Glioma susceptibility 2
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Also known as glioma susceptibility type 2GLM2malignant glioma caused by mutation in PTENPTEN malignant glioma
Summary
Glioma susceptibility 2 (MONDO:0013092) is a cancer with 2 cohort genes (2 CIViC-evidence somatic drivers; 140 ClinVar predisposition records).
At a glance
- Classification: Cancer
- Cohort genes: 2
- ClinVar variants: 140
Clinical features
No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.
Identifiers
Disease identifiers
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Canonical name | glioma susceptibility 2 |
| Mondo ID | MONDO:0013092 |
| OMIM | 613028 |
| UMLS | C2751642 |
| MedGen | 414431 |
| GARD | 0027836 |
| Is cancer (heuristic) | yes |
Also known as: glioma susceptibility 2 · glioma susceptibility type 2 · GLM2 · malignant glioma caused by mutation in PTEN · PTEN malignant glioma
Data availability: 140 ClinVar variants · 1 GenCC gene-disease record.
Disease family
Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › disease of genetic or genomic mechanism › hereditary disease › hereditary neoplastic syndrome › glioma susceptibility › glioma susceptibility 2
Related subtypes (9): glioma susceptibility 4, glioma susceptibility 3, glioma susceptibility 5, glioma susceptibility 6, glioma susceptibility 7, glioma susceptibility 8, melanoma, cutaneous malignant, susceptibility to, 9, tumor predisposition syndrome 3, glioma susceptibility 1
Genetics & variants
GWAS landscape
No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.
Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers
ClinVar germline variants
140 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:
52 uncertain significance, 25 pathogenic, 20 conflicting classifications of pathogenicity, 15 pathogenic/likely pathogenic, 12 likely pathogenic, 7 likely benign, 7 benign/likely benign, 2 benign
| ClinVar | Variant (HGVS) | Gene | Classification | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142027 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.48T>A (p.Tyr16Ter) | PTEN | Pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 142259 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.741dup (p.Pro248fs) | PTEN | Pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 142269 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.737C>T (p.Pro246Leu) | PTEN | Pathogenic | reviewed by expert panel |
| 183726 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.406T>C (p.Cys136Arg) | PTEN | Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 185863 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.105_106delinsAC (p.Met35_Gly36delinsIleArg) | PTEN | Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 189474 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.202T>C (p.Tyr68His) | PTEN | Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 189483 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.289C>T (p.Gln97Ter) | PTEN | Pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 189500 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.517C>T (p.Arg173Cys) | PTEN | Pathogenic | reviewed by expert panel |
| 216987 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.860C>G (p.Ser287Ter) | PTEN | Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 2447220 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.371G>C (p.Cys124Ser) | PTEN | Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 2678094 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.412dup (p.Tyr138fs) | PTEN | Pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter |
| 280031 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.634+5G>A | PTEN | Pathogenic | reviewed by expert panel |
| 3892210 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.225_238del (p.His75fs) | PTEN | Pathogenic | criteria provided, single submitter |
| 404143 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.293T>G (p.Leu98Arg) | PTEN | Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 404151 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.176C>G (p.Ser59Ter) | PTEN | Pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 404168 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.464A>G (p.Tyr155Cys) | PTEN | Pathogenic | reviewed by expert panel |
| 418434 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.209+1G>A | PTEN | Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 427621 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.634+2T>C | PTEN | Pathogenic | reviewed by expert panel |
| 428203 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.328C>T (p.Gln110Ter) | PTEN | Pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 428234 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.377C>T (p.Ala126Val) | PTEN | Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 428235 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.404T>A (p.Ile135Lys) | PTEN | Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 428256 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.493G>A (p.Gly165Arg) | PTEN | Pathogenic | reviewed by expert panel |
