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MBD4 c.1684G>C, p.(Asp562His)

NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C NP_001263199.1:p.(Asp562His) Missense · exon 8 View identifiers
Classification
Likely benign

Variant description:

No variant summary was recorded for this case.

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Likely benign.A likely benign classification under the recorded framework.

In plain language

Gene-level background from the recorded interpretation.

About MBD4

MBD4 encodes a DNA glycosylase that detects and repairs deaminated methyl-cytosines in DNA, using a methyl-CpG binding domain to anchor to methylated DNA and a glycosylase domain to carry out mismatch repair in CpG-rich regions. The protein also helps repress transcription from methylated gene promoters. MBD4 acts as a tumor suppressor, and its loss has been linked to colorectal cancer, acute myeloid leukemia, and uveal melanoma.

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01The reasoning

How it was classified

The recorded framework is Not recorded. 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.

Pathogenic evidence criteria: 0 Benign evidence criteria: 3
Pathogenic criteria applied · 0

No pathogenic criterion marked as applied in the recorded assessment.

Benign criteria applied · 3
BS1Strong
BS1 · strong

Met at strong: gnomAD v4.1 grpmax filtering AF of 1.047% exceeds the 1% BS1 threshold (South Asian AF 1.10%).

BP1Supporting
BP1 · supporting

Met at supporting strength: MBD4-associated disease is caused primarily by truncating loss-of-function variants, and no MBD4 missense variant has reached established pathogenic status.

BP4Moderate
BP4 · moderate

Met at moderate strength: REVEL 0.178 is at or below the 0.183 moderate BP4 threshold for this missense variant.

Recorded classification: Likely benign

Likely Benign: BS1 (strong, gnomAD v4.1 grpmax AF 1.047%) plus BP4 (moderate, REVEL 0.178) and BP1 (supporting) satisfy the generic ACMG benign combination rules.

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
11,588 / 1,613,132 alleles

gnomAD v4.1: 11,588 / 1,613,132 alleles. Recorded AF 0.00718354. Recorded homozygote count 71.

gnomAD v2.1

This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 0.005111; MAF= 0.51110%, 1444/282528 alleles, homozygotes = 12) and has highest observed frequency in the South Asian population (AF= 0.00970208; MAF= 0.97021%, 297/30612 alleles, homozygotes = 7); grpmax FAF= 0.00879484.

gnomAD-Canada

This variant is present in gnomAD-Canada v1.0 (AF= 0.006622516556291391, 122/18422 alleles, homozygotes = 0).

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REVEL score
0.178 recorded score

Recorded REVEL score: 0.178. Refer to the recorded PP3/BP4 rationale for interpretation.

ClinVar submissions
8 reported laboratory submissions

3 Likely benign · 2 Uncertain significance · 2 Benign · 1 Likely Benign. ClinVar API review status: criteria provided, conflicting classifications.

Context only ClinVar ↗
Functional evidence
Statement recorded

OncoKB identified curated literature and non-variant-specific oncogenicity context for review; listed oncogenicity label: not classified.

No listed criterion applied OncoKB ↗
COSMIC
Cancer Hotspots
Somatic evidence
No matching record reported

This variant has not previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC).

Cancer Hotspots

This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot.

For specialists

Technical detail

ACMG/AMP criteria under Not recorded, with the data and sources behind each one.

28 criteria with recorded statuses: 3 met · 13 not met · 8 not assessed · 4 not applicable. Open any row for the full reasoning, the rule and the evidence behind it.

Met Not met Not assessed Not applicable

Group scope: PS1, PM1, PM5, PP2 and BP1 - the codon/residue/domain-of-mechanism criteria for NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C (MBD4, NP_001263199.1:p.Asp562His), a missense change; the variant's REVEL (0.178) and SpliceAI (max delta 0.017) values belong to the PP3/BP4 groups and were not used here.

No ClinGen VCEP/CSPEC specification and no local gene framework exist for MBD4 (cspec not found; final classification framework source generic_acmg_fallback), and vcep_materials.domain_tables contains no MBD4 entry, so all five criteria were adjudicated against generic ACMG/AMP 2015 definitions (PMID:25741868) with no gene-specific thresholds or approved domain boundaries.

PS1 and PM5 are both not met at the codon/residue level: a gene-level ClinVar review finds only two records involving codon 562 - this variant (c.1684G>C, p.Asp562His, conflicting, benign-leaning, 1 star) and c.1686C>T (p.Asp562=, synonymous, Benign/Likely benign). No alternative nucleotide change encodes p.(Asp562His) (PS1 unmet) and no different amino acid change at codon 562 has been established pathogenic (PM5 unmet); the gene's pathogenic variant spectrum is truncating, with its rare missense entries conflicting.

PM1 is not met on both generic prongs: Cancer Hotspots reports no statistically significant hotspot for MBD4 D562 and COSMIC has no record for this variant, while the codon and residue demonstrably tolerate benign variation (benign/likely benign ClinVar classifications; 12 homozygotes at gnomAD v2.1 AF 0.005111 and 71 homozygotes at gnomAD v4.1 AF 0.007183).

PP2 is not met (MBD4 disease is attributed to loss-of-function/truncating variants and no gene-level missense-constraint metric is available in this case), while its mirror-image benign criterion BP1 is met at supporting strength for this missense variant in a truncating-driven gene.

Net contribution to the case classification: no pathogenic-direction points from this group (PS1, PM1, PM5, PP2 all not met) and one supporting benign point (BP1).

Group scope: PS3 and BS3 only — both require well-established in vitro or in vivo functional studies, one showing a damaging effect (PS3) and one showing no damaging effect (BS3) on MBD4 gene product function (ACMG/AMP 2015, PMID:25741868).

No functional assay evidence of any kind exists for MBD4 c.1684G>C p.(Asp562His) in this case: ClinVar (8 submissions, 0 criterion leads), OncoKB (not classified), COSMIC (no record) and Cancer Hotspots (not a significant hotspot) provide none, and the five fetched full texts are policy/guideline documents unrelated to MBD4.

Consequently both PS3 and BS3 are returned as not_assessed; the unmet requirement is the assay itself, not a negative or positive experimental result.

All variant-level quantitative data available in this case (REVEL 0.178, BayesDel -0.306477, SpliceAI max delta 0.017) are computational predictions and belong to the PP3/BP4 and in-silico splicing groups, not to the functional-evidence criteria.

No MBD4-specific ClinGen VCEP/CSPEC specification or local gene framework was found, so generic ACMG/AMP definitions of PS3/BS3 were used without gene-specific strength calibration.

No CSPEC or VCEP specification exists for MBD4 and no local gene framework was found, so these five criteria were adjudicated against generic ACMG/AMP 2015 definitions (PMID:25741868); no gene-specific numeric threshold applies to PS4 or BP5 in this group, and no threshold-direction inequality was evaluated.

PP5 and BP6 both fail on eligibility rather than on direction: the exact-variant ClinVar record VCV000218624 contains zero expert-panel submissions. All seven germline submissions are ordinary single-submitter clinical laboratories (review status 'criteria provided, conflicting classifications', 1 star), so neither the benign-leaning aggregate majority (Likely benign 3, Benign 2) nor the VUS minority may be used.

PS4 is not met: no case-control or cohort enrichment evidence for MBD4 c.1684G>C (p.Asp562His) exists in the retrieved literature, the papers triaged to PS4 are unrelated newborn-screening/DTC-testing policy documents with no MBD4 content, and the variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 at AF 0.005111 with 12 homozygotes, which is inconsistent with enrichment in affected cases.

PP4 and BP5 are not_assessed because the case supplies no proband phenotype (PP4) and no proband genotype/co-occurring variant data (BP5); ClinVar's condition labels for this variant are non-specific ('Inborn genetic diseases', 'not specified') and its submissions carry no usable case-level detail.

Unverified lead recorded for human follow-up: a GeneDx ClinVar submission sentence cites PMID:25504873 and PMID:32421892 for an association with miscarriages and uveal melanoma. Neither PMID is in the source registry, was fetched, or was validated in this case, so it was not used for any criterion.

Allelic group contributes no evidence: neither PM3 nor BP2 is met, because no source in this case documents c.1684G>C phased with another MBD4 variant.

PM3 not met: MBD4 predisposition is autosomal recessive and bi-allelic loss-of-function (PMID:35460607), but the variant was not found in trans with a pathogenic MBD4 variant in any individual; the case is variant-level with no proband genotype or family phasing.

Population data support the absence of a second variant partner rather than an in-trans pairing: gnomAD v2.1 records 1444/282528 alleles (AF 0.511%) with 12 homozygotes and gnomAD v4.1 records 11588/1613132 alleles (AF 0.718%) with 71 homozygotes.

BP2 not met: the trans limb requires a fully penetrant dominant gene/disorder, which MBD4 is not, and the cis limb requires the variant to be on the same allele as a pathogenic MBD4 variant, which is not documented in any source consulted.

Both criteria were assessed against the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 criteria (PMID:25741868) because no ClinGen CSPEC, VCEP specification or local gene-specific framework exists for MBD4; the gene-level recessive inheritance mode was taken from Palles et al. 2022 (PMID:35460607).

One path only: c.1684G>C is a missense substitution (p.Asp562His), so PP3/BP4 were adjudicated entirely on the REVEL protein-impact path; the SpliceAI tie (max delta 0.017) was neither used as support nor as a substitute for a missense predictor.

REVEL 0.178 fails every PP3 band (supporting >= 0.644) and satisfies the moderate BP4 band (<= 0.183) while not reaching strong (<= 0.016): PP3 not met, BP4 met at moderate.

No MBD4 VCEP/CSPEC or gene-specific PP3/BP4 lookup exists, so the generic ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997) was applied verbatim; BayesDel was excluded for lack of an established ACMG-strength calibration.

BP7 remains owned by this group's scope list but was not evaluated here because the variant is missense, not synonymous; no truncating/protein-length-changing consequence applies, so no scope exclusion was needed for PP3/BP4.

Population evidence for MBD4 NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C (p.Asp562His; rs2307293) points consistently toward benignity. The variant is a common missense polymorphism: 0.511% in gnomAD v2.1 (1,444/282,528 alleles) and 0.718% in gnomAD v4.1 (11,588/1,613,132 alleles, 71 homozygotes), with maximum ancestry frequencies of 0.97-1.10% in South Asians, 3.07% in the Amish founder group (28/912) and 4.0% (2/50 alleles) in one v3.1 non-cancer HGDP group.

BS1 is met at strong on the popmax/grpmax metric in the default all-comers source (gnomAD v4.1 grpmax filtering AF 1.047%; South Asian AF 1.104%), although the verdict is boundary-sensitive: cohort-level frequencies are below 1% and the non-cancer/exome-only subsets fall just below the cutoff (v2.1 non-cancer grpmax FAF 0.879%; v3.1 non-cancer grpmax FAF 0.953%), which is why a human-review flag is recorded.

BA1 is not met because no credible population or ancestry group reaches 5%. PM2 is not met because the allele frequency exceeds the 0.0001 supporting threshold by roughly three orders of magnitude in every dataset.

BS2 is not met: although 71 homozygotes are present in gnomAD v4.1 (and 12 in v2.1), BS2 is reserved for disorders in which full penetrance is expected at an early age, and reported germline MBD4 deficiency is an adult-onset, incompletely penetrant cancer predisposition, so the homozygous observations do not qualify as BS2 benign evidence; their benign weight is already captured by BS1.

No Clingen VCEP/CSPEC or local gene-specific framework exists for MBD4 in this case, so generic ACMG/AMP 2015 population thresholds were applied to the all-comers gnomAD v2.1/v4.1 (plus gnomAD-Canada) as the default population sources.

Met · 3

BS1 StrongMet at strong: gnomAD v4.1 grpmax filtering AF of 1.047% exceeds the 1% BS1 threshold (South Asian AF 1.10%). Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BS1 (strong benign, allele frequency >=0.01) is met on the popmax/grpmax metric. In gnomAD v4.1 the grpmax filtering AF is 1.04703% (exome grpmax 1.04131%, genome grpmax 0.93567%), above the 1% generic threshold, and the maximum ancestry frequency is South Asian 1.10376% (1,005/91,052 alleles, 18 homozygotes) with the Amish isolate at 3.07% (28/912). gnomAD v2.1 reaches grpmax filtering AF 0.87948% with South Asian AF 0.97021% (297/30,612 alleles), and gnomAD-Canada v1.0 shows South Asian 1.32% (18/1,362 alleles). These values are orders of magnitude above any plausible carrier frequency for MBD4-associated multi-tumor predisposition syndrome, a rare adult-onset cancer predisposition, so the allele frequency is greater than expected for the disorder and BS1 applies at strong. Two caveats are recorded and drive a human-review flag: (1) the cohort-level all-comers frequency is below the cutoff in every dataset (v4.1 0.718%, v2.1 0.511%, v2.1 non-cancer exomes 0.517%, v3.1 non-cancer genomes 0.527%), so the verdict rests on the ancestry-specific popmax/grpmax value, which sits only marginally above 1%; (2) if the analysis were restricted to the non-cancer subsets, the grpmax filtering AFs fall just below the threshold (v2.1 non-cancer exomes 0.879%; v3.1 non-cancer genomes 0.953%) and BS1 would not be met. Because no governing VCEP/cspec specifies a non-cancer or exome-only source for MBD4, the all-comers GNOMAD_V2_1/GNOMAD_V4_1 entries remain the default and BS1 is met at strong.

