Description
This variant is denoted CDH1 c.-50C>G, and describes a nucleotide substitution 50 base pairs upstream of the CDH1 ATG translational start site in the 5Â’ untranslated region (UTR). This variant was not observed in approximately 6,500 individuals of European and African American ancestry in the NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project, suggesting it is not a common benign variant in these populations, and the base that is altered is not conserved across species. CDH1 c.-50C>G is not predicted to affect the Kozak consensus sequence or to affect splicing. Although this particular variant has not, to our knowledge, been published in the literature, variants have been reported in this region at c.-49 and c.-54 per HGMD (Stenson 2013). Luciferase reporter assays showed that c.-49G>T contributes to a slight increase in promoter activity, while c.-54G>C significantly decreases (p = 0.003) promoter activity (Nakamura 2002, Chen 2013). Based on currently available information, we consider CDH1 c.-50C>G to be a variant of uncertain significance.
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Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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1 | germline | yes | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |