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ArticleHuman mutation2022

Predictive functional assay-based classification of PMS2 variants in Lynch syndrome.

Emily Rayner, Yvonne Tiersma, Cristina Fortuno, Sandrine van Hees-Stuivenberg, Mark Drost, Bryony Thompson, Amanda B Spurdle, Niels de Wind

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Article in Human mutation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Emily RaynerDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0477-9408
Yvonne TiersmaDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Cristina FortunoQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Sandrine van Hees-StuivenbergDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Mark DrostDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Bryony ThompsonDepartment of Pathology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Amanda B SpurdleQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1337-7897
Niels de WindDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3143-5061
Leiden University Medical Center · NLQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · AUThe Royal Melbourne Hospital · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The large majority of germline alterations identified in the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) gene PMS2, a low-penetrance gene for the cancer predisposition Lynch syndrome, represent variants of uncertain significance (VUS). The inability to classify most VUS interferes with personalized healthcare. The complete in vitro MMR activity (CIMRA) assay, that only requires sequence information on the VUS, provides a functional analysis-based quantitative tool to improve the classification of VUS in MMR proteins. To derive a formula that translates CIMRA assay results into the odds of pathogenicity (OddsPath) for VUS in PMS2 we used a set of clinically classified PMS2 variants supplemented by inactivating variants that were generated by an in cellulo genetic screen, as proxies for cancer-predisposing variants. Validation of this OddsPath revealed high predictive values for benign and predisposing PMS2 VUS. We conclude that the OddsPath provides an integral metric that, following the other, higher penetrance, MMR proteins MSH2, MSH6 and MLH1 can be incorporated as strong evidence type into the upcoming criteria for MMR gene VUS classification of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology (ACMG/AMP).

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Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary NonpolyposisMismatch Repair Endonuclease PMS2DNA-Binding ProteinsDNA Mismatch RepairGenetic TestingHumansMutL Protein Homolog 1MutS Homolog 2 ProteinDNA-Binding ProteinsMismatch Repair Endonuclease PMS2MutL Protein Homolog 1MutS Homolog 2 ProteinPMS2 protein, humandiagnostic assessmentDNA mismatch repairfunctional analysis-based classificationLynch syndromePMS2variants of uncertain significance

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PMID35451539
PMCPMC9545740
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