Quantifying evidence for phenotypic specificity (PP4) for syndromic phenotypes: Large-scale integration of rare germline FH variants from diagnostic laboratory testing for HLRCC and renal cancer.
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Allen, S
Rowlands, CF
Butler, S
Durkie, M
Horton, C
Pesaran, T
Richardson, M
Robinson, R
Garrett, A
Burghel, GJ
Callaway, A
Field, J
Frugtniet, B
Palmer-Smith, S
Grant, J
Pagan, J
McDevitt, T
Snape, K
Andreou, A
Maher, ER
Hanson, H
McVeigh, T
Turnbull, C
CanVIG-UK,
Rowlands, CF
Butler, S
Durkie, M
Horton, C
Pesaran, T
Richardson, M
Robinson, R
Garrett, A
Burghel, GJ
Callaway, A
Field, J
Frugtniet, B
Palmer-Smith, S
Grant, J
Pagan, J
McDevitt, T
Snape, K
Andreou, A
Maher, ER
Hanson, H
McVeigh, T
Turnbull, C
CanVIG-UK,
Document Type
Journal Article
Date
2025-11-01
Date Accepted
2025-08-14
Abstract
PURPOSE: Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) is a rare cancer susceptibility syndrome exclusively attributable to pathogenic variants in FH (HGNC:3700). This article quantitatively weights the phenotypic context (PP4/PS4) of such very rare variants in FH. METHODS: We collated clinical diagnostic testing data on germline FH variants from 387 individuals with HLRCC and 1780 individuals with renal cancer and compared the frequency of "very-rare" variants in each phenotypic cohort with 562,295 population controls. We generated pan-gene very rare variant likelihood ratios (PG-VRV-LRs), domain-specific likelihood ratios for missense variants (DS-VRMV-LR) using spatial clustering analysis, and log2.08 likelihood ratios (LLRs) as applicable within the updated American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics/Association for Molecular Pathology variant classification framework. RESULTS: For HLRCC, the PG-VRV-LR was estimated to be 2669.4 (95% CI 1843.4-3881.2, LLR 10.77) for truncating variants and 214.7 (95% CI 185.0-246.9, LLR 7.33) for missense variants. For renal cancer, the PG-VRV-LR was 95.5 (95% CI 48.9-183.0, LLR 6.23) for truncating variants and 5.8 (95% CI 3.5-9.3, LLR 2.39) for missense variants. Clustering analysis in HLRCC cases revealed 3 "hotspot" regions wherein the DS-VRMV-LR increased to 1226.9. CONCLUSION: These data provide quantitative measures for very rare missense and truncating variants in FH, which reflect the differing phenotypic specificity of HLRCC and renal cancer and may be applicable in clinical variant classification.
Citation
Genetics in Medicine, 2025, 27 (11), pp. 101565 -
Source Title
Genetics in Medicine
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
ISSN
1098-3600
eISSN
1530-0366
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Research Team
Translational Genetics
Cancer Genetics Edu&Qual
Cancer Genetics Edu&Qual