PVS1 strong: the PTEN decision tree assigns strong loss-of-function evidence to this in-frame single-exon 3 deletion. PM2 supporting: the variant is absent from gnomAD v2.1 and v4.1.
PTEN is a tumor suppressor gene that encodes a phosphatase converting the lipid messenger PIP3 back to PIP2 at the cell membrane, thereby restraining the AKT/mTOR signaling pathway that drives cell growth, proliferation, and survival. It is one of the most frequently mutated genes across many types of human cancer, and its loss promotes unchecked cell growth, survival, and genomic instability, partly through impaired DNA repair. Germline loss-of-function variants in PTEN cause Cowden syndrome, an inherited cancer predisposition disorder associated with elevated risk of breast and thyroid cancer.
This PTEN loss-of-function variant is relevant to Cowden syndrome because germline PTEN loss disrupts tumor-suppressive control of AKT/mTOR signaling and increases cancer predisposition.
PVS1 strong: the PTEN decision tree assigns strong loss-of-function evidence to this in-frame single-exon 3 deletion. PM2 supporting: the variant is absent from gnomAD v2.1 and v4.1.