ClinVar

Description

Variant summary: MSH6 c.1729C>T (p.Arg577Cys) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the DNA mismatch repair protein MutS, connector domain (IPR007860) of the encoded protein sequence. Three of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 2.8e-05 in 250210 control chromosomes. The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. c.1729C>T has been reported in the literature in an individual affected with MSI stable colorectal cancer and in an individual with colorectal cancer who met at least one of the revised Bethesda guidelines, as well as in individuals affected with other cancers within the Lynch Syndrome tumor spectrum, without strong evidence for causality (e.g.Hampel_2008, Loizidou_2014, Paulo_2018, Barbosa_2020). In a large study evaluating breast cancer cases and controls in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC), the variant was reported in 9/60466 cases, and in 4/53461 controls (Dorling_2021 through LOVD). These report(s) do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. The following publications have been ascertained in the context of this evaluation (PMID: 32658311, 33008098, 18809606, 25133505, 29659569, 33471991). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 89218). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance.