TP53 p.Arg267Gln

The NM_000546.6: c.800G>A variant in TP53 is a missense variant predicted to cause substitution of Arginine by Glutamine at amino acid 267 (p.Arg267Gln). This variant has been identified as a de novo occurrence with confirmed parental relationships in one individual with a moderately LFS-associated cancer totaling 2 phenotype points (PS2_Moderate; Internal contributor). This variant has been reported in 6 unrelated families meeting Revised Chompret criteria. Based on this evidence, this variant scores 3 total points meeting the TP53 VCEP phenotype scoring criteria of 2-3.5 points. (PS4_Moderate; PMID: 25584008, Internal lab contributors). At least two individuals with this variant were found to have a variant allele fraction of 5-25%, which is a significant predictor of variant pathogenicity (PP4_Moderate, PMID: 34906512, Internal lab contributor). This variant has been observed in at least 8 heterozygous unrelated females from the same data source with no personal history of cancer prior to age 60 years and no personal history of sarcoma at any age (BS2; Internal lab contributor). This variant has an allele frequency of 0.000004959 (8/1613260 alleles) across gnomAD v4.1.0 which is lower than the Clingen TP53 VCEP threshold (<0.00003) for PM2_Supporting and has a subpopulation allele frequency of <0.00004 in all non-bottleneck populations with 2 or more alleles present (PM2_Supporting). In vitro assays performed in yeast and/or human cell lines showed partially functional transactivation and retained growth suppression activity suggesting that this variant does not impact protein function; however, all assays did not agree (BS3_Supporting not met; PMIDs: 12826609, 30224644, 29979965, 39774325).This variant has 4 somatic occurrences for the same amino acid change in cancerhotspots.org (v2) sufficient to be defined as a mutational hotspot by the Clingen TP53 VCEP (2-9 somatic occurrences, PMID: 30311369) (PM1_Supporting). Computational predictor scores (BayesDel = 0.5934; Align GVGD = Class C35) are above recommended thresholds (BayesDel > 0.16 and an Align GVGD Class of > 15), evidence that correlates with impact to TP53 via protein change (PP3). Available evidence suggests that this variant may be an atypical low penetrance variant. At this time, the TP53 VCEP cannot curate variants for low-penetrance designation. In summary, this variant meets the criteria to be classified as variant of uncertain significance for Li Fraumeni syndrome based on the ACMG/AMP criteria applied, as specified by the ClinGen TP53 VCEP: PS2_Moderate, PP4_Moderate, PS4_Moderate, BS2, PP3, PM1_Supporting, PM2_Supporting. (Bayesian Points: 5; VCEP specifications version 2.4)