Rule
BS1 (strong benign): allele frequency greater than expected for the disorder, generic threshold >=0.01 (1%), assessed on the popmax/grpmax filtering AF. gnomAD v4.1 grpmax FAF 1.047% (South Asian AF 1.104%) exceeds the threshold, therefore met at strong. Source-dependence of a value this close to the cutoff is flagged for human review.
Evidence considered
  • gnomAD v4.1 all-comers (gnomad_v4): total AF 0.71835% (11,588/1,613,132 alleles); grpmax filtering AF 1.04703%; South Asian ancestry AF 1.10376% (1,005/91,052 alleles, 18 homozygotes); Amish AF 3.07018% (28/912 alleles); 71 homozygotes overall.
  • gnomAD v2.1 all-comers (gnomad_v2): total AF 0.51110% (1,444/282,528 alleles); grpmax filtering AF 0.87948%; South Asian ancestry AF 0.97021% (297/30,612 alleles, 7 homozygotes); 12 homozygotes overall.
  • gnomAD-Canada v1.0 (gnomad_canada): total AF 0.66225% (122/18,422 alleles), 0 homozygotes; South Asian ancestry 18/1,362 alleles (1.32%, FAF95 0.854%).
  • gnomAD v2.1 non-cancer exomes (grpmax filtering AF 0.87891%, total AF 0.51690%) and gnomAD v3.1 non-cancer genomes (grpmax filtering AF 0.95329%, total AF 0.52659%) were checked as alternative sources; because no MBD4 VCEP/CSPEC specifies them, they were not used as the governing source, but they place the variant at essentially the 1% boundary and are the basis for the human-review flag.
  • No gene-specific BS1 threshold exists for MBD4 (no VCEP/CSPEC, no local framework); the generic 1% strong-benign default was applied, with the all-comers v4.1 popmax/grpmax value as the decisive measurement.
Still missing
  • BS1 is boundary-sensitive: at 1.047% versus a 1% cutoff, and with the cohort-level AF at 0.718%, the verdict flips to not met if the non-cancer/exome-only subsets are used as the source (v2.1 non-cancer exomes grpmax FAF 0.879%; v3.1 non-cancer genomes grpmax FAF 0.953%).
  • No gene-specific BS1 frequency threshold derived from MBD4 disease prevalence/penetrance is available; the generic 1% default (per-gene derivation preferred) was applied.
  • Disease prevalence and penetrance for germline MBD4-associated multi-tumor predisposition are not documented in any specification available in this case, so the comparison of observed frequency against 'expected for disorder' is qualitative.
Sources
BP1 SupportingMet at supporting strength: MBD4-associated disease is caused primarily by truncating loss-of-function variants, and no MBD4 missense variant has reached established pathogenic status. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BP1 applies to a missense variant in a gene for which primarily truncating variants are known to cause disease (ACMG/AMP 2015, Richards et al., PMID:25741868, supporting strength). NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C in MBD4 is a missense substitution (NP_001263199.1:p.Asp562His), so the variant-type prerequisite is satisfied. The gene's established germline disease mechanism is loss of function: the case's gene-level review (pvs1_gene_context) records lof_mechanism_supported = true, with the supporting germline literature describing a truncating MBD4 variant in a patient with colorectal oligopolyposis and early-onset cancer, and the same review notes that no CSPEC/VCEP exists for MBD4. A gene-level ClinVar review corroborates this: the pathogenic/likely pathogenic MBD4 variant set consists almost entirely of nonsense, frameshift, start-loss, canonical splice and large copy-number (deletion/duplication) variants, whereas the gene's few missense records are conflicting and none of those missense variants has reached established pathogenic status. Consequently missense change is not an established mechanism of MBD4-associated disease, and BP1 is met at its default supporting strength. No gene-specific framework exists to move the strength, and the criterion is benign-direction only.

Rule
ACMG/AMP 2015 BP1 (Richards et al., PMID:25741868): missense variant in a gene where primarily truncating variants cause disease; met at supporting strength.
Evidence considered
  • BP1 definition used: 'Missense variant in a gene for which primarily truncating variants are known to cause disease' (ACMG/AMP 2015 criteria, PMID:25741868, Table 4; BP1 is a supporting-strength benign criterion with no stronger weighting available).
  • Variant type confirmed as missense: NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C -> NP_001263199.1:p.(Asp562His), consequence class 'missense' (prefetch/variant assessment), which is the variant class BP1 addresses.
  • pvs1_gene_context (record key 'pvs1_gene_context'): lof_mechanism_supported = true; mechanism_rationale states that a targeted germline literature review identified publications supporting MBD4 loss of function as a germline disease mechanism; disease_names reference a germline MBD4 mutation (c.217C>T/p.Gln73*, a stop-gain) in a patient with colorectal oligopolyposis and early-onset cancer, i.e. truncated-protein disease.
  • ClinVar gene-level review: pathogenic/likely pathogenic MBD4 variants are overwhelmingly truncating or structural - nonsense, frameshift, start-loss (p.Met1Thr/Ile/Val), splice, and 3q21-3q22 deletions/duplications - while the rare MBD4 missense records carry conflicting classifications and none is established pathogenic.
  • ClinVar VCV000218624 (this variant): 8 submissions, no expert panel, no pathogenic submission, aggregated benign-leaning - consistent with a missense change in a gene whose disease mechanism is truncation.
  • No MBD4 VCEP/CSPEC or local gene framework exists (cspec not found; framework source generic_acmg_fallback), so BP1 was applied at the generic supporting strength without gene-specific modification.
Still missing
  • BP1 strength is the generic supporting default; no MBD4 VCEP/CSPEC or local gene framework exists to adjust it.
  • Gene-level mechanism support derives from a literature-only germline review (pvs1_gene_context) rather than an official ClinGen gene-disease validity statement; a curator may wish to confirm that MBD4 is regarded as a truncating-only gene.
  • Missense variants in the MBD4 glycosylase domain were not systematically evaluated for pathogenic potential; if such a mechanism were established, BP1 would need re-assessment.
Sources
BP4 ModerateMet at moderate strength: REVEL 0.178 is at or below the 0.183 moderate BP4 threshold for this missense variant. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

Scope first: c.1684G>C is a missense variant, p.(Asp562His), so BP4 is in scope and is taken from the REVEL path only. The local REVEL v1.3 lookup returns 0.178. Against the ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997) the BP4 supporting threshold is <= 0.29, moderate <= 0.183 and strong <= 0.016. A score of 0.178 falls at or below 0.183 but above 0.016, so BP4 is met at moderate strength - it does not reach strong. The score is not in a gray zone: 0.178 sits inside the calibrated benign band (<= 0.183), so no fallback to another predictor is warranted or permitted. The SpliceAI max delta of 0.017 was excluded from this determination: it is a splice-path metric and the variant is a missense substitution, so a low splice delta cannot be counted as additional BP4 support and is not double-counted. BayesDel (-0.306477) was likewise not counted, since no generic ACMG-strength BayesDel calibration is established and MBD4 has no VCEP cutoff; treating an uncalibrated score as concordant support would be unsupported. No gene-specific PP3/BP4 lookup was available to override the generic REVEL bands (CSPEC not found; generic_acmg framework mode).

Rule
BP4 met at moderate strength: REVEL 0.178 <= 0.183 (ClinGen SVI REVEL moderate BP4 cutoff, PMID:36413997); strong (<= 0.016) not reached.
Evidence considered
  • Variant consequence settled as missense, p.(Asp562His) (NP_001263199.1), which places BP4 on the REVEL protein-impact path and makes BP4 applicable.
  • Local REVEL v1.3 lookup returned revel_score = 0.178 for chr3:129431542 C>G (GRCh38), carried in the case as revel.revel_score.
  • Thresholds applied verbatim from the supplied ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, Am J Hum Genet, PMID:36413997): BP4 supporting <= 0.29, moderate <= 0.183, strong <= 0.016. 0.178 clears the moderate band and does not reach the strong band (<= 0.016).
  • SpliceAI max delta 0.017 (=< 0.1, the SpliceAI BP4 cutoff from Jaganathan et al. 2019, Cell, PMID:30661751) was recorded in the case but not counted as BP4 support, because the variant is missense and PP3/BP4 may not be taken from the splice path for a missense change; it is also not double-counted against the REVEL-based call.
  • BayesDel score -0.306477 present but uncalibrated for ACMG strength with no MBD4 VCEP cutoff, so it contributes nothing to BP4.
  • ClinGen CSPEC search for MBD4 returned no record (cspec.found = false) and framework_mode = generic_acmg, so no gene-specific computational-evidence specification supersedes the generic REVEL bands.
Still missing
  • No MBD4-specific ClinGen CSPEC or gene-specific PP3/BP4 lookup spreadsheet exists for this gene, so generic ClinGen SVI REVEL bands were used instead of gene-calibrated ones.
Sources

Not met · 13 · evaluated, threshold not reached

PS1 Not met: no MBD4 variant with a different nucleotide change encodes p.(Asp562His), and this amino acid change has no established pathogenic classification in ClinVar. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PS1 requires that a different nucleotide change produce the same amino acid change as an established pathogenic variant (ACMG/AMP 2015, Richards et al., PMID:25741868). MBD4 has no ClinGen VCEP/CSPEC specification and no local gene framework (cspec: not found; final classification framework source = generic_acmg_fallback), so the generic definition governs, and no gene-specific strength calibration exists. A gene-level ClinVar review (E-utilities, db=clinvar, 'MBD4[gene]') finds no other variant that encodes p.(Asp562His): the only records touching codon 562 are VCV000218624 itself (c.1684G>C, p.Asp562His) and VCV002868672 (c.1686C>T, p.Asp562=, Benign/Likely benign, synonymous). The amino acid change p.(Asp562His) therefore has no established pathogenic comparator at all - the single ClinVar record for this exact substitution is a 1-star conflicting record (3 laboratories Likely benign, 2 Benign, 2 Uncertain significance, 0 expert panels) with no pathogenic or likely pathogenic submission. Because no variant sharing this amino acid change has been established as pathogenic, PS1 cannot be met; the criterion is assessed as not met rather than not assessed because absence of any comparator was searched for directly rather than being unexamined.

Rule
ACMG/AMP 2015 PS1 (Richards et al., PMID:25741868): same amino acid change as an established pathogenic variant, regardless of nucleotide change; not met - no such comparator exists for p.(Asp562His).
Evidence considered
  • PS1 definition used: 'Same amino acid change as a previously established pathogenic variant regardless of nucleotide change' (ACMG/AMP 2015 criteria, PMID:25741868, Table 3).
  • ClinVar gene-level query for MBD4 (NCBI E-utilities, db=clinvar) returned only two records involving codon 562: VCV000218624 (NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C, p.Asp562His - this variant) and VCV002868672 (NM_001276270.2:c.1686C>T, p.Asp562=). No third nucleotide change encoding p.(Asp562His) (e.g. c.1684G>T) is present.
  • ClinVar VCV000218624 (record key 'clinvar'): review status 'criteria provided, conflicting classifications' (1 star), 0 expert-panel submissions, 0 pathogenic or likely pathogenic submissions; the aggregate is benign-leaning, so even the same amino acid change in this record is not an established pathogenic comparator.
  • The other codon-562 record VCV002868672 (c.1686C>T, p.Asp562=) is synonymous and classified Benign/Likely benign with multiple submitters - it cannot satisfy PS1, which requires the same amino acid change, not merely the same codon.
  • No MBD4-specific ClinGen specification was available to modify the PS1 rule (cspec lookup not found; vcep_materials note 'no cspec url available').
Still missing
  • Comparator search was performed against ClinVar only; a same-amino-acid-change variant reported only in the literature (never submitted to ClinVar) would not have been detected.
  • No MBD4 VCEP/CSPEC or local gene framework exists to specify a gene-specific PS1 rule or acceptable comparator evidence level.
Sources
PS4 Not met: no case-control enrichment study exists for c.1684G>C, and gnomAD v2.1 AF 0.005111 (1444 alleles, 12 homozygotes) is inconsistent with case enrichment. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

Generic ACMG/AMP 2015 PS4 (PMID:25741868) requires a statistically significant enrichment of the variant in affected cases relative to controls; no CSPEC or VCEP exists for MBD4 (cspec: not found; framework_mode generic_acmg), so no gene-specific PS4 rule and no numeric PS4 threshold or comparison operator exist for this gene. No case-control or case-enrichment study reports MBD4 c.1684G>C (p.Asp562His). The two papers triaged into PS4 (PMID:23169492, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing policy report; PMID:24121147, an alpha-1-antitrypsin newborn-screening workshop) were reviewed in full text and contain no MBD4 content, no mention of p.Asp562His, and no case or cohort data. Population data are inconsistent with case enrichment: the variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 at total AF 0.005111 (1444/282528 alleles, 12 homozygotes), far too common to be an enriched rare disease allele. One GeneDx ClinVar submission sentence states the variant was 'reported in association with multiple miscarriages and with uveal melanoma (pmid: 25504873, 32421892)'; those PMIDs are neither in the source registry nor retrieved/validated in this case, and the statement is an uncontrolled case-observation claim rather than an enrichment measurement, so it cannot support PS4. Because no governing threshold exists for this criterion in this gene, no inequality is evaluated; PS4 is not met for absence of any enriched case series.

