Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 5 ACMG points: 5P and 0B. PM1PM2PP3
The NM_000548.5(TSC2):c.2098G>A(p.Glu700Lys) variant causes a missense, splice region 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. 15/26 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. 2/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. E700G) has been classified as Uncertain significance.
TSC2 (HGNC:12363): (TSC complex subunit 2) This gene is a tumor suppressor gene that encodes the growth inhibitory protein tuberin. Tuberin interacts with hamartin to form the TSC protein complex which functions in the control of cell growth. This TSC protein complex negatively regulates mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling which is a major regulator of anabolic cell growth. Mutations in this gene have been associated with tuberous sclerosis and lymphangioleiomyomatosis. [provided by RefSeq, May 2022]
TSC2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):
tuberous sclerosis
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE Submitted by: ClinGen
tuberous sclerosis 2
Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: PanelApp Australia, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Ambry Genetics
lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
tuberous sclerosis complex
Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 5 ACMG points.
PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 3 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 2 benign, 14 uncertain in NM_000548.5
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
Splicing predictors support a deleterious effect. Scorers claiming Pathogenic: dbscSNV1_ADA, dbscSNV1_RF. Scorers claiming Uncertain: max_spliceai. No scorers claiming Benign.
The variant is not observed in the gnomAD v2.1.1 dataset. SpliceAI prediction score is 0.39 for acceptor loss and the possibility of the variant resulting in abnormal splicing cannot be excluded. In silico tool predictions suggest damaging effect of the variant on gene or gene product (REVEL: 0.90). Same nucleotide change resulting in same amino acid change has been previously reported to be associated with TSC2 related disorder (PMID: 12015165). However, the evidence of pathogenicity is insufficient at this time. Therefore, this variant is classified as VUS according to the recommendation of ACMG/AMP guideline. -