Table 3 Population-Specific Low-Frequency (PSLF) Potentially Pathogenic Variants or Potentially Oncogenic Variants (PPV/POVs, n = 17) identified in 217 African ancestral prostate cancer (PCa) patients from the SAPCS (n = 186) and PPCG (n = 31) study cohorts and impacting 12 DNA Damage Repair (DDR) or PCa-associated genes, either known or unknown as PCa germline testing (GT) gene candidates

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

Gene

PPV/

POV

Chr position: nt change

rsID

AA Change

SAPCS (n)

PPCG (n)

MAF (this study)

MAF

ALL gnomAD

MAF

AFR gnomAD

MAF SAC

(n = 49)

MAF EAC (n = 40)

PC

VAF

ATM a

POV

chr11:108227834:A/G

rs150143957

D44G

6

0

0.0161 (SAPCS)

0.0002

0.0007

0.0204

0.025

No

NA

PMS2 a

POV

chr7:5978683:TGA/T

rs587779335

L729fs

2

2

0.0092 (ALL) 0.0054 (SAPCS) 0.0323 (PPCG)

0.0077

0.0304

0.0306

0.025

No

NA

PREX2

POV

chr8:68093713:A/G

rs138027402

K787E

6

0

0.0161 (SAPCS)

0.0004

0.0014

0

0

YES

All(6) > 0.46

PREX2

POV

chr8:68099845:T/C

rs150773140

Splice

5

0

0.0134 (SAPCS)

0.0006

0.0021

0

0

YES

All(5) > 0.3

PREX2

POV

chr8:68121013:C/T

rs143386950

R1230W

5

0

0.0134 (SAPCS)

0.0000

0.0002

0

0

YES

All(5) > 0.36

POLG

PPV

chr15:89323423:A/G

rs202037973

F749S

5

0

0.0134 (SAPCS)

0.0002

0.0009

0

0

YES

All(5) > 0.42

POLQ

POV

chr3:121537146:G/T

rs141125457

L232I

9

1

0.0230 (ALL) 0.0242 (SAPCS) 0.0161 (PPCG)

0.0031

0.0107

0

0

YES

All(10) > 0.39

CREBBP b

POV

chr16:3728437:G/GC

rs754959530

Q2204fs

4

0

0.0108 (SAPCS)

0.0008

0.0028

0

0

YES

All(4) > 0.46

CREBBP b

POV

chr16:3729070:

CTCCCCGGGG/C

rs777318563

TPG1990-1992del

4

0

0.0108 (SAPCS)

0.0000

0.0003

0.0204

0

No

NA

FAT1

POV

chr4:186603302:C/A

rs199719692

D3742Y

7

0

0.0188 (SAPCS)

0.0002

0.0007

0.0204

0

No

NA

FAT1

POV

chr4:186663530:C/T

rs149295542

V117M

5

1

0.0138 (ALL) 0.0134 (SAPCS) 0.0161 (PPCG)

0.0018

0.0067

0.0204

0.025

No

NA

ROS1

POV

chr6:117352995:A/G

rs17079086

F1439S

14

0

0.0403 (SAPCS)c

0.0033

0.0133

0.0816

0.025

No

NA

ROS1

POV

chr6:117360384:C/T

rs151330473

G1135R

15

0

0.0403 (SAPCS)

0.0001

0.0008

0.0102

0.0125

No

NA

ASPM

POV

chr1:197100727:G/A

rs112946633

R2842W

23

0

0.0618 (SAPCS)

0.0001

0.0004

0.0306

0

No

NA

HERC2

POV

chr15:28238605:

AGAATACTATTTC/A

rs774838885

GNSIL1245-1249V

4

0

0.0108 (SAPCS)

0.0000

0.0003

0.0204

0.0125

No

NA

PSM1

POV

chr2:189791888:G/C

rs5742973

E27Q

4

0

0.0108 (SAPCS)

0.0005

0.0014

0

0.0125

No

NA

TET2

POV

chr4:105233964:C/G

rs147112198

H8D

5

0

0.0134 (SAPCS)

0.0006

0.0023

0.0

0

No

NA

  1. AA amino acid, AFR African, ALL all populations, chr chromosome, EAC east African Controls, nt nucleotide, MAF minor allele frequency, PC potential candidates, PPCG Pan Prostate Cancer Group, SAC southern African Controls, SAPCS Southern African Prostate Cancer Study, unk unknown.
  2. aKnown PCa germline testing panel gene.
  3. bAn additional GT gene candidate not identified within the rare variant analyses (Table 1 and Table 2).
  4. cA single patient presented as homozygous.