Evidence considered
  • clinvar (VCV000218624 / variation 218624): 7-8 germline submissions, all from clinical laboratories, none expert-panel; no submission supplies an enrichment or case-control statistic for c.1684G>C.
  • gnomAD v2.1 (3-129150385-C-G): total AF 0.005111, 1444/282528 alleles, 12 homozygotes, grpmax FAF 0.00879484 - consulted only to ask whether a variant this common could plausibly show case enrichment; it argues against PS4 rather than supporting it.
  • PMID:23169492 full text reviewed and searched for 'MBD4', 'c.1684G>C', 'p.(D562H)': no hits; the paper is an EASAC/FEAM policy report on direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
  • PMID:24121147 full text reviewed and searched for 'MBD4 c.1684G>C', 'p.(D562H)', 'c.1684G>C': no hits; the paper is a workshop report on newborn screening for alpha-1-antitrypsin (SERPINA1) deficiency.
  • PMID:23652378 and PMID:25626707 (indexed under PS4 in the literature triage) were checked: both are European newborn-screening policy documents with no MBD4, c.1684G>C or p.(D562H) content.
  • PMID:25741868 (ACMG/AMP 2015) used only as the definitional source of the PS4 requirement for significant case enrichment.
  • No numeric PS4 threshold was applied: with no CSPEC/VCEP for MBD4 there is no governing PS4 cutoff or comparison operator, so no >= / <= inequality is evaluated here.
Still missing
  • No case-control or cohort enrichment study for MBD4 c.1684G>C exists in this case's evidence set.
  • PMID:25504873 and PMID:32421892 (uveal melanoma / miscarriage association cited in a GeneDx ClinVar submission) were not retrieved or validated and are absent from the source registry; if they do report affected carriers, PS4 would need re-evaluation.
  • PMID:31022120 (indexed under PS4) is an ACOG newborn-screening committee opinion and was not retrieved; by title it is a screening-policy document with no MBD4 variant content.
Sources
PM1 Not met: CancerHotspots reports no significant hotspot at D562 and the codon carries benign variation, including 12 gnomAD v2.1 homozygotes at 0.51% allele frequency. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PM1 requires the variant to lie in a mutational hotspot and/or a critical, well-established functional domain without benign variation (ACMG/AMP 2015, Richards et al., PMID:25741868). MBD4 has no ClinGen VCEP/CSPEC specification (cspec not found; framework source generic_acmg_fallback) and vcep_materials.domain_tables contains no entry for MBD4, so there is no authoritative, pre-approved list of MBD4 critical domains against which residue 562 could be scored; the generic definition therefore applies. Both generic prongs fail on the evidence available. First, hotspot: the Cancer Hotspots query for MBD4 D562 returned no statistically significant hotspot (search_status no_result) and COSMIC returned no record for c.1684G>C, so there is no somatic or statistical hotspot evidence at this residue. Second, 'without benign variation': codon 562 and its neighbourhood demonstrably tolerate benign variation - the only other ClinVar variant at this codon is c.1686C>T p.Asp562=, classified Benign/Likely benign by multiple submitters; the variant itself is classified Benign or Likely benign by five laboratories and is present in gnomAD v2.1 at AF 0.005111 with 12 homozygotes (7 South Asian) and in gnomAD v4.1 at AF 0.007183 with 71 homozygotes. A region harbouring this much tolerated variation does not satisfy PM1's 'without benign variation' requirement, and residue 562 lies near the C-terminus of the 580-residue protein rather than at a residue demonstrated by any consulted source to be critical. PM1 is not met.

Rule
ACMG/AMP 2015 PM1 (Richards et al., PMID:25741868): mutational hotspot and/or critical functional domain without benign variation; generic fallback applied (no MBD4 VCEP/CSPEC; domain_tables empty); not met.
Evidence considered
  • PM1 definition used: 'Located in a mutational hot spot and/or critical and well-established functional domain (e.g. active site of an enzyme) without benign variation' (ACMG/AMP 2015 criteria, PMID:25741868, Table 3).
  • vcep_materials.json: domain_tables = {} (empty) and note 'no cspec url available', i.e. no gene-specific approved domain table exists for MBD4; PM1 was therefore evaluated under the generic ACMG/AMP definition.
  • Cancer Hotspots query 'MBD4 D562': search_status no_result, evidence sentence 'This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot' - no hotspot evidence at this residue.
  • COSMIC query 'MBD4 c.1684G>C': no result found, so no somatic recurrence/hotspot signal at this codon.
  • ClinVar gene-level MBD4 review: the only other variant at codon 562 is VCV002868672 (c.1686C>T, p.Asp562=), classified Benign/Likely benign with multiple submitters - i.e. the codon tolerates variation; the variant's own record VCV000218624 is classified Benign or Likely benign by 5 of 8 submitters.
  • gnomAD v2.1 (3-129150385-C-G): total AF 0.005111 (1444/282528 alleles) with 12 homozygotes, grpmax FAF 0.00879484, highest South Asian AF 0.00970208 with 7 homozygotes - a residue/codon with this much tolerated population variation cannot be called a domain 'without benign variation'.
  • gnomAD v4.1: AF 0.007183 (11588/1613132 alleles) with 71 homozygotes, reinforcing that the residue is tolerant of variation.
  • Residue position checked against the reference protein: p.(Asp562His) falls in the C-terminal portion of the 580-residue NP_001263199.1 protein (transcript variant 2, exon 8 of 8); no consulted source identifies residue 562 as a catalytic or otherwise critical residue.
Still missing
  • vcep_materials.domain_tables is empty and no MBD4 VCEP/CSPEC exists, so no authoritative approved-domain list or domain-boundary table was available to test the residue against; a curator with an external MBD4 domain annotation could re-check residue 562's domain membership.
  • The density of pathogenic versus benign variation across the MBD4 C-terminal glycosylase domain was not systematically quantified in this case, so 'without benign variation' was assessed from the codon- and variant-level data rather than from a domain-wide variant count.
  • Cancer Hotspots and COSMIC views were available only as screenshots/curated extracts; both were negative for this residue, but no independent hotspot database (e.g. a per-gene recurrence count from gnomAD/ClinVar) was queried.
Sources
PM2 Not met: gnomAD v4.1 all-comers AF 0.718% (11,588 alleles) far exceeds the 0.0001 PM2 supporting threshold. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PM2 (supporting, absent or allele frequency <=0.0001) is far from satisfied. This is a common polymorphism (rs2307293): gnomAD v4.1 all-comers AF 0.71835% (11,588/1,613,132 alleles, 71 homozygotes); gnomAD v2.1 all-comers AF 0.51110% (1,444/282,528 alleles, 12 homozygotes); gnomAD v2.1 non-cancer exomes AF 0.51690% (1,223/236,602 alleles); gnomAD v3.1 non-cancer genomes AF 0.52659% (779/147,932 alleles); gnomAD-Canada v1.0 AF 0.66225% (122/18,422 alleles). Every one of these is roughly 5,000-7,000-fold above the 0.0001 supporting threshold. Even the rarest ancestry group with any observations (East Asian, 2/19,952 alleles, AF 0.0100%) is at or above the threshold rather than below it, and the variant is present in the homozygous state many times over. PM2 is not met under the all-comers default or under either non-cancer subset; no source-sensitive analysis can rescue it.

Rule
PM2 (supporting pathogenic): allele frequency <=0.0001 in population databases. All datasets are 0.5-0.7%, thousands of times above the threshold, therefore not met.
Evidence considered
  • gnomAD v4.1 all-comers (gnomad_v4): AF 0.71835%, 11,588/1,613,132 alleles, 71 homozygotes - approximately 7,000-fold above the 0.0001 PM2 supporting threshold.
  • gnomAD v2.1 all-comers (gnomad_v2): AF 0.51110%, 1,444/282,528 alleles, 12 homozygotes; gnomAD-Canada v1.0 (gnomad_canada): AF 0.66225%, 122/18,422 alleles, 0 homozygotes.
  • gnomAD v2.1 non-cancer exomes (AF 0.51690%, 1,223/236,602 alleles) and gnomAD v3.1 non-cancer genomes (AF 0.52659%, 779/147,932 alleles) confirm the variant is common in non-cancer cohorts as well, so PM2 is not rescued by any available source.
  • The lowest-frequency ancestry group with observations in gnomAD v2.1 is East Asian (2/19,952 alleles, AF 0.01003%), still at or above 0.0001 rather than below it.
  • ACMG/AMP 2015 / SVI (PMID:25741868) PM2 supporting threshold <=0.0001 was applied; no MBD4-specific PM2 rule exists in this case.
Still missing
  • None for this criterion: the variant is unambiguously too common for PM2 in every available dataset, so no further source or ancestry analysis is required.
Sources
PM3 Not met: no pathogenic MBD4 variant in trans with c.1684G>C, and gnomAD v4.1 shows 71 homozygotes (AF 0.72%) at this allele. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PM3 is applicable in principle for MBD4 because the associated germline tumor-predisposition phenotype is autosomal recessive and caused by bi-allelic loss-of-function variants (Palles et al. 2022, Am J Hum Genet, PMID:35460607: 'We report an autosomal recessive, multi-organ tumor predisposition syndrome, caused by bi-allelic loss-of-function germline variants in the base excision repair (BER) gene MBD4'), and no ClinGen CSPEC or gene-specific VCEP exists for MBD4, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 criterion text applies (PMID:25741868). PM3 requires that the variant under assessment be detected in trans with a pathogenic variant in an individual with the recessive disorder. No such observation exists for NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C (NP_001263199.1:p.Asp562His). The review is variant-level: there is no proband genotype, no family, and therefore no phase determination in this case. ClinVar variation 218624 carries eight submissions (Likely benign x3, Benign x2, Uncertain significance x2, Likely benign x1; 'criteria provided, conflicting classifications'), none from an expert panel, none containing a criterion-level statement about a second MBD4 allele, and the ClinVar-linked literature screened for this variant contains no MBD4 case carrying c.1684G>C. The population datasets record the variant as an allele that occurs on both chromosomes rather than paired with a second variant: gnomAD v2.1 1444/282528 alleles (AF 0.511%), 12 homozygotes (7 in South Asians), and gnomAD v4.1 11588/1613132 alleles (AF 0.718%), 71 homozygotes. In addition, c.1684G>C is a missense change (REVEL 0.178; SpliceAI max delta 0.02) with no loss-of-function support, unlike the truncating bi-allelic variants that define the MBD4 recessive syndrome, so it is not a plausible pathogenic second allele in trans in any case reported. PM3 is therefore not met; the unsatisfied requirement is a documented (likely) pathogenic MBD4 allele on the opposite chromosome, which no source in this case provides.

Rule
PM3 (ACMG/AMP 2015, PMID:25741868): for recessive disorders, the variant is detected in trans with a pathogenic variant; MBD4 predisposition is a bi-allelic recessive trait (PMID:35460607), so the criterion is assessed using the generic trans requirement with no gene-specific relaxation.
Evidence considered
  • MBD4 germline disease is an autosomal-recessive, bi-allelic loss-of-function tumor predisposition syndrome (colorectal adenomatous polyposis, acute myeloid leukemia, uveal melanoma) as reported by Palles et al. 2022, PMID:35460607; the same publication identified five affected individuals with bi-allelic MBD4 variants in four families, which establishes the recessive inheritance mode that makes PM3 the applicable trans criterion for this gene.
  • The case carries a literature-only MBD4 disease context with no official ClinGen CSPEC, no VCEP specification and no local gene-specific framework, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 criteria (PMID:25741868) define both PM3 and BP2 for this assessment.
  • ClinVar variation 218624 (NM_001276270.2(MBD4):c.1684G>C p.Asp562His) has eight clinical-laboratory submissions summarised as Likely benign 3, Benign 2, Uncertain significance 2 and Likely benign 1, with overall review status 'criteria provided, conflicting classifications'; no submission is from an expert panel, none supplies a criterion-level statement, and none reports a second MBD4 variant in trans or in cis.
  • Searching the literature linked to this variant for an in-trans observation found nothing: the ClinVar-linked PMIDs and the full-text papers screened for c.1684G>C/p.(D562H) are unrelated to MBD4, and none of them reports the variant at all.
  • Population data establish the variant on both alleles rather than paired with a second variant: gnomAD v2.1 gives 1444/282528 alleles (AF 0.511%) with 12 homozygotes (7 in the South Asian population) and gnomAD v4.1 gives 11588/1613132 alleles (AF 0.718%) with 71 homozygotes, so individuals carrying c.1684G>C on both chromosomes are documented and no accompanying pathogenic MBD4 allele is reported.
  • Variant-level functional context gives no support for this missense change acting as a second pathogenic allele of the MBD4 loss-of-function mechanism: REVEL 0.178 (indeterminate/benign-leaning) and SpliceAI max delta 0.02, and the variant is neither a hotspot nor reported in COSMIC somatic tumours.
Still missing
  • No proband-level genotype or family data (no phase determination, no second-allele testing) are available; this case was reviewed at the variant level only.
  • No publication, ClinVar submission or database entry reports c.1684G>C in trans with a pathogenic MBD4 variant, and the variant is not reported in any MBD4 deficiency case.
  • No MBD4 ClinGen CSPEC or gene-specific VCEP exists, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 PM3 wording (recessive disorders, in trans with a pathogenic variant) was used without gene-specific modification of the trans requirement.
Sources
PM5 Not met: no missense variant introducing a different amino acid at codon 562 is established pathogenic - the only other ClinVar codon-562 entry is a benign synonymous change. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PM5 requires a different missense change at the same codon as an established pathogenic missense variant (ACMG/AMP 2015, Richards et al., PMID:25741868). MBD4 has no ClinGen VCEP/CSPEC specification and no local gene framework, so the generic definition applies with no gene-specific modification. The case's automatic comparator-harvest artifact (pm5_candidates) explicitly found no candidates and deferred the question to manual review, so a direct gene-level ClinVar review was performed for this adjudication: the only ClinVar records affecting codon 562 are VCV000218624 (the variant itself, NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C, p.Asp562His) and VCV002868672 (c.1686C>T, p.Asp562=, Benign/Likely benign, synonymous). No missense variant introducing a different amino acid at residue 562 exists in ClinVar, and no established pathogenic MBD4 missense variant exists anywhere in the gene: the gene-level ClinVar set of pathogenic/likely pathogenic MBD4 records is dominated by nonsense, frameshift, start-loss, splice and large copy-number (deletion/duplication) variants, while the rare MBD4 missense entries carry conflicting classifications (e.g. p.Arg14Cys, p.Val46Leu, p.Ser112Asn, p.Arg506Gln). With no pathogenic comparator at codon 562, PM5 is not met.