| 468676 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.253+2T>A | PTEN | Pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 492727 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.149T>C (p.Ile50Thr) | PTEN | Pathogenic | reviewed by expert panel |
| 492733 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.565A>T (p.Arg189Ter) | PTEN | Pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 562182 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.1012del (p.Ser338fs) | PTEN | Pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 569099 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.490_491del (p.Lys164fs) | PTEN | Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 580731 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.144C>A (p.Asn48Lys) | PTEN | Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 631516 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.654C>A (p.Cys218Ter) | PTEN | Pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
| 7813 | NM_000314.8(PTEN):c.697C>T (p.Arg233Ter) | PTEN | Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic | criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts |
Genes & proteins
Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers
GenCC: 17 · Orphanet: 16 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0
Somatic driver evidence (intOGen + CIViC, cohort fanout)
| Gene | intOGen role | Cancer types | CIViC |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTEN | LoF | ANGS,BLCA,BRCA,CCRCC,CEAD,CESC,CHOL,CHRCC,COADREAD,CSCC,ESCA,GB,GBM,HCC,HGGNOS,HNSC,LGGNOS,LIPO,LUAD,LUSC,MBL,MEL,MT,NSCLC,OVT,PANET,PAST,PRAD,PRCC,PROSTATE,RCC,SCLC,SKCM,SOFT_TISSUE,STAD,UCEC,UCS,WDTC | CIViC #41 |
| KLLN | CIViC #32083 |
GenCC gene–disease validity (cohort genes)
the Disease column is the GenCC-asserted condition — a cohort gene’s strongest validity may be for a related predisposition syndrome.
| Gene | Classification | Inheritance | Disease | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTEN | Limited | Autosomal dominant | glioma susceptibility 2 | 17 |
Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)
| Gene | Orphanet ID | Rare disease |
|---|---|---|
| PTEN | Orphanet:109 | Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome |
| PTEN | Orphanet:137608 | Segmental outgrowth-lipomatosis-arteriovenous malformation-epidermal nevus syndrome |
| PTEN | Orphanet:145 | Hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer syndrome |
| PTEN | Orphanet:201 | Cowden syndrome |
| PTEN | Orphanet:210548 | Macrocephaly-intellectual disability-autism syndrome |
| PTEN | Orphanet:2969 | Proteus-like syndrome |
| PTEN | Orphanet:494547 | Squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx |
| PTEN | Orphanet:494550 | Squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx |
| PTEN | Orphanet:500464 | Squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses |
| PTEN | Orphanet:500478 | Squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx |
| PTEN | Orphanet:502363 | Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity |
| PTEN | Orphanet:502366 | Squamous cell carcinoma of the lip |
| PTEN | Orphanet:65285 | Lhermitte-Duclos disease |
| PTEN | Orphanet:79076 | Juvenile polyposis of infancy |
| KLLN | Orphanet:201 | Cowden syndrome |
| KLLN | Orphanet:227535 | Hereditary breast cancer |
Cohort genes → proteins
2 cohort genes, 2 distinct canonical proteins.
Evidence partition
| Subset | Genes |
|---|---|
| multi_evidence | 2 |
Cohort genes (full)
| Symbol | HGNC | Ensembl | UniProt | Name | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTEN | HGNC:9588 | ENSG00000171862 | P60484 | Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate 3-phosphatase and dual-specificity protein phosphatase PTEN | gencc,clinvar |
| KLLN | HGNC:37212 | ENSG00000227268 | B2CW77 | Killin | clinvar |
Cohort function summary
Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.
| Symbol | Protein name | Function (lead sentence) |
|---|---|---|
| PTEN | Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate 3-phosphatase and dual-specificity protein phosphatase PTEN | Dual-specificity protein phosphatase, dephosphorylating tyrosine-, serine- and threonine-phosphorylated proteins. |
| KLLN | Killin | DNA-binding protein involved in S phase checkpoint control-coupled apoptosis by mediating p53/TP53-induced apoptosis. |
Protein-family classification
Druggable: 1 · Difficult: 0 · Unknown: 1 · Druggable fraction: 0.5
Family distribution
Cohort families vs a genome-wide background (hypergeometric, BH-FDR; fold = observed/expected). Counts kept; sorted by enrichment, so the catch-all Other/Unknown bucket no longer leads.
| Family | Genes | Fold | FDR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphatase | 1 | 42.0× | 0.047 |
| Other/Unknown | 1 | 0.9× | 0.805 |
Per-gene assignment
| Symbol | Family | Druggable? | EC | InterPro (top 3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTEN | Phosphatase | yes | 3.1.3.16 | Tyr_Pase_dom, Tyr_Pase_cat, Tensin_C2-dom |
| KLLN | Other/Unknown | no |
Expression context
Cohort genes with no expression data: 0.
