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rs730881700

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 16 ACMG points: 16P and 0B. PVS1PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):​c.1368_1369insA​(p.Glu457ArgfsTer33) variant causes a frameshift change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000262 in 1,602,678 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (β˜…β˜…). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. S456S) has been classified as Likely benign. Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000033 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000026 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

CHEK2
NM_007194.4 frameshift

Scores

Not classified

Clinical Significance

Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:14

Conservation

PhyloP100: -0.439
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 Pathogenic. Variant got 16 ACMG points.

PVS1
Loss of function variant, product undergoes nonsense mediated mRNA decay. LoF is a known mechanism of disease.
PP5
Variant 22-28695133-C-CT is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr22-28695133-C-CT is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 182450.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons MANE UniProt
CHEK2NM_007194.4 linkuse as main transcriptc.1368_1369insA p.Glu457ArgfsTer33 frameshift_variant 12/15 ENST00000404276.6

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect #exon/exons TSL MANE Appris UniProt
CHEK2ENST00000404276.6 linkuse as main transcriptc.1368_1369insA p.Glu457ArgfsTer33 frameshift_variant 12/151 NM_007194.4 P2O96017-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000328
AC:
5
AN:
152216
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.00
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:
0.0000199
AC:
5
AN:
251012
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.0000221
AC XY:
3
AN XY:
135666
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE exome
AF:
0.0000441
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000255
AC:
37
AN:
1450462
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
29
AF XY:
0.0000235
AC XY:
17
AN XY:
722434
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.0000750
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.0000290
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.0000167
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000328
AC:
5
AN:
152216
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000134
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
74356
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.00
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
Bravo
AF:
0.0000340
EpiCase
AF:
0.00
EpiControl
AF:
0.0000593

