chr22-28734546-G-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 0 ACMG points: 0P and 0B.

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):​c.176C>A​(p.Thr59Lys) variant causes a missense change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000384 in 1,613,896 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000020 ( 0 hom., cov: 31)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000040 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

CHEK2
NM_007194.4 missense

Scores

3
14
2

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:11

Conservation

PhyloP100: 6.35
Variant links:
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]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 0 ACMG points.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE Protein UniProt
CHEK2NM_007194.4 linkuse as main transcriptc.176C>A p.Thr59Lys missense_variant 2/15 ENST00000404276.6 NP_009125.1 O96017-1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
CHEK2ENST00000404276.6 linkuse as main transcriptc.176C>A p.Thr59Lys missense_variant 2/151 NM_007194.4 ENSP00000385747.1 O96017-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000197
AC:
3
AN:
152004
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
show subpopulations
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:
0.0000441
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.0000159
AC:
4
AN:
251456
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.00000736
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
135898
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 SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000352
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000404
AC:
59
AN:
1461892
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.0000385
AC XY:
28
AN XY:
727248
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.0000513
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.0000331
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000197
AC:
3
AN:
152004
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.0000135
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74234
show subpopulations
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:
0.0000441
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.00
Alfa
AF:
0.0000414
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.0000227
TwinsUK
AF:
0.000809
AC:
3
ALSPAC
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.000233
AC:
2
ExAC
AF:
0.00000824
AC:
1