Rule
ACMG/AMP 2015 PM5 (Richards et al., PMID:25741868): different missense change at the same codon as an established pathogenic missense variant; not met - no pathogenic comparator at codon 562.
Evidence considered
  • PM5 definition used: 'A different missense change at the same amino acid residue as a previously established pathogenic missense variant' (ACMG/AMP 2015 criteria, PMID:25741868, Table 3).
  • pm5_candidates (record key 'pm5_candidates'): found = false, eligible_for_classic_pm5_search = false, total_candidates_seen = 0, reason 'Unable to confirm classic same-residue PM5 semantics safely; skipping automatic candidate harvesting'; its recommendation explicitly asks for manual review of same-residue comparators - that manual review was performed against ClinVar for this adjudication.
  • ClinVar gene-level query for MBD4 (NCBI E-utilities, db=clinvar): records affecting codon 562 are only VCV000218624 (c.1684G>C, p.Asp562His, this variant) and VCV002868672 (c.1686C>T, p.Asp562=). No c.1684G>A/T, c.1685A>T or other codon-562 missense variant introducing a different amino acid is present.
  • VCV002868672 (c.1686C>T, p.Asp562=) is synonymous and classified Benign/Likely benign, so it is neither a missense change nor a pathogenic comparator.
  • ClinVar gene-level review of pathogenic/likely pathogenic MBD4 variants: the set is overwhelmingly truncating or copy-number (nonsense, frameshift, start-loss p.Met1Thr/Ile/Val, splice, 3q deletions/duplications); missense records in MBD4 carry conflicting classifications (p.Arg14Cys, p.Val46Leu, p.Ser112Asn, p.Arg506Gln) rather than established pathogenic status.
  • No MBD4-specific ClinGen specification exists to modify PM5 (cspec lookup not found), so no gene-specific PM5 strength rule was applied.
Still missing
  • Comparator review was limited to ClinVar plus the case's pm5_candidates artifact (which harvested 0 candidates); a same-codon missense variant reported only in the literature or only in a somatic cancer database would not have been captured.
  • No MBD4 VCEP/CSPEC or local gene framework exists to define the acceptable comparator class or strength for PM5 in this gene.
Sources
PP2 Not met: MBD4-associated disease is attributable to loss-of-function variants rather than missense, and no gene-level missense-constraint metric is available to satisfy PP2. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PP2 requires a missense variant in a gene with a low rate of benign missense variation AND where missense variants are a common mechanism of disease (ACMG/AMP 2015, Richards et al., PMID:25741868). The variant is a missense change (NP_001263199.1:p.Asp562His), so the first prerequisite of the criterion is not the issue; the gene-level conditions fail. The case's gene-level mechanism review (pvs1_gene_context) found the germline MBD4 disease mechanism to be loss of function (lof_mechanism_supported = true), and the ClinVar gene-level record supports that: the pathogenic/likely pathogenic MBD4 variant set is dominated by truncating and copy-number variants, while missense variants in this gene are either conflicting or benign-leaning. Missense variation in MBD4 is therefore not an established disease mechanism. In addition, no gene-level missense constraint metric (e.g. a missense z-score or MPC value) is present anywhere in this case's materials, so even PP2's first prong - a low rate of benign missense variation - cannot be demonstrated for MBD4. A single ClinVar submission (GeneDx, Uncertain significance) asserts that the variant was reported with miscarriages and uveal melanoma and that in-silico analysis supports a deleterious effect; that submission carries no validated PMID trail (its two cited PMIDs were rejected by the audit as unresolved), and neither cited reference mentions this variant, so it is not evidence that missense change is a mechanism in MBD4. PP2 is not met.

Rule
ACMG/AMP 2015 PP2 (Richards et al., PMID:25741868): missense variant in a gene with a low rate of benign missense variation where missense is a common mechanism of disease; not met - MBD4 disease mechanism is loss of function, and no missense-constraint metric was available.
Evidence considered
  • PP2 definition used: 'Missense variant in a gene that has a low rate of benign missense variation and where missense variants are a common mechanism of disease' (ACMG/AMP 2015 criteria, PMID:25741868, Table 3).
  • pvs1_gene_context (record key 'pvs1_gene_context'): germline disease context found, official_source_type 'literature_only', lof_mechanism_supported = true, mechanism_rationale 'Targeted germline literature review identified disease-focused publications supporting MBD4 loss of function as a germline disease mechanism'; disease names reference a germline MBD4 mutation in a patient with colorectal oligopolyposis and early-onset cancer.
  • ClinVar gene-level review: pathogenic/likely pathogenic MBD4 records are dominated by nonsense, frameshift, start-loss, splice and large copy-number variants; the gene's missense records are conflicting (e.g. p.Arg14Cys, p.Val46Leu, p.Ser112Asn, p.Arg506Gln) - missense is not an established mechanism.
  • ClinVar VCV000218624: the GeneDx submission's only evidence signal is an in-silico PP3 statement ('in silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein struct...') plus a claim of association with multiple miscarriages and uveal melanoma citing pmid 25504873 and 32421892; the submission audit rejected both PMIDs (pubmed_metadata_unresolved / no_validated_pubmed_trail) and neither PubMed record mentions p.(Asp562His), so this is an unverified submitter assertion rather than missense-mechanism evidence.
  • No gene-level missense constraint metric (missense z-score, MPC) appears anywhere in the case evidence bundle, so the 'low rate of benign missense variation' prong could not be satisfied from the available data.
  • No MBD4 VCEP/CSPEC or local gene framework exists, so no gene-specific PP2 calibration was available (generic fallback).
Still missing
  • No gene-level missense constraint metric (gnomAD missense z-score, MPC or equivalent) is present in the case materials, so PP2's first prong was assessed as unsupported rather than quantitatively refuted.
  • The distribution of benign versus pathogenic missense variants across MBD4 domains was not quantified; a gene-specific missense-constraint assessment would be needed to revisit PP2.
Sources
PP3 Not met: REVEL 0.178 is below the 0.644 supporting threshold for PP3 in this missense variant. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

Scope first: NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C is a missense change, NP_001263199.1:p.(Asp562His), so PP3/BP4 are in scope and take evidence from the REVEL protein-impact path alone. VariantValidator places the change in exon 8 of the MANE Select transcript, well inside the coding sequence (exon 8 spans c.1648 to *554), and no splice-region/edge-of-exon annotation is reported. The local REVEL v1.3 lookup returns 0.178. Against the ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997) the supporting threshold for a deleterious call is >= 0.644, moderate >= 0.773, strong >= 0.932; 0.178 is below all three. PP3 is therefore not met. No gene-specific framework overrides this: ClinGen CSPEC was searched and not found for MBD4 (cspec.found = false), no gene VCEP directory or user-supplied MBD4 framework exists, and framework_mode is generic_acmg. SpliceAI max delta 0.017 is present in the case but is deliberately not used here, because a missense substitution is assessed on the missense path only and a splice prediction is never PP3 support for a missense variant. BayesDel (-0.306477) was also not used: no ACMG-strength generic calibration is established for BayesDel and no MBD4 VCEP cutoff exists, so it is not_available for PP3.

Rule
PP3 not met on the missense path: REVEL 0.178 < 0.644 (ClinGen SVI REVEL supporting cutoff, PMID:36413997).
Evidence considered
  • Variant consequence settled from the normalized description NM_001276270.2(NP_001263199.1):p.(Asp562His) and VariantValidator annotations (MANE Select transcript, exon 8; protein-level missense substitution D562H) - this selects REVEL as the sole applicable PP3/BP4 path.
  • Local REVEL v1.3 lookup returned revel_score = 0.178 for chr3:129431542 C>G (GRCh38), matching the case's genomic coordinates.
  • Thresholds applied verbatim from the supplied ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, Am J Hum Genet, PMID:36413997): PP3 supporting >= 0.644, moderate >= 0.773, strong >= 0.932.
  • No MBD4-specific ClinGen CSPEC was found (cspec.found = false, no cspec URL available) and no gene-specific framework or VCEP materials were supplied, so generic ACMG/AMP computational-evidence thresholds govern.
  • SpliceAI max delta 0.017 (DS_AG 0.017, DS_AL 0.001, DS_DG 0.006, DS_DL 0.0) exists in the bundle but was not consulted for this missense variant's PP3, per the one-path rule.
  • BayesDel score -0.306477 is present but has no established generic ACMG-strength calibration and no MBD4 VCEP cutoff, so it is treated as not_available rather than evaluated.
Sources
PP5 Not met: ClinVar variation 218624 has zero expert-panel submissions, all seven being single-submitter clinical laboratories with conflicting classifications (1-star review status). Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PP5 is applied only for an exact-variant pathogenic or likely pathogenic classification issued by a recognized ClinVar expert panel. ClinVar VCV000218624 (variation 218624) contains zero expert-panel submissions: all 7-8 germline submissions are single-submitter clinical laboratories (ARUP Laboratories, CeGaT, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Chicago, GeneDx, Ambry Genetics, Labcorp/Invitae), with record review status 'criteria provided, single submitter' and API aggregate review status 'criteria provided, conflicting classifications' at 1 star. No submission carries an expert-panel designation. In addition, the ClinVar aggregate majority for this variant is benign-leaning (Likely benign in 3 laboratories, Benign in 2, Uncertain significance in 2), so even a naive aggregate reading could not support PP5. Literature triaged to PP5 (PMID:23169492, PMID:24121147; and PMID:23652378, PMID:25626707) was checked in full text and contains no MBD4 or p.Asp562His content and no classification. PP5 is therefore not met.

Evidence considered
  • clinvar (VCV000218624 / variation 218624): expert_panels object empty; expert_panel_submissions = 0; review stars = 1; API classification 'Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity'; per-submission detail shows seven distinct clinical laboratories, none flagged as an expert panel.
  • Submitter list checked individually: ARUP (Likely Benign), CeGaT (Benign), CHOP (VUS), University of Chicago (Likely Benign), GeneDx (VUS), Ambry (Likely Benign), Labcorp/Invitae (Benign) - all 'criteria provided, single submitter', none an expert panel.
  • PMID:25741868 used only as the definitional source of PP5 (reputable source asserting pathogenicity without independent evidence).
  • PMID:23169492 and PMID:24121147 were the only papers indexed to PP5; both full texts were checked for 'MBD4', 'c.1684G>C', 'p.(D562H)' with no hits, so neither supplies the expert-panel classification PP5 requires.
Still missing
  • PP5 would become applicable only if a recognized expert panel (or ClinGen VCEP) issues an exact-variant pathogenic/likely pathogenic classification in ClinVar; none exists for MBD4.
Sources
BA1 Not met: the highest credible population frequency is 3.07% (gnomAD v4.1 Amish), below the 5% BA1 stand-alone threshold. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BA1 (stand-alone benign, allele frequency >=0.05) is not met in any dataset. gnomAD v4.1 all-comers: 11,588/1,613,132 alleles, AF 0.718%, 71 homozygotes; the highest ancestry frequency is Amish 3.07% (28/912 alleles, 0 homozygotes) and the grpmax filtering AF is 1.047%. gnomAD v2.1 all-comers: 1,444/282,528 alleles, AF 0.511%, 12 homozygotes; highest ancestry frequency South Asian 0.970% (297/30,612 alleles), grpmax filtering AF 0.879%. gnomAD-Canada v1.0: 122/18,422 alleles, AF 0.662%, within-dataset maximum South Asian 1.32% (18/1,362 alleles), 0 homozygotes. The non-cancer subsets are concordant and lower (v2.1 non-cancer exomes 1,223/236,602, AF 0.517%; v3.1 non-cancer genomes 779/147,932, AF 0.527%). The single figure anywhere near 5% is 4.0% (2/50 alleles, HGDP:RUSSIAN) in the v3.1 non-cancer genomes subset, which rests on 50 alleles and one small isolated cohort and is not a credible stand-alone trigger. No credible population or ancestry group reaches 5%, so the stand-alone benign criterion is not satisfied.

Rule
BA1 (stand-alone benign): allele frequency >=0.05 (5%) in a population database. Assessed against all-comers gnomAD v2.1 and v4.1 (defaults, no MBD4 VCEP/CSPEC governing an alternative source) plus gnomAD-Canada v1.0. Highest credible frequency observed is 3.07% (gnomAD v4.1 Amish), therefore not met.
Evidence considered
  • gnomAD v4.1 all-comers (gnomad_v4): 11,588/1,613,132 alleles, AF 0.71835%, 71 homozygotes (68 exome, 3 genome); highest ancestry frequency Amish 3.07018% (28/912 alleles, 0 homozygotes); grpmax filtering AF 1.04703% (exome grpmax 1.04131%, genome grpmax 0.93567%).
  • gnomAD v2.1 all-comers (gnomad_v2): 1,444/282,528 alleles, AF 0.51110%, 12 homozygotes; highest ancestry frequency South Asian 0.97021% (297/30,612 alleles, 7 homozygotes); grpmax filtering AF 0.87948%.
  • gnomAD-Canada v1.0 (gnomad_canada): 122/18,422 alleles, AF 0.66225%, 0 homozygotes; within-dataset maximum South Asian 18/1,362 alleles (AF 1.32%, FAF95 0.854%).
  • gnomAD v2.1 non-cancer exomes (1,223/236,602 alleles, AF 0.51690%, 12 homozygotes) and gnomAD v3.1 non-cancer genomes (779/147,932 alleles, AF 0.52659%, 3 homozygotes; grpmax filtering AF 0.95329%) are concordant with the all-comers totals and contain no frequency at or above 5%; the v3.1 non-cancer HGDP:RUSSIAN maximum of 4.0% is 2/50 alleles.
  • ACMG/AMP 2015 (PMID:25741868) defines BA1 as stand-alone benign evidence at allele frequency >=5%; no MBD4 VCEP, CSPEC, or local framework is available in this case, so the generic threshold and the all-comers default population sources apply.
Still missing
  • No MBD4-specific ClinGen VCEP/CSPEC or local gene framework exists for this case, so the generic ACMG/AMP 5% stand-alone threshold was applied rather than a gene-derived cutoff.
  • Ancestry-specific data are uneven: the Amish (n=912) and HGDP:RUSSIAN (n=50) groups approach or exceed the 3-4% range while having few or no homozygotes, and no large cohort in any ancestry reaches 5%.
Sources
BS2 Not met: 71 gnomAD v4.1 homozygotes exist, but BS2 requires a fully penetrant early-onset disorder and MBD4 predisposition is adult-onset. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BS2 requires the variant to be observed in a healthy adult individual for a disorder in which full penetrance is expected at an early age (homozygous for a recessive disorder, heterozygous for a dominant one, hemizygous for X-linked). The homozygote data themselves are abundant: gnomAD v4.1 reports 71 homozygotes (68 exome, 3 genome) at AF 0.718%, gnomAD v2.1 reports 12 (9.70%/0.97% in South Asians alone accounting for 7), the v2.1 non-cancer exomes report 12, the v3.1 non-cancer genomes report 3, and the v4.1 South Asian group alone carries 18 homozygotes; gnomAD in principle excludes severe paediatric disease, so these are adult homozygous carriers. However, the qualifier on BS2 is not satisfied. Germline MBD4 deficiency is reported as an adult-onset, cancer-predisposition phenotype (multi-tumor predisposition; the germline case literature in this case reports a 42-year-old with colorectal oligopolyposis and early-onset cancer), i.e. a condition with late onset and incomplete penetrance rather than one in which full penetrance is expected at an early age; the case's germline disease context records no established inheritance model at all. Under those conditions the observation of carriers and homozygotes in a population cohort does not carry the benign weight BS2 is defined to carry, and the benign signal from these homozygotes is already captured by the frequency-based BS1 assessment. BS2 is therefore not met. Flagged for human review because the determination rests on the penetrance/onset character of the disorder rather than on a documented specification, and because a looser reading of BS2 (any homozygous observation in adults) could differ.

Rule
BS2 (strong benign): variant observed in a healthy adult individual for a recessive (homozygous), dominant (heterozygous) or X-linked (hemizygous) disorder with full penetrance expected at an early age. Homozygotes are present in gnomAD (71 in v4.1), but the disorder is adult-onset and incompletely penetrant, so the qualifier is not satisfied and BS2 is not met.
Evidence considered
  • gnomAD v4.1 all-comers (gnomad_v4): 71 homozygotes at total AF 0.71835% (68 exome, 3 genome); South Asian ancestry 18 homozygotes (1,005/91,052 alleles); Amish 28/912 alleles with 0 homozygotes.
  • gnomAD v2.1 all-comers (gnomad_v2): 12 homozygotes at total AF 0.51110% (all in the exome subset); South Asian ancestry 7 homozygotes (297/30,612 alleles).
  • gnomAD v2.1 non-cancer exomes: 12 homozygotes at AF 0.51690% (1,223/236,602 alleles); gnomAD v3.1 non-cancer genomes: 3 homozygotes at AF 0.52659% (779/147,932 alleles).
  • gnomAD-Canada v1.0 (gnomad_canada): 122/18,422 alleles, AF 0.66225%, 0 homozygotes - no homozygous carrier in that cohort.
  • Disease context used for the BS2 qualifier: germline MBD4 loss is reported as a multi-tumor cancer predisposition with adult onset and incomplete penetrance; the case's germline disease context lists no established inheritance model, and the ACMG/AMP 2015 guideline (PMID:25741868) restricts BS2 to disorders with full penetrance expected at an early age.
Still missing
  • No MBD4-specific specification or documented penetrance/inheritance model is available in this case; the BS2 adjudication rests on the adult-onset, incompletely penetrant nature of reported germline MBD4 cancer predisposition, and a reviewer should confirm that characterisation before finalising.
  • The homozygote counts (71 in gnomAD v4.1; 12 in v2.1; 12 in v2.1 non-cancer exomes; 3 in v3.1 non-cancer genomes) would support BS2 only if the associated disorder were one with full penetrance expected at an early age; no evidence in this case establishes that.
Sources
BP2 Not met: no cis/trans phase with a pathogenic MBD4 variant, and MBD4 predisposition is bi-allelic recessive (Palles et al. 2022, PMID:35460607), not dominant. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

Generic ACMG/AMP 2015 BP2 (PMID:25741868) is met only when the variant is 'observed in trans with a pathogenic variant for a fully penetrant dominant gene/disorder or observed in cis with a pathogenic variant in any inheritance pattern'. Neither limb is satisfied for NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C (p.Asp562His). The trans limb requires a fully penetrant dominant gene/disorder, which does not describe MBD4: germline MBD4 deficiency is an autosomal-recessive, bi-allelic loss-of-function multi-tumor predisposition syndrome (Palles et al. 2022, PMID:35460607), and monoallelic MBD4 loss-of-function has not been established to cause a fully penetrant dominant phenotype (a Finnish uveal melanoma series of 440 patients found no MBD4 loss-of-function carriers, PMID:32421892, and the recessive model is the reported mechanism). The cis limb requires the variant to be phased on the same allele as a pathogenic variant, and no genotype, family or phasing data exist in this case, which was reviewed at the variant level only. No consulted source places c.1684G>C in cis with a pathogenic MBD4 variant: ClinVar variation 218624 has eight submissions with no expert panel and no phase statements, the literature screened for this variant contains no MBD4 report of it, and aggregate population data are not phase evidence - gnomAD v2.1 shows 12 homozygotes (1444/282528 alleles, AF 0.511%; 7 in South Asians) and gnomAD v4.1 shows 71 homozygotes (11588/1613132 alleles, AF 0.718%), i.e. individuals carrying this variant on both alleles, with no information about a pathogenic variant in cis. BP2 is therefore not met; the unsatisfied requirement is a phase-verified pathogenic MBD4 variant on the same allele (or a setting in which this variant is in trans with a pathogenic allele of a fully penetrant dominant gene).

Rule
BP2 (ACMG/AMP 2015, PMID:25741868): observed in trans with a pathogenic variant for a fully penetrant dominant gene/disorder, or observed in cis with a pathogenic variant in any inheritance pattern; applied generically because no MBD4-specific specification exists.
Evidence considered
  • BP2 is defined by the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 framework (PMID:25741868) as observed in trans with a pathogenic variant for a fully penetrant dominant gene/disorder, or observed in cis with a pathogenic variant in any inheritance pattern; MBD4 has no ClinGen CSPEC or gene-specific VCEP, so this generic wording governs.
  • MBD4 germline predisposition is autosomal recessive and caused by bi-allelic loss-of-function variants (Palles et al. 2022, PMID:35460607, five individuals with bi-allelic MBD4 variants in four families), so the dominant 'in trans with a pathogenic variant' limb of BP2 does not match this gene's inheritance mode.
  • Monoallelic MBD4 loss-of-function has not been shown to cause a fully penetrant dominant disorder: sequencing of 440 Finnish uveal melanoma patients identified no MBD4 loss-of-function carriers (PMID:32421892), and a heterozygous truncating MBD4 variant was described in a single colorectal oligopolyposis case report (PMID:31322271) without establishing dominance or phase with a second allele.
  • ClinVar variation 218624 records eight submissions (Likely benign 3, Benign 2, Uncertain significance 2, Likely benign 1; conflicting classifications) with no expert-panel submission and no phase statement placing c.1684G>C in cis with a pathogenic MBD4 variant.
  • No phase information exists at the case level: this review is variant-level only, with no proband, no family members and no additional MBD4 variant tested, so neither cis nor trans configuration with a pathogenic variant is documented anywhere for c.1684G>C.
  • gnomAD homozygote data show the variant on both chromosomes in population samples without describing an accompanying pathogenic MBD4 variant: gnomAD v2.1 1444/282528 alleles (AF 0.511%), 12 homozygotes (7 South Asian); gnomAD v4.1 11588/1613132 alleles (AF 0.718%), 71 homozygotes; these counts are not cis/trans phasing evidence against a pathogenic variant.
Still missing
  • No proband genotype, family study or phase determination is available, so the cis limb of BP2 (variant in cis with a pathogenic MBD4 variant) could not be tested in any individual.
  • The trans limb of BP2 presupposes a fully penetrant dominant gene/disorder; MBD4 predisposition is reported as bi-allelic recessive, and no dominant MBD4 mechanism with monoallelic loss-of-function has been established, so this limb cannot be applied to MBD4.
  • Aggregate gnomAD homozygote counts confirm the variant on both alleles in population samples but cannot resolve cis versus trans configuration relative to another MBD4 variant.
Sources
BP6 Not met: the benign-leaning ClinVar majority comes from single-submitter clinical laboratories with zero expert-panel submissions, which BP6 does not accept. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BP6 is applied only for an exact-variant benign or likely benign classification issued by a recognized ClinVar expert panel. ClinVar VCV000218624 (variation 218624) has zero expert-panel submissions and expert_panel_submissions = 0; every submission is from a single-submitter clinical laboratory and the record review status is 'criteria provided, single submitter' (API aggregate: 'criteria provided, conflicting classifications', 1 star). The aggregate ClinVar signal is benign-leaning (Likely benign in 3 laboratories, Benign in 2, Uncertain significance in 2), but aggregate labels and ordinary laboratory submissions are explicitly not eligible to trigger BP6, so this benign-leaning majority cannot be used. No expert-panel benign assertion exists to cite, therefore BP6 is not met.

Evidence considered
  • clinvar (VCV000218624 / variation 218624): expert_panels object empty; expert_panel_submissions = 0; review stars = 1; per-submission detail shows seven single-submitter clinical laboratories and no expert-panel classification.
  • ClinVar aggregate submission summary (Likely benign 3 labs, Benign 2 labs, VUS 2 labs, Likely Benign 1 lab) examined and rejected as a BP6 trigger because it is a non-expert aggregate of ordinary laboratory submissions.
  • PMID:25741868 used only as the definitional source of BP6 (reputable source asserting benign impact without independent evidence).
Still missing
  • BP6 would become applicable only if a recognized expert panel (or ClinGen VCEP) issues an exact-variant benign/likely benign classification in ClinVar; none exists for MBD4.
Sources

Not assessed · 8 · no assessment recorded

PS2 Not assessed: no proband or parental-testing data exist, and the variant is common in gnomAD (v4.1 AF 0.72%, 71 homozygotes), so a confirmed de novo occurrence is unsupported. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PS2 requires a de novo occurrence of the variant in a patient with the disease, with both maternity and paternity confirmed. No such observation exists for MBD4 c.1684G>C (p.Asp562His). The case record contains no proband, no parental genotypes and no pedigree; none of the eight laboratory submissions for ClinVar VCV000218624 asserts de novo status (the full ClinVar record contains zero occurrences of 'de novo'), and neither publication linked to this variant by a submitter (recurrent-triploidy WES candidate report and the Finnish uveal-melanoma MBD4 cohort) reports a confirmed de novo occurrence of this variant. Independently, the allele is far too common in the general population to be a credible rare de novo pathogenic event: gnomAD v2.1 total AF 0.005111 (1444/282528 alleles) with 12 homozygotes, highest in South Asians (AF 0.00970208, 297/30612 alleles, 7 homozygotes), and gnomAD v4.1 AF 0.00718354 (11588/1613132 alleles) with 71 homozygotes, plus gnomAD-Canada v1.0 AF 0.006623 (122/18422 alleles). Status is not_assessed rather than not_met because the criterion cannot be excluded, only unsupported: no trio data (or maternity/paternity-confirmed proband) exist that could ever satisfy it. It would be resolvable only with parental testing in an affected proband, which is not available for this case.

