22-28695709-C-T

Position:

• chr22-28695709-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 22 ACMG points: 22P and 0B. PVS1 PM2 PP3_Strong PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):​c.1259+1G>A variant causes a splice donor 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 Likely pathogenic (★★).

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.0 (0 hom., cov: 32)
  • Failed GnomAD Quality Control
• Consequence: CHEK2 NM_007194.4 splice_donor
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:4
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 6.85

Genes affected

CHEK2 (HGNC:16627): (checkpoint kinase 2) In response to DNA damage and replication blocks, cell cycle progression is halted through the control of critical cell cycle regulators. The protein encoded by this gene is a cell cycle checkpoint regulator and putative tumor suppressor. It contains a forkhead-associated protein interaction domain essential for activation in response to DNA damage and is rapidly phosphorylated in response to replication blocks and DNA damage. When activated, the encoded protein is known to inhibit CDC25C phosphatase, preventing entry into mitosis, and has been shown to stabilize the tumor suppressor protein p53, leading to cell cycle arrest in G1. In addition, this protein interacts with and phosphorylates BRCA1, allowing BRCA1 to restore survival after DNA damage. Mutations in this gene have been linked with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a highly penetrant familial cancer phenotype usually associated with inherited mutations in TP53. Also, mutations in this gene are thought to confer a predisposition to sarcomas, breast cancer, and brain tumors. This nuclear protein is a member of the CDS1 subfamily of serine/threonine protein kinases. Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 22 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing variant, LoF is a know mechanism of disease, Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 6.8, offset of 31, new splice context is: ctgGTagga. Cryptic site results in frameshift change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in frameshift change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: Splicing scoreres supports a deletorius effect: Scorers claiming Pathogenic: dbscSNV1_ADA, dbscSNV1_RF, max_spliceai. No scorers claiming Uncertain. No scorers claiming Benign.
• PP5: Variant 22-28695709-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr22-28695709-C-T is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 496341.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
CHEK2	NM_007194.4	c.1259+1G>A		splice_donor_variant		ENST00000404276.6

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
CHEK2	ENST00000404276.6	c.1259+1G>A		splice_donor_variant		1	NM_007194.4	P2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 152118 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 FAILED QC

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.00

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: 0.00

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 30

GnomAD4 genome Data not reliable, filtered out with message: AC0;AS_VQSR AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 152118 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 74318

Gnomad4 AFR AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 AMR AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 ASJ AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 EAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 SAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 FIN AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 NFE AF: 0.00

Gnomad4 OTH AF: 0.00

ClinVar

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:4

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Familial cancer of breast Pathogenic:2

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Myriad Genetics, Inc.	Jun 28, 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. -
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Invitae	Jun 07, 2021	In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic. Studies have shown that disruption of this splice site is associated with skipping of exon 11, which introduces a premature termination codon (PMID: 26506619). The resulting mRNA is expected to undergo nonsense-mediated decay. This variant has been observed in an individual affected with breast cancer (PMID: 30303537). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 496341). This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This sequence change affects a donor splice site in intron 11 of the CHEK2 gene. RNA analysis indicates that this variant induces altered splicing and may result in an absent or disrupted protein product. -

Li-Fraumeni syndrome Pathogenic:1

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Apr 18, 2016

Variant summary: The c.1259+1G>A variant involves the alteration of a conserved nucleotide resulting in an intronic change. This variant is located at a position that is widely known to affect splicing and 5/5 splicing prediction programs via Alamut predict the complete loss of a splicing donor site. The variant is absent from the large, broad ExAC control population and has not, to our knowledge, been reported in affected individuals via publications and/or reputable databases/clinical laboratories; nor evaluated for functional impact by in vivo/vitro studies. Taken together, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic until additional evidence becomes available. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:1

Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Ambry Genetics

Oct 05, 2017

The c.1259+1G>A intronic variant results from a G to A substitution one nucleotide after coding exon 10 of the CHEK2 gene. This variant was not reported in population based cohorts in the following databases: Database of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (dbSNP), NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project (ESP), and 1000 Genomes Project. In the ESP, this variant was not observed in 6500 samples (13000 alleles) with coverage at this position. This nucleotide position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. Using the BDGP and ESEfinder splice site prediction tools, this alteration is predicted to abolish the native splice donor 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	0.46	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.43
CADD	Pathogenic	33
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.2
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	1.1
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.97	D
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
GERP RS		5.7

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.94
SpliceAI score (max)		0.96		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai		0.96		Position offset: 1

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs121908707; hg19: chr22-29091697;