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About APC
APC is a tumor suppressor gene whose protein acts as a key brake on the Wnt signaling pathway by helping mark the growth-promoting protein beta-catenin for destruction; it also participates in cell migration, adhesion, and apoptosis. Inherited mutations in APC cause familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), an autosomal dominant condition characterized by numerous colorectal polyps and a very high risk of colorectal cancer, with related forms including attenuated FAP and gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach (GAPPS). Somatic APC mutations are found in roughly 50-80% of sporadic colorectal cancers, where they act as early tumor-initiating events, and are also observed in some breast, stomach, and prostate cancers. Loss of APC function leaves Wnt signaling abnormally active, driving uncontrolled cell growth, which makes APC a central tumor suppressor in colorectal cancer.
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01The reasoning
How it was classified
The recorded framework is ClinGen APC VCEP v2.1. The criteria and strengths shown below come from the saved assessment; this page does not recalculate the classification.
Recorded applied criteria
The applied criteria and their strengths are shown as assessed under the stated framework.
No pathogenic criterion marked as applied in the recorded assessment.
Benign criteria applied · 2
BS1Strong
BS1 · strong
Met (strong): popmax filtering AF 0.0039% in gnomAD v2.1 non-cancer exceeds the VCEP BS1 threshold of 0.001%.
BP1Supporting
BP1 · supporting
Met (supporting): p.Thr1082Ser is a missense change at residue 1082, outside the beta-catenin repeat codons 1021-1035 that the APC VCEP excepts.
Recorded classification: Likely benign
Likely Benign: BS1 (strong, gnomAD non-cancer popmax filtering AF 0.0039% exceeds the 0.001% threshold) satisfies the APC VCEP's Rule26 Benign-Strong combination.
02The sources
Evidence at a glance
Evidence summaries and captured source records, where available. Missing entries should not be interpreted as negative findings.
gnomAD v4.1
gnomAD v2.1
Population frequency
111 / 1,614,042 alleles
gnomAD v4.1: 111 / 1,614,042 alleles. Recorded AF 6.87714e-05. Recorded homozygote count 0.
gnomAD v2.1
This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 4.61448e-05; MAF= 0.00461%, 13/281722 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the European (Finnish) population (AF= 0.000119436; MAF= 0.01194%, 3/25118 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 3.442e-05.
OncoKB did not identify variant-specific reviewed functional evidence for this variant; gene-level curated context is available for reviewer follow-up. APC, a tumor suppressor involved in WNT signaling, is recurrently altered in colorectal cancer.
ACMG/AMP criteria under ClinGen APC VCEP v2.1, with the data and sources behind each one.
28 criteria with recorded statuses: 2 met · 9 not met · 6 not assessed · 11 not applicable. Open any row for the full reasoning, the rule and the evidence behind it.
For the requested consequence/LOF criteria, NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G is a missense substitution (NP_001120982.1:p.Thr1082Ser); the APC VCEP specification v2.1 (ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis) makes PVS1 inapplicable (definition limited to null variants), and marks PM4 and BP3 Not Applicable by design.
PVS1 strength is left null rather than any tier because the criterion is not applicable; had it been met at full strength the required tier word would be "very strong", which is not the case for this missense allele.
The variant is exonic coding with canonical_splice_consensus false, so it is not reinterpreted as a canonical splice-site loss-of-function event.
Group scope: PS1, PM1, PM5, PP2, BP1 for APC NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G, p.(Thr1082Ser), a missense variant; governing framework is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel specification for APC v2.1.
PS1 not met: the VCEP requires the same amino acid change as a previously established (Likely) Pathogenic variant; APC's only Likely Pathogenic missense variants are p.(Asn1026Ser) and p.(Ser1028Arg), the assessed change p.(Thr1082Ser) is neither, and ClinVar records c.3245C>G as conflicting (9 uncertain significance, 5 likely benign, 0 expert-panel submissions).
PM5 not met: the VCEP restricts PM5 to alternate missense changes at the two established Likely Pathogenic residues (1026 and 1028); residue 1082 is excluded, and the pm5_candidates harvest found 0 same-residue candidates.
PM1 and PP2 are not_applicable: the APC VCEP marks both criteria Not Applicable for this gene (PM1 across all strength tiers; PP2 because missense variants are not a frequent APC mechanism). vcep_materials.json contains no APC domain_tables entry, so no approved critical-domain list overrides PM1's non-applicability.
BP1 met at Supporting strength: p.(Thr1082Ser) is a missense variant in APC, a gene where primarily truncating variants cause disease, and residue 1082 is outside the VCEP's only exception interval (beta-catenin first repeat, codons 1021-1035).
Net contribution of this group: one benign supporting point (BP1); no pathogenic weight from PS1/PM1/PM5/PP2. This should be combined with the other evidence groups under the VCEP combining rules.
All four criteria in this group (PS2, PM6, PP1, BS4) are not assessed because the case is a variant-level review: it contains no proband, no parental/paternity-maternity testing, no family pedigree, and no meiosis data, so none of the APC VCEP de novo-score or meiosis thresholds can be evaluated.
The single source that reports this variant, PMID:25142776, describes one 52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient with no relatives studied and no de novo or segregation data; the ClinVar submissions for c.3245C>G report classifications only, and criterion status is never inferred from another source's classification.
Consequently PS2/PM6 de novo scores and PP1/BS4 segregation counts cannot be derived; recording them as not_met would be incorrect since the evidence is absent rather than negative.
Neither PS3 nor BS3 is met: the APC VCEP v2.1 requires RNA-assay evidence (or, for the protein-assay branch restricted to codons 959-2129, a beta-catenin transcription/SPR assay) and no functional assay of any kind has been reported for APC c.3245C>G p.(Thr1082Ser).
The variant's REVEL score of 0.293 is in-silico evidence belonging to the PP3/BP4 path and is not a functional assay; it is not used to support or refute PS3 or BS3.
Because there is no functional evidence in either direction, the functional group supplies no strength to the final classification and the criteria are recorded as not_assessed with the assay evidence identified as the outstanding gap.
The ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis VCEP specification for APC v2.1 governs this criterion group; generic ACMG/AMP is used only where the VCEP is silent.
Neither pathogenicity criterion in this group is met. PS4 (APC phenotype-points version) yields 0 phenotype points because no colorectal polyposis phenotype or adenoma count is documented for the single reported carrier (PubMed 25142776, patient 72, an unselected microsatellite-stable colorectal-cancer case), and no case-control enrichment data exist. BP5 requires an alternate adenomatous-polyposis molecular basis (e.g. biallelic MUTYH), which is absent.
PP4, PP5 and BP6 are Not Applicable by the APC VCEP v2.1 rules (PP4 content already captured by PS4; PP5 and BP6 not for use). This is reinforced for PP5 and BP6 by the absence of any exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel classification (VCV000181799 has 0 expert-panel submissions), which is the only route that could trigger them.
No conventional case-control enrichment reference standard (odds ratio / relative risk) specific to APC c.3245C>G was identified for this missense variant.
Governing framework: ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel specification for APC, Version 2.1 (framework_mode = vcep), which takes precedence over generic ACMG/AMP.
PM3 is explicitly excluded by the APC VCEP ('Not used as FAP has an autosomal dominant' inheritance), so no allelic/recessive trans reasoning is applied; PM3 = not_applicable.
BP2 is applicable but unmet: neither arm of the VCEP rule is satisfied. There is no report of c.3245C>G in trans with a (likely) pathogenic APC variant and no unknown-phase co-occurrence record (0 of the required >= 3).
The only variant-specific evidence (PMID:25142776) is a single CRC case report; ClinVar shows conflicting classifications with no expert-panel review, and no source provides phasing data.
Population-frequency evidence for APC c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) was adjudicated under the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis VCEP specification for APC v2.1, whose instructionsToUse direct BA1, BS1 and PM2 to the gnomAD v2.1.1 non-cancer dataset rather than generic ACMG defaults.
BS1 is met at Strong: the gnomAD v2.1 non-cancer popmax filtering AF (3.865e-05, 0.003865%) exceeds the VCEP threshold of 0.001% (0.00001); the all-comers v2.1 (3.442e-05) and v4.1 (7.076e-05) filtering frequencies also exceed it, so the call is robust to dataset choice.
BA1 is not met: the variant's highest filtering frequency (~1.2e-04 in the Finnish subpopulation, 0.01195%) is roughly an order of magnitude below the 0.1% stand-alone threshold.
PM2 is not met: with a non-cancer allele count of 11 (> 1), the VCEP requires an allele frequency <= 0.000003, but the observed non-cancer exome AF is 4.6605e-05, approximately 15-fold too frequent.
BS2 is not met: the homozygous arm fails (zero homozygotes in all gnomAD datasets) and the healthy-individual arm is blocked because the VCEP permits the non-cancer gnomAD dataset to be used only for homozygote searching; no healthy carriers are reported in the accessible literature.
Per the VCEP rules for combining criteria, a single Benign-Strong criterion (BS1) is sufficient for a Likely Benign classification; that combination step belongs to the classification stage and is not asserted within this population group.
No criteria match.
Met · 2
BS1StrongMet (strong): popmax filtering AF 0.0039% in gnomAD v2.1 non-cancer exceeds the VCEP BS1 threshold of 0.001%.
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Governing framework is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis VCEP specification for APC v2.1. Its BS1 strong rule requires a gnomAD Popmax Filtering Allele Frequency (AF) >= 0.001% (0.00001), assessed in the gnomAD v2.1.1 non-cancer dataset per instructionsToUse. In the non-cancer gnomAD v2.1 subset the variant has a non-cancer grpmax filtering AF of 3.865e-05 (0.003865%) and an exome AF of 4.6605e-05 (11/236026 alleles); the European (Finnish) population reaches 0.000119512 (0.01195%). The threshold is exceeded by roughly four-fold on the grpmax filtering AF and by more than ten-fold on the Finnish subpopulation frequency. The result is robust to dataset choice: the all-comers gnomAD v2.1 grpmax filtering AF is 3.442e-05 (0.003442%) and gnomAD v4.1 grpmax filtering AF is 7.076e-05 (0.007076%), both also above 0.001%. BS1 is therefore met at Strong. Per the VCEP rules for combining criteria, a single Benign-Strong criterion is sufficient to reach Likely Benign, but that combination step is not applied here.
Rule
GnomAD Popmax Filtering Allele Frequency (AF) >= 0.001% (0.00001). [InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1, Benign Strong; assess in the gnomAD v2.1.1 non-cancer dataset]
Evidence considered
Governing specification: InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1. BS1 strength rule: 'GnomAD Popmax Filtering Allele Frequency (AF) >= 0.001% (0.00001).' instructionsToUse: 'General recommendation: Use the non-cancer dataset from gnomAD (v2.1.1)'.
gnomAD v2.1.1 non-cancer subset: grpmax filtering AF 3.865e-05 (0.003865%); exome AC 11, AN 236026, exome AF 4.6605035e-05; highest subpopulation European (Finnish) AF 0.00011951238945103975 (0.011950%), above the 0.001% threshold.
gnomAD v2.1 all-comers: grpmax filtering AF 3.442e-05 (0.003442%); gnomAD v4.1 all-comers: grpmax filtering AF 7.076e-05 (0.007076%). Both exceed 0.001%.
gnomAD v3.1 non-cancer (genomes only, no exome cohort in v3.1): total AF 4.73088e-05 (7/147964 alleles, homozygotes 0), grpmax filtering AF 1.972e-05 (0.001972%) - also above the 0.001% threshold.
