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CHEK2 c.1427C>T · p.Thr476Met
CHEK2

NM_007194.4:c.1427C>T (p.Thr476Met) is a missense variant in CHEK2 exon 13, located within the protein kinase domain.

Gene
CHEK2
Transcript
NM_007194.4
HGVS · transcript:coding
NM_007194.4:c.1427C>T
Consequence
N/A
GRCh38
chr22:28694066 G>A
GRCh37
chr22:29090054 G>A
Basis Hereditary Breast, Ovarian and Pancreatic Cancer Specification v1.0.0 lacked a usable explicit final combination framework, so generic ACMG/AMP 2015 final-combination rules were applied as fallback; applied criteria: BS1 supporting benign, BP4 supporting benign; combination = 2 supporting benign, which maps to Likely Benign.
Hereditary Breast, Ovarian and Pancreatic Cancer Specification v1.0.0 lacked a usable explicit final combination framework, so generic ACMG/AMP 2015 final-combination rules were applied as fallback; applied criteria: BS1 supporting benign, BP4 supporting benign; combination = 2 supporting benign, which maps to Likely Benign.
Classification rationale
BS1BP4 Likely Benign
CHEK2 c.1427C>T

NM_007194.4:c.1427C>T (p.Thr476Met) is a missense variant in CHEK2 exon 13, located within the protein kinase domain. This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 at an allele frequency of 0.0313% (83/265,178 alleles, 0 homozygotes) and in gnomAD v4.1 at 0.0404% (644/1,595,894 alleles) including one homozygous carrier in the Middle Eastern subpopulation (AF 0.407%).1 The variant is reported in ClinVar with conflicting classifications: Uncertain significance (29 clinical laboratories), Likely pathogenic (22 laboratories), and single submissions of Pathogenic, Likely benign, Likely risk allele, and Established risk allele (ClinVar Variation ID: 128060).2 The Middle Eastern subpopulation allele frequency of 0.407% in gnomAD v4.1 exceeds the BS1 threshold of 0.3%, which is higher than expected for a pathogenic CHEK2 variant (BS1_Supporting).3 Multiple in silico tools predict a benign effect: BayesDel score 0.096 is in the benign range and SpliceAI max delta 0.03 predicts no splicing alteration. REVEL score 0.445 is borderline (BP4_Supporting).4 The variant was identified as a novel missense substitution in a Bulgarian breast cancer cohort (PMID:22862163, Angelova et al. 2012, n=145 patients), but no case-control statistics or functional characterization were provided. No well-established functional assay data, segregation studies, or case-control analyses are available to confirm or refute pathogenicity for this specific variant. The presence of a homozygous carrier in gnomAD v4.1 is notable for an autosomal dominant cancer predisposition gene, though formal BS2 criteria are not met because CHEK2-related cancer risk has incomplete penetrance and adult onset, and the phenotype of the homozygous individual is unknown.5 Overall, the available evidence includes one supporting benign criterion (BS1) and one supporting benign criterion (BP4), with no pathogenic criteria met. The evidence favors a benign interpretation but remains insufficient for a definitive classification.

