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    1. 203

      Case#: 203 6.1yrs male, age at initial diagnosis 4.9 yrs DiseaseAssertion: MPS IH-S FamilyInfo:Nil CasePresentingHPOs: CaseHPOFreeText: CaseNotHPOs: CaseNotHPOFreeText: CaseEnzymeAssay: IDUA activity: low leukocyte IDUA enzyme activity CaseUrineGAGs: CaseERT: 1.7 yrs on ERT, then study drug, valanafusp alpha, also called AGT-181 for 12 months

      CaseBMT: No PreviouslyPublished Don't know Variant1:p.R621X Variant1ClinVarID: 11917 Variant1CAID: Variant2:IVS9-12_4delCAGGCCCCG . However the sequence at this location corresponds to "cccgccccg" Variant2ClinVarID: Variant2CAID:

    2. 211

      Case#: 211 2.5 yrs male, age at initial diagnosis 2.4 yrs DiseaseAssertion: MPS IH FamilyInfo:Nil CasePresentingHPOs: CaseHPOFreeText: CaseNotHPOs: CaseNotHPOFreeText: CaseEnzymeAssay: IDUA activity: low leukocyte IDUA enzyme activity CaseUrineGAGs: CaseERT: Nil, study drug, valanafusp alpha, also called AGT-181 for 12 months

      CaseBMT: No PreviouslyPublished Don't know Variant1:p.G208D Variant1ClinVarID: 554590 Variant1CAID: Variant2:p.G208D Variant2ClinVarID: 554590 Variant2CAID:

    1. Case#: Patient D2, Druze religious group, located in lower Galilee.

      DiseaseAssertion: MPS1-H

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseEnzymeAssay: N/A

      CaseUrineGAGs: N/A

      CaseERT: N/A

      CaseBMT: N/A

      Variant1: c.928C>T (p.Q310X)

      Variant1ClinVarID: 11915

      Variant1CAID: N/A

      Variant2: N/A

      Variant2ClinVarID: N/A

      Variant2CAID: N/A

      AdditionalVariants: N/A

      ParentalGenotype: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished N/A

    2. Case#: Patient D4, Druze religious group, located in lower Galilee.

      DiseaseAssertion: N/A

      FamilyInfo: May have relation with Patient D5 due to being located in the same village. Parents were found to be heterozygous for the mutation.

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseEnzymeAssay: N/A

      CaseUrineGAGs: N/A

      CaseERT: N/A

      CaseBMT: N/A

      Variant1: c.1096A>C (p.T366P)

      Variant1ClinVarID: 11916

      Variant1CAID: CA:256117

      Variant2: N/A

      Variant2ClinVarID: N/A

      Variant2CAID: N/A

      AdditionalVariants: N/A

      ParentalGenotype: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished N/A

    3. Case#: Patient D5, Druze religious group, located in lower Galilee.

      DiseaseAssertion: N/A

      FamilyInfo: May have relation with Patient D5 due to being located in the same village. Parents were found to be heterozygous for the mutation.

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseEnzymeAssay: N/A

      CaseUrineGAGs: N/A

      CaseERT: N/A

      CaseBMT: N/A

      Variant1: c.1096A>C (p.T366P)

      Variant1ClinVarID: 11916

      Variant1CAID: CA:256117

      Variant2: N/A

      Variant2ClinVarID: N/A

      Variant2CAID: N/A

      AdditionalVariants: N/A

      ParentalGenotype: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished N/A

    4. Case#: Patient M2, Muslim religious group, located in lower Galilee.

      DiseaseAssertion: MPS1-H

      FamilyInfo: Parents of M2 were found to be heterozygous for this mutation.

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseEnzymeAssay: N/A

      CaseUrineGAGs: N/A

      CaseERT: N/A

      CaseBMT: N/A

      Variant1: c.1096A>C (p.T366P)

      Variant1ClinVarID: 11916

      Variant1CAID: CA:256117

      Variant2: N/A

      Variant2ClinVarID: N/A

      Variant2CAID: N/A

      AdditionalVariants: N/A

      ParentalGenotype: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished N/A

    1. In family B

      Case#: Patient 2 of family B: Female DiseaseAssertion:MPS1 FamilyInfo:Consanguinity Yes CasePresentingHPOs: NA CaseHPOFreeText: CaseNotHPOs: CaseNotHPOFreeText: CaseEnzymeAssay: enzyme values lower than the cut-off values CaseUrineGAGs: NA CaseERT: NA CaseBMT:Nil Variant1:c.1469T>C ,Leu490Pro Variant1ClinVar ID: 11919 Variant1CAID: Variant2:c.1469T>C ,Leu490Pro Variant2ClinVarID:11919 Variant2CAID: AdditionalVariants:Nil ParentalGenotype:NA PreviouslyPublishedNA

