Table 2 Rare Potentially Oncogenic Variants (POVs) identified in 217 African ancestral prostate cancer (PCa) patients from the SAPCS (n = 186) and PPCG (n = 31) study cohorts and impacting 16 known and/or Potentially Pathogenic Variants (PPVs) recognised in DNA Damage Repair (DDR) germline testing genes

From: Pathogenic variants reveal candidate genes for prostate cancer germline testing for men of African ancestry

Gene

Chr position: nt change

rsIDa

AA Change

VAFb

SAPCS (n)

PPCG (n)

AFR Fractionc

MAF SAC (n = 49)d

MAF EAC (n = 40)d

BRCA2

chr13:32341158:G/A

rs80358906

R2268K

0.59

0

1

66%

0

0

 

chr13:32357808:A/T

rs80358995

F2562I

ND

0

1

>99%

0

0

 

chr13:32370460:A/G

unknown

D2797G

0.52

0

1

93%

0

0

PMS2

chr7:5982890:G/A

rs370196722

T703M

ND

0

1

57%

0

0

 

chr7:6003981:C/T

rs730881919

E81K

0.576923

1

0

>99%

0

0

FANCA

chr16:89769976:C/T

rs771698195

V879M

ND

0

1

57%

0

0

 

chr16:89783063:G/A

rs200291237

R504G

0.560976

1

0

>99%

0

0

BARD1

chr2:214767537:C/T

rs864622240

G486R

0.404255

1

0

>99%

0

0

 

chr2:214809476:C/G

rs1224914625

G32R

0.512195

1

0

>99%

0

0

ATM

chr11:108253834:AAAG/A

rs876659575

E642del

All(2) > 0.44

2

0

Both>99%

0

0

MSH6

chr2:47806344:G/A

rs367912290

R961C

0.431818

1

0

>99%

0

0

PALB2

chr16:23626343:C/T

rs766315705

G586S

0.571429

1

0

98%

0

0

POLE

chr12:132642888:C/T

rs143247306

E1554K

0.516129

1

0

>99%

0

0

 

chr12:132648934:G/A

rs5744904

R1355C

0.454545

1

0

>99%

0.0102041

0

 

chr12:132649341:G/A

rs779464847

R1297C

All(2) > 0.57

2

0

Both>99%

0.0102041

0

 

chr12:132664038:G/C

rs2042735587

S864C

0.38

1

0

>99%

0

0

 

chr12:132672668:A/G

rs115558715

S549P

0.447368

1

0

>99%

0

0

 

chr12:132680212:G/A

rs5744739

P99L

All(3) > 0.52

3

0

>99%(2),97%

0

0

LRP1B

chr2:140442513:C/T

rs144998818

A3469T

All(3) = 0.54

3

0

>99%(2),98%

0.0102041

0.0125

 

chr2:140475215:T/C

rs1687922196

Y3183C

0.531915

1

0

>99%

0

0

 

chr2:140598725:C/T

unknown

G2367E

0.560976

1

0

>99%

0

0

 

chr2:140841014:G/A

rs199519370

T1673M

0.459459

1

0

>99%

0

0

 

chr2:140886324:C/T

rs752553135

A1260T

0.584906

1

0

>99%

0

0

ROS1

chr6:117319878:A/G

rs145889490

V1977A

0.536585

1

0

>99%

0

0

 

chr6:117337265:G/T

rs369993254

L1719I

ND

0

1

78%

0

0

 

chr6:117342504:G/T

rs112739824

P1522Q

0.666667

1

0

>99%

0.0102041

0

 

chr6:117365621:C/A

rs370129182

G978V

All(3) > 0.51

3

0

All>99%

0

0

RET

chr10:43120084:G/A

rs145170911

V871I

0.617647

1

0

>99%

0

0

 

chr10:43121991:C/G

rs774215008

H926D

0.454545

1

0

98%

0

0

 

chr10:43123801:G/A

rs758800351

E978K

ND

0

1

67%

0

0

JAK2

chr9:5078384:A/C

rs151160183

N691H

0.45

0

1

85%

0

0

 

chr9:5090448:C/T

rs764302764

R922W

0.509091

1

0

>99%

0.0204082

0

MSH3

chr5:80873226:G/A

rs1328941442

Splice variant

All(3) > 0.44

3

0

All>99%

0

0

EGFR

chr7:55142300:A/G

unknown

S35G

0.55

1

0

>99%

0

0

TRRAP

chr7:98976168:C/G

rs143477790

A2335G

All(3) > 0.47

3

0

>99%

0

0

ERBB3

chr12:56094550:C/G

rs757518347

T618S

All(3) > 0.38

3

0

All>99%

0

0

  1. AA amino acid, AFR African, chr chromosome, EAC East African Control, MAF minor allele frequency, nt nucleotide, PPCG Pan Prostate Cancer Group, SAC Southern African Control, SAPCS Southern African Prostate Cancer Study, VAF variant allele frequency.
  2. aUnknown rs-numbers are absent from variant databases.
  3. bExclusion based on CHIP-likelihood (VAF < 0.3).
  4. cAfrican ancestral fraction presented as a percentage (southern, western and/or San) and k = 4 ADMIXTURE plot (Fig. 1).
  5. dMAF for population-relevant controls. Known PCa germline testing panel genes include BRCA2, PMS2, FANCA, BARD1, ATM, MSH6 and PALB2.