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:11
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:4
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingGeneDxNov 14, 2023Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Published functional study demonstrates reduction of DNA damage repair (PMID: 22419737); Observed in individuals with breast, colon, stomach, or ovarian cancer (PMID: 12052256); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 15492928, 12610780, 23296741, 15385111, 16551709, 26506619, 16078115, 21807500, 15122511, 25467110, 18004398, 22058428, 21876083, 11719428, 28492532, 26206375, 14569133, 14568168, 16080966, 22114986, 11733767, 22419737, 12052256) -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingQuest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan CapistranoJun 25, 2024The CHEK2 c.176C>A (p.Thr59Lys) variant has been reported in the published literature in individuals with breast cancer (PMID: 28779002 (2017), 33471991 (2021), see also LOVD (http://databases.lovd.nl/shared/genes/CHEK2)) and in cohort of individuals with breast, colorectal, stomach, or ovarian cancer (PMID: 12052256 (2002)). This variant has also been identified in reportedly healthy individuals (PMID: 28779002 (2017), 33471991 (2021), see also LOVD (http://databases.lovd.nl/shared/genes/CHEK2)). A yeast based functional study reported that this variant displays an intermediate response to DNA damage (PMID: 22419737 (2012)). The frequency of this variant in the general population, 0.000035 (4/113734 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. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingWomen's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorpNov 26, 2015Variant summary: This c.176C>A variant affects a conserved nucleotide, resulting in non-conservative amino acid change from Thr to Lys. 4/4 in-silico tools predict this variant to be damaging. This variant was found in 2/50644 control chromosomes for a frequency of 0.0000395, which slightly exceeds the maximal expected frequency of a pathogenic allele (0.0000284) in this gene based on the disease prevalence of LFS. However, there are only two variant occurrences and this may not rule out the chance finding. In addition, low frequency coupled with only two variant occurrences may also indicate that the variant carriers might represent as subclinical cases or reduced penetrance. This assumption is also supported by its occurrence in cancer patients. The variant has been reported in multiple cancer families with spectrum of cancers (familial and sporadic breast cancer, stomach cancer, thyroid cancer, colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer and prostate cancer) (Ingvarsson 2002). However, the available family data does not strongly indicate a positive or a lack of cosegregation with the disease. It is not specified in the publication whether the families with this variant fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for LFS. One yeast-based in vivo functional assay showed a decrease in DNA damage response by this variant; however, the finding was not sufficient to strongly infer the pathogenicity. LOH analysis in tumor samples was consistent with a possible pathogenic outcome. One clinical laboratory has classified this variant as having uncertain significance. Taken together, this variant has currently been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingMayo Clinic Laboratories, Mayo ClinicMay 02, 2024PM2 -
Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:2
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingColor Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color HealthApr 17, 2023This missense variant replaces threonine with lysine at codon 59 of the CHEK2 protein. Computational prediction is inconclusive regarding the impact of this variant on protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold 0.5 < inconclusive < 0.7, PMID: 27666373). A yeast-based complementation assay has shown that this variant protein partially impacts DNA damage response compared with wild-type protein (PMID: 22419737). This variant has been reported in individuals affected with breast, colorectal, stomach, and ovarian cancer (PMID: 12052256). This variant has also been identified in 4/251456 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. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingAmbry GeneticsSep 24, 2024The p.T59K variant (also known as c.176C>A), located in coding exon 1 of the CHEK2 gene, results from a C to A substitution at nucleotide position 176. The threonine at codon 59 is replaced by lysine, an amino acid with similar properties. In a large Icelandic study assessing breast tumors for loss of heterozygosity at the CHEK2 gene locus, this alteration was identified as a germline mutation in 9 individuals with cancer across 5 families, including individuals with breast, colon, ovarian, stomach, gastric, prostate and thyroid cancer. Some of these individuals had multiple primary cancers, and the youngest breast cancer diagnosis was at age 29. In total, this alteration segregated with cancer in 9 of 11 individuals with cancer across these 5 families. This alteration was absent in six individuals without a history of cancer in one of these families, and it was absent in 452 control subjects. Authors concluded that this may be a low penetrance cancer susceptibility allele (Ingvarsson S et al. Breast Cancer Res. 2002;4:R4). Another research group subsequently developed a yeast-based assay to assess in vivo CHEK2- mediated response to DNA damage and determined that this allele had an intermediate or partial loss of DNA damage response compared to that mediated by wild-type CHEK2 alleles (Roeb W et al. Hum. Mol. Genet. 2012 Jun;21:2738-44). In addition, this alteration has also been reported in at least one subject in a study of 13087 breast cancer cases and 5488 control individuals in the UK (Decker B et al. J. Med. Genet., 2017 11;54:732-741). This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. This alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Based on the available evidence, the clinical significance of this variant remains unclear. -
Familial cancer of breast Uncertain:2
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingLabcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), LabcorpOct 26, 2022This sequence change replaces threonine, which is neutral and polar, with lysine, which is basic and polar, at codon 59 of the CHEK2 protein (p.Thr59Lys). This variant is present in population databases (rs149991239, gnomAD 0.004%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with breast, ovarian and colorectal cancer (PMID: 12052256). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 142041). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (SIFT, PolyPhen-2, Align-GVGD) all suggest that this variant is likely to be disruptive. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects CHEK2 function (PMID: 22419737). 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. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingBaylor GeneticsNov 06, 2023- -
not specified Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingCenter for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University HospitalFeb 06, 2024- -
Familial cancer of breast;C0376358:Malignant tumor of prostate;C0585442:Bone osteosarcoma;C5882668:Li-Fraumeni syndrome 2 Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingFulgent Genetics, Fulgent GeneticsOct 31, 2018- -
Bone osteosarcoma;C2931456:Familial prostate cancer;C5882668:Li-Fraumeni syndrome 2 Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingFulgent Genetics, Fulgent GeneticsMay 13, 2024- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Pathogenic
0.90
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.38
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.41
CADD
Pathogenic
26
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.43
T;.;T;T;.;T;.;.;.;.;T;.;.
Eigen
Uncertain
0.62
Eigen_PC
Uncertain
0.63
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.96
D
LIST_S2
Benign
0.85
.;T;.;.;D;T;D;.;T;D;T;T;T
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.14
D
MetaRNN
Uncertain
0.72
D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.76
D
MutationAssessor
Uncertain
2.4
M;M;M;M;M;M;M;M;.;.;.;.;.
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.69
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-2.9
D;D;D;D;D;.;D;D;D;D;D;.;.
REVEL
Uncertain
0.51
Sift
Uncertain
0.0060
D;D;D;D;D;.;D;D;D;D;D;.;.
Sift4G
Uncertain
0.0040
D;D;D;D;D;.;D;D;D;D;D;.;.
Polyphen
1.0
D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;.;.;.;.
Vest4
0.67
MVP
0.98
MPC
0.17
ClinPred
0.85
D
GERP RS
5.4
Varity_R
0.48
gMVP
0.56

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

LitVar

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs149991239; hg19: chr22-29130534; API