    1. three siblings

      Case#: Eldest child, female, age at diagnosis and onset are unknown, age at treatment is 6, age at report is 11 DiseaseAssertion: MPS1 FamilyInfo: All 3 cases are siblings CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000280, HP:0008800, HP:0010501, HP:0006467, HP:0001659, HP:0001653, HP:0001634 (Coarse facial features, Limited hip movement, Limited shoulder movement, Limitation of knee mobility, Aortic regurgitation, Mitral regurgitation, Mitral valve prolapse) CaseHPOFreeText: Corneal clouding CaseNotHPOs: N/A CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A CaseEnzymeAssay: N/A CaseUrineGAGs: N/A CaseERT: Yes CaseBMT: Don't know Variant1: p.Leu490Pro Variant1ClinVarID: 11919 Variant1CAID: Variant2: p.Leu490Pro Variant2ClinVarID: 11919 Variant2CAID: AdditionalVariants: N/A ParentalGenotype: N/A PreviouslyPublished N/A

    2. three siblings

      Case#: Youngest child, Female, age at diagnosis and onset are unknown, age at treatment is 4 months, age at report is 5 years, 4 months DiseaseAssertion: MPS1 FamilyInfo: All 3 cases are siblings CasePresentingHPOs: N/A CaseHPOFreeText: Mild corneal clouding, this study is to examine the efficacy of enzyme replacement therapy at different stages of teh disease, and it is assumed this patient is not yet old enough to have develped symptoms CaseNotHPOs: N/A CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A CaseEnzymeAssay: N/A CaseUrineGAGs: N/A CaseERT: Yes CaseBMT: Don't know Variant1: p.Leu490Pro Variant1ClinVarID: 11919 Variant1CAID: Variant2: p.Leu490Pro Variant2ClinVarID: 11919 Variant2CAID: AdditionalVariants: N/A ParentalGenotype: N/A PreviouslyPublished N/A

    3. three siblings

      Case#: Middle child, Male, age at diagnosis and onset are unknown, age at treatment is 2.5 years, age at report is 7.5 years DiseaseAssertion: MPS1 FamilyInfo: All 3 cases are siblings CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0001634, HP:0001653 (mitral valve prolapse, mitral regurgitation) CaseHPOFreeText: Mild corneal clouding CaseNotHPOs: N/A CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A CaseEnzymeAssay: N/A CaseUrineGAGs: N/A CaseERT: Yes CaseBMT: Don't know Variant1: p.Leu490Pro Variant1ClinVarID: 11919 Variant1CAID: Variant2: p.Leu490Pro Variant2ClinVarID: 11919 Variant2CAID: AdditionalVariants: N/A ParentalGenotype: N/A PreviouslyPublished N/A

    1. 21-year-old professional soccer player

      Case1: 21, Male

      DiseaseAssertion: To be found

      FamilyInfo: No remarkable family history.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0003401, HP:0410173, HP:0001688

      CaseHPOFreeText: "arietal ischemic lesions, elevated high-sensitivity I troponin, left ventricle (LV) dilation, apical hypokinesia, apical thrombus, and multifocal nonischemic late gadolinium enhancement with edema" " elevated N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide and low c-reactive protein"

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0001297, HP:0012819

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: "A cardioembolic stroke due to myocarditis with an LV thrombus was assumed" “Ischemic heart disease was considered unlikely at presentation” “Cardiac sarcoidosis was considered but was not supported” “Autoimmune myocarditis and other systemic inflammatory causes were also considered” “Giant cell myocarditis was considered to be unlikely”

      CasePreviousTesting:

      Genotyping Method: Whole genome sequencing

      Variant: c.1484G>A; p.Arg495Gln

      ClinVar: CA010464

      gnomAD: To be found

    1. proband is a 44-year old male of European

      Case1: A 44-year old male of European (non-Finnish) ancestry.

      DiseaseAssertion: Disease, with the MYL2 p.Ala13Thr variant.

      FamilyInfo: Mother, father, and sister was diagnosed at different ages; they all had it.

      ParentalTesting: Yes with screening by ECG and Echocardiography; underwent 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG), echocardiography (M-mode, 2D, and Doppler), and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR).

      CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0100749, HP:0002094, HP:0031664, HP:0033678, HP:0011703, HP:0001712, HP:0031296,HP:0020034, HP:0031656

      CaseHPOFreeText: Presented 3 years ago with persistent but mild chest pain and dyspnea. presence of II/VI mid-systolic murmur that increased with the Valsalva maneuver. Cardiac enzymes were negative for acute coronary syndromes. A 12-lead ECG was notable for sinus tachycardia at the rate of 104 bpm and evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) with repolarization abnormalities. Myocardial stress perfusion tomography showed homogeneous distribution of the radiotracer in the myocardium. An echocardiogram showed a hyperdynamic left ventricle with moderate asymmetric septal hypertrophy, a maximum wall thickness of 1.8 cm. There was a resting left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) gradient of 20 mmHg that increased to 40 mmHg upon Valsalva maneuver. CMR findings were notable for septal hypertrophy and diffuse patchy hyperenhancement, involving multiple myocardial walls. increasing dyspnea with a mild level of physical activity and chest pain. Evidence of LVH with repolarization abnormalities on a 12-lead ECG and a hyperdynamic left ventricle with a septal thickness of 2 cm, systolic anterior motion of mitral leaflets, mild to moderate mitral regurgitation, and an LVOT gradient of 100 mmHg on echocardiography (Figure 3A). Underwent surgical myectomy, which led to resolution of LVOT gradient and symptoms.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0011675, HP:0011703

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Not show significant cardiac arrhythmias except for periods of sinus tachycardia at rest.

      CasePreviousTesting: Whole exome sequencing (WES)

      Genotyping Method: Sanger sequencing

      FunctionalAnalysis: May affect cardiac contractile function and actin filament velocity, But NR about the MYL2 p.Ala13Thr variant.

      Variant: NM_000432.4:c.37G>A

      ClinVar:14064

      CAID: CA010242

      gnomAD: gnomAD v2 12:111356964 C / T , gnomAD v3 12:110919160 C / T gmonAD v4 chr12-110919160-C-T

      AdditionalInfo: NR

    1. Family M1

      Case1: A 68-year-old female

      DiseaseAssertion: dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), with the MYH7 p.Lys637Glu (K637E) variant identified in the affected patient. The study investigated sarcomeric gene variants associated with DCM

      FamilyInfo: The proband's father (M1, II:3) died suddenly at 36 years of age, 2 years after being diagnosed with DCM.

      ParentalTesting: Yes from father

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0011664, HP:0011713, HP:0003677, HP:0001635,

      CaseHPOFreeText: was diagnosed as having left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) based on echocardiography. A left bundle branch block on her ECG. Echocardiography revealed LVNC and she has had a slow progression towards heart failure and an increasing dilatation of her left ventricle. Age 48 at onset, left ventricular end diastolic diameter 59 mm, left ventricular ejection fraction 25%, ventricular extrasystoles for arrhythmia.

      CaseNotHPOs:NR

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:NR

      CasePreviousTesting:NR

      Genotyping Method: genetically screened, also using GenBank with PCR by amplifying the coding region

      FunctionalAnalysis:NR

      Variant: NM_000257.4:c.1909A>G

      ClinVar: 1329402

      CAID:CA389049558

      gnomAD: NR

      AdditionalInfo: NR

    1. CasePT-104: United States

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0001639 (Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy)

      HPOsFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0001650, HP:0001658 (Aortic valve stenosis, Myocardial infarction)

      NotHPOsFreeText: N/A

      CaseAddInfo:


      CaseGenotypingMethod: DNA was collected from the participants using blood samples. 18 genes suspected on contributing to HCM were targeted and sequenced. The variants were then located and filtered for pathogenicity.


      Variant: NM_000257.3:c.4399C>G (p.Leu1467Val)

      ClinVar: 43015 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/43015/

      gnomAD: South Asian 1.111e-3, Overall 1.352e-4 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/14-23886482-G-C

    1. GroupID/ KindredID: VHL 48

      Case: Sex unknown, Age unknown, German

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: One patient with the given mutation is stated to belong to VHL family 48

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797 (hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: c.464-1G>A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: c.677-1G>A

      ClinVarID: 43603 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/43603/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: splice_site_variant

      CivicName: Splice Site (c.464-1G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. Of 65 VHL families from central Europe, 53 were identified with germline mutations using SSCP analysis of PCR products by peripheral blood. The Q164 (c.490C>T) mutation was detected in the patient, referred to in the paper by Q164 (c.703C>T) due to a difference in transcript sequence. This nonsense mutation was found in an Iranian, VHL type 1 patient with retinal angiomas, hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cysts, and pancreatic islet cell tumors (family VHL 65). This study contains very strong evidence of pathogenicity in the form of a nonsense variant in a gene where loss-of-function is a known mechanism of disease (ACMG code: PVS1).

