ClinVar

Description

The POLD1 c.961G>A variant is predicted to result in the amino acid substitution p.Gly321Ser. This variant has been reported in an individual with adenomatous polyps and a family history of colorectal cancer or adenomatous polyposis (Weren et al. 2015. PubMed ID: 25938944) and an individual suspected of having Lynch syndrome (Jansen et al. 2016. PubMed ID: 26648449). It was also reported as a variant of uncertain significance in a study of individuals with early-onset colorectal cancer or familial colorectal cancer (Djursby et al. 2020. PubMed ID: 33193653) and in a study of patients with a suspected hereditary tumor syndrome (Henn et al. 2019. PubMed ID: 30680046). Two additional unrelated patients with multiple colorectal polyps and colorectal cancer were also reported to have this variant; however, the variant did not co-segregate with disease in one family and co-segregation analysis was unavailable for the other family (Table 2 and Figure 1A, Elsayed et al. 2019. PubMed ID: 30827058). This variant is reported in 0.066% of alleles in individuals of European (Non-Finnish) descent in gnomAD and has been interpreted as a variant of uncertain significance and likely benign in ClinVar (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/221136/). Although we suspect that this variant may be benign, at this time, the clinical significance of this variant is uncertain due to the absence of conclusive functional and genetic evidence.