Rule
PS2 (generic ACMG/AMP 2015, PMID:25741868): de novo (both maternity and paternity confirmed) in a patient with the disease and no family history - strong evidence for pathogenicity.
Evidence considered
  • Governing framework: no ClinGen CSPEC and no VCEP or gene-specific specification exists for MBD4; the case is running on generic ACMG/AMP 2015, so the generic PS2 definition (de novo with both maternity and paternity confirmed, in a patient with the disease and no family history; strong pathogenic evidence) applies.
  • MBD4 c.1684G>C is a missense substitution, NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C, NP_001263199.1:p.(Asp562His), genomic GRCh37 NC_000003.11:g.129150385C>G / GRCh38 3-129431542-C-G, with no entries in ClinVar history indicating any proband-level de novo work-up.
  • ClinVar VCV000218624 carries 7 submitter records (ARUP, CeGaT, CHOP, University of Chicago, GeneDx, Ambry, Labcorp/Invitae, plus Myriad) with classifications spanning Benign, Likely benign and Uncertain significance; the submission audit parsed zero criterion leads and no submission asserts de novo status or provides parental genotypes.
  • Population context consulted only to test the plausibility of a rare de novo allele, not as a segregation observation: gnomAD v2.1 AF 0.005111 (1444/282528, 12 homozygotes; South Asian 0.97021%, 7 homozygotes; grpmax FAF 0.00879484); gnomAD v4.1 AF 0.00718354 (11588/1613132, 71 homozygotes; Amish 3.07%); gnomAD-Canada v1.0 AF 0.006623 (122/18422 alleles, 0 homozygotes). Seventy-one homozygotes in gnomAD v4.1 is not compatible with a rare, highly penetrant de novo pathogenic allele.
  • The two publications a submitter (GeneDx) attaches to this variant do not contain de novo data: the recurrent-triploidy whole-exome study reports candidate variants shared between a proband and her mother (an inherited, not de novo, pattern for any shared candidate), and the Finnish uveal-melanoma study is a gene-level cohort of MBD4 germline variants with no report of p.Asp562His being de novo. Neither provides parental testing for p.Asp562His.
Still missing
  • No parental testing or trio data of any kind: maternity and paternity are not confirmed for any individual carrying this variant.
  • No proband identification, phenotype, age at onset, or family-history statement is recorded in the case evidence.
  • No ClinVar submission (7 submitters / 8 laboratory entries for VCV000218624) asserts de novo status, and no retrieved publication reports a de novo occurrence of p.Asp562His.
Sources
PS3 Not assessed: no functional assay for MBD4 p.(Asp562His) was found in ClinVar, OncoKB, COSMIC or the literature, so the PS3 assay requirement is unmet. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PS3 requires well-established in vitro or in vivo functional studies supportive of a damaging effect on MBD4 (ACMG/AMP 2015, Richards et al., PMID:25741868). No such study exists anywhere in this case's evidence base. MBD4 has no ClinGen VCEP/CSPEC specification (cspec not found; framework_mode = generic_acmg), so generic ACMG/AMP criteria apply. ClinVar variation 218624 carries 8 submissions (Benign, Likely benign, Uncertain significance) but zero criterion leads and no submitter-provided functional evidence; OncoKB lists D562H as not classified with no variant-specific functional or oncogenicity data; COSMIC returns no record for this variant; Cancer Hotspots reports it does not fall in a statistically significant hotspot. All five retrieved full texts (PMID:25741868, 23652378, 25626707, 23169492, 24121147) were screened and none mentions MBD4, c.1684G>C or p.(Asp562His); four are newborn-screening or direct-to-consumer-testing policy documents with no assay content. The only variant-level quantitative data available are computational predictors (REVEL 0.178; BayesDel -0.306477), which are in-silico evidence evaluated under PP3/BP4 and cannot satisfy PS3, which demands a validated assay with appropriate controls and demonstrated biological relevance to MBD4 glycosylase/mismatch-repair function. Because the required class of evidence is absent rather than negative, PS3 is not assessed.

Rule
ACMG/AMP 2015 PS3 (Richards et al., PMID:25741868): well-established functional studies showing a damaging effect; not met because no such study exists.
Evidence considered
  • PS3 definition used: 'Well-established in vitro or in vivo functional studies supportive of a damaging effect on the gene or gene product' (ACMG/AMP 2015 criteria, PMID:25741868, Table 3).
  • ClinVar variation 218624 (gene MBD4, NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C p.Asp562His): 8 submissions from clinical laboratories, review status 'criteria provided, single submitter' / conflicting classifications, all 8 usable for classification but 0 usable for criterion leads and 0 expert-panel submissions; no functional-evidence statement is exposed.
  • ClinVar submission-level audit (clinvar_submission_audit): per-submission evidence_signals.criteria_found is empty for every submitter, i.e. no submitters' criteria codes are recoverable, and validated PMID trails are absent (2 rejected PMIDs).
  • OncoKB query for MBD4 D562H returned 'not classified' with no variant-specific biological effect or curated functional data; OncoKB PMID list for this entry is empty.
  • COSMIC search for MBD4 c.1684G>C returned no result, so no functional/somatic evidence is available from that source.
  • Cancer Hotspots: variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot (hotspot analysis empty).
  • REVEL score 0.178 and BayesDel -0.306477 were retrieved for this missense variant but are computational predictors; they are the wrong evidence class for PS3 and are evaluated under PP3/BP4 instead.
  • All five fetched full texts were checked for this variant: PMID:23652378 (EU newborn-screening policy), PMID:25626707 (whole-genome sequencing in newborn screening policy), PMID:23169492 (EASAC/FEAM direct-to-consumer genetic testing), PMID:24121147 (newborn screening for alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency) contain no MBD4 or variant-level content; PMID:25741868 is the ACMG/AMP guideline itself and contains no variant-specific data.
  • MBD4 has no authoritative ClinGen VCEP/CSPEC specification (cspec lookup not found; vcep_materials has 'no cspec url available'; final classification framework source = generic_acmg_fallback), so no gene-specific functional-assay strength calibration was available to apply.
Still missing
  • No in vitro or cell-based functional study (e.g. MBD4 DNA glycosylase/excision activity, mismatch-repair or methylation-repair readout) was identified for MBD4 c.1684G>C p.(Asp562His) in any consulted source.
  • Screenshots and curated summaries were the only available views of OncoKB, COSMIC and Cancer Hotspots; no variant-specific functional annotation was present in any of them.
  • ClinVar submitter criterion codes (e.g. whether any benign submitter applied a functional criterion) were not retrievable from the submission records, so a missed PS3-relevant assay citation cannot be fully excluded.
Sources
PM6 Not assessed: no submission or publication reports this variant as de novo, and gnomAD v4.1 lists 71 homozygotes, arguing against a rare de novo allele. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PM6 requires an assumed de novo occurrence (the proband is reported as de novo without confirmation of maternity and paternity) in a patient with the disease. No source in this case makes even an unconfirmed de novo claim for MBD4 c.1684G>C (p.Asp562His): no ClinVar submission for VCV000218624 mentions de novo status, and the two publications a submitter attaches to the variant report no de novo occurrence. There is also no proband or affected individual to anchor the assumption, since the case is a variant-level reanalysis with database evidence only. The allele's population profile further undercuts an assumed de novo pathogenic role: gnomAD v4.1 AF 0.00718354 with 71 homozygotes and gnomAD v2.1 AF 0.005111 with 12 homozygotes (South Asian AF 0.97021%, 7 homozygotes) show an allele that is segregating widely rather than arising anew. PM6 is therefore not_assessed (no assumed-de-novo report exists to assess), not not_met, because the criterion is unmet for absence of the required report rather than for contradicting data.

Rule
PM6 (generic ACMG/AMP 2015, PMID:25741868): assumed de novo, without confirmation of paternity and maternity - moderate evidence for pathogenicity.
Evidence considered
  • Governing framework: generic ACMG/AMP 2015 (no ClinGen CSPEC, no VCEP or gene-specific specification for MBD4), giving the generic PM6 definition (assumed de novo, without confirmation of paternity and maternity; moderate pathogenic evidence).
  • Checked the ClinVar record for VCV000218624 in full: 0 occurrences of 'de novo' anywhere in the variant record; no submission lists PM6, PS2 or any de novo assertion among its evidence.
  • The GeneDx submission comment states only that the variant is 'reported in association with multiple miscarriages and with uveal melanoma' with in silico support - a reported-association statement, with no de novo wording and no parental genotypes.
  • Population context (used to judge plausibility, not as a segregation observation): gnomAD v2.1 total AF 0.005111 (1444/282528, 12 homozygotes; South Asian 0.97021%, 7 homozygotes) and gnomAD v4.1 AF 0.00718354 (11588/1613132, 71 homozygotes, Amish 3.07%), i.e. an allele observed in dozens of homozygous adults in population cohorts.
  • Neither publication attached to this variant by a submitter reports an assumed de novo case: the recurrent-triploidy study describes candidate variants shared between proband and mother, and the Finnish uveal-melanoma study is a gene-level MBD4 cohort without a de novo claim for p.Asp562His.
Still missing
  • No report of an assumed de novo occurrence in any patient: neither the ClinVar submissions nor the literature attached to this variant make a de novo claim.
  • No proband phenotype or clinical indication is recorded, so the 'patient with the disease' component of PM6 cannot be established.
  • Parental testing is absent, so an assumed de novo occurrence could not be upgraded to PS2 even if one were reported.
Sources
PP1 Not assessed: no affected family members were genotyped, so co-segregation with disease cannot be evaluated for this variant. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

PP1 requires co-segregation of the variant with disease in multiple affected family members of a gene definitively known to cause the disease. No family genotype data of any kind exist in this case: there is no pedigree, no affected relative genotypes, no meioses counted, and no co-segregation statement in any ClinVar submission for VCV000218624 or in any retrieved publication. The second prerequisite is also unmet on the evidence available here - MBD4 has no ClinGen CSPEC or expert-panel specification, no curated gene-disease validity assertion was retrieved, and the gene-level context record for MBD4 lists no inheritance mode (empty inheritance list) while describing a literature-only association with a multi-tumour predisposition phenotype. With neither family genotypes nor a definitive gene-disease statement, PP1 cannot be evaluated and is recorded as not_assessed; it would be resolvable only by genotyping affected and unaffected relatives and obtaining a co-segregation count.

Rule
PP1 (generic ACMG/AMP 2015, PMID:25741868): co-segregation with disease in multiple affected family members in a gene definitively known to cause the disease - supporting evidence for pathogenicity. Strength may be increased with increasing numbers of informative meioses only where a specification permits it; none is available for MBD4.
Evidence considered
  • Governing framework: no ClinGen CSPEC and no VCEP or gene-specific specification for MBD4 exists, so the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 PP1 definition (co-segregation with disease in multiple affected family members in a gene definitively known to cause the disease; supporting pathogenic evidence) applies; no VCEP-specified segregation point system (with meioses thresholds) is available to use.
  • Searched the case evidence for proband, family, pedigree, meioses and segregation terms: no proband, no family members, no relative genotypes and no co-segregation data are present anywhere in the assembled evidence.
  • ClinVar VCV000218624: none of the 7 submitter records reports family co-segregation; the submission audit extracted zero criterion leads, and no submission lists PP1 as applied.
  • Gene-level context for MBD4: germline disease association is literature-only (maintained disease description is a germline MBD4 mutation in a patient with colorectal oligopolyposis and early-onset cancer, plus a multi-tumour predisposition syndrome), the retrieved inheritance list is empty, and no ClinGen gene-disease validity curation or VCEP specification was found, so the 'definitively known to cause the disease' prerequisite cannot be documented from this case's sources.
  • The two publications attached to this variant by a submitter were checked and neither provides family co-segregation genotypes for p.Asp562His: one is a recurrent-triploidy study of candidate variants shared between a proband and her mother, the other a cohort study of MBD4 germline variants in 440 Finnish uveal-melanoma patients.
Still missing
  • No pedigree and no relative genotypes: zero meioses available for co-segregation analysis.
  • No definitive gene-disease relationship retrieved for MBD4 (no CSPEC, no expert-panel specification, no curated inheritance assertion; the MBD4 gene-level context record lists no inheritance mode).
  • Multiple rare variants in population databases (gnomAD v4.1: 11588 alleles, 71 homozygotes) make a monogenic high-penetrance segregation pattern unestablished for this allele.
Sources
PP4 Not assessed: no proband phenotype or HPO terms were provided, and the only available labels ('Inborn genetic diseases', 'not specified') carry no specificity. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

Generic ACMG/AMP 2015 PP4 (PMID:25741868) requires that the proband's phenotype (or family history) be highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology. No proband phenotype, HPO term list, clinical history or family history is present in any case file for this variant; the case provides only the variant, gene and database lookups. The only phenotypic descriptors attached to the variant are the ClinVar condition labels 'Inborn genetic diseases', 'not provided' and 'not specified', which are non-specific and carry no phenotype detail; no ClinVar submission in this record supplies usable clinical features or criteria-level phenotype evidence (evidence_signals empty except an in-silico PP3 statement). Because no phenotype against which specificity could be judged was supplied by the requester, PP4 cannot be evaluated in either direction and is recorded as not_assessed rather than not_met.

Evidence considered
  • clinvar (VCV000218624): conditions listed only as 'Inborn genetic diseases', 'not provided', 'not specified'; no HPO terms, no clinical synopsis, no submitter phenotype detail.
  • PMID:25741868 used only as the definitional source of PP4 (phenotype highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology).
  • No proband phenotypic data exist in the case evidence set (case summary and evidence bundle contain variant-level database lookups only), so no specificity assessment was possible.
Still missing
  • Proband phenotype / HPO terms / clinical indication are absent from the case files; PP4 requires them to judge phenotype specificity.
  • ClinVar condition labels for this variant are non-specific ('Inborn genetic diseases', 'not provided', 'not specified'); no submitter provided clinical features.
Sources
BS3 Not assessed: no functional assay showing normal/benign MBD4 p.(Asp562His) function was found in any consulted source, so BS3's assay requirement is unmet. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BS3 requires well-established in vitro or in vivo functional studies showing no damaging effect on MBD4 (ACMG/AMP 2015, Richards et al., PMID:25741868). No functional study of any kind was identified for MBD4 c.1684G>C p.(Asp562His). MBD4 has no ClinGen VCEP/CSPEC framework, so generic ACMG/AMP criteria govern. ClinVar variation 218624 shows a benign-leaning submission mix (2 Benign, 4 Likely benign, 2 Uncertain significance laboratories) but exposes no criterion codes and no functional evidence, and the submission audit found zero criterion leads; OncoKB lists the variant as not classified, COSMIC has no record, and Cancer Hotspots places it outside statistically significant hotspots. The five retrieved full texts were screened and none mentions the variant or gene; none reports an MBD4 assay, wild-type-like activity, or any normal-function readout. Computational predictors (REVEL 0.178; BayesDel -0.306477) are in-silico evidence for BP4, not functional assay evidence, and population frequency or benign ClinVar submissions belong to other criteria. With no assay result in either direction, BS3 is not assessed rather than met or refuted.

Rule
ACMG/AMP 2015 BS3 (Richards et al., PMID:25741868): well-established functional studies showing no damaging effect; not met because no such study exists.
Evidence considered
  • BS3 definition used: 'Well-established in vitro or in vivo functional studies show no damaging effect on protein function or splicing' (ACMG/AMP 2015 criteria, PMID:25741868, Table 4).
  • ClinVar variation 218624 aggregations: 3 labs Likely benign, 2 labs Uncertain significance, 2 labs Benign, 1 lab Likely Benign; the benign direction of these classifications is not accompanied by any exposed functional-assay evidence and criterion leads are empty.
  • ClinVar submission audit: 8 submissions, 0 with usable criterion leads, 0 expert-panel submissions, 0 validated PMIDs, 2 rejected PMIDs; evidence_signals.criteria_found empty for all submitters.
  • OncoKB entry for MBD4 D562H: not classified, no variant-specific functional data, no citations.
  • COSMIC: no record for MBD4 c.1684G>C. Cancer Hotspots: variant is not in a statistically significant hotspot.
  • Screened full texts (PMID:23652378, PMID:25626707, PMID:23169492, PMID:24121147) contain no MBD4 or p.(Asp562His) content and report no assay data; PMID:25741868 is the ACMG/AMP guideline and provides only the BS3 definition.
  • REVEL 0.178 and BayesDel -0.306477 are computational predictions; a benign-direction in-silico result maps to BP4, not BS3, which requires experimental functional data.
  • No MBD4 ClinGen VCEP/CSPEC specification is available (cspec not found; generic_acmg_fallback), so no gene-specific functional framework or BS3 calibration could be applied.
Still missing
  • No in vitro or cell-based assay (MBD4 glycosylase activity, mismatch/methylation repair, protein stability) reporting wild-type-like behaviour for p.(Asp562His) was identified.
  • ClinVar benign/likely benign submitters (8 submissions total) provided no retrievable criteria codes or functional citations, so a BS3 lead from those submissions could not be confirmed or excluded.
  • No MBD4 VCEP/CSPEC specification exists to supply gene-specific functional assay acceptance rules or strength calibration for BS3.
Sources
BS4 Not assessed: no family genotypes are available, and the only ClinVar mention of non-segregation is a templated comment, not a segregation observation. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

BS4 requires the observation of lack of segregation - i.e. the variant and the disease do not co-segregate - in affected members of a family. That evidence cannot be assembled here: no pedigree, no affected or unaffected relative genotypes, and no non-segregation observation exist in the case record. The only trace of a non-segregation statement anywhere is the Ambry Genetics ClinVar submission comment for VCV000218624, which reads as a templated menu of possible reasons ('classified as likely benign based on a combination of the following: seen in unaffected individuals, population frequency, intact protein function, lack of segregation with disease, co-occurrence, RNA analysis, in silico models, amino acid conservation, lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or the mechanism of disease...') and does not state which of these were actually observed; treating that boilerplate as a segregation result would be inferring a criterion from a submitter's final classification, which is not permitted, and it names no family or genotypes. BS4 is therefore recorded as not_assessed rather than not_met: the criterion needs real family genotype data that this case does not contain, and absence of pedigree information is not itself evidence of non-segregation.

Rule
BS4 (generic ACMG/AMP 2015, PMID:25741868): observation of lack of segregation in affected members of a family - strong evidence for benignity. Requires actual family genotype data; the mere absence of pedigree information is not a non-segregation observation.
Evidence considered
  • Governing framework: generic ACMG/AMP 2015 (no ClinGen CSPEC and no VCEP or gene-specific specification for MBD4), giving the generic BS4 definition (observation of lack of segregation in affected members of a family; strong benign evidence).
  • Full-text search of the ClinVar record for VCV000218624 for segregation/BS4 wording returned exactly one hit: the Ambry Genetics submission comment (SCV005617993, Likely benign, evaluated 2024-10-29). The comment is a standard templated enumeration ('based on a combination of the following: seen in unaffected individuals, population frequency, intact protein function, lack of segregation with disease, co-occurrence, RNA analysis, in silico models, amino acid conservation, lack of disease association in case-control studies, and/or the mechanism of disease or impacted region is inconsistent with a known cause of pathogenicity'); it lists no family, no genotypes and no meiosis count, and therefore documents no segregation study.
  • No other submission for this variant (ARUP, CeGaT, CHOP, University of Chicago, GeneDx, Labcorp/Invitae, Myriad) reports family genotyping or non-segregation, and the submission audit parsed zero usable criterion leads.
  • Population observations were not used as non-segregation evidence: presence in population cohorts (gnomAD v4.1 AF 0.00718354 with 71 homozygotes) bears on benign-frequency criteria, not on whether affected members of a family fail to carry the allele, so BS4 remains without its required observation.
Still missing
  • No family genotype data from which non-segregation could be observed: no pedigree, no affected relative genotypes, no meiosis count.
  • The single non-segregation phrase in the record (Ambry Genetics ClinVar submission comment for VCV000218624) is a templated list of possible reasons that does not specify which were observed and cites no family or genotypes.
  • No retrieved publication reports genotyping of affected relatives of any p.Asp562His carrier.
Sources
BP5 Not assessed: no proband genotype or co-occurring variant information is available to determine whether an alternate molecular basis explains the phenotype. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

Generic ACMG/AMP 2015 BP5 (PMID:25741868) applies when the variant is found in a patient who has an alternate molecular basis for the disease (for example a pathogenic variant in another gene that explains the phenotype). No proband-level genotype is available: the case contains no co-occurring/compound variant data, no segregation or family information, and no clinical indication, and the ClinVar submissions for this exact variant list no accompanying molecular findings (the submission audit shows empty evidence_signals for six of seven submissions and only an in-silico PP3 statement in the GeneDx submission). With no case in which an alternate causal variant could be identified, BP5 can be neither met nor excluded, so it is recorded as not_assessed.

Evidence considered
  • clinvar (VCV000218624): submission audit shows exact_variant_match for seven single-submitter laboratory submissions, none reporting a co-occurring causal variant or case-level molecular basis; evidence_signals empty except an in-silico PP3 note in the GeneDx submission.
  • PMID:25741868 used only as the definitional source of BP5 (alternate molecular basis for the disease observed in the patient).
  • Case files contain no proband-level clinical or genotype co-data, so no observation could be made in either direction.
Still missing
  • No proband genotype, co-occurring variant, or case-level molecular data are provided; BP5 needs a case in which another variant explains the disease.
  • ClinVar submissions for this variant contain no accompanying molecular findings or criteria detail usable to infer an alternate basis.
Sources
Not applicable · 4· recorded as not applicable Show reasons ▾Hide reasons ▴
PVS1 N/APVS1 (ClinGen SVI PVS1 recommendations, PMC6185798, pvs1_generic_framework) applies only to null variant classes — nonsense, frameshift, canonical ±1/2 splice-consensus, translation-initiation-codon loss, and stop-loss variants — each expected to trigger nonsense-mediated decay or otherwise abolish normal protein function. NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C in MBD4 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_001263199.1:p.(Asp562His). As a result, no null-variant mechanism (nonsense-mediated decay, truncation, or canonical splice disruption) is triggered by this variant class, so PVS1's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication, because no structured VCEP criteria-combination framework governs this case (framework_complete=false); the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 fallback applies. Details ▾Hide ▴
Rule
deterministic_prefilter: requires_null_variant_class
Evidence considered
  • Deterministic consequence classification: missense (prefetch.json normalized protein consequence)
Sources
pvs1_generic_framework ↗generic_acmg_combination_rules
PM4 N/APM4 (Richards et al. 2015, PMID:25741868) applies to protein length changes: in-frame insertions/deletions in a non-repetitive region, or stop-loss variants that extend the protein past the reference stop codon. NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C in MBD4 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_001263199.1:p.(Asp562His). As a result, no change in protein length occurs, so there is nothing for this criterion to evaluate, so PM4's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication, because no structured VCEP criteria-combination framework governs this case (framework_complete=false); the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 fallback applies. Details ▾Hide ▴
Rule
deterministic_prefilter: requires_stop_loss_or_nonrepeat_indel
Evidence considered
  • Deterministic consequence classification: missense (prefetch.json normalized protein consequence)
Sources
pvs1_generic_framework ↗generic_acmg_combination_rules
BP3 N/ABP3 (Richards et al. 2015, PMID:25741868) applies to in-frame insertions/deletions located in a repetitive region without a known function. NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C in MBD4 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_001263199.1:p.(Asp562His). As a result, the variant does not alter protein length within a repeat region, so there is nothing for this criterion to evaluate, so BP3's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication, because no structured VCEP criteria-combination framework governs this case (framework_complete=false); the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 fallback applies. Details ▾Hide ▴
Rule
deterministic_prefilter: requires_repeat_region_indel
Evidence considered
  • Deterministic consequence classification: missense (prefetch.json normalized protein consequence)
Sources
pvs1_generic_framework ↗generic_acmg_combination_rules
BP7 N/ABP7 (Richards et al. 2015, PMID:25741868) is defined for a synonymous (silent) variant for which splicing prediction algorithms predict no impact to the splice consensus sequence and the nucleotide is not highly conserved. NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C in MBD4 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_001263199.1:p.(Asp562His). As a result, the encoded protein sequence is altered, so the criterion's silent-variant premise does not hold regardless of any splicing prediction, so BP7's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication, because no structured VCEP criteria-combination framework governs this case (framework_complete=false); the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 fallback applies. Details ▾Hide ▴
Rule
deterministic_prefilter: requires_synonymous
Evidence considered
  • Deterministic consequence classification: missense (prefetch.json normalized protein consequence)
Sources
generic_acmg_combination_rules

Identifiers

Gene
MBD4
Transcript
NM_001276270.2
Coding (HGVS c.)
NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C
Protein (HGVS p.)
NP_001263199.1:p.(Asp562His)
GRCh38
chr3:129431542 C>G
GRCh37
chr3:129150385 C>G
Location and type
Exon 8 · missense
ClinVar
218624

Gene diagram

Every interpreted variant in MBD4, mapped onto the exon structure of NM_001276270.2. Select a row to find it on the plot.

MBD4NM_001276270.2
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gnomAD v4.1 11,588 / 1,613,132 alleles AF 0.00718 · 71 homozygotes · FAF 0.0105
gnomAD v2.1 1,444 / 282,528 alleles AF 0.00511 · 12 homozygotes · FAF 0.00879
gnomAD-Canada v1.0 Allele count data not recorded

By genetic ancestry

gnomAD v4.1

AF 0.0072 · 11588 / 1,613,132 alleles · 71 hom · FAF 0.01
Amish28 / 912 0.031
South Asian1005 / 91,052 0.01118 hom
Ashkenazi Jewish252 / 29,596 0.00854 hom
European (non-Finnish)9424 / 1,179,718 0.00847 hom
Remaining individuals488 / 62,470 0.00782 hom
Middle Eastern41 / 5,994 0.0068
Admixed American226 / 60,028 0.0038
African/African American91 / 75,022 0.0012
European (Finnish)31 / 63,490 0.00049
East Asian2 / 44,850 4.5e-05

gnomAD v2.1

AF 0.0051 · 1444 / 282,528 alleles · 12 hom · FAF 0.0088
South Asian297 / 30,612 0.00977 hom
Ashkenazi Jewish87 / 10,368 0.0084
Remaining individuals50 / 7,222 0.0069
European (non-Finnish)851 / 129,128 0.00665 hom
Admixed American124 / 35,434 0.0035
African/African American23 / 24,958 0.00092
European (Finnish)10 / 24,854 0.0004
East Asian2 / 19,952 0.0001

gnomAD-Canada

AF not recorded · ? / ? alleles

Statements

gnomAD v4.1

This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 0.00718354; MAF= 0.71835%, 11588/1613132 alleles, homozygotes = 71) and has highest observed frequency in the Amish population (AF= 0.0307018; MAF= 3.07018%, 28/912 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 0.0104703.

gnomAD v2.1

This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 0.005111; MAF= 0.51110%, 1444/282528 alleles, homozygotes = 12) and has highest observed frequency in the South Asian population (AF= 0.00970208; MAF= 0.97021%, 297/30612 alleles, homozygotes = 7); grpmax FAF= 0.00879484.

gnomAD-Canada

This variant is present in gnomAD-Canada v1.0 (AF= 0.006622516556291391, 122/18422 alleles, homozygotes = 0).