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:14
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Familial cancer of breast Pathogenic:6
Likely pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingCounsylJan 09, 2017- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingBaylor GeneticsMar 24, 2024- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingInvitaeJan 30, 2024This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Glu457Argfs*33) in the CHEK2 gene. It is expected to result in an absent or disrupted protein product. Loss-of-function variants in CHEK2 are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 21876083, 24713400). This variant is present in population databases (rs730881700, gnomAD 0.004%). This premature translational stop signal has been observed in individual(s) with breast cancer (PMID: 26681312, 26976419, 28724667). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 182450). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingGenetics and Molecular Pathology, SA PathologyFeb 26, 2020- -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingWomen's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorpFeb 02, 2018Variant summary: CHEK2 c.1368dupA (p.Glu457ArgfsX33) results in a premature termination codon, predicted to cause a truncation of the encoded protein or absence of the protein due to nonsense mediated decay, which are commonly known mechanisms for disease. At least one publication reports experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function, which demonstrated that the truncated protein product is localizes exclusively to the cytoplasm, suggesting the 1368dupA mutant to be nonfunctional, as the main substrates for CHK2 phosphorylation are located in the nucleus (Staalesen 2004). The variant allele was found at a frequency of 2.4e-05 in 245848 control chromosomes. This frequency is not significantly higher than expected for a pathogenic variant in CHEK2 causing Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (2.4e-05 vs 0.00031), allowing no conclusion about variant significance; moreover pseudogene interference might also affect the validity of these frequency results. c.1368dupA has been reported in the literature in multiple individuals affected with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (Tung 2016, Susswein 2016, Leedom 2016). These data indicate that the variant is very likely to be associated with disease. Four clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar after 2014. All laboratories classified the variant as pathogenic/likely pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingMyriad Genetics, Inc.Mar 08, 2023This variant is considered pathogenic. This variant creates a frameshift predicted to result in premature protein truncation. -
not provided Pathogenic:3
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingGeneDxMar 14, 2023Frameshift variant predicted to result in protein truncation or nonsense mediated decay in a gene for which loss-of-function is a known mechanism of disease; Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 27751358, 30322717, 26689913, 29625052, 26681312, 26976419, 29356917, 28724667, 30487145, 31060593, 32906215, 33925588, 32805687, 29922827, 34308104) -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingCeGaT Center for Human Genetics TuebingenJul 01, 2024CHEK2: PVS1, PM2, PS4:Moderate -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingQuest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan CapistranoJan 08, 2021This frameshift variant causes the premature termination of CHEK2 protein synthesis. It has been reported in individuals affected with breast cancer in the published literature (PMID: 28724667 (2017), 26976419 (2016), 26681312 (2015), 15361853 (2004)). Additionally, tumor staining and in vitro analysis found that the truncated protein was mislocalized and found only in the cytoplasm, thus confirming a damaging effect of this variant on CHEK2 protein function (PMID: 15361853 (2004)). The frequency of this variant in the general population is consistent with pathogenicity. Therefore, the variant is classified as pathogenic. -
Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:3
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingAmbry GeneticsOct 15, 2021The c.1368dupA pathogenic mutation, located in coding exon 11 of the CHEK2 gene, results from a duplication of A at nucleotide position 1368, causing a translational frameshift with a predicted alternate stop codon (p.E457Rfs*33). In a cohort of 488 consecutive patients with breast cancer that underwent next generation sequencing of 25 cancer predisposition genes, this mutation was identified in one non-Ashkenazi Jewish woman who was diagnosed at age 42 (Tung N et al. J. Clin. Oncol. 2016 May;34:1460-8). This mutation has also been reported in 6 individuals from a cohort of 45879 patients who underwent multi-gene panel testing including CHEK2 (Leedom TP et al. Cancer Genet. 2016 Sep;209:403-407), in 1 of 10030 individuals undergoing hereditary cancer panel testing through a clinical laboratory (Susswein LR et al. Genet. Med. 2016 Aug;18:823-32), and in 1 of 8085 consecutive unrelated Chinese breast cancer patients who underwent multi-gene panel testing (Sun J et al. Clin. Cancer Res. 2017 Oct;23:6113-6119). In addition to the clinical data presented in the literature, this alteration is expected to result in loss of function by premature protein truncation or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. As such, this alteration is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingColor Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color HealthSep 05, 2023This variant inserts 1 nucleotide in exon 12 of the CHEK2 gene, creating a frameshift and premature translation stop signal. This variant is expected to result in an absent or non-functional protein product. This variant has been reported in multiple individuals affected with breast cancer (PMID: 26681312, 26976419, 28724667, 33925588; Color internal data). In a large breast cancer case-control study conducted by the BRIDGES consortium, this variant was reported in 3/60466 cases and 5/53461 unaffected controls (PMID: 33471991; Leiden Open Variation Database DB-ID CHEK2_000164). This variant has been identified in 5/251012 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Loss of CHEK2 function is a known mechanism of disease (clinicalgenome.org). Based on the available evidence, this variant is classified as Pathogenic. -
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submittercurationSema4, Sema4Oct 06, 2021- -
CHEK2-related disorder Pathogenic:1
Pathogenic, criteria provided, single submitterclinical testingPreventionGenetics, part of Exact SciencesFeb 19, 2024The CHEK2 c.1368dupA variant is predicted to result in a frameshift and premature protein termination (p.Glu457Argfs*33). This variant was reported in individuals with breast cancer (Table S1, Susswein et al. 2016. PubMed ID: 26681312; Table S3, Sun et al. 2017. PubMed ID: 28724667), ovarian cancer (Table S1, Carter et al. 2018. PubMed ID: 30322717), and colorectal cancer (referred to as c.1497_1498insA in Table S1, DeRycke et al. 2017. PubMed ID: 28944238). This variant is reported in 0.0044% of alleles in individuals of European (Non-Finnish) descent in gnomAD and is interpreted as likely pathogenic/pathogenic in ClinVar (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/182450/). Frameshift variants in CHEK2 are expected to be pathogenic. This variant is interpreted as pathogenic. -
CHEK2-related cancer predisposition Pathogenic:1
Likely pathogenic, no assertion criteria providedresearchSnyder Lab, Genetics Department, Stanford UniversityJan 01, 2017- -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

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Splicing

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SpliceAI score (max)
0.0
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Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

LitVar

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Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs730881700; hg19: chr22-29091121; API