Solving the enigma of POLD1 p.V295M as a potential cause of increased cancer risk

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Abstract

Germline variants that affect the proofreading activity of polymerases epsilon (POLE) and delta (POLD1) predispose to colorectal adenomas and carcinomas, among other cancers. All cancer-associated pathogenic variants reported to date consist of non-disruptive genetic changes affecting the sequence that codifies the exonuclease domain (ED). Generally, disruptive (frameshift, stop-gain) POLE and POLD1 variants and missense variants outside the ED do not predispose to cancer. However, this statement may not be true for some, very specific variants that would indirectly affect the proofreading activity of the corresponding polymerase. We evaluated, by using multiple approaches, the possibility that POLD1 c.883G>A; p.(Val295Met), -a variant located 9 amino acids upstream the ED and present in ~0.25% of hereditary cancer patients-, affects POLD1 proofreading activity. Our findings show cumulative evidence that support no alteration of the proofreading activity and lack of association with cancer. The variant is classified as likely benign according to the ACMG/AMP guidelines.

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Mur, P., Magraner-Pardo, L., García-Mulero, S., Díez-Villanueva, A., del Valle, J., Ezquerro, E., … Valle, L. (2022). Solving the enigma of POLD1 p.V295M as a potential cause of increased cancer risk. European Journal of Human Genetics, 30(4), 485–489. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-021-00926-6

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