2 cohort genes are a single-cell marker in ≥1 SCXA experiment.
Breadth distribution (Bgee present_calls)
| Bucket | Genes |
|---|---|
| narrow (1-5 tissues) | 0 |
| moderate (6-20) | 0 |
| broad (>20) | 2 |
| unknown | 0 |
Top tissues across cohort
| Tissue | Cohort genes |
|---|---|
| calcaneal tendon | 1 |
| endothelial cell | 1 |
| sperm | 1 |
| male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testis | 1 |
| pancreatic ductal cell | 1 |
| tibialis anterior | 1 |
Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)
| Symbol | Bgee breadth | FANTOM5 breadth | SCXA | Top tissues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTEN | 256 | ubiquitous | marker | sperm, endothelial cell, calcaneal tendon |
| KLLN | 149 | marker | tibialis anterior, male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testis, pancreatic ductal cell |
Protein interactions among cohort
Intra-cohort edges: 1.
Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)
| Symbol | Interactor count |
|---|---|
| PTEN | 11,626 |
| KLLN | 234 |
Intra-cohort edges
| A | B | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| KLLN | PTEN | string_interaction |
Structural data
PDB: 1 · AlphaFold-only: 1 · No structure: 0
Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)
| Symbol | UniProt | PDB entries |
|---|---|---|
| PTEN | P60484 | 12 |
AlphaFold-only cohort genes (top 30 by pLDDT)
| Symbol | UniProt | pLDDT |
|---|---|---|
| KLLN | B2CW77 | 51.20 |
Function
Pathway analysis
Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 13. Enrichment computed across 2 evidence-associated genes (1 with Reactome annotation).
Pathways by enrichment
Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.
| Pathway | Cohort genes | Fold | FDR | Sample cohort genes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTEN Loss of Function in Cancer | 1 | 5710.0× | 0.002 | PTEN |
| Regulation of PTEN mRNA translation | 1 | 1142.0× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| Regulation of PTEN localization | 1 | 1038.2× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| Synthesis of IP3 and IP4 in the cytosol | 1 | 423.0× | 0.007 | PTEN |
| Transcriptional Regulation by MECP2 | 1 | 317.2× | 0.007 | PTEN |
| Negative regulation of the PI3K/AKT network | 1 | 278.5× | 0.007 | PTEN |
| Ovarian tumor domain proteases | 1 | 278.5× | 0.007 | PTEN |
| Synthesis of PIPs at the plasma membrane | 1 | 211.5× | 0.007 | PTEN |
| Regulation of PTEN stability and activity | 1 | 184.2× | 0.007 | PTEN |
| Regulation of PTEN gene transcription | 1 | 178.4× | 0.007 | PTEN |
| TP53 Regulates Metabolic Genes | 1 | 129.8× | 0.008 | PTEN |
| Downstream TCR signaling | 1 | 128.3× | 0.008 | PTEN |
| Ub-specific processing proteases | 1 | 53.1× | 0.019 | PTEN |
GO biological processes by enrichment
Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 2 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.
