rs578218280

chr22-28695710-C-Achr22-28695710-C-Gchr22-28695710-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points: 8P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP3_Strong

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):c.1259G>T(p.Cys420Phe) variant causes a missense, splice region change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. 2/2 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. C420Y) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: CHEK2 NM_007194.4 missense, splice_region
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 6.85

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]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 8 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 3 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 17 uncertain in NM_007194.4
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: Splicing scoreres supports a deletorius effect: Scorers claiming Pathogenic: dbscSNV1_ADA, dbscSNV1_RF. No scorers claiming Uncertain. No scorers claiming Benign.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
CHEK2	NM_007194.4	c.1259G>T	p.Cys420Phe	missense_variant, splice_region_variant	11/15	ENST00000404276.6

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
CHEK2	ENST00000404276.6	c.1259G>T	p.Cys420Phe	missense_variant, splice_region_variant	11/15	1	NM_007194.4	P2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 30

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance

Submissions summary: Uncertain:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Familial cancer of breast Uncertain:2

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter	clinical testing	Invitae	Jul 05, 2018	This sequence change replaces cysteine with phenylalanine at codon 420 of the CHEK2 protein (p.Cys420Phe). The cysteine residue is highly conserved and there is a large physicochemical difference between cysteine and phenylalanine. This variant also falls at the last nucleotide of exon 11 of the CHEK2 coding sequence, which is part of the consensus splice site for this exon. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals with CHEK2-related disease. Algorithms developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function are either unavailable or do not agree on the potential impact of this missense change (SIFT: "Deleterious"; PolyPhen-2: "Probably Damaging"; Align-GVGD: "Class C0"). Nucleotide substitutions within the consensus splice site are a relatively common cause of aberrant splicing (PMID: 17576681, 9536098). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site, but this prediction has not been confirmed by published transcriptional studies. 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 submitter	clinical testing	Baylor Genetics	May 18, 2023	- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	0.91
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.25	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.12
Cadd	Pathogenic	34
Dann	Uncertain	0.99
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.36	T;.;T;.;T;.;T;.;.
Eigen	Uncertain	0.59
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.67
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.98	D
M_CAP	Benign	0.074	D
MetaRNN	Uncertain	0.74	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM	Benign	-0.95	T
MutationAssessor	Benign	0.20	N;.;N;.;N;.;N;.;.
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.79	T
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-8.9	D;D;D;.;D;D;.;D;D
REVEL	Uncertain	0.51
Sift	Uncertain	0.0040	D;D;D;.;D;D;.;D;D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.012	D;D;D;.;D;D;.;T;D
Polyphen		1.0	D;D;D;.;D;D;D;D;D
Vest4		0.92
MutPred		0.48		Gain of glycosylation at S422 (P = 0.0615);.;Gain of glycosylation at S422 (P = 0.0615);.;Gain of glycosylation at S422 (P = 0.0615);.;Gain of glycosylation at S422 (P = 0.0615);.;.;
MVP		0.82
MPC		0.18
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.7
Varity_R		0.98
gMVP		0.88

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	1.0
SpliceAI score (max)		0.52		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai		0.52		Position offset: 0

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs578218280; hg19: chr22-29091698;