rs199708878

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -5 ACMG points: 0P and 5B. BP4_StrongBP6

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):​c.7C>T​(p.Arg3Trp) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000136 in 1,612,918 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.00014 ( 0 hom., cov: 31)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.00014 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

CHEK2
NM_007194.4 missense

Scores

1
10
8

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:7B:8

Conservation

PhyloP100: 2.88
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 Likely_benign. Variant got -5 ACMG points.

BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.01741594).
BP6
Variant 22-28734715-G-A is Benign according to our data. Variant chr22-28734715-G-A is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 142209.We mark this variant Likely_benign, oryginal submissions are: {Likely_benign=7, Benign=1, Uncertain_significance=6}.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE Protein UniProt
CHEK2NM_007194.4 linkuse as main transcriptc.7C>T p.Arg3Trp missense_variant 2/15 ENST00000404276.6 NP_009125.1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
CHEK2ENST00000404276.6 linkuse as main transcriptc.7C>T p.Arg3Trp missense_variant 2/151 NM_007194.4 ENSP00000385747 P2O96017-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.000139
AC:
21
AN:
151442
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.0000660
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00432
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.000210
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.0000442
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.000480
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.000278
AC:
68
AN:
244816
Hom.:
1
AF XY:
0.000249
AC XY:
33
AN XY:
132754
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.0000290
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00455
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.000109
Gnomad SAS exome
AF:
0.000360
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000740
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.000166
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.000135
AC:
198
AN:
1461358
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.000154
AC XY:
112
AN XY:
726934
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.0000224
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00451
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.000278
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.0000342
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.000281
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.000139
AC:
21
AN:
151560
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
31
AF XY:
0.000176
AC XY:
13
AN XY:
73998
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.0000659
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00432
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.000210
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.0000442
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.000475
Alfa
AF:
0.000262
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.000110
TwinsUK
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ALSPAC
AF:
0.000259
AC:
1
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.000233
AC:
2
ExAC
AF:
0.000231
AC:
28

