Ovarian cancer, susceptibility to, 1

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Also known as ovarian cancer, susceptibility toOVCAS1

Summary

Ovarian cancer, susceptibility to, 1 (MONDO:0011931) is a cancer with 2 cohort genes (2 CIViC-evidence somatic drivers; 2 ClinVar predisposition records).

At a glance

  • Classification: Cancer
  • Cohort genes: 2
  • ClinVar variants: 2

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical nameovarian cancer, susceptibility to, 1
Mondo IDMONDO:0011931
OMIM607893
UMLSC2675601
MedGen390836
GARD0027808
Is cancer (heuristic)yes

Also known as: ovarian cancer, susceptibility to · ovarian cancer, susceptibility to, 1 · OVCAS1

Data availability: 2 ClinVar variants.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › disease of genetic or genomic mechanism › hereditary diseasehereditary neoplastic syndromeovarian cancer, susceptibility to, 1

Related subtypes (116): mosaic variegated aneuploidy syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome, hereditary multiple osteochondromas, nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, leukemia, chronic lymphocytic, susceptibility to, 2, blue rubber bleb nevus, cherubism, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, multiple self-healing squamous epithelioma, erythroleukemia, familial, susceptibility to, goiter, multinodular 1, with or without Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors, hyperparathyroidism 2 with jaw tumors, Kaposi sarcoma, susceptibility to, hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer, susceptibility to uveal melanoma, melanoma and neural system tumor syndrome, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, susceptibility to, 2, WAGR syndrome, neuroblastoma, susceptibility to, 1, Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, mismatch repair cancer syndrome 1, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, N syndrome, hereditary thrombocytopenia and hematologic cancer predisposition syndrome, prostate cancer/brain cancer susceptibility, Brooke-Spiegler syndrome, pancreatic cancer, susceptibility to, 1, Carney-Stratakis syndrome, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, susceptibility to, 1, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 1, lung cancer susceptibility 1, leukemia, chronic lymphocytic, susceptibility to, 1, Kostmann syndrome, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 2, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 3, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 5, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 6, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 7, leukemia, chronic lymphocytic, susceptibility to, 3, leukemia, chronic lymphocytic, susceptibility to, 4, leukemia, chronic lymphocytic, susceptibility to, 5, lung cancer susceptibility 3, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 8, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 9, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 10, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 11, lung cancer susceptibility 4, neuroblastoma, susceptibility to, 3, neuroblastoma, susceptibility to, 4, neuroblastoma, susceptibility to, 5, neuroblastoma, susceptibility to, 6, leukemia, acute lymphocytic, susceptibility to, 1, leukemia, acute lymphocytic, susceptibility to, 2, lung cancer susceptibility 5, BAP1-related tumor predisposition syndrome, familial cutaneous telangiectasia and oropharyngeal predisposition cancer syndrome, Maffucci syndrome, basal cell carcinoma, susceptibility to, 7, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 12, leukemia, acute lymphoblastic, susceptibility to, 3, cholangiocarcinoma, susceptibility to, progeroid features-hepatocellular carcinoma predisposition syndrome, neuroblastoma, susceptibility to, 7, DDX41-related hematologic malignancy predisposition syndrome, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, susceptibility to, 3, familial isolated hyperparathyroidism, intestinal polyposis syndrome, dyskeratosis congenita, familial rhabdoid tumor, multiple endocrine neoplasia, hereditary pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma, PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome, familial multiple fibrofolliculoma, hereditary retinoblastoma, familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome, hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Cobb syndrome, neurofibromatosis, susceptibility to familial cutaneous melanoma, pancreatic cancer, susceptibility to, 5, leukemia, acute myeloid, susceptibility to, diffuse gastric and lobular breast cancer syndrome with or without cleft lip and/or palate, glioma susceptibility, hemangioma, capillary infantile, susceptibility to, CDH1-related diffuse gastric and lobular breast cancer syndrome, NTHL1-deficiency tumor predisposition syndrome, SAMD9-related spectrum and myeloid neoplasm risk, neuroblastoma, susceptibility to, 2, BARD1-related cancer predisposition, BRCA1-related cancer predisposition, BRCA2-related cancer predisposition, ATM-related cancer predisposition, CHEK2-related cancer predisposition, PALB2-related cancer predisposition, RAD51C-related cancer predisposition, RAD51D-related cancer predisposition, Li-fraumeni-like syndrome, breast cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1, breast cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2, breast cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 3, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, 4, colorectal cancer, susceptibility to, on chromosome 15, ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1, ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2, ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 3, inherited hematologic cancer-predisposing syndrome, mosaic neurofibromatosis/schwannomatosis, tumor predisposition syndrome 2, prostate cancer, hereditary, X-linked 3, follicular lymphoma, susceptibility to, GPR161-related medulloblastoma predisposition, SAMD9L-related spectrum and myeloid neoplasm risk, HAVCR2-related cancer predisposition, EGLN1-related erythrocytosis and pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma predisposition