BS1 + BP4 Likely Benign
Gene diagram · NM_007194.4 · variants mapped to exon structure
CHEK2 NM_007194.4
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Applied criteria · 2 met · select any tile
Met
Not met
Not assessed
N/A
Strength very strong supporting
Pathogenic evidence
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Benign evidence
BA
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Rationale
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      Rule
      Research & evidence
      Population frequency · supports benign
      gnomAD v4.1 screenshot
      gnomAD v4.1
      gnomAD v2.1 screenshot
      gnomAD v2.1
      Population frequency
      1
      homozygote observed in gnomAD v4.1. Healthy biallelic carriers are difficult to reconcile with a fully penetrant loss-of-function disease allele.
      Overall AF
      644 / 1,595,894
      0.04%
      Highest · Middle Eastern
      0.41%
      Homozygotes
      1
      grpmax FAF
      0.26%
      Allele frequency by ancestry — gnomAD v4.1
      observed in 5 of 9 groups
      AncestryAllele countFrequencyHomozygotes
      Middle Eastern 18 / 4,424 0.41% 1
      European (non-Finnish) 577 / 1,179,424 0.049% 0
      African/African American 15 / 74,930 0.02% 0
      Admixed American 10 / 59,988 0.017% 0
      South Asian 6 / 90,970 0.0066% 0
      European (Finnish) 0 / 48,596
      Amish 0 / 912
      East Asian 0 / 44,860
      Ashkenazi Jewish 0 / 29,592
      This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 0.000403536; MAF= 0.04035%, 644/1595894 alleles, homozygotes = 1) and has highest observed frequency in the Middle Eastern population (AF= 0.00406872; MAF= 0.40687%, 18/4424 alleles, homozygotes = 1); grpmax FAF= 0.00262965.
      Overall AF
      83 / 265,178
      0.031%
      Highest · Remaining individuals
      0.13%
      Homozygotes
      0
      grpmax FAF
      0.043%
      Allele frequency by ancestry — gnomAD v2.1
      observed in 4 of 8 groups
      AncestryAllele countFrequencyHomozygotes
      Remaining individuals 9 / 7,038 0.13% 0
      European (non-Finnish) 62 / 124,190 0.05% 0
      African/African American 6 / 23,448 0.026% 0
      Admixed American 6 / 35,222 0.017% 0
      Ashkenazi Jewish 0 / 10,158
      East Asian 0 / 19,558
      European (Finnish) 0 / 15,232
      South Asian 0 / 30,332
      This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 0.000312997; MAF= 0.03130%, 83/265178 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the Remaining individuals population (AF= 0.00127877; MAF= 0.12788%, 9/7038 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 0.0004311.
      This variant is absent from gnomAD-Canada.
      ClinVar screenshot
      ClinVar
      This variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (29 clinical laboratories) and as Likely pathogenic (22 clinical laboratories) and as Likely risk allele (1 clinical laboratory) and as Established risk allele (1 clinical laboratory) and as Pathogenic (1 clinical laboratory) and as Likely Pathogenic (1 clinical laboratory) and as Likely benign (1 clinical laboratory). (ClinVarID = 128060)
      SpliceAI screenshot
      In silico
      SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.03). REVEL score = 0.445. BayesDel score = 0.0956883.
      Functional / OncoKB screenshot
      Functional Unknown Oncogenic Effect
      OncoKB did not identify variant-specific reviewed functional evidence for this variant; gene-level curated context is available for reviewer follow-up. CHEK2, an intracellular kinase involved in control of the cell cycle, is altered in various cancer types.
      OncoKB ↗
      COSMIC screenshot
      COSMIC
      Cancer hotspots screenshot
      Cancer hotspots
      Somatic evidence Not in COSMIC / hotspots
      COSMIC
      This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot. This variant has not previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC).
      Hotspots
      This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot.
      Literature · 80 PMIDs triaged · 8 high-priority
      80papers screened
      Papers triaged by theme: functional/splicing/segregation/case_observation. high_priority_papers include abstract snippets. Use these to support PS3/BS3/PS4/PP1/PP3/PP5.
      15095295 ↗ segregation
      Limited relevance of the CHEK2 gene in hereditary breast cancer.
      To establish the importance of CHEK2 mutations for familial breast cancer incidence in the German population, we have screened all 14 of the coding exons in 516 families negative for mutations in both the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. We found 12 distinct variants in 30 unrelated patients (5.81%), including 5 that are novel and an additional 4 found for the first time in breast cancer. These aberrations
      BS4PP1PP5PS4
      22114986 ↗ functional
      CHEK2 contribution to hereditary breast cancer in non-BRCA families.
      Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are responsible for only a part of hereditary breast cancer (HBC). The origins of "non-BRCA" HBC in families may be attributed in part to rare mutations in genes conferring moderate risk, such as CHEK2, which encodes for an upstream regulator of BRCA1. Previous studies have demonstrated an association between CHEK2 founder mutations and non-BRCA HBC. However,
      BS3PP5PS3PS4
      22419737 ↗ functional
      Response to DNA damage of CHEK2 missense mutations in familial breast cancer.
      Comprehensive sequencing of tumor suppressor genes to evaluate inherited predisposition to cancer yields many individually rare missense alleles of unknown functional and clinical consequence. To address this problem for CHEK2 missense alleles, we developed a yeast-based assay to assess in vivo CHEK2-mediated response to DNA damage. Of 25 germline CHEK2 missense alleles detected in familial breast
      BS3PP5PS3PS4
      23552953 ↗ splicing rna
      Dissecting the genotype in syndromic intellectual disability using whole exome sequencing in addition to genome-wide copy number analysis.
      When a known microimbalance affecting multiple genes is detected in a patient with syndromic intellectual disability, it is usually presumed causative for all observed features. Whole exome sequencing (WES) allows questioning this assumption. In this study of three families with children affected by unexplained syndromic intellectual disability, genome-wide copy number and subsequent analyses reve
      BP7PP3PP5PS4PVS1
      25741868 ↗ functional
      Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology.
      The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) previously developed guidance for the interpretation of sequence variants.(1) In the past decade, sequencing technology has evolved rapidly with the advent of high-throughput next-generation sequencing. By adopting and leveraging next-generation sequencing, clinical laboratories are now performing an ever-increasing catalogue of genetic
      BS3PS3PS4
      26467025 ↗ functional
      A Standardized DNA Variant Scoring System for Pathogenicity Assessments in Mendelian Disorders.
      We developed a rules-based scoring system to classify DNA variants into five categories including pathogenic, likely pathogenic, variant of uncertain significance (VUS), likely benign, and benign. Over 16,500 pathogenicity assessments on 11,894 variants from 338 genes were analyzed for pathogenicity based on prediction tools, population frequency, co-occurrence, segregation, and functional studies
      BS3PS3PS4
      26845104 ↗ splicing rna
      Improving performance of multigene panels for genomic analysis of cancer predisposition.
      Screening multiple genes for inherited cancer predisposition expands opportunities for cancer prevention; however, reports of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) may limit clinical usefulness. We used an expert-driven approach, exploiting all available information, to evaluate multigene panels for inherited cancer predisposition in a clinical series that included multiple cancer types and com
      BP7PP3PP5PS4PVS1
      28135145 ↗ functional
      Cancer Susceptibility Gene Mutations in Individuals With Colorectal Cancer.
      Purpose Hereditary factors play an important role in colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, yet the prevalence of germline cancer susceptibility gene mutations in patients with CRC unselected for high-risk features (eg, early age at diagnosis, personal/family history of cancer or polyps, tumor microsatellite instability [MSI], mismatch repair [MMR] deficiency) is unknown. Patients and Methods We recruited
      BS3PP5PS3PS4
      27621404 ↗ background review
      Conflicting Interpretation of Genetic Variants and Cancer Risk by Commercial Laboratories as Assessed by the Prospective Registry of Multiplex Testing.
      PP5PS4
      28492532 ↗ background review
      Sherloc: a comprehensive refinement of the ACMG-AMP variant classification criteria.
      PS3PS4
      Sources & reference links
      8Sources
      CSpec VCEP
      ClinVar
      gnomAD v2.1
      gnomAD v4.1
      SpliceAI
      OncoKB
      COSMIC
      Cancer hotspots