Allele frequency exceeds that expected for a fully penetrant dominant colorectal polyposis syndrome, supporting BS1 at Strong.
BP1SupportingMet (supporting): p.Thr1082Ser is a missense change at residue 1082, outside the beta-catenin repeat codons 1021-1035 that the APC VCEP excepts.
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Variant consequence: missense, NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser) (NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G), APC. The governing ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 makes BP1 applicable to APC at Supporting strength: 'BP1 is applicable to APC with the exception of missense variants located in the first 15-amino acid repeat of the beta-catenin binding domain (codon 1021-1035).' APC is a gene in which primarily truncating (loss-of-function) variants cause familial adenomatous polyposis, which is the premise of BP1. The variant under assessment is a missense change at residue 1082, which lies outside codons 1021-1035, so the VCEP's single stated exception does not apply and BP1 remains applicable to it. The criterion is therefore met at Supporting strength (Benign Supporting). This is the only benign direction available from this group of criteria and is applied at supporting weight only; it should be combined with the other groups' benign and pathogenic evidence by the VCEP's combining rules rather than considered in isolation. Note the variant's own predicted protein effect is not benign by in silico measures (REVEL 0.293), but BP1 as specified by the VCEP rests on the gene's variant-type mechanism, not on per-variant predictor output.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 BP1 (Supporting): BP1 is applicable to APC with the exception of missense variants located in the first 15-amino acid repeat of the beta-catenin binding domain (codon 1021-1035).
Evidence considered
ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 (cspec), BP1 Supporting rule: 'BP1 is applicable to APC with the exception of missense variants located in the first 15-amino acid repeat of the beta-catenin binding domain (codon 1021-1035).'
The variant under assessment is a missense change at residue 1082 (p.Thr1082Ser), which is outside codons 1021-1035, so the VCEP exception does not remove BP1 applicability.
APC is a gene in which primarily truncating (loss-of-function) variants are known to cause familial adenomatous polyposis 1 (MONDO:0021056); this is the mechanism premise of BP1.
Cancer Hotspots (hotspots) returned no statistically significant hotspot row for APC T1082, and the VCEP exception interval (codons 1021-1035) does not include residue 1082, so no hotspot/domain consideration removes BP1 applicability.
PS1Not met: no established pathogenic variant carries the same p.Thr1082Ser change; APC's only Likely Pathogenic missense variants are p.Asn1026Ser and p.Ser1028Arg.
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Variant consequence: missense, NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser) (NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G), APC. The governing framework is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel specification for APC v2.1 (cspec), which is applicable and takes precedence over generic ACMG. The APC VCEP PS1 rule is: for missense variants, PS1 is met at Strong strength when the variant under assessment results in the same amino acid change as a previously established Pathogenic variant (and at Moderate strength when the comparator was classified Likely Pathogenic); the specification states that APC currently has only two Likely Pathogenic missense variants, c.3077A>G p.(Asn1026Ser) and c.3084T>A p.(Ser1028Arg), and that no missense variant has been classified as Pathogenic based on current evidence. The variant under assessment changes residue 1082 (p.Thr1082Ser), so its amino acid change is not p.(Asn1026Ser) or p.(Ser1028Arg), and no other established (Likely) Pathogenic APC missense shares the p.Thr1082Ser change. ClinVar variation 181799 records NM_000038.6(APC):c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) as conflicting (uncertain significance in 9 clinical laboratories and likely benign in 5 clinical laboratories; review status 'criteria provided, conflicting classifications', no expert-panel submission), so the variant's own change has never been established as Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic. Kraus et al. 2015 (PMID:25142776) reported the variant once (patient 72) and classified it as IARC class 2, 'likely not pathogenic'. No splice-relevant comparator applies because this is a missense, not a splice, variant. PS1 is therefore not met at any strength.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 PS1 (Strong): The previously established variant was classified as Pathogenic according to the APC-specific modifications. Missense variants: when the variant under assessment results in the same amino acid change as previously established Pathogenic variant(s). (Moderate strength: same, keyed to a previously established Likely Pathogenic variant.)
Evidence considered
ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 (cspec), PS1 Strong rule: 'The previously established variant was classified as Pathogenic according to the APC-specific modifications. This criterion can be applied to both missense and splice variants in APC. Missense variants: when the variant under assessment results in the same amino acid change as previously established Pathogenic variant(s). There are currently only two Likely Pathogenic missense variants: c.3077A>G p.(Asn1026Ser) and c.3084T>A p.(Ser1028Arg). Other variants leading to the same missense change at these positions meet PS1_Moderate. No missense variant has been classified as Pathogenic based on current evidence.'
ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 (cspec), PS1 Moderate rule: same amino-acid-change logic but keyed to a previously established Likely Pathogenic variant; the only named Likely Pathogenic APC missense variants are p.(Asn1026Ser) and p.(Ser1028Arg).
APC VCEP supplementary material (vcep_apc_specifications_supplementary_material_v2) notes for PS1: 'Based on the current knowledge there are only two ...' Likely Pathogenic missense variants, consistent with the rule text.
The variant under assessment is p.(Thr1082Ser) (residue 1082), which is neither residue 1026 nor residue 1028 and matches none of the named established (Likely) Pathogenic missense changes.
ClinVar (clinvar) variation 181799: NM_000038.6(APC):c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) is reported as conflicting - uncertain significance in 9 clinical laboratories and likely benign in 5 clinical laboratories; review status 'criteria provided, conflicting classifications'; 0 expert-panel submissions; date last updated 2026-06-20. The variant itself is therefore not an established Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variant.
Kraus et al. 2015 (PMID:25142776): the p.Thr1082Ser variant was reported once (52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient, patient 72) and classified with the IARC five-class system as class 2 ('likely not pathogenic'), with PolyPhen-2 'B' (benign), SIFT 'T' (tolerated), Align-GVGD score 2, and absent from the NHLBI ESP control dataset.
Still missing
No full text or structured extract was available for PMID:25559809 (Chubb et al. 2015), which is cited by several ClinVar submitters for this variant; if it established p.Thr1082Ser as (Likely) Pathogenic it could bear on PS1, but its ClinVar submissions are uncertain significance/likely benign and the APC VCEP states no APC missense variant is classified Pathogenic.
PS4Not met: 0 phenotype points assignable (no polyposis phenotype documented) against the >=1 phenotype point required for PS4_Supporting.
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Governing specification is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis VCEP for APC v2.1, which redefines PS4 from a case-control odds-ratio criterion into a phenotype-points criterion: >=16 points Pathogenic Very Strong, 4-15.5 Strong, 2-3.5 Moderate, 1-1.5 Supporting, with points assigned per Table 1 and the supplementary-material modification based on Fortuno et al. 2020. No affected-cohort enrichment statistic (odds ratio / relative risk) exists for APC c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser). The only reported carrier is a single unselected 52-year-old male colorectal-cancer case (PMID:25142776, patient 72, Table 4), microsatellite-stable tumour, with no adenoma count or colorectal polyposis phenotype reported; under Table 1 a colorectal-cancer diagnosis without a documented polyposis phenotype (or desmoid/medulloblastoma/hepatoblastoma/CHRPE/gastric-duodenal adenoma/osteoma/family-history feature) scores 0 phenotype points, and that same report itself assigned the variant IARC class 2 ('likely not pathogenic'). Comparison as literally written for PS4 (operator '>='; PS4 strengthens as points increase): assigned phenotype points 0 >= 1 (PS4_Supporting threshold)? No. PS4 is therefore not met at any strength.
APC VCEP v2.1 (ClinGen InSiGHT) PS4 rules: >=16 phenotype points Very Strong; 4-15.5 Strong; 2-3.5 Moderate; 1-1.5 Supporting; phenotype points curated per Table 1 (modification based on Fortuno et al. 2020).
Table 1 (Phenotypic consistency / phenotype point per proband): typical colorectal phenotype 20-99 adenomas = 1 point; other colorectal phenotype >=20 adenomas, multifocal/bilateral CHRPE, >=2 gastric adenomas, >=2 duodenal adenomas, osteomas, or typical FAP family history = 0.5 point. A colorectal cancer without any of these features scores 0 points.
The single exact-variant carrier reported in the literature (PMID:25142776, Table 4, patient 72) is an unselected 52-year-old male colorectal-cancer case with an MSS tumour and normal MMR IHC; no polyposis/adenoma-count phenotype is recorded, so 0 phenotype points are assignable.
No case-control or case-enrichment data (odds ratio / relative risk) for APC c.3245C>G was present in the assembled evidence.
Explicit comparison for PS4 (operator '>=' exactly as written in the APC VCEP PS4 rule, and higher points = stronger): assigned phenotype points 0 >= 1 (PS4_Supporting)? no -> not met.
Still missing
No proband phenotype (adenoma count, polyposis features, or other Table 1 features) is documented for this variant, so PS4 phenotype points were assigned as 0 by default rather than by active curation.
No case-control enrichment study (odds ratio / relative risk with confidence interval excluding 1.0) specific to this variant was identified.
PM2Not met: non-cancer exome AF 0.00466% (11 alleles) exceeds the VCEP PM2 threshold of 0.0003% for allele count greater than 1.
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Governing framework is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis VCEP specification for APC v2.1 (not generic ACMG). Its PM2_supporting rule defines 'rare in controls' as an allele frequency <= 0.0003% (0.000003) when the allele count is > 1, or an allele frequency < 0.001% (0.00001) when the allele count is <= 1, and instructionsToUse direct use of the total population from the gnomAD v2.1.1 non-cancer dataset. In the non-cancer gnomAD v2.1 subset the allele count is 11 (> 1), so the applicable threshold is 0.000003. The observed non-cancer exome allele frequency is 4.6605e-05 (0.00466%), roughly 15-fold above the threshold; the non-cancer total AF is 4.861e-05. The variant is likewise too frequent in the all-comers datasets (v2.1 total AF 4.614e-05 with AC 13; v4.1 total AF 6.877e-05 with AC 111), all with allele counts > 1. Because the allele frequency exceeds 0.000003 with an allele count > 1, the rarity condition is not satisfied and PM2 is not met.