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

2 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

2 pathogenic/likely pathogenic

ClinVarVariant (HGVS)GeneClassificationReview
449345NM_000051.4(ATM):c.5497-2A>CATMPathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
141319NM_032043.3(BRIP1):c.918+1G>ABRIP1Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 0 · Orphanet: 10 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0

Somatic driver evidence (intOGen + CIViC, cohort fanout)

GeneintOGen roleCancer typesCIViC
BRIP1CIViC #15955
ATMLoFBLCA,BRCA,CCRCC,CHOL,CLLSLL,COAD,COADREAD,ESCA,HCC,LUAD,LUSC,MEL,NSCLC,PAAD,PANCREAS,PANET,PCM,PLMESO,PRAD,PROSTATE,STAD,UCEC,UTUC,WDTCCIViC #69

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

GeneOrphanet IDRare disease
BRIP1Orphanet:145Hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer syndrome
BRIP1Orphanet:84Fanconi anemia
ATMOrphanet:100Ataxia-telangiectasia
ATMOrphanet:1331Familial prostate cancer
ATMOrphanet:145Hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer syndrome
ATMOrphanet:227535Hereditary breast cancer
ATMOrphanet:370109Ataxia-telangiectasia variant
ATMOrphanet:440437Familial colorectal cancer Type X
ATMOrphanet:52416Mantle cell lymphoma
ATMOrphanet:67038B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Cohort genes → proteins

2 cohort genes, 2 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

SubsetGenes
multi_evidence2

Cohort genes (full)

SymbolHGNCEnsemblUniProtNameEvidence
BRIP1HGNC:20473ENSG00000136492Q9BX63Fanconi anemia group J proteinclinvar
ATMHGNC:795ENSG00000149311Q13315Serine-protein kinase ATMclinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

SymbolProtein nameFunction (lead sentence)
BRIP1Fanconi anemia group J proteinDNA-dependent ATPase and 5’-3’ DNA helicase required for the maintenance of chromosomal stability.
ATMSerine-protein kinase ATMSerine/threonine protein kinase which activates checkpoint signaling upon double strand breaks (DSBs), apoptosis and genotoxic stresses such as ionizing ultraviolet A light (UVA), thereby acting as a DNA damage sensor.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 2 · Difficult: 0 · Unknown: 0 · Druggable fraction: 1.0

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.

FamilyGenesFoldFDR
Kinase113.9×0.142
Enzyme (other)16.0×0.160

Per-gene assignment

SymbolFamilyDruggable?ECInterPro (top 3)
BRIP1Enzyme (other)yes3.6.4.12Helicase-like_DEXD_c2, ATP-dep_Helicase_C, RAD3-like_helicase_DEAD
ATMKinaseyes2.7.11.1PI3/4_kinase_cat_dom, PIK-rel_kinase_FAT, FATC_dom

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)

BucketGenes
narrow (1-5 tissues)0
moderate (6-20)0
broad (>20)2
unknown0

Top tissues across cohort

TissueCohort genes
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testis1
primordial germ cell in gonad1
ventricular zone1
calcaneal tendon1
colonic epithelium1
corpus callosum1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

SymbolBgee breadthFANTOM5 breadthSCXATop tissues
BRIP1181ubiquitousmarkerventricular zone, primordial germ cell in gonad, male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testis
ATM286ubiquitousmarkercalcaneal tendon, colonic epithelium, corpus callosum

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

SymbolInteractor count
ATM7,383
BRIP12,272

Structural data

PDB: 2 · AlphaFold-only: 0 · No structure: 0

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

SymbolUniProtPDB entries
ATMQ1331514
BRIP1Q9BX633

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 62. Enrichment computed across 2 evidence-associated genes (2 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 2 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

PathwayCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
Impaired BRCA2 binding to PALB22456.8×7e-05BRIP1, ATM
Defective homologous recombination repair (HRR) due to BRCA1 loss of function2423.0×7e-05BRIP1, ATM
Defective HDR through Homologous Recombination Repair (HRR) due to PALB2 loss of BRCA1 binding function2423.0×7e-05BRIP1, ATM
Defective HDR through Homologous Recombination Repair (HRR) due to PALB2 loss of BRCA2/RAD51/RAD51C binding function2423.0×7e-05BRIP1, ATM
Resolution of D-loop Structures through Synthesis-Dependent Strand Annealing (SDSA)2393.8×7e-05BRIP1, ATM
Homologous DNA Pairing and Strand Exchange2380.7×7e-05BRIP1, ATM
Impaired BRCA2 binding to RAD512308.6×8e-05BRIP1, ATM
Resolution of D-loop Structures through Holliday Junction Intermediates2300.5×8e-05BRIP1, ATM
HDR through Single Strand Annealing (SSA)2292.8×8e-05BRIP1, ATM
Presynaptic phase of homologous DNA pairing and strand exchange2271.9×8e-05BRIP1, ATM
HDR through Homologous Recombination (HRR)2190.3×2e-04BRIP1, ATM
G2/M DNA damage checkpoint2120.2×3e-04BRIP1, ATM
Regulation of TP53 Activity through Phosphorylation2117.7×3e-04BRIP1, ATM
Processing of DNA double-strand break ends2114.2×3e-04BRIP1, ATM
Sensing of DNA Double Strand Breaks1951.7×0.004ATM
TP53 Regulates Transcription of Caspase Activators and Caspases1475.8×0.007ATM
Pexophagy1475.8×0.007ATM
Defective homologous recombination repair (HRR) due to PALB2 loss of function1475.8×0.007ATM
Diseases of DNA Double-Strand Break Repair1407.9×0.007ATM
Defective homologous recombination repair (HRR) due to BRCA2 loss of function1407.9×0.007ATM
Cytosolic iron-sulfur cluster assembly1380.7×0.007BRIP1
Stabilization of p531380.7×0.007ATM
p53-Dependent G1 DNA Damage Response1356.9×0.007ATM
p53-Dependent G1/S DNA damage checkpoint1356.9×0.007ATM
G1/S DNA Damage Checkpoints1335.9×0.007ATM
Resolution of D-Loop Structures1317.2×0.008ATM
Diseases of DNA repair1285.5×0.008ATM
TP53 Regulates Transcription of Cell Death Genes1271.9×0.008ATM
TP53 Regulates Transcription of Genes Involved in Cytochrome C Release1271.9×0.008ATM
Regulation of TP53 Activity through Methylation1271.9×0.008ATM

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 termCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
DNA damage checkpoint signaling2391.9×5e-04BRIP1, ATM
double-strand break repair2203.0×9e-04BRIP1, ATM
establishment of RNA localization to telomere14213.0×0.004ATM
establishment of protein-containing complex localization to telomere14213.0×0.004ATM
positive regulation of telomerase catalytic core complex assembly14213.0×0.004ATM
pre-B cell allelic exclusion12808.7×0.004ATM
meiotic DNA double-strand break processing involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination12808.7×0.004BRIP1
cellular response to nitrosative stress12808.7×0.004ATM
spermatogonial cell division11685.2×0.004BRIP1
peptidyl-serine autophosphorylation11685.2×0.004ATM
negative regulation of telomere capping11685.2×0.004ATM
regulation of telomere maintenance via telomerase11404.3×0.004ATM
positive regulation of telomere maintenance via telomere lengthening11404.3×0.004ATM
lipoprotein catabolic process11203.7×0.004ATM
V(D)J recombination11053.2×0.004ATM
meiotic telomere clustering1936.2×0.004ATM
chiasma assembly1936.2×0.004BRIP1
female meiotic nuclear division1842.6×0.004ATM
histone mRNA catabolic process1842.6×0.004ATM
cellular response to X-ray1842.6×0.004ATM
protein-DNA covalent cross-linking repair1842.6×0.004BRIP1
DNA double-strand break processing1766.0×0.005ATM
homologous recombination1702.2×0.005BRIP1
double-strand break repair involved in meiotic recombination1648.1×0.005BRIP1
regulation of autophagosome assembly1561.7×0.005ATM
pexophagy1526.6×0.005ATM
regulation of cellular response to heat1526.6×0.005ATM
positive regulation of DNA damage response, signal transduction by p53 class mediator1495.6×0.005ATM
replicative senescence1495.6×0.005ATM
negative regulation of B cell proliferation1468.1×0.005ATM

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

Approved (phase 4): 1 · Phase ≥3: 1 · Phased (≥1): 1 · Undrugged: 1

Druggability breadth: 1 of 2 evidence-associated genes (50%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Genes with an approved drug

The molecule shown is one approved compound that hits the gene — not necessarily a drug of choice or one indicated for this disease.