| GO term | Cohort genes | Fold | FDR | Sample cohort genes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| negative regulation of synaptic vesicle clustering | 1 | 4213.0× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| negative regulation of keratinocyte migration | 1 | 2808.7× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| rhythmic synaptic transmission | 1 | 2106.5× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| central nervous system myelin maintenance | 1 | 1404.3× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| negative regulation of cell cycle G1/S phase transition | 1 | 1203.7× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| negative regulation of wound healing, spreading of epidermal cells | 1 | 1203.7× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| spindle assembly involved in female meiosis | 1 | 936.2× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| central nervous system neuron axonogenesis | 1 | 936.2× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| postsynaptic density assembly | 1 | 936.2× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| neuron-neuron synaptic transmission | 1 | 842.6× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| negative regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation | 1 | 842.6× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| negative regulation of cell size | 1 | 842.6× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| presynaptic membrane assembly | 1 | 842.6× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| negative regulation of organ growth | 1 | 702.2× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| forebrain morphogenesis | 1 | 702.2× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| multicellular organismal response to stress | 1 | 648.1× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| negative regulation of axonogenesis | 1 | 648.1× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| cellular response to electrical stimulus | 1 | 648.1× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| negative regulation of excitatory postsynaptic potential | 1 | 648.1× | 0.004 | PTEN |
| apoptotic process | 2 | 28.7× | 0.004 | PTEN, KLLN |
| maternal behavior | 1 | 561.7× | 0.005 | PTEN |
| prepulse inhibition | 1 | 561.7× | 0.005 | PTEN |
| locomotor rhythm | 1 | 526.6× | 0.005 | PTEN |
| synapse maturation | 1 | 468.1× | 0.005 | PTEN |
| dendritic spine morphogenesis | 1 | 443.5× | 0.005 | PTEN |
| negative regulation of focal adhesion assembly | 1 | 383.0× | 0.006 | PTEN |
| regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction | 1 | 351.1× | 0.006 | PTEN |
| negative regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell proliferation | 1 | 337.0× | 0.006 | PTEN |
| phosphatidylinositol dephosphorylation | 1 | 324.1× | 0.006 | PTEN |
| positive regulation of intracellular signal transduction | 1 | 324.1× | 0.006 | PTEN |
Therapeutics
Drug target analysis
Approved (phase 4): 0 · Phase ≥3: 0 · Phased (≥1): 0 · Undrugged: 2
Druggability breadth: 1 of 2 evidence-associated genes (50%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).
Top cohort targets by molecule count
| Symbol | Molecules | Max phase |
|---|---|---|
| PTEN | 0 | 0 |
| KLLN | 0 | 0 |
Bioactivity and enzyme data
Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 1.
Cohort genes with ChEMBL bioactivity (full, sorted by assay count)
| Symbol | Assays | Type breakdown |
|---|---|---|
| PTEN | 8 | Binding:8 |
Cohort enzymes (BRENDA EC)
| Symbol | EC numbers | Names |
|---|---|---|
| PTEN | 3.1.3.16, 3.1.3.67 | protein-serine/threonine phosphatase, phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate 3-phosphatase |
Pharmacogenomics
Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 2; with CPIC/DPWG dosing guidelines: 0.
No cohort gene has a CPIC/DPWG genotype-guided dosing guideline (PharmGKB).
Drug repurposing candidates
0 approved/phased drugs hit cohort targets but don’t yet appear in disease-level clinical trials. Target-inhibition rationale is strongest for cancer driver genes; a bioactivity hit is a screening signal, not a treatment claim.
Druggability pyramid
Cohort genes binned by druggability tier (high → low):
| Tier | Definition | Genes | Symbols |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Approved (phase 4 drug) | 0 | |
| B | Phased (≥1) drug, not yet approved | 0 | |
| C | Druggable family + PDB, no drug | 1 | PTEN |
| D | Druggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug | 0 | |
| E | Difficult family or no structure, no drug | 1 | KLLN |
Undrugged target profiles
2 cohort genes are undrugged. Ranked by ‘starting-point quality’ (assay depth + drugged-partner adjacency).
| Symbol | ChEMBL assays | Drugged partners (top 3) |
|---|---|---|
| PTEN | 8 | — |
| KLLN | 0 | — |
Clinical trials & evidence
Clinical trials
Clinical trials: 0.