Rule
Rare in controls: allele frequency <= 0.0003% (0.000003) if the allele count is > 1, OR allele frequency < 0.001% (0.00001) if the allele count is <= 1. [InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1, Pathogenic Supporting; use the total population from the gnomAD v2.1.1 non-cancer dataset]
Evidence considered
Governing specification: InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1. PM2 supporting rule: 'Rare in controls, defined by an allele frequency <= 0.0003% (0.000003) if the allele count is > 1 OR by an allele frequency < 0.001% (0.00001) if the allele count is <= 1.' instructionsToUse: 'General recommendation: Use the total population from the non-cancer dataset from gnomAD (v2.1.1)'.
gnomAD v2.1.1 non-cancer subset (exomes-only figures): AC 11, AN 236026, exome AF 4.6605035e-05 (0.00466%); total across non-cancer 13/267434 = 4.861e-05. Allele count is > 1, so the applicable rarity threshold is 0.000003, which is exceeded.
gnomAD v2.1 all-comers: AC 13, AN 281722, total AF 4.6144781e-05 (0.00461%). gnomAD v4.1 all-comers: AC 111, AN 1614042, total AF 6.877144e-05 (0.00688%). Both also exceed the 0.000003 threshold with allele count > 1.
gnomAD v3.1 non-cancer (genomes only): AC 7, AN 147964, AF 4.73088e-05 (0.00473%) - also above threshold with allele count > 1.
The variant is present at 11-111 alleles in control populations with zero homozygotes, i.e. it is not rare enough to qualify for PM2_supporting under the VCEP rule.
PM5Not met: residue 1082 has no pathogenic alternate missense; the APC VCEP restricts PM5 to residues 1026 and 1028.
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Variant consequence: missense, NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser) (NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G), APC. The governing ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 makes PM5 applicable but defines it narrowly: PM5 is met (Moderate, or Supporting) only when a different missense variant at the same amino acid residue has been determined to be Pathogenic (or Likely Pathogenic) under the APC-specific modifications. The specification explicitly states that APC currently has only two Likely Pathogenic missense variants, c.3077A>G p.(Asn1026Ser) (residue 1026) and c.3084T>A p.(Ser1028Arg) (residue 1028), and that other different missense variants at these positions meet PM5_supporting; no missense variant has been classified as Pathogenic. It further requires that the Grantham distance of the variant under assessment be equal to or higher than that of the reported comparator. The variant under assessment alters residue 1082, which is neither residue 1026 nor residue 1028, so the same-residue comparator condition cannot be satisfied and the Grantham-distance test is moot. The pm5_candidates.json harvest independently found 0 same-residue candidates among the 15 records seen, 0 expert-panel Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic candidates, and 0 non-expert-majority P/LP candidates at residue 1082; although that harvest recorded an HTTP 429 error, the governing rule excludes residue 1082 regardless of any ClinVar record. ClinVar contains no Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic alternate missense at APC residue 1082. PM5 is therefore not met.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 PM5 (Moderate/Supporting): The reported missense variant was determined to be (Likely) Pathogenic according to the APC-specific modifications; other different missense variants at these positions (p.Asn1026Ser, p.Ser1028Arg) meet PM5_supporting, and the Grantham distance of the assessed variant must be equal or higher than the reported variant.
Evidence considered
ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 (cspec), PM5 Moderate rule: 'The reported missense variant was determined to be Pathogenic according to the APC-specific modifications. There are currently only two Likely Pathogenic missense variants: c.3077A>G p.(Asn1026Ser) and c.3084T>A p.(Ser1028Arg). Other different missense variants at these positions meet PM5_supporting. No missense variant has been classified as Pathogenic based on current evidence. Grantham's distance of the variant under assessment must have an equal or higher score than the reported variant.' The Supporting tier is the same logic keyed to a previously established Likely Pathogenic variant.
APC VCEP supplementary material (vcep_apc_specifications_supplementary_material_v2), PM5 row: 'Do not use if the mechanism of pathogenicity for t...' (VCEP comment table entry for PM5).
The variant under assessment alters residue 1082 (p.Thr1082Ser), which is neither the established Likely Pathogenic residue 1026 (p.Asn1026Ser) nor residue 1028 (p.Ser1028Arg), so no same-residue comparator exists and the Grantham-distance requirement cannot be invoked.
pm5_candidates.json (pm5_candidates): mode 'classic_same_residue_missense'; total_candidates_seen 15, same_residue_candidates 0, expert_panel_plp_candidates 0, non_expert_majority_plp_candidates 0; recommendation level 'no_useful_candidates_found'; the run also recorded an 'HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests'.
ClinVar (clinvar) variation 181799 for NM_000038.6(APC):c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser): conflicting classifications (9 uncertain significance, 5 likely benign), 0 expert-panel submissions; no alternate missense at APC residue 1082 is reported as Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic.
Kraus et al. 2015 (PMID:25142776) reported p.Thr1082Ser once as IARC class 2 ('likely not pathogenic'), providing no pathogenic comparator at residue 1082.
Still missing
The ClinVar same-residue harvest in pm5_candidates.json hit an HTTP 429 (rate-limit) error, so its candidate list may be incomplete; this does not change the conclusion because the APC VCEP restricts PM5 to the two established Likely Pathogenic residues (1026 and 1028), which exclude residue 1082.
PP3Not met: for APC missense variants PP3 uses splice predictors, and SpliceAI max delta 0.001 is far below the 0.2 supporting cutoff.
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Variant consequence: missense, NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser) (NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G), APC. The governing framework is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel specification for APC v2.1 (cspec), which is applicable and takes precedence over generic ACMG. The APC VCEP PP3 rule for missense variants states: 'Do not use computational prediction models for conservation, evolution, etc. In silico splicing predictors should be used for presumed missense variants to reveal possible splicing effects.' Accordingly, for this missense variant PP3 is evaluated on the splice-prediction path (SpliceAI and other VCEP-recommended tools), not on the missense protein-impact path. SpliceAI Lookup for NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G returns DS_AG 0.001, DS_AL 0.0, DS_DG 0.0, DS_DL 0.0 (max delta score 0.001), i.e. no predicted splice impact; this is far below the generic SpliceAI PP3 supporting cutoff of >= 0.2 (Jaganathan et al. 2019, PMID:30661751), and no VCEP-specific SpliceAI threshold supersedes it. PP3 therefore is not met. For completeness on the non-designated path, REVEL = 0.293 is also below the generic PP3 supporting cutoff of >= 0.644 (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997), so the conclusion is unchanged under either reckoning. BayesDel = -0.278933 has no established generic ACMG-strength calibration and is therefore not used. No splice prediction from the VCEP-recommended MaxEntScan or VarSeak tools was retrieved, so multi-tool concordance was not established; however, a single VCEP-recommended tool (SpliceAI) at 0.001 does not support a deleterious splice effect, and the VCEP rule requires multiple splicing predictors to support a deleterious effect, so PP3 is not met.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 PP3 (Supporting): Missense variants: Do not use computational prediction models for conservation, evolution, etc. In silico splicing predictors should be used for presumed missense variants to reveal possible splicing effects. Non-canonical splicing variants: Multiple in silico splicing predictors support a deleterious effect.
Evidence considered
ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel Specification for APC v2.1 (cspec), PP3 supporting rule: 'Missense variants: Do not use computational prediction models for conservation, evolution, etc. In silico splicing predictors should be used for presumed missense variants to reveal possible splicing effects. Non-canonical splicing variants: Multiple in silico splicing predictors support a deleterious effect.'
APC VCEP v2.1 PP3 'instructionsToUse': 'Recommended splice prediction programs: see PS1', which lists SpliceAI, MaxEntScan, and VarSeak.
SpliceAI Lookup (spliceai) for NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G / 5-112174536-C-G: DS_AG 0.001, DS_AL 0.0, DS_DG 0.0, DS_DL 0.0; max delta score 0.001 (reported as 'no significant splice impact').
Generic SpliceAI calibration used as data: PP3 supporting requires max delta >= 0.2 and moderate requires >= 0.5 (Jaganathan et al. 2019, Cell; PMID:30661751); observed max delta 0.001 is below both.
REVEL score 0.293 (local REVEL v1.3 lookup) is below the generic PP3 supporting cutoff of >= 0.644; REVEL is additionally not the APC VCEP's designated missense PP3 path, which directs splicing predictors instead.
BayesDel score -0.278933 (local BayesDel lookup): no generic ACMG-strength PP3/BP4 calibration is established, so BayesDel is not used for this criterion.
Variant is not at a canonical splice consensus site (PVS1 assessment: canonical_splice_consensus false), and the SpliceAI result provides no evidence of a splice-region effect.
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MaxEntScan and VarSeak (the other VCEP-recommended splice prediction programs) were not retrieved, so multi-tool concordance for the missense splice path could not be established; SpliceAI alone at max delta 0.001 does not support a deleterious splice effect.
BA1Not met: highest popmax filtering AF 0.0039% (gnomAD v2.1 non-cancer) versus the VCEP BA1 stand-alone threshold of 0.1%.
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Governing framework is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis VCEP specification for APC v2.1 (not generic ACMG). Its BA1 stand-alone rule requires a gnomAD Popmax Filtering Allele Frequency (AF) >= 0.1% (0.001), and the specification's instructionsToUse direct that this be assessed in the gnomAD v2.1.1 non-cancer dataset. In the non-cancer gnomAD v2.1 subset this variant has an exome allele frequency of 4.6605e-05 (11/236026 alleles, 0 homozygotes) and a non-cancer grpmax filtering AF of 3.865e-05 (0.003865%); the highest single population is European (Finnish) at 0.000119512 (0.01195%). For completeness the all-comers gnomAD v2.1 grpmax filtering AF is 3.442e-05 (0.003442%) and gnomAD v4.1 gives a total AF of 6.877e-05 with a grpmax filtering AF of 7.076e-05 (0.007076%). Every observed filtering frequency is roughly 10- to 25-fold below the 0.1% stand-alone threshold, and no population approaches it, so BA1 is not met.
Rule
GnomAD Popmax Filtering Allele Frequency (AF) >= 0.1% (0.001). [InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1, Benign Stand Alone; assess in the gnomAD v2.1.1 non-cancer dataset]
Evidence considered
Governing specification: ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis VCEP for APC v2.1 (doc id 1529292791). BA1 strength rule: 'GnomAD Popmax Filtering Allele Frequency (AF) >= 0.1% (0.001).' instructionsToUse: 'General recommendation: Use the non-cancer dataset from gnomAD (v2.1.1)'.
gnomAD v2.1.1 non-cancer subset (exomes-only figures): total/exome AC 11, AN 236026, exome AF 4.6605035e-05, homozygotes 0; non-cancer grpmax filtering AF 3.865e-05; highest subpopulation European (Finnish) AF 0.00011951238945103975 (3/25102), homozygotes 0.
gnomAD v2.1 all-comers: total AC 13, AN 281722, total AF 4.6144781e-05, homozygotes 0; grpmax filtering AF 3.442e-05; highest subpopulation European (Finnish) AF 0.0001194362608487937 (3/25118).
gnomAD v4.1 all-comers: total AC 111, AN 1614042, total AF 6.877144e-05, homozygotes 0; grpmax filtering AF 7.076e-05; highest subpopulation 'Remaining individuals' AF 0.00011202867934191153 (7/62484).
All observed popmax/grpmax filtering frequencies (3.442e-05 to 7.076e-05) are far below the VCEP BA1 threshold of 1e-03.
BS2Not met: zero homozygotes across every gnomAD dataset, and the VCEP bars counting gnomAD heterozygous carriers as healthy individuals.
