rs377767388

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely benign. Variant got -2 ACMG points: 0P and 2B. BP4_Moderate

The NM_020975.6(RET):​c.961G>A​(p.Gly321Arg) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000533 in 1,613,150 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 15/21 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000085 ( 0 hom., cov: 33)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000050 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

RET
NM_020975.6 missense

Scores

2
17

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications U:11B:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 0.268
Variant links:
Genes affected
RET (HGNC:9967): (ret proto-oncogene) This gene encodes a transmembrane receptor and member of the tyrosine protein kinase family of proteins. Binding of ligands such as GDNF (glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor) and other related proteins to the encoded receptor stimulates receptor dimerization and activation of downstream signaling pathways that play a role in cell differentiation, growth, migration and survival. The encoded receptor is important in development of the nervous system, and the development of organs and tissues derived from the neural crest. This proto-oncogene can undergo oncogenic activation through both cytogenetic rearrangement and activating point mutations. Mutations in this gene are associated with Hirschsprung disease and central hypoventilation syndrome and have been identified in patients with renal agenesis. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2017]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Likely_benign. Variant got -2 ACMG points.

BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.103147626).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE Protein UniProt
RETNM_020975.6 linkc.961G>A p.Gly321Arg missense_variant 5/20 ENST00000355710.8 NP_066124.1 P07949-1A0A024R7T2

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
RETENST00000355710.8 linkc.961G>A p.Gly321Arg missense_variant 5/205 NM_020975.6 ENSP00000347942.3 P07949-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000854
AC:
13
AN:
152144
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.000121
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.000196
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:
0.0000735
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.0000766
AC:
19
AN:
247910
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000744
AC XY:
10
AN XY:
134492
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.0000628
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.0000291
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.000110
Gnomad SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.000134
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000500
AC:
73
AN:
1461006
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.0000495
AC XY:
36
AN XY:
726764
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.0000598
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.0000672
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.000202
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.0000116
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.0000504
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.0000497
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000854
AC:
13
AN:
152144
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
33
AF XY:
0.0000135
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74310
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.000121
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.000196
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.0000735
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.00
Alfa
AF:
0.000151
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.000117
ESP6500AA
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
ESP6500EA
AF:
0.000116
AC:
1
ExAC
AF:
0.0000989
AC:
12
EpiCase
AF:
0.00
EpiControl
AF:
0.000178

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Uncertain:11Benign:1
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:3
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingQuest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan CapistranoOct 20, 2023- -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingCeGaT Center for Human Genetics TuebingenDec 01, 2023RET: PM2, BP4 -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingInstitute for Clinical Genetics, University Hospital TU Dresden, University Hospital TU DresdenNov 03, 2021- -
not specified Uncertain:2
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingGenetic Services Laboratory, University of ChicagoDec 21, 2020DNA sequence analysis of the RET gene demonstrated a sequence change, c.961G>A, in exon 5 that results in an amino acid change, p.Gly321Arg. This sequence change has been described in the gnomAD database with a frequency of 0.012% in the European sub-population (dbSNP rs377767388). The p.Gly321Arg change has been reported in a family with medullary thyroid cancer and/or C cell hyperplasia; however, the sequence change did not segregate with disease in the family (PMID: 16419493). The p.Gly321Arg change affects a poorly conserved amino acid residue located in a domain of the RET protein that is known to be functional. The p.Gly321Arg substitution appears to be benign using several in-silico pathogenicity prediction tools (SIFT, PolyPhen2, Align GVGD, REVEL). Due to these contrasting evidences and the lack of functional studies, the clinical significance of the p.Gly321Arg change remains unknown at this time. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingCenter for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University HospitalFeb 06, 2024- -
Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:1Benign:1
Likely benign, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingAmbry GeneticsApr 15, 2020This 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. -
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submittercurationSema4, Sema4Mar 09, 2022- -
Hirschsprung disease, susceptibility to, 1 Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingBaylor GeneticsOct 30, 2023- -
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingMendelicsJul 02, 2018- -
Multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 2 Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingLabcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), LabcorpOct 23, 2022This sequence change replaces glycine, which is neutral and non-polar, with arginine, which is basic and polar, at codon 321 of the RET protein (p.Gly321Arg). This variant is present in population databases (rs377767388, gnomAD 0.01%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with clinical features of medullary thyroid carcinoma (PMID: 16419493, 27014708). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 24881). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function output the following: SIFT: "Tolerated"; PolyPhen-2: "Benign"; Align-GVGD: "Class C0". The arginine amino acid residue is found in multiple mammalian species, which suggests that this missense change does not adversely affect protein function. 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. -
Medullary thyroid carcinoma Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterresearchCSER _CC_NCGL, University of WashingtonJun 01, 2014Low GERP score may suggest that this variant may belong in a lower pathogenicity class -
RET-related disorder Uncertain:1
Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingPreventionGenetics, part of Exact SciencesOct 08, 2023The RET c.961G>A variant is predicted to result in the amino acid substitution p.Gly321Arg. This variant has been reported as potentially causative for familial medullary thyroid carcinoma, and co-segregated with medullary thyroid carcinoma in two patients, but was also identified in two family members without disease at time of publication (Dvorakova et al. 2005. PubMed ID: 16419493). This variant has also been reported in individuals with breast cancer (Table S3, Guindalini et al. 2022. PubMed ID: 35264596), a patient with PTEN-negative Cowden syndrome (Table S9, Yehia et al. 2018. PubMed ID: 29684080), and an individual with advanced cancer (Supplement 2, eTable, Mandelker et al. 2017. PubMed ID: 28873162). Using online prediction tools, other studies have reported this variant as benign (Crockett et al. 2011. PubMed ID: 21479187) and a variant of uncertain significance (Table S1, Amendola et al. 2015. PubMed ID: 25637381; Table S1, Dorschner et al. 2013. PubMed ID: 24055113). Functional studies found this variant has no evidence it is an activating variant (Kovac et al. 2020. PubMed ID: 32179705). This variant is reported in 0.012% of alleles in individuals of African descent in gnomAD (http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/10-43601917-G-A) and has conflicting interpretations of pathogenicity of likely benign and uncertain in ClinVar (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/24881/). At this time, the clinical significance of this variant is uncertain due to the absence of conclusive functional and genetic evidence. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.087
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.13
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.19
CADD
Benign
10
DANN
Benign
0.91
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.44
T;.;.
Eigen
Benign
-1.1
Eigen_PC
Benign
-1.1
FATHMM_MKL
Benign
0.043
N
LIST_S2
Benign
0.67
T;T;T
M_CAP
Benign
0.032
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.10
T;T;T
MetaSVM
Benign
-0.98
T
MutationAssessor
Benign
1.1
L;.;L
PrimateAI
Benign
0.35
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-1.6
N;.;N
REVEL
Uncertain
0.43
Sift
Benign
0.23
T;.;T
Sift4G
Benign
0.56
T;T;T
Polyphen
0.0070
B;.;B
Vest4
0.22
MutPred
0.69
Gain of solvent accessibility (P = 0.019);Gain of solvent accessibility (P = 0.019);Gain of solvent accessibility (P = 0.019);
MVP
0.94
MPC
0.24
ClinPred
0.016
T
GERP RS
-1.3
Varity_R
0.11
gMVP
0.68

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.010
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: rs377767388; hg19: chr10-43601917; COSMIC: COSV60706727; COSMIC: COSV60706727; API