SymbolExample approved molecule
ATMAMIODARONE HYDROCHLORIDE

Top cohort targets by molecule count

SymbolMoleculesMax phase
ATM354
BRIP100

Drugs targeting cohort genes (top 30)

MoleculeMax phaseTargets in cohort
AMIODARONE HYDROCHLORIDE4ATM
FURAZOLIDONE4ATM
ESTRADIOL ACETATE4ATM
NAFTIFINE HYDROCHLORIDE4ATM
METHYSERGIDE MALEATE4ATM
AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE4ATM
XYLOMETAZOLINE HYDROCHLORIDE4ATM
FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE4ATM
ESTRADIOL VALERATE4ATM
PERMETHRIN4ATM
MITOTANE4ATM
TICLOPIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE4ATM
ENOXIMONE4ATM
METHYLENE BLUE ANHYDROUS4ATM
DITHIAZANINE IODIDE4ATM
ETHACRYNIC ACID4ATM
SECNIDAZOLE4ATM
MENADIONE4ATM
FENOFIBRATE4ATM
DIPYRIDAMOLE4ATM
DACTOLISIB3ATM
STREPTONIGRIN2ATM
CALCIMYCIN2ATM
ENPIROLINE2ATM
OXACEPROL2ATM
TOLONIUM CHLORIDE2ATM
ESTRADIOL BENZOATE2ATM
BERZOSERTIB2ATM
LARTESERTIB2ATM
ALTHIAZIDE2ATM

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 2.

Cohort genes with ChEMBL bioactivity (full, sorted by assay count)

SymbolAssaysType breakdown
ATM240Binding:233, Functional:5, ADMET:2

Cohort enzymes (BRENDA EC)

SymbolEC numbersNames
BRIP13.6.4.12DNA helicase
ATM2.7.11.1non-specific serine/threonine protein kinase

Cohort genes with high screening signal

≥100 ChEMBL assays — a studied-ness signal; see Therapeutics for approved-drug status.

SymbolChEMBL assays
ATM240

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

30 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.

CompoundMax phaseCohort target (bioactivity)
AMIODARONE HYDROCHLORIDE4ATM
FURAZOLIDONE4ATM
ESTRADIOL ACETATE4ATM
NAFTIFINE HYDROCHLORIDE4ATM
METHYSERGIDE MALEATE4ATM
AMITRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE4ATM
XYLOMETAZOLINE HYDROCHLORIDE4ATM
FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE4ATM
ESTRADIOL VALERATE4ATM
PERMETHRIN4ATM
MITOTANE4ATM
TICLOPIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE4ATM
ENOXIMONE4ATM
METHYLENE BLUE ANHYDROUS4ATM
DITHIAZANINE IODIDE4ATM
ETHACRYNIC ACID4ATM
SECNIDAZOLE4ATM
MENADIONE4ATM
FENOFIBRATE4ATM
DIPYRIDAMOLE4ATM
DACTOLISIB3ATM
STREPTONIGRIN2ATM
CALCIMYCIN2ATM
ENPIROLINE2ATM
OXACEPROL2ATM
TOLONIUM CHLORIDE2ATM
ESTRADIOL BENZOATE2ATM
BERZOSERTIB2ATM
LARTESERTIB2ATM
ALTHIAZIDE2ATM

Druggability pyramid

Cohort genes binned by druggability tier (high → low):

TierDefinitionGenesSymbols
AApproved (phase 4 drug)1ATM
BPhased (≥1) drug, not yet approved0
CDruggable family + PDB, no drug1BRIP1
DDruggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug0
EDifficult family or no structure, no drug0

Undrugged target profiles

1 cohort genes are undrugged. Ranked by ‘starting-point quality’ (assay depth + drugged-partner adjacency).

SymbolChEMBL assaysDrugged partners (top 3)
BRIP10

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.