rs769729382

Positions:

• chr22-28695127-C-A
• chr22-28695127-C-G
• chr22-28695127-C-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 6 ACMG points: 6P and 0B. PM2 PP3_Strong

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):​c.1375G>T​(p.Ala459Ser) variant causes a missense, splice region change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic 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. A459P) 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: 6.26

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 6 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: Splicing scoreres supports a deletorius effect: Scorers claiming Pathogenic: dbscSNV1_ADA, dbscSNV1_RF. Scorers claiming Uncertain: max_spliceai. No scorers claiming Benign.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	MANE	UniProt
CHEK2	NM_007194.4	c.1375G>T	p.Ala459Ser	missense_variant, splice_region_variant	12/15	ENST00000404276.6

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	#exon/exons	TSL	MANE	Appris	UniProt
CHEK2	ENST00000404276.6	c.1375G>T	p.Ala459Ser	missense_variant, splice_region_variant	12/15	1	NM_007194.4	P2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 27

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:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Invitae

Dec 25, 2023

This sequence change replaces alanine, which is neutral and non-polar, with serine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 459 of the CHEK2 protein (p.Ala459Ser). This variant also falls at the last nucleotide of exon 12, which is part of the consensus splice site for this exon. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with CHEK2-related conditions. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1008998). An algorithm developed to predict the effect of missense changes on protein structure and function (PolyPhen-2) suggests that this variant is likely to be disruptive. Variants that disrupt 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. 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. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:1

Uncertain significance, criteria provided, single submitter

clinical testing

Ambry Genetics

May 10, 2023

The p.A459S variant (also known as c.1375G>T), located in coding exon 11 of the CHEK2 gene, results from a G to T substitution at nucleotide position 1375. The amino acid change results in alanine to serine at codon 459, an amino acid with similar properties. However, this change occurs in the last base pair of coding exon 11, which makes it likely to have some effect on normal mRNA splicing. This nucleotide position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In silico splice site analysis predicts that this alteration may weaken the native splice donor site; however, direct evidence is insufficient at this time (Ambry internal data). In addition, as a missense substitution, this alteration is predicted to be tolerated by in silico analysis. Since supporting evidence is limited at this time, the clinical significance of this alteration remains unclear. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.31
BayesDel_addAF	Uncertain	0.15	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	-0.030
CADD	Pathogenic	33
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.29	T;.;T;.;T;.;T;.;.
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.74
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.76
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.90	.;D;.;D;.;D;D;D;.
M_CAP	Uncertain	0.085	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.87	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
MetaSVM	Benign	-0.68	T
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.6	M;.;M;.;M;.;M;.;.
MutationTaster	Benign	1.0	D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D;D
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.52	T
PROVEAN	Uncertain	-2.5	D;D;D;.;D;D;.;N;D
REVEL	Uncertain	0.41
Sift	Uncertain	0.0080	D;D;D;.;D;D;.;D;D
Sift4G	Uncertain	0.016	D;D;D;.;D;D;.;D;D
Polyphen		0.98	D;D;D;.;D;P;D;D;D
Vest4		0.72
MutPred		0.79		Gain of disorder (P = 0.0522);.;Gain of disorder (P = 0.0522);.;Gain of disorder (P = 0.0522);.;Gain of disorder (P = 0.0522);.;.;
MVP		0.79
MPC		0.15
ClinPred		0.98	D
GERP RS		5.9
Varity_R		0.85
gMVP		0.65

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	1.0
SpliceAI score (max)		0.44		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai		0.44		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: rs769729382; hg19: chr22-29091115;