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Governing framework is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis VCEP specification for APC v2.1. Its BS2 strong rule is '>=10 points for healthy individuals OR >=2 times in homozygous state' and the supporting rule is '>=3 points for healthy individuals'. The homozygous arm fails outright: homozygote counts are 0 in every gnomAD dataset examined (v2.1 all-comers 0; v2.1 non-cancer exomes 0; v3.1 non-cancer 0; v4.1 all-comers 0), so the '>=2 times in homozygous state' condition is not satisfied. The healthy-individual arm also fails: the VCEP instructionsToUse explicitly states that the gnomAD v2.1.1 non-cancer dataset cannot be used to count heterozygous healthy individuals, only to search for homozygous individuals, so the 11 non-cancer exome carriers cannot be scored as 0.5-point healthy individuals, and the remaining accessible literature contains no report of this variant in a healthy or unaffected adult (the only cohort observation, PMID:25142776, is an affected 52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient). No healthy-individual points can therefore be accumulated. BS2 is not met.
Rule
>= 10 points for healthy individuals OR >= 2 times in homozygous state (Strong); >= 3 points for healthy individuals (Supporting). [InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1; gnomAD v2.1.1 non-cancer dataset may only be searched for homozygous individuals, not heterozygous healthy individuals]
Evidence considered
Governing specification: InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1. BS2 strong rule: '>= 10 points for healthy individuals OR >= 2 times in homozygous state.' BS2 supporting rule: '>= 3 points for healthy individuals.' A healthy individual is worth 1 point if age >=50 plus <5 adenomatous polyps and absence of Table 1 features, or age >=50 with colorectal cancer/polyposis not the testing indication; 0.5 points for keywords control, non-cancer, normal, unaffected population.
BS2 instructionsToUse: 'The non-cancer dataset from gnomAD (v2.1.1) cannot be used for "heterozygous healthy individuals", because of the limited phenotype information and since it is usually already used for BA1/BS1. However, the non-cancer dataset from gnomAD (v2.1.1) can be used to search for homozygous individuals.'
Homozygote counts are 0 in all gnomAD datasets: v2.1 all-comers total_hom 0; v2.1 non-cancer exome_hom 0 and total_hom 0; v3.1 non-cancer genome_hom 0; v4.1 all-comers total_hom 0. The '>=2 times in homozygous state' arm therefore fails.
PMID:25142776 (Table 4, patient 72) reports the variant once in a 52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient classified by the IARC five-class system as class 2 ('likely not pathogenic'); this is an affected individual, not a healthy individual, and contributes no BS2 points.
PMID:25645574, PMID:25452455, PMID:25741868 and PMID:28492532 were reviewed and contain no variant-specific or control-cohort data on this variant.
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PMID:25559809 is cited by five ClinVar submissions for this variant but was captured as a page image only (no extracted full text), so it could not be screened for reports of the variant in healthy or unaffected (control) individuals; this is the one source that could add healthy-individual points for BS2 and is flagged for human review.
No case-level phenotyping (age >=50 plus colonoscopy findings) is available for any carrier in this case; gnomAD does not expose the phenotype detail required to score 1-point healthy individuals.
BP2Not met: no source reports c.3245C>G in trans with a pathogenic APC variant, and none of the required >=3 unknown-phase co-occurrences exist.
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The APC VCEP specification (Version 2.1) makes BP2 applicable with the rule: 'Observed in trans with a (Likely) Pathogenic APC variant OR >= 3 times in an unknown phase with different (Likely) Pathogenic APC variants.' Both arms require documented co-occurrence with a (likely) pathogenic APC allele, either with confirmed trans phase or at least three independent unknown-phase observations with different pathogenic APC variants. No source in this case reports c.3245C>G in trans with any pathogenic or likely pathogenic APC variant, and no phasing information (cis/trans) exists for this variant. The only variant-specific report (PMID:25142776) lists c.3245C>G once, in a single 52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient (patient 72, Table 4), classified as IARC class 2 ('likely not pathogenic'), with no second germline APC variant described; the somatic APC second-hit changes discussed in that paper are p.Arg414Cys and p.Ser2621Cys, unrelated to this locus. ClinVar (VCV000181799) shows no expert-panel submission and reports conflicting interpretations (9 laboratories Uncertain significance, 5 Likely benign, 0 expert panels), and none of the submissions report a cis/trans relationship. The unknown-phase arm is likewise unmet: there are zero observations of this variant co-occurring with different (likely) pathogenic APC variants, against the required >= 3. BP2 is therefore not met.
Rule
Observed in trans with a (Likely) Pathogenic APC variant OR >= 3 times in an unknown phase with different (Likely) Pathogenic APC variants (APC VCEP v2.1, Benign Supporting).
Evidence considered
APC VCEP BP2 rule (Version 2.1): the variant must be observed in trans with a (Likely) Pathogenic APC variant, OR at least 3 times in an unknown phase with different (Likely) Pathogenic APC variants.
ClinVar (VCV000181799, ClinVarID 181799) provides no expert-panel submission and no phase information; 14 submitters report conflicting classifications (9 Uncertain significance, 5 Likely benign), none reporting a cis/trans relationship with another APC variant.
PMID:25142776 reports c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) once, in a 52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient (patient 72, Table 4), IARC class 2 ('likely not pathogenic'); no second germline APC variant and no phasing are documented, and the somatic second-hit APC findings in that paper concern p.Arg414Cys and p.Ser2621Cys, not this locus.
No collection source (ClinVar submissions, literature pass, or fetched full texts) contains an observation of this variant co-occurring in trans or repeatedly in unknown phase with a (likely) pathogenic APC variant.
Still missing
No phased genotype data (cis/trans) is available for this variant in any source; the assessment rests on the absence of any reported in-trans or repeated unknown-phase co-occurrence with a (likely) pathogenic APC variant.
PMID:25559809 (Chubb et al., familial CRC exome sequencing) was cited by ClinVar submissions but no full text was fetched, so any family/phase data it might contain was not independently verified.
BP5Not met: no (likely) pathogenic variant in another adenomatous polyposis gene is documented, so the alternate-molecular-basis condition for BP5_Supporting is absent.
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Governing specification is the APC VCEP v2.1 (ClinGen InSiGHT), which applies BP5_Supporting only when a (Likely) Pathogenic variant in another adenomatous polyposis gene is present, namely heterozygous variants in POLD1 or POLE; biallelic variants in MUTYH, NTHL1 or MSH3; or, in patients with onset in childhood/adolescence, biallelic variants in MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 or PMS2, and only when a colorectal polyposis phenotype is present. In this case only APC c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) was assessed. No variant in any other adenomatous polyposis gene is reported, no biallelic MUTYH/NTHL1/MSH3 or MMR result is present, and no colorectal polyposis phenotype is documented, so there is no alternate molecular basis for the polyposis phenotype to invoke. Explicit comparison on this criterion's own evidence (a non-numeric presence/absence condition): alternate-basis variant present? No. BP5 is therefore not met.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 BP5_Supporting: a (Likely) Pathogenic variant in another adenomatous polyposis gene (heterozygous POLD1/POLE; biallelic MUTYH, NTHL1 or MSH3; childhood/adolescence-onset biallelic MLH1/MSH2/MSH6/PMS2) in a patient with a colorectal polyposis phenotype.
Evidence considered
APC VCEP v2.1 (ClinGen InSiGHT) BP5_Supporting: applicable only for an alternate genetic basis of the colorectal polyposis phenotype.
InSiGHT supplementary instructions define the qualifying alternate basis as a (Likely) Pathogenic variant in another adenomatous polyposis gene: heterozygous POLD1 or POLE; biallelic MUTYH, NTHL1 or MSH3; or, with childhood/adolescence onset, biallelic MLH1/MSH2/MSH6/PMS2; and note the rule is only applicable when a colorectal polyposis phenotype is present.
Case evidence contains only the APC variant under assessment; no other gene result and no colorectal polyposis phenotype are documented, so the alternate-basis condition is absent.
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No multi-gene adenomatous-polyposis panel result (MUTYH, NTHL1, MSH3, POLD1, POLE, and MMR genes) or documented colorectal polyposis phenotype is available for this case, so an alternate genetic basis cannot be excluded or confirmed.
PS2Not assessed: no proband with confirmed parentage or documented de novo occurrence, so no de novo score could be counted against the VCEP >=4/2-3.5/1-1.5 thresholds.
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Governing framework is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel Specification for APC v2.1, where PS2 is graded on a curated per-proband de novo score: Very Strong at >=4 de novo scores, Strong at 2-3.5, Moderate at 1-1.5. The de novo score itself is built from the VCEP Table 1/2 rule that a proband with >=1 phenotype point and confirmed maternity and paternity contributes 2 points (1 point if phenotype is only 0.5). This case contains no proband, no parental/paternity-maternity testing, and no family information of any kind; the review is variant-level only. The only variant-level case observation, PMID:25142776, reports c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) in a single 52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient with no parental testing, no statement of de novo origin, and no relatives studied. No de novo score can therefore be computed, so PS2 cannot be evaluated and is recorded as not assessed rather than not met.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 PS2: >=4 de novo scores = Very Strong; 2-3.5 de novo scores = Strong; 1-1.5 de novo scores = Moderate. Per-proband de novo score: 2 for >=1 phenotype point with confirmed parental relationships (1 if unconfirmed); 1 for 0.5 phenotype points with confirmed parental relationships (0.5 if unconfirmed).
Evidence considered
Governing framework: ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1 defines PS2 on a curated de novo score, Very Strong at >=4 de novo scores, Strong at 2-3.5, Moderate at 1-1.5; the per-proband de novo score is 2 when the proband has >=1 phenotype point and confirmed parental relationships, or 1 when the proband has 0.5 phenotype points with confirmed parental relationships (VCEP Tables 1 and 2).
The case was searched for a proband with a documented de novo occurrence and confirmed maternity/paternity. No proband, no parental testing, and no family/pedigree data exist in any case file; the assessment is variant-level (ClinVar records plus literature).
PMID:25142776, the only source that reports this specific variant, describes one 52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient carrying c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser); the paper reports no parental testing, no de novo origin, and no relatives, so no de novo score is computable.
No criterion was inferred from any source's final classification; ClinVar submissions for this variant provide classifications only and no de novo/parental data.
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No proband with confirmed maternity/paternity and a documented de novo occurrence of c.3245C>G is available.
No phenotype-point curation (VCEP Table 1) for any carrier proband is available, so the de novo score cannot be derived even in principle.
PS3Not assessed: no RNA or protein functional assay has been reported for APC p.(Thr1082Ser), so the APC VCEP PS3 requirements cannot be evaluated.