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SpliceAI and Pangolin

SpliceAI acceptor lossat -403 bp
0.001
SpliceAI acceptor gainat +68 bp
0.017
SpliceAI donor lossat +490 bp
0.000
SpliceAI donor gainat +311 bp
0.006
Pangolin splice lossmagnitude shown
-0.002
Pangolin splice gain
0.057

Other predictors

REVEL
0.178
BayesDel
-0.306

How the predictions were used

BP4 ModerateMet at moderate strength: REVEL 0.178 is at or below the 0.183 moderate BP4 threshold for this missense variant. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

Scope first: c.1684G>C is a missense variant, p.(Asp562His), so BP4 is in scope and is taken from the REVEL path only. The local REVEL v1.3 lookup returns 0.178. Against the ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997) the BP4 supporting threshold is <= 0.29, moderate <= 0.183 and strong <= 0.016. A score of 0.178 falls at or below 0.183 but above 0.016, so BP4 is met at moderate strength - it does not reach strong. The score is not in a gray zone: 0.178 sits inside the calibrated benign band (<= 0.183), so no fallback to another predictor is warranted or permitted. The SpliceAI max delta of 0.017 was excluded from this determination: it is a splice-path metric and the variant is a missense substitution, so a low splice delta cannot be counted as additional BP4 support and is not double-counted. BayesDel (-0.306477) was likewise not counted, since no generic ACMG-strength BayesDel calibration is established and MBD4 has no VCEP cutoff; treating an uncalibrated score as concordant support would be unsupported. No gene-specific PP3/BP4 lookup was available to override the generic REVEL bands (CSPEC not found; generic_acmg framework mode).

Rule
BP4 met at moderate strength: REVEL 0.178 <= 0.183 (ClinGen SVI REVEL moderate BP4 cutoff, PMID:36413997); strong (<= 0.016) not reached.
Evidence considered
  • Variant consequence settled as missense, p.(Asp562His) (NP_001263199.1), which places BP4 on the REVEL protein-impact path and makes BP4 applicable.
  • Local REVEL v1.3 lookup returned revel_score = 0.178 for chr3:129431542 C>G (GRCh38), carried in the case as revel.revel_score.
  • Thresholds applied verbatim from the supplied ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, Am J Hum Genet, PMID:36413997): BP4 supporting <= 0.29, moderate <= 0.183, strong <= 0.016. 0.178 clears the moderate band and does not reach the strong band (<= 0.016).
  • SpliceAI max delta 0.017 (=< 0.1, the SpliceAI BP4 cutoff from Jaganathan et al. 2019, Cell, PMID:30661751) was recorded in the case but not counted as BP4 support, because the variant is missense and PP3/BP4 may not be taken from the splice path for a missense change; it is also not double-counted against the REVEL-based call.
  • BayesDel score -0.306477 present but uncalibrated for ACMG strength with no MBD4 VCEP cutoff, so it contributes nothing to BP4.
  • ClinGen CSPEC search for MBD4 returned no record (cspec.found = false) and framework_mode = generic_acmg, so no gene-specific computational-evidence specification supersedes the generic REVEL bands.
Still missing
  • No MBD4-specific ClinGen CSPEC or gene-specific PP3/BP4 lookup spreadsheet exists for this gene, so generic ClinGen SVI REVEL bands were used instead of gene-calibrated ones.
Sources
PP3 Not met: REVEL 0.178 is below the 0.644 supporting threshold for PP3 in this missense variant. Details ▾Hide ▴
Reasoning

Scope first: NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C is a missense change, NP_001263199.1:p.(Asp562His), so PP3/BP4 are in scope and take evidence from the REVEL protein-impact path alone. VariantValidator places the change in exon 8 of the MANE Select transcript, well inside the coding sequence (exon 8 spans c.1648 to *554), and no splice-region/edge-of-exon annotation is reported. The local REVEL v1.3 lookup returns 0.178. Against the ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, PMID:36413997) the supporting threshold for a deleterious call is >= 0.644, moderate >= 0.773, strong >= 0.932; 0.178 is below all three. PP3 is therefore not met. No gene-specific framework overrides this: ClinGen CSPEC was searched and not found for MBD4 (cspec.found = false), no gene VCEP directory or user-supplied MBD4 framework exists, and framework_mode is generic_acmg. SpliceAI max delta 0.017 is present in the case but is deliberately not used here, because a missense substitution is assessed on the missense path only and a splice prediction is never PP3 support for a missense variant. BayesDel (-0.306477) was also not used: no ACMG-strength generic calibration is established for BayesDel and no MBD4 VCEP cutoff exists, so it is not_available for PP3.

Rule
PP3 not met on the missense path: REVEL 0.178 < 0.644 (ClinGen SVI REVEL supporting cutoff, PMID:36413997).
Evidence considered
  • Variant consequence settled from the normalized description NM_001276270.2(NP_001263199.1):p.(Asp562His) and VariantValidator annotations (MANE Select transcript, exon 8; protein-level missense substitution D562H) - this selects REVEL as the sole applicable PP3/BP4 path.
  • Local REVEL v1.3 lookup returned revel_score = 0.178 for chr3:129431542 C>G (GRCh38), matching the case's genomic coordinates.
  • Thresholds applied verbatim from the supplied ClinGen SVI REVEL calibration (Pejaver et al. 2022, Am J Hum Genet, PMID:36413997): PP3 supporting >= 0.644, moderate >= 0.773, strong >= 0.932.
  • No MBD4-specific ClinGen CSPEC was found (cspec.found = false, no cspec URL available) and no gene-specific framework or VCEP materials were supplied, so generic ACMG/AMP computational-evidence thresholds govern.
  • SpliceAI max delta 0.017 (DS_AG 0.017, DS_AL 0.001, DS_DG 0.006, DS_DL 0.0) exists in the bundle but was not consulted for this missense variant's PP3, per the one-path rule.
  • BayesDel score -0.306477 is present but has no established generic ACMG-strength calibration and no MBD4 VCEP cutoff, so it is treated as not_available rather than evaluated.
Sources
BP7 N/ABP7 (Richards et al. 2015, PMID:25741868) is defined for a synonymous (silent) variant for which splicing prediction algorithms predict no impact to the splice consensus sequence and the nucleotide is not highly conserved. NM_001276270.2:c.1684G>C in MBD4 is a missense substitution predicted to produce NP_001263199.1:p.(Asp562His). As a result, the encoded protein sequence is altered, so the criterion's silent-variant premise does not hold regardless of any splicing prediction, so BP7's structural prerequisite is not met by this variant class. This determination was made deterministically from the variant's consequence class, prior to LLM adjudication, because no structured VCEP criteria-combination framework governs this case (framework_complete=false); the generic ACMG/AMP 2015 fallback applies. Details ▾Hide ▴
Rule
deterministic_prefilter: requires_synonymous
Evidence considered
  • Deterministic consequence classification: missense (prefetch.json normalized protein consequence)
Sources
generic_acmg_combination_rules

Statement

In silico

SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.02). REVEL score = 0.178. BayesDel score = -0.306477.

7 paper records listed. 1 cited in the classification. None of the listed paper records explicitly indicates that the variant is named.

Cited in the classification

  • Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology.
    ACMG/AMP 2015 joint consensus guideline (Richards et al.) that supplies the definitions of PS1, PM1, PM5, PP2 and BP1 used in this group. It contains no variant-specific or gene-specific data: MBD4, c.1684G>C and p.(Asp562His) are never mentioned. It defines PS1 as the same amino acid change as an established pathogenic variant, PM1 as a mutational hotspot and/or critical functional domain without benign variation, PM5 as a different missense change at the same residue as an established pathogenic missense variant, PP2 as a missense variant in a gene with a low rate of benign missense variation where missense is a common mechanism of disease, and BP1 as a missense variant in a gene for which primarily truncating variants cause disease.
    → BS1 · strong → BP1 · supporting Does not name this variant
    PMID 25741868 ↗
    Source detail
    We have provided two sets of criteria: one for classification of pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants (Table 3) and one for classification of benign or likely benign variants (Table 4). Each pathogenic criterion is weighted as very strong (PVS1), strong (PS1–4); moderate (PM1–6), or supporting (PP1–5), and each benign criterion is weighted as stand-alone (BA1), strong (BS1–4), or supporting (BP1–6).

    Location PROPOSED CRITERIA FOR INTERPRETATION OF SEQUENCE VARIANTS, paragraph 3 (with Tables 3–5; PS1/PM1/PM5/PP2 in Table 3, BP1 in Table 4)

    Context Expert-opinion/consensus guideline developed by an ACMG/AMP/College of American Pathologists workgroup (2013-2014), informed by surveys of >100 sequencing laboratories and workshop feedback; not an experimental or cohort study.

Other recorded publications

  • A framework to start the debate on neonatal screening policies in the EU: an Expert Opinion Document.
    Cornel MC et al. · 2014
    European Union newborn-screening policy article (70 expert opinions, decision-making matrix for adding disorders to NBS panels) covering governance, consent, blood-spot storage, laboratory quality and programme evaluation. It contains no MBD4 content, no mention of c.1684G>C or p.(Asp562His), and no codon, residue, domain, hotspot or gene-mechanism data; it contributes nothing to PS1, PM1, PM5, PP2 or BP1 for this variant.
    Does not name this variant
    PMID 23652378 ↗
  • Whole-genome sequencing in newborn screening? A statement on the continued importance of targeted approaches in newborn screening programmes.
    Howard HC et al. · 2015
    Policy statement on the use of whole-genome/whole-exome sequencing in publicly funded newborn-screening programmes, covering ethical, legal, economic and consent considerations. It does not mention MBD4, c.1684G>C or p.(Asp562His) and provides no domain, hotspot, codon-level or gene-mechanism evidence relevant to this group's criteria.
    Does not name this variant
    PMID 25626707 ↗
  • The perspective from EASAC and FEAM on direct-to-consumer genetic testing for health-related purposes.
    Fears R et al. · 2013
    EASAC/FEAM policy perspective on direct-to-consumer genetic testing for health-related purposes, covering regulatory, ethical and scientific-validity questions. It reports no MBD4 content, no c.1684G>C or p.(Asp562His), and no residue-, domain- or mechanism-level information; it contributes nothing to this group's criteria.
    Does not name this variant
    PMID 23169492 ↗
  • Appropriateness of newborn screening for &#x3b1;1-antitrypsin deficiency.
    Teckman J et al. · 2014
    Alpha-1 Foundation workshop report on the appropriateness of newborn screening for alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (SERPINA1 Z homozygosity), covering SERPINA1 genetics, natural history, diagnostic technology and policy. MBD4 is never mentioned and no c.1684G>C or p.(Asp562His) is reported; no cancer, methylation, base-excision-repair or MBD4-domain content is present, so it bears on none of this group's criteria.
    Does not name this variant
    PMID 24121147 ↗
  • Sherloc: a comprehensive refinement of the ACMG-AMP variant classification criteria.
    No paper-specific finding is recorded.
    PMID 28492532 ↗
  • ACOG Committee Opinion No. 778 Summary: Newborn Screening and the Role of the Obstetrician-Gynecologist.
    No paper-specific finding is recorded.
    PMID 31022120 ↗

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Statements for reports

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gnomAD v4.1

This variant is present in gnomAD v4.1 (AF= 0.00718354; MAF= 0.71835%, 11588/1613132 alleles, homozygotes = 71) and has highest observed frequency in the Amish population (AF= 0.0307018; MAF= 3.07018%, 28/912 alleles, homozygotes = 0); grpmax FAF= 0.0104703.

gnomAD v2.1

This variant is present in gnomAD v2.1 (AF= 0.005111; MAF= 0.51110%, 1444/282528 alleles, homozygotes = 12) and has highest observed frequency in the South Asian population (AF= 0.00970208; MAF= 0.97021%, 297/30612 alleles, homozygotes = 7); grpmax FAF= 0.00879484.

gnomAD-Canada

This variant is present in gnomAD-Canada v1.0 (AF= 0.006622516556291391, 122/18422 alleles, homozygotes = 0).

ClinVar

This variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely benign (3 clinical laboratories) and as Uncertain significance (2 clinical laboratories) and as Benign (2 clinical laboratories) and as Likely Benign (1 clinical laboratory). (ClinVarID = 218624)

In silico

SpliceAI predicts no significant splice impact for this variant (max delta score = 0.02). REVEL score = 0.178. BayesDel score = -0.306477.

Functional

OncoKB identified curated literature and non-variant-specific oncogenicity context for review; listed oncogenicity label: not classified.

Somatic

This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot. This variant has not previously been reported in somatic cancers (COSMIC).

Cancer Hotspots

This variant does not lie in a statistically significant hotspot.