this variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Muir-Torré syndrome;C2936783:Lynch syndrome 1;C5436806:Mismatch repair cancer syndrome 2 Uncertain:1
Jun 24, 2024
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal neoplasms Benign:1
Jan 30, 2025
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Likely benign
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.91
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.18
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.26
CADD
Pathogenic
33
DANN
Pathogenic
1.0
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.84
D;.;.;.
Eigen
Pathogenic
1.1
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
1.0
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.98
D;D;D;D
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.28
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.84
D;D;D;D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
0.93
D
MutationAssessor
Pathogenic
3.3
M;.;.;.
PhyloP100
9.1
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.63
T
PROVEAN
Pathogenic
-4.7
D;D;.;D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.72
Sift
Uncertain
0.0010
D;D;.;D
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.0020
D;D;.;D
Polyphen
1.0
D;.;.;D
Vest4
0.76
MutPred
0.52
Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0235);.;Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0235);Loss of MoRF binding (P = 0.0235);
MVP
0.93
MPC
0.032
ClinPred
0.96
D
GERP RS
6.0
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.1
Varity_R
0.88
gMVP
0.60
Mutation Taster
=19/81
disease causing

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.0
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs587778523; hg19: chr2-47693887; API