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The governing specification is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel APC specification v2.1 (source key 'cspec'), which supplants generic ACMG/AMP for this gene. Under that specification PS3 requires functional assay evidence: RNA assays demonstrating a premature stop codon or inframe skipping of exon 13 or 14 with reduced/absent full-length transcript (Very Strong/Strong/Moderate tiers), or, at Supporting strength, a protein assay showing increased beta-catenin-regulated transcription activity and/or decreased beta-catenin binding by surface plasmon resonance for variants within the beta-catenin binding domain (codons 959-2129). The variant under assessment is a missense change, NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G p.(Thr1082Ser), at codon 1082, which lies within the codons 959-2129 beta-catenin binding domain, so the protein-assay branch is applicable in principle and the RNA branch is not (RNA-assay tiers are designed for splice/coding-aberration readouts). No functional evidence of any kind is available for this variant: none of the triaged/fetched full texts (PMID:25142776, PMID:25452455, PMID:25645574, PMID:25741868, PMID:28492532) reports an RNA or protein functional assay for c.3245C>G, the ClinVar record for this variant contains no expert-panel assertion and no functional-assay submission data, and OncoKB explicitly reports no variant-specific reviewed functional evidence. Because the required assay evidence has not been generated or reported, PS3 can neither be met nor refuted and is recorded as not_assessed rather than not_met; the outcome is unchanged either way as neither state adds pathogenic evidence.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 PS3 (RNA assay tiers Very Strong/Strong/Moderate; protein-assay branch Supporting, restricted to codons 959-2129)
Evidence considered
APC VCEP v2.1 PS3 rule (source key 'cspec'): Very Strong = RNA assays show a premature stop codon OR inframe skipping of exon 13 or 14 AND absence of full-length transcript; Strong = same aberrations AND <10% of full-length transcript; Moderate = premature stop codon or inframe exon 13/14 skipping together with reports of exon deletion/skipping/loss or intronic insertion, or other inframe skipping with absent or <10% full-length transcript; Supporting = other inframe skipping with those reports, or over-expression of an alternative transcript (exons 10, 11 or 15), or protein assays showing increased beta-catenin-regulated transcription activity and/or decreased beta-catenin binding by surface plasmon resonance, restricted to variants within the beta-catenin binding domain (codons 959-2129 of APC).
Variant consequence: NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G encodes NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser), a missense substitution at codon 1082, i.e. inside the codons 959-2129 beta-catenin binding domain cited by the APC VCEP for the protein-assay branch.
No functional assay data located: the only fetched full text that mentions the variant (PMID:25142776) reports it from an 18-gene NGS germline screen of 152 colorectal cancer patients and characterises it only by in silico tools (PolyPhen-2 benign, SIFT tolerated, Align-GVGD 2) and ESP frequency 0%; it performs no RNA or protein functional assay.
PMID:25741868 (ACMG/AMP 2015) defines PS3/BS3 generically as well-established in vitro/in vivo functional studies; it provides no variant-specific assay data and its generic text is superseded here by the APC VCEP specification.
PMID:28492532 (Sherloc) discusses weighting of functional versus clinical evidence generally and reports no APC-specific or variant-specific assay; APC is not mentioned in the paper.
OncoKB query for APC T1082S returned 'Unknown Oncogenic Effect' with no citations and an explicit statement that no variant-specific reviewed functional evidence was identified.
ClinVar (variation 181799): no expert-panel submission; classifications are Uncertain significance (9 laboratories) and Likely benign (5 laboratories); the validated citation trail (PMID:25142776, 25559809, 34250417, 28873162) does not include a functional-assay publication.
Still missing
No RNA assay (premature stop codon / inframe exon 13 or 14 skipping with quantification of full-length transcript) has been reported for APC c.3245C>G.
No protein assay (beta-catenin-regulated transcription activity or surface plasmon resonance binding) has been reported for this variant, despite p.Thr1082Ser lying within the codons 959-2129 beta-catenin binding domain where the APC VCEP makes the protein-assay PS3 branch applicable.
No candidate functional-study publication was captured in the literature triage for this variant; a targeted search of the primary functional-assay literature for APC beta-catenin-domain missense variants would be required to close this gap.
PM6Not assessed: no de novo occurrence, even with unconfirmed parentage, is reported, so no VCEP PM6 de novo score (0.5-3.5) can be assigned.
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Under the governing ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1 specification, PM6 is graded on the same curated de novo score as PS2 but covers assumed de novo with unconfirmed parental relationships: 2-3.5 de novo scores is Strong, 1-1.5 is Moderate, and 0.5 is Supporting, where a proband with >=1 phenotype point and unconfirmed parental relationships yields 1 de novo score and a proband with 0.5 phenotype points yields 0.5 (VCEP Tables 1 and 2). This case documents no proband and no de novo occurrence at all, confirmed or assumed, and no parental testing exists that could even support an assumption of de novo. The single variant-level case report (PMID:25142776) again describes only one adult colorectal cancer patient with no family testing. With neither a de novo observation nor phenotype-point data, no de novo score can be assigned, so PM6 cannot be evaluated and is recorded as not assessed.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 PM6: 2-3.5 de novo scores = Strong; 1-1.5 de novo scores = Moderate; 0.5 de novo score = Supporting (assumed de novo, parental relationships unconfirmed; score per proband 1 for >=1 phenotype point, 0.5 for 0.5 phenotype points).
Evidence considered
Governing framework: ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1 defines PM6 on the curated de novo score with unconfirmed parental relationships, Strong at 2-3.5 de novo scores, Moderate at 1-1.5, Supporting at 0.5; the per-proband score is 1 for >=1 phenotype point and 0.5 for 0.5 phenotype points when parental relationships are unconfirmed (VCEP Tables 1 and 2).
The case was searched for any statement that this variant arose de novo, including unconfirmed/assumed de novo. None exists: there is no proband, no parental testing, and no family information in the ClinVar records, case summary, or evidence bundle.
PMID:25142776 reports the variant in a single 52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient with no relatives tested and no de novo statement, providing no basis for an assumed-de-novo score.
Still missing
No de novo occurrence (confirmed or assumed) of c.3245C>G is reported in any source.
No parental testing or proband phenotype-point curation is available to derive an assumed-de-novo score.
PP1Not assessed: no pedigree or meiosis data are reported, so co-segregation cannot be counted against the VCEP >=7/5-6/3-4 meiosis thresholds.
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The governing ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1 specification grades PP1 by counted meioses: Strong when the variant segregates in >=7 meioses in >=2 families, Moderate in 5-6 meioses in >=1 family, and Supporting in 3-4 meioses in >=1 family. Evaluating PP1 therefore requires a family pedigree with genotyped affected and unaffected relatives, i.e. a countable number of informative meioses. This case provides none: it is a variant-level assessment with no proband, no pedigree, and no relatives genotyped. The only source reporting the variant, PMID:25142776, describes a single 52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient and explicitly reports no segregation; the ClinVar submissions for this variant carry classifications only and no family or cosegregation data. With zero countable meioses, PP1 cannot be evaluated and is recorded as not assessed rather than not met.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 PP1: variant segregates in >=7 meioses in >=2 families = Strong; 5-6 meioses in >=1 family = Moderate; 3-4 meioses in >=1 family = Supporting.
Evidence considered
Governing framework: ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1 grades PP1 as Strong for segregation in >=7 meioses in >=2 families, Moderate for 5-6 meioses in >=1 family, and Supporting for 3-4 meioses in >=1 family; the supplementary material records that the APC PP1 modification follows Luo et al. 2019.
The case was searched for a pedigree, meiosis counts, or any co-segregation statement. No proband, pedigree, or genotyped relatives exist in the case files; the review is variant-level.
PMID:25142776 reports c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) in one 52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient and provides no segregation data and no genotyped relatives.
ClinVar records for this variant (9 laboratories reporting Uncertain significance, 5 reporting Likely benign) supply classifications only; no submission reports family cosegregation, and criterion status is never inferred from another source's final classification.
Still missing
No family pedigree or meiosis count is available for c.3245C>G.
No co-segregation with disease has been reported in any source, and no relatives of the single reported carrier were genotyped.
BS3Not assessed: no protein assay showing retained beta-catenin-regulated transcription has been reported for APC p.(Thr1082Ser), so the APC VCEP BS3 protein-assay branch is unevaluable.
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The governing specification is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel APC specification v2.1 (source key 'cspec'). Under that specification BS3 is met at Strong strength by an RNA assay of a synonymous or intronic variant in a constitutional patient sample showing no mRNA aberration AND demonstration of biallelic expression and/or use of nonsense-mediated decay inhibition, or at Supporting strength by such an RNA assay without those confirmations, OR by a protein assay showing retention of beta-catenin-regulated transcription activity comparable to wild-type for variants within the beta-catenin binding domain (codons 959-2129). The variant is a missense change, NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G p.(Thr1082Ser); the RNA-assay branches are defined for synonymous or intronic variants and therefore do not apply to it, while the protein-assay branch does apply because codon 1082 lies within codons 959-2129. No functional assay of either type has been reported for this variant: none of the fetched full texts reports an RNA or protein assay for c.3245C>G, the ClinVar record carries no expert-panel assertion or assay data, and OncoKB reports no variant-specific reviewed functional evidence. With no retention-of-function assay available, BS3 can neither be met nor refuted and is recorded as not_assessed rather than not_met; the outcome is unchanged either way as neither state adds benign evidence.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 BS3 (RNA-assay branches defined for synonymous/intronic variants; protein-assay branch Supporting, restricted to codons 959-2129)
Evidence considered
APC VCEP v2.1 BS3 rule (source key 'cspec'): Strong = RNA assay of a synonymous or intronic variant in a constitutional patient sample demonstrates no mRNA aberration AND biallelic expression is shown and/or nonsense-mediated decay inhibition was used; Supporting = such an RNA assay without those confirmations, OR a protein assay showing retention of beta-catenin regulated transcription activity comparable to wild-type, restricted to variants within the beta-catenin binding domain (codons 959-2129 of APC).
Variant consequence: NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G encodes NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser), a missense substitution; the RNA-assay BS3 branches (synonymous or intronic variant) are inapplicable, leaving only the protein-assay branch, which applies because codon 1082 is within codons 959-2129.
No functional assay data located for this variant: the only fetched full text mentioning it (PMID:25142776) reports it from a germline NGS screen with in silico characterisation only (PolyPhen-2 benign, SIFT tolerated, Align-GVGD 2) and performs no RNA or protein functional assay.
PMID:25741868 (ACMG/AMP 2015) defines BS3 generically as well-established functional studies showing no damaging effect; it supplies no variant-specific assay data and its generic text is superseded here by the APC VCEP specification.
PMID:28492532 (Sherloc) reports no APC-specific or variant-specific assay and does not mention APC; it contributes no variant-level functional evidence.
OncoKB query for APC T1082S returned 'Unknown Oncogenic Effect' with no citations and an explicit statement that no variant-specific reviewed functional evidence was identified.
ClinVar (variation 181799): no expert-panel submission and no functional-assay evidence in the submission trail; classifications are Uncertain significance (9 laboratories) and Likely benign (5 laboratories), the latter not accompanied by a published functional-assay basis.
Still missing
No protein assay measuring beta-catenin-regulated transcription activity (retention comparable to wild-type) has been reported for APC p.(Thr1082Ser), the only BS3 branch applicable to this missense variant at codon 1082 (within the codons 959-2129 beta-catenin binding domain).
