Reasoning
PVS1 requires a null variant (nonsense, frameshift, canonical +/-1,2 splice-site, initiation-codon, or whole-exon deletion) in a gene where LOF is the established mechanism. NM_001127510.3:c.2805C>T is a synonymous substitution (NP_001120982.1:p.(Tyr935=); identical change in canonical NM_000038.6(APC):c.2805C>T p.Tyr935= per ClinVar) located ~846 nt into the terminal giant exon (exon 17 of NM_001127510.3; exon 15 of NM_000038.6), remote from any splice junction. The governing InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1 (cspec) restricts PVS1 to null variants evaluated through its modified decision tree (Figure 1, lists A-E of specific splice variants); c.2805C>T appears in none of these lists and is not a splice-consensus change. SpliceAI predicts no splicing effect (max delta score 0.00), so no splicing-mediated LOF route is predicted. The change introduces no premature stop, no frameshift, no alteration of the initiation codon, and no exon deletion; therefore PVS1 cannot be applied at any strength.
Evidence considered
- Governing framework is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis VCEP specification for APC v2.1 (cspec), which states PVS1 applies to null variants 'as per modified decision tree (Figure 1)'; that decision tree enumerates specific nonsense/frameshift and splice-site variants in lists A-E and does not include c.2805C>T or any deep-exonic synonymous position.
- Variant consequence is synonymous: Mutalyzer/VariantValidator normalization gives NM_001127510.3(NP_001120982.1):p.(Y935=), and ClinVar titles the record NM_000038.6(APC):c.2805C>T (p.Tyr935=), confirming no amino-acid change in either transcript (both share the CCDS4107 CDS).
- The variant is positioned in the terminal giant exon (VariantValidator: exon 17 of NM_001127510.3; exon boundaries place c.2805 ~846 nt downstream of the exon 17 acceptor at c.1959), i.e., remote from any intron boundary, so no canonical or cryptic splice-consensus disruption is plausible.
- SpliceAI lookup (spliceai source) reports all delta scores 0.00 (DS_AG/DS_AL/DS_DG/DS_DL = 0.0; max_delta_score 0.0), i.e., no predicted splice impact.
- Generic ACMG/AMP PVS1 (PMID:25741868) likewise applies only to null variants (nonsense/frameshift/canonical splice/initiation/exon loss); it would not be triggered even if the VCEP specification were unavailable, though the VCEP governs here.
- PMID:12173026 lists the variant as TAC>TAT at codon Y935 (Y935Y) in exon 15, classified as a polymorphism, confirming a protein-neutral synonymous change with no truncating or length-altering consequence.
- pvs1_gene_context.json confirms APC germline LOF is an established mechanism (gene gate 'eligible'), so the reason PVS1 is not applied is exclusively the non-null nature of this variant, not the gene-level mechanism.
Still missing
- No RNA-based assay for this variant is available in the evidence bundle; however, PVS1 applicability does not hinge on it because the variant is a deep-exonic synonymous change, not a null variant under the APC VCEP decision tree. A possible splicing effect of a synonymous variant would be addressed by other criteria (e.g., BP7/BS3), not PVS1.
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