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Uncertain:7Benign:8
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:1Benign:3
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingAmbry GeneticsNov 16, 2021This alteration is classified as likely benign based on a combination of the following: seen in unaffected individuals, population frequency, intact protein function, lack of segregation with disease, co-occurrence, RNA analysis, in silico models, amino acid conservation, lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or the mechanism of disease or impacted region is inconsistent with a known cause of pathogenicity. -
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submittercurationSema4, Sema4Jan 20, 2021- -
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingColor Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color HealthApr 09, 2020- -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingInstitute for Biomarker Research, Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, L.L.C.Jan 24, 2023- -
Familial cancer of breast Uncertain:1Benign:2
Benign, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingLabcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), LabcorpJan 29, 2024- -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingCounsylJun 15, 2016- -
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingMyriad Genetics, Inc.Mar 09, 2023This 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: 25085752]. -
not specified Uncertain:1Benign:1
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingWomen's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorpJul 29, 2024Variant summary: CHEK2 c.7C>T (p.Arg3Trp) results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Four of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00028 in 251936 control chromosomes, predominantly at a frequency of 0.00036 within the Ashkenazi Jewish and South Asian subpopulations in the gnomAD database, including 1 homozygote. The observed variant frequency within South Asian control individuals in the gnomAD database is approximately 1.15 fold of the estimated maximal expected allele frequency for a pathogenic variant in CHEK2 causing Hereditary Breast And Ovarian Cancer Syndrome phenotype (0.00031). c.7C>T has been reported in the literature in individuals affected with Breast and Ovarian Cancer as well as LFS, prostate cancer, and diffuse large B cell lymphoma without strong evidence for causality/neutral outcome (example, Lee_2001, Laitman_2007, Bell_2007, Tischowitz_2008, deMiranda_2013, Tung_2014, Rummel_2017, Kleiblova_2019). In a large study evaluating breast cancer cases and controls in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC), the variant was reported in 7/60466 cases, but was also found in 3/53461 controls (Dorling_2021, reported through LOVD). These reports do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome. Multiple publications reported experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function, and one study showed that the variant resulted in a mildly reduced response to DNA damage (Roeb_2012), while several other studies indicated that the variant demonstrated kinase activity and growth in yeast comparable to wild-type (Lee_2001, Kleiblova_2019, Delimitsou_2019, Stolarova_2023). A recent large-scale meta-analysis reported the variant in 9/73048 breast cancer cases and 7/88658 controls (Stolarova_2023), and concluded (also considering the results of the in vitro functional studies) that the variant was not associated with statistically significantly increased risk for breast cancer. The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 17721994, 30851065, 31050813, 18085035, 11719428, 22419737, 28503720, 18571837, 25186627, 23960188, 33471991, 37449874). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 142209). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely benign. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingCenter for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University HospitalJul 31, 2024- -
not provided Uncertain:1Benign:1
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingQuest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan CapistranoMar 08, 2023- -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingGeneDxJul 30, 2024Observed in individuals with CHEK2-related and other cancers, but also observed in unaffected controls (PMID: 11719428, 17721994, 18085035, 18571837, 28503720); Published functional studies demonstrate no damaging effect: most show no or minimal impact on DNA damage response/kinase activity (PMID: 11719428, 17721994, 22419737, 30851065, 31050813); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 17721994, 22419737, 14569133, 19338683, 23960188, 12610780, 27273131, 31398194, 16080966, 11719428, 18085035, 18571837, 28211887, 28503720, 28873162, 25186627, 24482476, 26296696, 28553140, 30851065, 31050813, 36845387, 33939675) -
Breast and/or ovarian cancer Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingCHEO Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Eastern OntarioJun 18, 2020- -
CHEK2-related cancer predisposition Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingIllumina Laboratory Services, IlluminaApr 27, 2017This variant was observed as part of a predisposition screen in an ostensibly healthy population. A literature search was performed for the gene, cDNA change, and amino acid change (where applicable). Publications were found based on this search. However, the evidence from the literature, in combination with allele frequency data from public databases where available, was not sufficient to rule this variant in or out of causing disease. Therefore, this variant is classified as a variant of unknown significance. -
Malignant tumor of breast Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, no assertion criteria providedclinical testingDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System-The CHEK2 p.Arg3Trp variant was identified in 7 of 6118 proband chromosomes (frequency: 0.001) from individuals or families with breast cancer, prostate cancer, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome or diffuse large B-cell lymphomas and was identified in 2 of 7128 control chromosomes from healthy individuals (Bell 2007, Laitman 2007, Lee 2001, Miranda 2013, Rummel 2017, Schutte 2003, Tischkowitz 2008). The variant was also identified in dbSNP (ID: rs199708878 as "With Uncertain significance allele"), ClinVar (classified as uncertain significance by Ambry Genetics, GeneDx, Invitae, Counsyl, Color Genomics, and Integrated Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America), and the Zhejiang University Database (4x). The variant was not identified in MutDB database. The variant was identified in control databases in 71 of 270350 chromosomes (1 homozygous) at a frequency of 0.0003 increasing the likelihood this could be a low frequency benign variant (Genome Aggregation Database Feb 27, 2017). Breakdown of the observations by population include Other in 2 of 6344 chromosomes (freq: 0.0003), Latino in 1 of 34306 chromosomes (freq: 0.00003), European in 7 of 120922 chromosomes (freq: 0.0001), Ashkenazi Jewish in 48 of 9970 chromosomes (freq: 0.01), East Asian in 2 of 18812 chromosomes (freq: 0.0001), and South Asian in 11 of 30678 chromosomes (freq: 0.0004), while the variant was not observed in the African, and Finnish populations. The p.Arg3 residue is not conserved in mammals and computational analyses (PolyPhen-2, SIFT, AlignGVGD, BLOSUM, MutationTaster) provide inconsistent predictions regarding the impact to the protein; this information is not very predictive of pathogenicity. The variant occurs outside of the splicing consensus sequence and in silico or computational prediction software programs (SpliceSiteFinder, MaxEntScan, NNSPLICE, GeneSplicer, HumanSpliceFinder) do not predict a difference in splicing. The variant showed intermediate DNA damage response in CHEK2-mediated DNA damage response assay (Roeb 2012). However, the variant did not show LOH in a primary tumor specimen and demonstrated kinase activity and protein half-life comparable with that of the wild-type protein; the primary tumor assayed was also found to have a homozygous somatic variant in TP53 (Lee 2001). In summary, based on the above information, the clinical significance of this variant cannot be determined with certainty at this time. This variant is classified as a variant of uncertain significance. -
Hereditary cancer Benign:1
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingMendelicsSep 11, 2024This variant is considered likely benign or benign based on one or more of the following: it is predicted to be benign by multiple in silico algorithms, and/or has population frequency not consistent with disease, and/or has normal protein function, and/or has lack of segregation with disease, and/or has been detected in co-occurrence with known pathogenic variant, and/or has lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or is located in a region inconsistent with a known cause of pathogenicity. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.24
BayesDel_addAF
Uncertain
0.064
T
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.16
CADD
Uncertain
24
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Benign
0.18
T;.;T;T;.;T;.;.;.;.;T;.;T
Eigen
Uncertain
0.21
Eigen_PC
Benign
0.22
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.91
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.93
.;D;.;.;D;D;D;.;D;D;D;D;D
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.17
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.017
T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.46
D
MutationAssessor
Benign
1.1
L;L;L;L;L;L;L;L;.;.;.;.;.
MutationTaster
Benign
1.0
D;N;N;N;N;N;N;N;N;N;N
PrimateAI
Benign
0.40
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-1.2
N;N;N;N;N;.;N;N;N;N;D;.;N
REVEL
Uncertain
0.33
Sift
Uncertain
0.0020
D;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
0.97
D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;.;.;.;.
Vest4
0.56
MVP
0.99
MPC
0.083
ClinPred
0.076
T
GERP RS
3.3
Varity_R
0.11
gMVP
0.27

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: rs199708878; hg19: chr22-29130703; COSMIC: COSV60424885; COSMIC: COSV60424885; API