The BS3 RNA-assay branches are defined for synonymous/intronic variants and are not applicable to this missense change; no RNA-based benign functional evidence is therefore available or expected.
No candidate functional-study publication was captured in the literature triage; a targeted search of the primary functional literature on APC beta-catenin-domain missense variants would be needed to close the gap.
BS4Not assessed: no genotyped affected relative without the variant is reported, so no phenotype-point deficit can be scored for VCEP BS4.
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Under the governing ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1 specification, BS4 (lack of segregation) is triggered by an affected family member who carries the disease but not the variant: an affected member without the variant scoring >=1 phenotype point, or at least two affected members without the variant each scoring >=0.5 phenotype points, is Strong, while a single affected member without the variant scoring >=0.5 phenotype points is Supporting. Applying BS4 therefore requires genotyped affected relatives who lack the variant and phenotype-point curation per VCEP Table 1. This case contains no proband, no pedigree, and no genotyped relatives at all, so there is no affected non-carrier to score. The only variant-level case report (PMID:25142776) describes a single affected carrier with no relatives studied, which can neither meet nor refute non-segregation. BS4 is therefore not assessed rather than not met.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 BS4: affected member without the variant scoring >=1 phenotype point, or >=2 affected members without the variant each scoring >=0.5 phenotype points = Strong; a single affected member without the variant scoring >=0.5 phenotype points = Supporting.
Evidence considered
Governing framework: ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP v2.1 defines BS4 as Strong when an affected member without the variant scores >=1 phenotype point, or >=2 affected members without the variant each score >=0.5 phenotype points, and Supporting when a single affected member without the variant scores >=0.5 phenotype points (VCEP Table 1).
The case was searched for affected relatives genotyped for this variant, and more generally for any non-segregation statement. No proband, pedigree, or genotyped relatives exist in the case files; the review is variant-level.
PMID:25142776 reports one 52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient carrying the variant with no relatives studied; there is no affected non-carrier whose phenotype points could be counted.
ClinVar submissions (which include Likely benign assertions) contain classification-level information only and no family genotypes; per the case rules, no criterion is inferred from another source's final classification.
Still missing
No affected relative of the proband has been genotyped for c.3245C>G, so lack of segregation cannot be demonstrated.
No phenotype-point curation (VCEP Table 1) for any unaffected-variant or affected-non-carrier relative is available.
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NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G is NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser), a single-nucleotide missense substitution. It does not create a premature termination codon, a frameshift, a canonical +/-1,2 splice-site disruption, an initiation-codon change, or an exon-level deletion, and the case annotation records canonical_splice_consensus as false. The governing framework is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis APC VCEP specification v2.1, in which PVS1 is defined as a null variant in a gene where loss of function is the established mechanism of disease, with the strength assigned by the modified APC PVS1 decision tree (Figure 1). That decision tree operationalises PVS1 only for null/splice variants: its List A (PVS1, very strong), List B (PVS1_Strong), List C (PVS1_Moderate), List D (PVS1_Supporting), and List E (N/A) enumerate specific canonical splice-site changes, and it contains no entry for the missense change c.3245C>G / p.Thr1082Ser. Because the variant is not a null allele, PVS1 is outside its scope and no strength tier is assigned. Note explicitly: the full/un-downgraded strength tier for PVS1 is the literal word "very strong"; it is not used here because the criterion is not met at all for this missense variant.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 PVS1 applies to null variants (nonsense, frameshift, canonical splice) as enumerated in the APC PVS1 decision tree (Figure 1); a missense substitution is outside scope.
Evidence considered
The case normalization identifies NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G as NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser) / p.(T1082S), a missense substitution, with Mutalyzer reporting an unchanged predicted protein length.
The APC VCEP specification v2.1 defines PVS1 as a null variant (nonsense, frameshift, canonical splice) in a gene where LOF is a known disease mechanism, with strength set by the modified APC PVS1 decision tree (Figure 1).
The APC PVS1 decision tree (Figure 1, 2023-10-20) lists specific canonical splice-site variants in Lists A-D (PVS1 / PVS1_Strong / PVS1_Moderate / PVS1_Supporting) and List E (N/A); none corresponds to the missense change c.3245C>G.
The variant-level consequence annotation classifies the change as missense with canonical_splice_consensus false, so no null or canonical splice consequence is present.
PMID:25142776 reports APC c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) as a missense variant (Table 4, patient 72), corroborating that it is not a truncating allele.
PM1VCEPNot applicable: the APC VCEP specifies PM1 as not applicable for this gene, with no approved APC critical-domain table to test residue 1082 against.
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Variant consequence: missense, NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser) (NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G), APC. The governing ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 lists PM1 with applicability 'Not applicable', and every strength tier (Stand Alone, Very Strong, Strong, Moderate, Supporting) is marked 'Not applicable' with no operative rule. The VCEP therefore does not operationalize PM1 hotspot/critical-domain logic for APC at all, and this determination is independent of where residue 1082 falls. Confirming this, the vcep_materials.json domain_tables key contains no entry for APC (domain_tables is empty), so there is no VCEP-approved, authoritative list of critical functional domains to test residue 1082 against; the instruction to prefer an approved domain-table entry therefore cannot change the outcome. Residue 1082 does fall within the beta-catenin binding region broadly defined as codons 959-2129 in the VCEP's PS3/BS3 text, and it is not in a statistically significant cancer hotspot (Cancer Hotspots returned no row for APC T1082), but neither fact is reachable under a criterion the VCEP has switched off. PM1 is recorded as not_applicable rather than not_met because the governing specification disables the criterion for this gene.
VCEP rule
APC VCEP v2.1 PM1: Not Applicable (all strength tiers not applicable; no operative rule for APC).
Evidence considered
ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 (cspec), PM1 entry: applicability 'Not Applicable'; all strength tiers marked not applicable with empty rule text.
APC VCEP supplementary material (vcep_apc_specifications_supplementary_material_v2), PM1 row: 'Based on our knowledge there a...' (VCEP comment table); PM1 is among the criteria the APC VCEP does not deploy.
vcep_materials.json 'domain_tables' key is empty ({}), i.e. no gene-specific approved critical functional domain table exists for APC, so no domain-boundary test of residue 1082 could override the specification's non-applicability.
For context only (not used as the basis of the status): residue 1082 lies within the beta-catenin binding region broadly described in the VCEP PS3/BS3 text as codons 959-2129, and Cancer Hotspots found no statistically significant hotspot at APC residue 1082.
PM3VCEPNot applicable: the APC VCEP v2.1 excludes PM3 because FAP is autosomal dominant, so recessive trans/compound-heterozygote logic does not apply.
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The governing framework for APC is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel specification (Version 2.1), which takes precedence over generic ACMG/AMP. That specification marks PM3 as Not Applicable, and the VCEP supplementary material states PM3 'is not used as FAP has an autosomal dominant' inheritance pattern. PM3 addresses a recessive/compound-heterozygous model in which a variant is observed in trans with a pathogenic variant; because APC-associated FAP is an autosomal dominant disorder and the VCEP explicitly excludes this criterion, PM3 cannot be applied to this variant under any strength. No independent generic-ACMG use of PM3 is warranted while an applicable gene-specific specification exists.
VCEP rule
Not used as FAP has an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern (APC VCEP v2.1); PM3 marked Not Applicable.
Evidence considered
The APC VCEP specification (ClinGen InSiGHT v2.1) lists PM3 with applicability 'Not Applicable' and defines no strength rules for it.
The VCEP supplementary material table entry for PM3 reads 'Not used as FAP has an autosomal dominant' inheritance, i.e. the panel deliberately does not use PM3 for APC.
Applicable framework selection: an APC-specific VCEP specification exists (framework_mode = vcep), so generic ACMG/AMP does not govern and PM3 is excluded by the gene-specific document.
PM4VCEPNot applicable: the APC VCEP marks PM4 not used, and p.Thr1082Ser changes one amino acid with no protein length change.
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NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G produces the single amino-acid substitution p.(Thr1082Ser); the encoded protein length is unchanged, so the variant is neither an in-frame deletion/insertion nor a stop-loss allele. The governing APC VCEP specification v2.1 explicitly marks PM4 ("Protein length changes due to in-frame deletions/insertions in a non-repeat region or stop-loss variants") as Not Applicable, stating in the supplementary material that it is "Not used due to limited available data." The criteria-combination ruleset likewise carries PM4 with applicability "Not applicable." Because the criterion is not used in the APC framework and the variant does not cause a protein length change, PM4 is not applicable here.
VCEP rule
APC VCEP v2.1: PM4 not used; additionally a missense substitution produces no protein length change.
Evidence considered
The case annotation identifies p.(Thr1082Ser) as a missense substitution; Mutalyzer reports an unchanged predicted protein length (position_last_original 1082 = position_last_predicted 1082), so no length change occurs.
The APC VCEP specification v2.1 supplementary material marks PM4 as "Not used due to limited available data."
The APC VCEP criteria-combination ruleset records PM4 applicability as "Not applicable."
PMID:25142776 annotates APC c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) as a missense change with no length-altering consequence.
PP2VCEPNot applicable: the APC VCEP disables PP2 because truncating, not missense, variants are the primary APC disease mechanism.
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Variant consequence: missense, NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser) (NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G), APC. The governing ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 lists PP2 with applicability 'Not applicable' and an empty rule (all strength tiers not applicable). The criterion's premise - a gene with a low rate of benign missense variation in which missense variants are a common mechanism of disease - does not hold for APC: the VCEP's supplementary material states for PP2 that missense variants are not a frequent mechanism in APC, consistent with APC/FAP being driven predominantly by truncating (loss-of-function) variants. The VCEP has therefore switched PP2 off for APC, and this determination is upstream of any variant-specific residue argument: no residue, including 1082, can satisfy a criterion the specification does not deploy. PP2 is recorded as not_applicable rather than not_met because the governing specification disables the criterion for this gene.
VCEP rule
APC VCEP v2.1 PP2: Not Applicable (all strength tiers not applicable; missense variants are not a frequent mechanism of APC-associated disease).
Evidence considered
ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 (cspec), PP2 entry: applicability 'Not Applicable'; all strength tiers not applicable with empty rule text.
APC VCEP supplementary material (vcep_apc_specifications_supplementary_material_v2), PP2 row: 'Missense variants are not a fr...' - the VCEP comment explains that missense variants are not a frequent mechanism in APC, so PP2 is not used.
APC is the familial adenomatous polyposis 1 gene in which truncating/loss-of-function variants are the predominant disease mechanism (reflected throughout the VCEP's PVS1/PS1 framing and its statement that no APC missense variant is classified Pathogenic).
PP4VCEPNot applicable: the APC VCEP v2.1 designates PP4 Not Applicable, its phenotype-specificity content being already captured by the gene-specific PS4 specifications.
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Governing specification is the APC VCEP v2.1 (ClinGen InSiGHT), which lists PP4 as Not Applicable at every strength. The InSiGHT supplementary material explains that PP4 (patient's phenotype or family history highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology) is already captured by the specifications of PS4, and must therefore not be applied independently for APC. The gene-specific framework takes precedence over generic ACMG/AMP. Several single-submitter clinical-laboratory ClinVar submissions attach a 'PP4' label to this exact-variant record, but those are laboratory assertions used only as criterion leads and cannot create an applicable PP4 rule where the VCEP has designated the criterion Not Applicable.
VCEP rule
APC VCEP v2.1: PP4 Not Applicable (phenotype-specificity content already captured by the PS4 specifications).
Evidence considered
APC VCEP v2.1 (ClinGen InSiGHT) lists PP4 with applicability 'Not applicable' and all strengths not applicable.
InSiGHT supplementary material (APC specifications v2) states PP4 is 'Already captured by the specifications of PS4'.
Single-submitter clinical-laboratory ClinVar assertions on VCV000181799 reference PP4, but these are non-expert laboratory submissions and do not override the VCEP.
PP5VCEPNot applicable: the APC VCEP v2.1 lists PP5 as not for use, and VCV000181799 has 0 expert-panel submissions to trigger it.
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Governing specification is the APC VCEP v2.1 (ClinGen InSiGHT), which lists PP5 as Not Applicable at every strength ('not for use as recommended by the ClinGen Sequence Variant Interpretation VCEP Review Committee'); the supplementary material cites Biesecker et al. 2018 for this decision. Independently, and consistent with the rule that PP5 may be applied only for an exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel classification: the exact-variant record VCV000181799 (ClinVar ID 181799, NM_000038.6(APC):c.3245C>G p.Thr1082Ser) has no expert-panel submission at all (expert_panels empty; 0 of 15 submissions flagged expert-panel), so there is no Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic expert-panel classification to leverage. PP5 is consequently not triggered by either the gene-specific framework or the global exact-variant expert-panel rule.
VCEP rule
APC VCEP v2.1: PP5 Not Applicable (not for use); PP5 would otherwise require an exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic classification.
Evidence considered
APC VCEP v2.1 (ClinGen InSiGHT): PP5 applicability 'Not Applicable for this VCEP'; all strengths not applicable; instructions state 'This criterion is not for use as recommended by the ClinGen Sequence Variant Interpretation VCEP Review Committee'.
InSiGHT supplementary material (APC specifications v2): PP5 'Not used as recommended by Biesecker et al. 2018'.
ClinVar record VCV000181799: expert_panels is empty and 0 of 15 submissions are expert-panel; classifications are 9x Uncertain significance and 5x Likely benign from single clinical laboratories (aggregate label 'Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity', 1 star).
No exact-variant expert-panel Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic classification exists, so PP5 is not triggered under the global exact-variant expert-panel rule.
Still missing
No exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel (3-star) classification exists for this variant; PP5 cannot be evaluated on that basis.
BP3VCEPNot applicable: the APC VCEP marks BP3 not used, and p.Thr1082Ser is a missense change, not an in-frame indel in a repeat region.
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NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G is a missense substitution, p.(Thr1082Ser), rather than an in-frame deletion or insertion. It therefore does not meet the generic BP3 event definition of an in-frame deletion/insertion in a repetitive region without known function, and no repeat-region length change is present. The governing APC VCEP specification v2.1 explicitly marks BP3 as Not Applicable in the criteria-combination ruleset. The residue (codon 1082) also falls within the APC beta-catenin binding region (codons 959-2129 per the specification), which is a region of known function and thus not a "repetitive region without known function." BP3 is consequently not applicable.
VCEP rule
APC VCEP v2.1: BP3 not used; additionally the variant is not an in-frame insertion/deletion in a repetitive region.
Evidence considered
The case annotation identifies p.(Thr1082Ser) as a missense substitution, not an in-frame deletion or insertion, with no repeat-region length change.
The APC VCEP criteria-combination ruleset records BP3 applicability as "Not applicable."
The APC VCEP specification defines the beta-catenin binding domain as codons 959-2129 of APC, a region of known function, so codon 1082 is not within a functionally unknown repetitive region.
PMID:25142776 annotates APC c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) as a missense change with no in-frame indel.
BP4N/ANot applicable: the APC VCEP restricts BP4 to synonymous or intronic variants, and this is a missense change (p.Thr1082Ser).
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Variant consequence: missense, NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser) (NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G), APC. The governing ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 pre-assigns BP4 scope as: 'Missense variants: BP4 is not applicable. Synonymous (silent) or intronic variants: Multiple in silico splicing predictors suggest no impact on gene or gene product.' This is a missense variant, so BP4 is outside its VCEP-defined scope and is not_applicable. This determination is upstream of any predictor score: SpliceAI (max delta 0.001), REVEL (0.293), and BayesDel (-0.278933) were therefore not evaluated for BP4. (Recorded for audit only, and not as the basis of this status: under the generic REVEL path BP4 supporting would require <= 0.29, and REVEL 0.293 lies just above that gray-zone boundary, so BP4 would not be met there either; the VCEP nevertheless makes BP4 not applicable to missense variants.)
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 BP4 (Supporting): Missense variants: BP4 is not applicable. Synonymous (silent) or intronic variants: Multiple in silico splicing predictors suggest no impact on gene or gene product.
Evidence considered
ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel Specification for APC v2.1 (cspec), BP4 supporting rule: 'Missense variants: BP4 is not applicable. Synonymous (silent) or intronic variants: Multiple in silico splicing predictors suggest no impact on gene or gene product.'
Variant consequence is missense (NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser)), which places BP4 outside its VCEP-defined scope; no predictor score (SpliceAI, REVEL, BayesDel) was assessed for this criterion.
BP6VCEPNot applicable: the APC VCEP v2.1 lists BP6 as not for use, and VCV000181799 has 0 expert-panel submissions to trigger it.
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Governing specification is the APC VCEP v2.1 (ClinGen InSiGHT), which lists BP6 as Not Applicable at every strength ('not for use as recommended by the ClinGen Sequence Variant Interpretation VCEP Review Committee'). Independently, and consistent with the rule that BP6 may be applied only for an exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel classification: the exact-variant record VCV000181799 has no expert-panel submission at all (expert_panels empty; 0 of 15 submissions flagged expert-panel), so there is no expert-panel Benign/Likely benign classification to leverage. The five 'Likely benign' entries on this record are ordinary single-submitter clinical-laboratory assertions and, per the governing rule, must never trigger BP6. BP6 is consequently not triggered by either the gene-specific framework or the global exact-variant expert-panel rule.
VCEP rule
APC VCEP v2.1: BP6 Not Applicable (not for use); BP6 would otherwise require an exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel Benign/Likely benign classification.
Evidence considered
APC VCEP v2.1 (ClinGen InSiGHT): BP6 applicability 'Not Applicable for this VCEP'; all strengths not applicable; instructions state 'This criterion is not for use as recommended by the ClinGen Sequence Variant Interpretation VCEP Review Committee'.
ClinVar record VCV000181799: expert_panels is empty and 0 of 15 submissions are expert-panel; the record contains 5 'Likely benign' single-submitter clinical-laboratory assertions (plus 9 'Uncertain significance'), which are aggregate laboratory labels and must not trigger BP6.
No exact-variant expert-panel Benign/Likely benign classification exists, so BP6 is not triggered under the global exact-variant expert-panel rule.
Still missing
No exact-variant ClinVar expert-panel (3-star) classification exists for this variant; BP6 cannot be evaluated on that basis.
BP7N/ANot applicable: BP7 applies only to synonymous or intronic variants, and this variant is a missense substitution (p.Thr1082Ser).
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Variant consequence: missense, NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser) (NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G), APC. The governing ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 defines BP7 as: 'A synonymous (silent) or intronic variant at or beyond +7/-21 for which multiple splicing prediction algorithms predict no impact to the splice consensus sequence nor the creation of a new splice site.' BP7 is restricted to synonymous (silent) or intronic variants; this variant is an amino-acid-changing missense substitution, so BP7 is outside its scope and is not_applicable. This determination is upstream of any predictor score, so SpliceAI (max delta 0.001) and other predictors were not evaluated for BP7. The variant is also not at a canonical splice consensus site, so the synonymous/intronic splice-region context that BP7 addresses does not apply.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 BP7 (Supporting): A synonymous (silent) or intronic variant at or beyond +7/-21 for which multiple splicing prediction algorithms predict no impact to the splice consensus sequence nor the creation of a new splice site.
Evidence considered
ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel Specification for APC v2.1 (cspec), BP7 supporting rule: 'A synonymous (silent) or intronic variant at or beyond +7/-21 for which multiple splicing prediction algorithms predict no impact to the splice consensus sequence nor the creation of a new splice site.'
Variant consequence is missense (NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser)), not synonymous or intronic, which places BP7 outside its scope; predictor scores were not assessed for this criterion.
AF 6.9e-05 · 111 / 1,614,042 alleles · 0 hom · FAF 7.1e-05
Remaining individuals7 / 62,484
0.00011
European (non-Finnish)100 / 1,180,040
8.5e-05
European (Finnish)4 / 64,000
6.3e-05
0 alternate alleles recorded in 7 other groups: Admixed American, Amish, East Asian, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Ashkenazi Jewish, African/African American.
gnomAD v2.1
AF 4.6e-05 · 13 / 281,722 alleles · 0 hom · FAF 3.4e-05
European (Finnish)3 / 25,118
0.00012
European (non-Finnish)10 / 128,316
7.8e-05
0 alternate alleles recorded in 6 other groups: African/African American, Admixed American, Ashkenazi Jewish, East Asian, Remaining individuals, South Asian.
Statements
gnomAD v4.1
This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 6.87714e-05; MAF= 0.00688%, 111/1614042 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the Remaining individuals population (AF= 0.000112029; MAF= 0.01120%, 7/62484 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 7.076e-05.
gnomAD v2.1
This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 4.61448e-05; MAF= 0.00461%, 13/281722 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the European (Finnish) population (AF= 0.000119436; MAF= 0.01194%, 3/25118 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 3.442e-05.
gnomAD-Canada
Not available in gnomAD-Canada v1.0.
SpliceAI and Pangolin
SpliceAI acceptor lossat +353 bp
0.000
SpliceAI acceptor gainat +64 bp
0.001
SpliceAI donor lossat +476 bp
0.000
SpliceAI donor gainat -271 bp
0.000
Pangolin splice lossmagnitude shown
-0.003
Pangolin splice gain
0.006
Other predictors
REVEL
0.293
BayesDel
-0.279
How the predictions were used
PP3Not met: for APC missense variants PP3 uses splice predictors, and SpliceAI max delta 0.001 is far below the 0.2 supporting cutoff.
