rs397514632
Variant summary
Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 14 ACMG points: 14P and 0B. PM2PM5PP3_ModeratePP5_Very_Strong
The NM_002691.4(POLD1):c.1433G>A(p.Ser478Asn) variant causes a missense change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. S478R) has been classified as Uncertain significance.
Frequency
Consequence
NM_002691.4 missense
Scores
Clinical Significance
Conservation
Publications
- POLD1-related polyposis and colorectal cancer syndromeInheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
- colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 10Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG, MODERATE Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, Genomics England PanelApp
- mandibular hypoplasia-deafness-progeroid syndromeInheritance: AD, AR Classification: STRONG, SUPPORTIVE, LIMITED Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), PanelApp Australia, Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics, Orphanet, G2P
- Polymerase proofreading-related adenomatous polyposisInheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
- immunodeficiency 120Inheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics
- non-severe combined immunodeficiency due to polymerase delta deficiencyInheritance: AR Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: ClinGen
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ACMG classification
Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 14 ACMG points.
Transcripts
RefSeq
| Gene | Transcript | HGVSc | HGVSp | Effect | Exon rank | MANE | Protein | UniProt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLD1 | NM_002691.4 | c.1433G>A | p.Ser478Asn | missense_variant | Exon 12 of 27 | ENST00000440232.7 | NP_002682.2 | 
Ensembl
Frequencies
GnomAD3 genomes  
GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 36 
GnomAD4 genome  
ClinVar
Submissions by phenotype
Colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 10    Pathogenic:4Other:1 
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This variant is considered likely pathogenic. This variant has been reported in multiple individuals with clinical features of gene-specific disease [PMID: 23263490]. This variant is expected to disrupt protein structure [Myriad internal data]. -
This sequence change replaces serine, which is neutral and polar, with asparagine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 478 of the POLD1 protein (p.Ser478Asn). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer and astrocytoma (PMID: 23263490, 25559809, 26344056). It has also been observed to segregate with disease in related individuals. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 40044). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt POLD1 protein function with a positive predictive value of 80%. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects POLD1 function (PMID: 23263490). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -
This submission and the accompanying classification are no longer maintained by the submitter. For more information on current observations and classification, please contact variantquestions@myriad.com. -
not provided    Pathogenic:1 
The POLD1 p.Ser478Asn variant was identified in 2 of 1302 proband chromosomes (frequency: 0.002) from individuals or families with colorectal cancer (Arora 2015, Chubb 2015). The variant was also identified in dbSNP (ID: rs397514632) as “With other allele”, ClinVar (classified as pathogenic by Invitae, likely pathogenic by Counsyl, and as a risk factor by OMIM). The variant was not identified in the following control databases: the 1000 Genomes Project, the NHLBI GO Exome Sequencing Project, the Exome Aggregation Consortium (August 8th 2016), or the Genome Aggregation Database (Feb 27, 2017). The p.Ser478 residue is 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. However, this variant is located in the exonuclease domain of the enzyme and is suggested to affect the secondary structure of this active site (Briggs 2013, Palles 2013). The variant has also been reported to segregate with disease in several affected individuals in at least two unrelated families (Briggs 2013, Palles 2013). A functional study in yeast demonstrated that this variant resulted in a 12-fold increase in mutation rate as compared to wild type (Palles 2013). The variant occurs outside of the splicing consensus sequence and in silico or computational prediction software programs (SpliceSiteFinder, MaxEntScan, NNSPLICE, GeneSplicer) do not predict a difference in splicing. In summary, based on the above information, this variant meets our laboratory’s criteria to be classified as pathogenic. -
Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome    Pathogenic:1 
The p.S478N variant (also known as c.1433G>A), located in coding exon 11 of the POLD1 gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 1433. The serine at codon 478 is replaced by asparagine, an amino acid with highly similar properties. This variant was reported in multiple individuals with features consistent with POLD1-related polymerase proofreading-associated polyposis. In addition, this variant was reported to segregate with disease in multiple families (Palles C et al. Nat Genet, 2013 Feb;45:136-44; Chubb D et al. J Clin Oncol, 2015 Feb;33:426-32; Arora S et al. Gastroenterology, 2015 Dec;149:1872-1883.e9; Jansen AML et al. Fam Cancer, 2020 Jan;19:1-10; Ito T et al. Jpn J Clin Oncol, 2020 Sep;50:1080-1083). In multiple assays testing POLD1 function, this variant showed functionally abnormal results (Palles C et al. Nat Genet, 2013 Feb;45:136-44; Oh DY et al. Hum Mutat, 2020 May;41:913-920). This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be tolerated by in silico analysis. This variant is considered to be rare based on population cohorts in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Based on the majority of available evidence to date, this variant is likely to be pathogenic. -
Computational scores
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Splicing
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