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ATM c.8155C>T · p.Arg2719Cys
ATM

NM_000051.4(ATM):c.8155C>T (p.Arg2719Cys) is a missense variant in exon 56 of ATM, a gene in which loss of function is an established mechanism for ataxia-telangiectasia (autosomal recessive) and in which pathogenic variants confer moderate risk for hereditary breast, ovarian, and pancreatic cancer.

Gene
ATM
Transcript
NM_000051.4
HGVS · transcript:coding
NM_000051.4:c.8155C>T
Consequence
N/A
GRCh38
chr11:108335848 C>T
GRCh37
chr11:108206575 C>T
Basis Richards et.al., 2015 - Combining rules v1.5.0 criteria-combination framework was evaluated deterministically with applied criteria: BS3 supporting benign; no rule matched the adjudicated criteria.
Richards et.al., 2015 - Combining rules v1.5.0 criteria-combination framework was evaluated deterministically with applied criteria: BS3 supporting benign; no rule matched the adjudicated criteria.
Classification rationale
BS3 VUS
ATM c.8155C>T

NM_000051.4(ATM):c.8155C>T (p.Arg2719Cys) is a missense variant in exon 56 of ATM, a gene in which loss of function is an established mechanism for ataxia-telangiectasia (autosomal recessive) and in which pathogenic variants confer moderate risk for hereditary breast, ovarian, and pancreatic cancer.1 This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 at an overall allele frequency of 1.24e-05 (20/1,611,848 alleles; 0 homozygotes) with a grpmax filtering allele frequency of 9.55e-06. The allele frequency slightly exceeds the ATM VCEP PM2_Supporting threshold of ≤0.001%, and no subpopulation has a singleton observation.2 In silico predictors are inconclusive: REVEL score is 0.613 (intermediate, not meeting PP3 threshold of >0.7333 nor BP4 threshold of ≤0.249). BayesDel score is -0.091 (weakly favoring benign). SpliceAI predicts no splicing impact (max delta = 0.03).3 A comprehensive functional screen of all ATM SNVs by Lee et al. (2025, PMID:40580951, Cell) using saturation prime editing classified p.Arg2719Cys as 'Functional' with 'High' confidence in a PARP inhibitor (olaparib) fitness assay, indicating the variant retains ATM DNA damage response function. Per ATM VCEP v1.5.0, this supports BS3_Supporting (variant rescues an ATM-specific feature).4 This variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain Significance by 14 clinical laboratories (Variation ID: 185832). No expert panel classification is available. Three ClinVar submissions with criterion-level data (Ambry Genetics, Invitae, Color Health) also classify the variant as Uncertain Significance.5 This variant has been observed in somatic cancers (COSMIC COSV53736920, n=7), but somatic occurrence does not independently inform germline classification under the ATM VCEP framework. No evidence was found for: a pathogenic missense variant at the same residue (PS1), case-control enrichment (PS4), compound heterozygosity with a pathogenic variant in an A-T patient (PM3), cosegregation with disease (PP1), or observation in trans with a pathogenic variant in an unaffected individual (BP2). Applying the ATM VCEP v1.5.0 criteria, BS3_Supporting is the only criterion met. All pathogenic criteria are either not met or not applicable. Under the ACMG/AMP 2015 combining rules (adopted by the VCEP), one supporting benign criterion without any pathogenic criteria results in an overall classification of Uncertain Significance.6

BS3 VUS
Gene diagram · NM_000051.4 · variants mapped to exon structure
ATM NM_000051.4
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Applied criteria · 1 met · select any tile
Met
Not met
Not assessed
N/A
Strength very strong supporting
Pathogenic evidence
PVS
PS
PM
PP
Benign evidence
BA
BS
BP
Rationale
Select a criterion.
Sources
Evidence used
    Gaps remaining
      Rule
      Research & evidence
      Population frequency
      gnomAD v4.1 screenshot
      gnomAD v4.1
      gnomAD v2.1 screenshot
      gnomAD v2.1
      v4.1
      This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 1.24081e-05; MAF= 0.00124%, 20/1611848 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the South Asian population (AF= 2.19766e-05; MAF= 0.00220%, 2/91006 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 9.55e-06.
      v2.1
      This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 1.19604e-05; MAF= 0.00120%, 3/250828 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the European (non-Finnish) population (AF= 2.64625e-05; MAF= 0.00265%, 3/113368 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 7.03e-06.
      🇨🇦 CA
      Absent from gnomAD-Canada v1.0.
      Allele frequency by ancestry
      three datasets · side by side
      gnomAD v4.1
      0.0012% · 20 / 1,611,848
      0 hom · FAF 0.00096%
      South Asian
      2 / 91,006
      0.0022%
      European (non-Finnish)
      18 / 1,178,322
      0.0015%
      + 8 not observed (Remaining individuals, Admixed American, European (Finnish), Amish, East Asian, Middle Eastern, Ashkenazi Jewish, African/African American)
      gnomAD v2.1
      0.0012% · 3 / 250,828
      0 hom · FAF 0.0007%
      European (non-Finnish)
      3 / 113,368
      0.0026%
      + 7 not observed (African/African American, Admixed American, Ashkenazi Jewish, East Asian, European (Finnish), Remaining individuals, South Asian)
      gnomAD Canada 🇨🇦
      Absent · 0 / ?
      0 hom
      Not observed in any ancestry group.
      ClinVar screenshot
      ClinVar
      This variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (14 clinical laboratories). (ClinVarID = 185832)
      SpliceAI screenshot
      In silico
      SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.03). REVEL score = 0.613. BayesDel score = -0.0911133.
      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. ATM, a kinase involved in the DNA damage response, is mutated in various solid and hematologic malignancies.
      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 previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC; COSV53736920, n = 7 times).
      Hotspots
      This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot.
      Literature · how each cited paper was used
      1papers cited
      Each card is an audit: what was searched, what was found, whether it names the variant, which criteria it fed, and why. 8 further PMIDs triaged but not cited — see Sources & References.
      Functional assessment of all ATM SNVs using prime editing and deep learning.
      Found
      Structured finding pending for this record — see source link.
      Applied to
      BS3 supports · met
      Sources & reference links
      9Sources
      CSpec VCEP
      ClinVar
      gnomAD v2.1
      gnomAD v4.1
      gnomAD-Canada
      SpliceAI
      OncoKB
      COSMIC
      Cancer hotspots
      Triaged references · 8 PMIDs not cited in assessment
      25741868 ↗ 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. CLINVAR
      28779002 ↗ Rare, protein-truncating variants in ATM, CHEK2 and PALB2, but not XRCC2, are associated with increased breast cancer risks. CLINVAR
      34242744 ↗ Customizing local and systemic therapies for women with early breast cancer: the St. Gallen International Consensus Guidelines for treatment of early breast cancer 2021. CLINVAR
      15604628 ↗ Genetic cancer risk assessment and counseling: recommendations of the national society of genetic counselors. CLINVAR
      17508274 ↗ Risk assessment and genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: recommendations of the National Society of Genetic Counselors. CLINVAR
      18163131 ↗ The emerging landscape of breast cancer susceptibility. CLINVAR
      20301425 ↗ BRCA1- and BRCA2-Associated Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer. CLINVAR
      28492532 ↗ Sherloc: a comprehensive refinement of the ACMG-AMP variant classification criteria. CLINVAR