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Variant consequence: missense, NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser) (NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G), APC. The governing framework is the ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel specification for APC v2.1 (cspec), which is applicable and takes precedence over generic ACMG. The APC VCEP PP3 rule for missense variants states: 'Do not use computational prediction models for conservation, evolution, etc. In silico splicing predictors should be used for presumed missense variants to reveal possible splicing effects.' Accordingly, for this missense variant PP3 is evaluated on the splice-prediction path (SpliceAI and other VCEP-recommended tools), not on the missense protein-impact path. SpliceAI Lookup for NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G returns DS_AG 0.001, DS_AL 0.0, DS_DG 0.0, DS_DL 0.0 (max delta score 0.001), i.e. no predicted splice impact; this is far below the generic SpliceAI PP3 supporting cutoff of >= 0.2 (Jaganathan et al. 2019, PMID:30661751), and no VCEP-specific SpliceAI threshold supersedes it. PP3 therefore is not met. For completeness on the non-designated path, REVEL = 0.293 is also below the generic PP3 supporting cutoff of >= 0.644 (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997), so the conclusion is unchanged under either reckoning. BayesDel = -0.278933 has no established generic ACMG-strength calibration and is therefore not used. No splice prediction from the VCEP-recommended MaxEntScan or VarSeak tools was retrieved, so multi-tool concordance was not established; however, a single VCEP-recommended tool (SpliceAI) at 0.001 does not support a deleterious splice effect, and the VCEP rule requires multiple splicing predictors to support a deleterious effect, so PP3 is not met.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 PP3 (Supporting): Missense variants: Do not use computational prediction models for conservation, evolution, etc. In silico splicing predictors should be used for presumed missense variants to reveal possible splicing effects. Non-canonical splicing variants: Multiple in silico splicing predictors support a deleterious effect.
Evidence considered
ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel Specification for APC v2.1 (cspec), PP3 supporting rule: 'Missense variants: Do not use computational prediction models for conservation, evolution, etc. In silico splicing predictors should be used for presumed missense variants to reveal possible splicing effects. Non-canonical splicing variants: Multiple in silico splicing predictors support a deleterious effect.'
APC VCEP v2.1 PP3 'instructionsToUse': 'Recommended splice prediction programs: see PS1', which lists SpliceAI, MaxEntScan, and VarSeak.
SpliceAI Lookup (spliceai) for NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G / 5-112174536-C-G: DS_AG 0.001, DS_AL 0.0, DS_DG 0.0, DS_DL 0.0; max delta score 0.001 (reported as 'no significant splice impact').
Generic SpliceAI calibration used as data: PP3 supporting requires max delta >= 0.2 and moderate requires >= 0.5 (Jaganathan et al. 2019, Cell; PMID:30661751); observed max delta 0.001 is below both.
REVEL score 0.293 (local REVEL v1.3 lookup) is below the generic PP3 supporting cutoff of >= 0.644; REVEL is additionally not the APC VCEP's designated missense PP3 path, which directs splicing predictors instead.
BayesDel score -0.278933 (local BayesDel lookup): no generic ACMG-strength PP3/BP4 calibration is established, so BayesDel is not used for this criterion.
Variant is not at a canonical splice consensus site (PVS1 assessment: canonical_splice_consensus false), and the SpliceAI result provides no evidence of a splice-region effect.
Still missing
MaxEntScan and VarSeak (the other VCEP-recommended splice prediction programs) were not retrieved, so multi-tool concordance for the missense splice path could not be established; SpliceAI alone at max delta 0.001 does not support a deleterious splice effect.
BP4N/ANot applicable: the APC VCEP restricts BP4 to synonymous or intronic variants, and this is a missense change (p.Thr1082Ser).
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Reasoning
Variant consequence: missense, NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser) (NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G), APC. The governing ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 pre-assigns BP4 scope as: 'Missense variants: BP4 is not applicable. Synonymous (silent) or intronic variants: Multiple in silico splicing predictors suggest no impact on gene or gene product.' This is a missense variant, so BP4 is outside its VCEP-defined scope and is not_applicable. This determination is upstream of any predictor score: SpliceAI (max delta 0.001), REVEL (0.293), and BayesDel (-0.278933) were therefore not evaluated for BP4. (Recorded for audit only, and not as the basis of this status: under the generic REVEL path BP4 supporting would require <= 0.29, and REVEL 0.293 lies just above that gray-zone boundary, so BP4 would not be met there either; the VCEP nevertheless makes BP4 not applicable to missense variants.)
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 BP4 (Supporting): Missense variants: BP4 is not applicable. Synonymous (silent) or intronic variants: Multiple in silico splicing predictors suggest no impact on gene or gene product.
Evidence considered
ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel Specification for APC v2.1 (cspec), BP4 supporting rule: 'Missense variants: BP4 is not applicable. Synonymous (silent) or intronic variants: Multiple in silico splicing predictors suggest no impact on gene or gene product.'
Variant consequence is missense (NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser)), which places BP4 outside its VCEP-defined scope; no predictor score (SpliceAI, REVEL, BayesDel) was assessed for this criterion.
BP7N/ANot applicable: BP7 applies only to synonymous or intronic variants, and this variant is a missense substitution (p.Thr1082Ser).
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Variant consequence: missense, NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser) (NM_001127510.3:c.3245C>G), APC. The governing ClinGen InSiGHT APC VCEP specification v2.1 defines BP7 as: 'A synonymous (silent) or intronic variant at or beyond +7/-21 for which multiple splicing prediction algorithms predict no impact to the splice consensus sequence nor the creation of a new splice site.' BP7 is restricted to synonymous (silent) or intronic variants; this variant is an amino-acid-changing missense substitution, so BP7 is outside its scope and is not_applicable. This determination is upstream of any predictor score, so SpliceAI (max delta 0.001) and other predictors were not evaluated for BP7. The variant is also not at a canonical splice consensus site, so the synonymous/intronic splice-region context that BP7 addresses does not apply.
Rule
APC VCEP v2.1 BP7 (Supporting): A synonymous (silent) or intronic variant at or beyond +7/-21 for which multiple splicing prediction algorithms predict no impact to the splice consensus sequence nor the creation of a new splice site.
Evidence considered
ClinGen InSiGHT Hereditary Colorectal Cancer/Polyposis Expert Panel Specification for APC v2.1 (cspec), BP7 supporting rule: 'A synonymous (silent) or intronic variant at or beyond +7/-21 for which multiple splicing prediction algorithms predict no impact to the splice consensus sequence nor the creation of a new splice site.'
Variant consequence is missense (NP_001120982.1:p.(Thr1082Ser)), not synonymous or intronic, which places BP7 outside its scope; predictor scores were not assessed for this criterion.
SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.00). REVEL score = 0.293. BayesDel score = -0.278933.
8 paper records listed. 1 cited in the classification.
Cited in the classification
Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint co
The ACMG/AMP 2015 consensus standards define PVS1 as applying to predicted null variants (nonsense, frameshift, canonical +/-1,2 splice-site, initiation-codon, and single/multi-exon deletion variants) in genes where loss of function is a known disease mechanism. It does not mention APC or the specific variant, and serves only as the generic rubric underlying the gene-specific PVS1 scope.
The impact of a missense change depends on criteria such as the evolutionary conservation of an amino acid or nucleotide, the location and context within the protein sequence, and the biochemical consequence of the amino acid substitution.
Location Computational (in silico) predictive programs section, paragraph 3
Context Consensus guideline (ACMG/AMP 2015 sequence variant interpretation standards); framework document, no variant- or gene-specific assay data.
Other recorded publications
Comprehensive screening for mutations associated with colorectal cancer in unselected cases reveals penetrant and nonpenetrant mutations.
Kraus C et al. · 2015
Reports the APC c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) missense variant in a 52-year-old male colorectal cancer patient (patient 72), classified by the IARC five-class system as class 2 (likely not pathogenic). It documents that the change is a simple missense substitution, not a truncating/null allele and not an in-frame indel, with no protein length change.
72 52 M 2 normal MSS WT APC c.3245C > G p.Thr1082Ser Missense 0 B T 2 Class 2
Table 4 (Summary patients with unique mutations), row for patient ID 72
Hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes: American Society of Clinical Oncology Cl
ASCO clinical practice guideline endorsement of the ESMO familial colorectal-cancer guidelines. It does not report APC c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) and contains no variant-specific data. Gene-level content only: classic FAP is autosomal-dominant, defined by tens to thousands of colorectal adenomas, accounts for roughly 1% of colorectal cancers and is associated with germline APC mutations; attenuated FAP is suspected with about 20-100 adenomas and no genetic basis is found in the majority. No functional, segregation, population-frequency or phenotype-point data specific to this variant are presented.
FAP is associated with germline mutations in the APC tumor suppressor gene.
Discussion, CLASSIC FAP section (paragraph 1)
Genetic diagnosis of high-penetrance susceptibility for colorectal cancer (CRC) is achievable for a high proportion of familial CRC by exome sequencing.
ACG clinical guideline: Genetic testing and management of hereditary gastrointes
ACG clinical practice guideline on genetic testing and management of hereditary gastrointestinal cancer syndromes (Lynch syndrome, FAP/AFAP, MUTYH-associated polyposis). Regarding APC it states only that testing for suspected adenomatous polyposis syndromes should include APC and MUTYH analysis, with management/surveillance recommendations. It reports no variant-specific functional, case, segregation or frequency data, and APC c.3245C>G (p.Thr1082Ser) is not named anywhere in the text.
Sherloc: a comprehensive refinement of the ACMG-AMP variant classification crite
This paper (Sherloc, Nykamp et al. 2017) is a general methods/framework refinement of the ACMG-AMP criteria. It reports no variant-specific or APC-specific data; APC is not mentioned. Its only bearing on functional evidence is conceptual: it argues that clinical observational evidence should outweigh functional evidence when they conflict, and that functionally supported rare variants lacking supporting clinical data should remain uncertain. It provides no functional assay result for c.3245C>G and therefore supports neither PS3 nor BS3.
Sherloc builds on the strong framework of 33 rules established by the ACMG–AMP guidelines and introduces 108 detailed refinements, which support a more consistent and transparent approach to variant classification.
Conclusion (abstract); framework details in Results, 'Assigning points to evidence types' and Figure 1
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gnomAD v4.1111 / 1,614,042 recorded allelesOpen source ↗
The evidence statements recorded by the interpretation pipeline. They have not been reinterpreted by the page.
gnomAD v4.1
This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 6.87714e-05; MAF= 0.00688%, 111/1614042 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the Remaining individuals population (AF= 0.000112029; MAF= 0.01120%, 7/62484 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 7.076e-05.
gnomAD v2.1
This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 4.61448e-05; MAF= 0.00461%, 13/281722 alleles, homozygotes = 0) and has highest observed frequency in the European (Finnish) population (AF= 0.000119436; MAF= 0.01194%, 3/25118 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 3.442e-05.
gnomAD-Canada
Not available in gnomAD-Canada v1.0.
ClinVar
This variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (9 clinical laboratories) and as Likely benign (5 clinical laboratories). (ClinVarID = 181799)
In silico
SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.00). REVEL score = 0.293. BayesDel score = -0.278933.
Functional
OncoKB did not identify variant-specific reviewed functional evidence for this variant; gene-level curated context is available for reviewer follow-up. APC, a tumor suppressor involved in WNT signaling, is recurrently altered in colorectal cancer.
Somatic
This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot. This variant has previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC; COSV57391633, n = 1 times).
Cancer Hotspots
This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot.
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