rs876659400

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 1 ACMG points: 2P and 1B. PM1BP4

The NM_007194.4(CHEK2):​c.520C>T​(p.Leu174Phe) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.0000112 in 1,613,876 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 12/21 in silico tools predict a benign outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★).

Frequency

Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 ( 0 hom., cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.000011 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

CHEK2
NM_007194.4 missense

Scores

7
12

Clinical Significance

Uncertain significance criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts U:10

Conservation

PhyloP100: 2.58
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 Uncertain_significance. Variant got 1 ACMG points.

PM1
In a domain FHA (size 62) in uniprot entity CHK2_HUMAN there are 10 pathogenic changes around while only 2 benign (83%) in NM_007194.4
BP4
Computational evidence support a benign effect (MetaRNN=0.27131116).

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
CHEK2NM_007194.4 linkc.520C>T p.Leu174Phe missense_variant Exon 4 of 15 ENST00000404276.6 NP_009125.1 O96017-1

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
CHEK2ENST00000404276.6 linkc.520C>T p.Leu174Phe missense_variant Exon 4 of 15 1 NM_007194.4 ENSP00000385747.1 O96017-1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
AF:
0.0000131
AC:
2
AN:
152108
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR
AF:
0.0000241
Gnomad AMI
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad EAS
AF:
0.000192
Gnomad SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad MID
AF:
0.00
Gnomad NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad OTH
AF:
0.00
GnomAD3 exomes
AF:
0.00000796
AC:
2
AN:
251414
Hom.:
0
AF XY:
0.00000736
AC XY:
1
AN XY:
135894
show subpopulations
Gnomad AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad AMR exome
AF:
0.0000578
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:
0.00
Gnomad OTH exome
AF:
0.00
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.0000109
AC:
16
AN:
1461768
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.00000963
AC XY:
7
AN XY:
727186
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 AMR exome
AF:
0.0000894
Gnomad4 ASJ exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 SAS exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN exome
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE exome
AF:
0.00000989
Gnomad4 OTH exome
AF:
0.0000166
GnomAD4 genome
AF:
0.0000131
AC:
2
AN:
152108
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
32
AF XY:
0.0000269
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
74302
show subpopulations
Gnomad4 AFR
AF:
0.0000241
Gnomad4 AMR
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 ASJ
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 EAS
AF:
0.000192
Gnomad4 SAS
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 FIN
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 NFE
AF:
0.00
Gnomad4 OTH
AF:
0.00
Alfa
AF:
0.0000312
Hom.:
0
Bravo
AF:
0.00000378
EpiCase
AF:
0.0000545
EpiControl
AF:
0.00

ClinVar

Significance: Uncertain significance
Submissions summary: Uncertain:10
Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

not provided Uncertain:4
May 02, 2019
Revvity Omics, Revvity
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Oct 04, 2023
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Jun 11, 2024
GeneDx
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

Observed in individuals with breast cancer and absent in controls (PMID: 32885271, 18058223, 37449874); Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis indicates that this missense variant does not alter protein structure/function; Also known as c.649C>T, p.(L217F); This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 25525159, 36980535, 27009842, 22419737, 19782031, 18058223, 32885271, 28779002, 37449874, 30851065) -

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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method: clinical testing

The CHEK2 p.Leu174Phe variant was identified in 1 of 1346 proband chromosomes (frequency: 0.0007) from Czech individuals or families with breast cancer and was not identified in 1366 control chromosomes from healthy individuals (Kleibl 2008). The variant was also identified in dbSNP (ID: rs876659400) “With Uncertain significance allele”, and ClinVar (classified as uncertain significance; submitters: Ambry Genetics, GeneDx and Invitae). The variant was identified in control databases in 3 of 277196 chromosomes at a frequency of 0.00001 (Genome Aggregation Database Feb 27, 2017), observed in the following populations: Latino in 2 of 34420 chromosomes (freq: 0.00006) and East Asian in 1 of 18868 chromosomes (freq: 0.00005) while not observed in the African, Other, European Non-Finnish, Ashkenazi Jewish, European Finnish, and South Asian populations. The variant is located in the FHA (forkhead-associated) functional domain of the CHEK2 protein. The p.Leu174 residue is not conserved in mammals and computational analyses (PolyPhen-2, SIFT, AlignGVGD, BLOSUM, MutationTaster) provide inconsistent predictions regarding the impact of the variant Phe to the protein; this information is not very predictive of pathogenicity. 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 the clinical significance of this variant cannot be determined with certainty at this time. This variant is classified as a variant of uncertain significance. -

