3-37040184-A-T

Variant names:

• chr3-37040184-A-T
• rs267607836
• NM_000249.4:c.1559-2A>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PVS1 PM2 PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000249.4(MLH1):​c.1559-2A>T variant causes a splice acceptor, intron 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 predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★★★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: MLH1 NM_000249.4 splice_acceptor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 0.9992
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic reviewed by expert panel P:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 9.08
• Publications: 11 publications found

Genes affected

MLH1 (HGNC:7127): (mutL homolog 1) The protein encoded by this gene can heterodimerize with mismatch repair endonuclease PMS2 to form MutL alpha, part of the DNA mismatch repair system. When MutL alpha is bound by MutS beta and some accessory proteins, the PMS2 subunit of MutL alpha introduces a single-strand break near DNA mismatches, providing an entry point for exonuclease degradation. The encoded protein is also involved in DNA damage signaling and can heterodimerize with DNA mismatch repair protein MLH3 to form MutL gamma, which is involved in meiosis. This gene was identified as a locus frequently mutated in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC). [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2017]

MLH1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Lynch syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: G2P, ClinGen, Orphanet
• Lynch syndrome 2

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Genomics England PanelApp
• Muir-Torre syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics, G2P, Orphanet
• mismatch repair cancer syndrome 1

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Orphanet, ClinGen
• Lynch syndrome 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae)
• ovarian cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• malignant pancreatic neoplasm

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• rhabdomyosarcoma

  Inheritance: AR Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• prostate cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• breast cancer

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
• hereditary breast carcinoma

  Inheritance: AD Classification: NO_KNOWN Submitted by: ClinGen

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, LoF is a know mechanism of disease, No cryptic splice site detected. Exon removal results in frameshift change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 3-37040184-A-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr3-37040184-A-T is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 89784.Status of the report is reviewed_by_expert_panel, 3 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
MLH1	NM_000249.4	c.1559-2A>T		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 13 of 18	ENST00000231790.8	NP_000240.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
MLH1	ENST00000231790.8	c.1559-2A>T		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 13 of 18	1	NM_000249.4	ENSP00000231790.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 30

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2

Revision: reviewed by expert panel

Submissions by phenotype

Lynch syndrome Pathogenic:1

Sep 05, 2013

International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours (InSiGHT)

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: reviewed by expert panel

Collection Method: research

Multifactorial likelihood analysis posterior probability >0.99

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:1

Mar 18, 2022

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.1559-2A>T intronic pathogenic mutation results from an A to T substitution two nucleotides upstream from coding exon 14 in the MLH1 gene. This mutation (designated as IVS13-2A>T) was reported in a patient diagnosed with MSI-H, MLH1/PMS2-absent colorectal cancer at age 34 whose family history met Amsterdam criteria (Southey MC et al. J. Clin. Oncol. 2005 Sep;23:6524-32; Jenkins MA et al. Clin. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 2006 Apr;4:489-98). It was also observed in a 43-year-old patient with colorectal cancer that showed reduced MLH1 staining and complete loss of PMS2 staining on IHC (Walsh MD et al. Mod. Pathol. 2012 May;25:722-30). This alteration also demonstrated out-of-frame exon 14 as well as exon 14/15 skipping in a splicing assay using patient RNA for RT-PCR analysis (Thompson BA et al. Hum. Mutat. 2013 Jan;34:200-9; Thompson BA et al. Nat. Genet. 2014 Feb;46:107-15; available at [www.insight-group.org/variants/classifications/]). This alteration has been classified as pathogenic using the following lines of evidence: in silico prediction models, segregation with disease, clinical phenotype including tumor characteristics, mutation co-occurrence, and functional studies (Thompson BA et al. Hum. Mutat. 2013 Jan;34:200-9; Thompson BA et al. Nat. Genet. 2014 Feb;46:107-15; available at [www.insight-group.org/variants/classifications/]). This variant is considered to be rare based on population cohorts in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). In silico splice site analysis predicts that this alteration will weaken the native splice acceptor site. In addition to the clinical data presented in the literature, 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 a disease-causing mutation.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.63	D
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.15
CADD	Pathogenic	27
DANN	Benign	0.89
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.0	.;.;.;.;.;.;.
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.76
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.56
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Benign	0.0	.;.;.;.;.;.;.
MetaRNN	Benign	0.0	.;.;.;.;.;.;.
MutationAssessor	Benign	0.0	.;.;.;.;.;.;.
PhyloP100		9.1
PROVEAN	Benign	0.0	.;.;.;.;.;.;.
REVEL	Benign	0.0
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	.;.;.;.;.;.;.
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	.;.;.;.;.;.;.
Vest4		0.0
GERP RS		4.7
Mutation Taster		=0/100	disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.74
SpliceAI score (max)		0.97		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AL_spliceai		0.97		Position offset: 2

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs267607836; hg19: chr3-37081675;