Familial cancer of breast Uncertain:4
Dec 10, 2024
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces leucine, which is neutral and non-polar, with phenylalanine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 174 of the CHEK2 protein (p.Leu174Phe). This variant is present in population databases (no rsID available, gnomAD 0.006%). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with breast cancer and/or neuroblastoma (PMID: 18058223, 27009842). This variant is also known as c.649C>T (p.L217F). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 232352). 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. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change does not substantially affect CHEK2 function (PMID: 30851065, 37449874). 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. -

Mar 18, 2024
Baylor Genetics
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Jan 01, 2016
Centre for Mendelian Genomics, University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant was classified as: Uncertain significance. The following ACMG criteria were applied in classifying this variant: PP4. -

May 04, 2022
MGZ Medical Genetics Center
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Uncertain:2
Nov 14, 2024
Ambry Genetics
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.L174F variant (also known as c.520C>T), located in coding exon 3 of the CHEK2 gene, results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 520. The leucine at codon 174 is replaced by phenylalanine, an amino acid with highly similar properties. In one study, this variant was reported in 1 of 673 sporadic breast cancer patients and was not reported in 683 non-cancer controls (Kleibl Z et al. Breast Cancer Res. Treat., 2008 Nov;112:159-64). This alteration has also been reported in at least one subject in a study of 13087 breast cancer cases and 5488 control individuals in the UK (Decker B et al. J Med Genet, 2017 11;54:732-741). Additionally, this variant was observed in 1/3251 individuals who met eligibility criteria for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (Lerner-Ellis J et al. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol, 2021 Mar;147:871-879). This alteration behaved as functional in an in vivo, yeast-based growth rate assay (Delimitsou A et al. Hum. Mutat., 2019 05;40:631-648). This alteration was reported as functional in a study assessing CHEK2-complementation through quantification of KAP1 phosphorylation and CHK2 autophosphorylation in human RPE1-CHEK2-knockout cells (Stolarova L et al. Clin Cancer Res, 2023 Aug;29:3037-3050). This amino acid position is well conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, the in silico prediction for this alteration is inconclusive. Based on the available evidence, the clinical significance of this variant remains unclear. -

Jan 18, 2024
Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

This missense variant replaces leucine with phenylalanine at codon 174 of the CHEK2 protein. Computational prediction is inconclusive regarding the impact of this variant on protein structure and function (internally defined REVEL score threshold 0.5 < inconclusive < 0.7, PMID: 27666373). A functional study reported this variant as functional in a yeast based DNA damage response assay (PMID: 30851065) and a human cell complementation assay showed no impact on KAP1 phosphorylation and intermediate impact on CHEK2 autophosphorylation (PMID: 37449874). This variant has been reported in individuals affected with breast cancer in the literature (PMID: 18058223, 37449874). This variant has been identified in 3/277196 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). The available evidence is insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease conclusively. Therefore, this variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.24
BayesDel_addAF
Benign
-0.037
T
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.12
CADD
Uncertain
24
DANN
Uncertain
1.0
DEOGEN2
Uncertain
0.59
D;.;D;D;.;D;.;.;T;.
Eigen
Benign
0.029
Eigen_PC
Benign
0.0062
FATHMM_MKL
Uncertain
0.83
D
LIST_S2
Uncertain
0.90
.;D;.;.;D;D;.;D;D;D
M_CAP
Benign
0.038
D
MetaRNN
Benign
0.27
T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T;T
MetaSVM
Uncertain
0.13
D
MutationAssessor
Benign
2.0
M;M;M;M;.;M;M;.;.;.
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.50
T
PROVEAN
Benign
-1.9
N;N;N;N;N;.;N;N;.;.
REVEL
Uncertain
0.52
Sift
Benign
0.21
T;T;T;T;T;.;T;T;.;.
Sift4G
Benign
0.20
T;T;T;T;T;.;T;T;T;.
Polyphen
0.96
D;D;D;D;D;D;D;.;.;.
Vest4
0.46
MutPred
0.46
Loss of loop (P = 0.0986);Loss of loop (P = 0.0986);Loss of loop (P = 0.0986);Loss of loop (P = 0.0986);.;Loss of loop (P = 0.0986);Loss of loop (P = 0.0986);.;Loss of loop (P = 0.0986);Loss of loop (P = 0.0986);
MVP
0.94
MPC
0.13
ClinPred
0.43
T
GERP RS
2.6
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.0
Varity_R
0.26
gMVP
0.46

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.0
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Publications

LitVar

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs876659400; hg19: chr22-29121037; API