    1. 28F/32ASUnilateral PCCVHLIVS 2c.341-2 A>GSplice Site ChangeSplice site changeDisease causingNANANRNR

      150 index patients with pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma were evaluated. Phenotypic data were collected and germline mutations in five susceptibility genes (RET, VHL, SDHB, SDHD and SDHC) were tested. Out of 30 patients with familial presentation, 13 were clinically diagnosed as VHL syndrome. A 32 year old Asian Indian female presented with unilateral pheochromocytoma. Using PCR and Sanger sequencing through peripheral blood, genetic testing confirmed a non-familial splice mutation at c.341-2 A>G of the VHL gene. Family history is unknown.

    1. PMID: 7977367

      KindredID: 15

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: Unknown

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: This is a family belonging to prefigure No. 15. They are described as ‘VHL-affected’.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0005584 (renal cell carcinoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: RCC-affected; other manifestations are possible but not clear.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y98H (c.292T>C)

      LegacyVariant: p.Y169H (c.505T>C)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2223/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.00001343, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183823-T-C?dataset=gnomad_r2_1

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transition

      CivicName: Y98H (c.292T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. PMID: 7977367

      KindredID: 14

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: Unknown

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: This is a family belonging to prefigure No. 14. They are described as ‘VHL-affected’.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0005584 (renal cell carcinoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: RCC-affected; other manifestations are possible but not clear.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y98H (c.292T>C)

      LegacyVariant: p.Y169H (c.505T>C)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2223/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.00001343, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183823-T-C?dataset=gnomad_r2_1

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transition

      CivicName: Y98H (c.292T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    3. PMID: 7977367

      Tissue analysis from 61 VHL patients, 30 sporadic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) tumor samples, and 6 sporadic RCC cell lines revealed 22 variants within VHL patients, 10 variants in tumor samples and variants in all cell lines. All mutations cluster to the 3’ end of the VHL gene open reading frame, implicating this region as important for the tumor-suppressor function of the VHL protein. Northern blot, SSCP and RT-PCR analysis from normal tissue found a germline p.Q145Hfs*28 (c.435_436delGC) mutation, stated in the paper as c.648_649delGC due to an older transcript. It was seen in family [pedigree No] 9, with an unknown number of members described as ‘VHL-affected’ with RCC. Other manifestations are possible but not clear.

    4. PMID: 7977367

      KindredID: 9

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: Unknown

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: This is a family belonging to prefigure No. 9. They are described as ‘VHL-affected’.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0005584 (renal cell carcinoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: RCC-affected; other manifestations are possible but not clear.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Q145Hfs*28 (c.435_436delGC)

      LegacyVariant: p.215fs (c.648_649delGC)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 223210 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223210/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: minus_2_frameshift_variant

      CivicName: Q145fs (c.435_436delGC)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. Arg167Trp (712C-T)

      PatientID: (proband)

      KindredID: 4

      Case: M, Age unknown, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion: pheochromocytoma 
FamilyInfo: There is a history of non-syndromic familial pheochromocytoma in this patient’s family history as well as a confirmed presence of this same germline mutation in their family. It is not perfectly clear which pedigree belongs to this family.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: non-syndromic pheochromocytoma

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: No clinical manifestations of hereditary syndromes, including MEN2A, MEN2B, VHL, and NF1 were found

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167W (c.499C>T)

      LegacyVariant: p.R167W (c.712C>T)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2218, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2218/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000007954, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191506-C-T?dataset=gnomad_r2_1

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167W (c.499C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. Genotype-phenotype correlations of 573 VHL patients were analyzed and confirmed that higher risk of pheochromocytoma is associated with missense mutations that result in substitution of a surface amino acid or that disrupt the structural integrity of the VHL gene product (pVHL). This missense mutation (c.496G>T), affecting surface residue of pVHL protein core, was found in 2 VHL type 2A families with 5 affected individuals altogether. Two of 5 patients had retinal angioma, 2 had cerebellar hemangioblastoma, and 4 had pheochromocytoma. This mutation was reported in the paper with an incorrect cDNA written as c.498A>G, however correct translation should be deduced to c.496G>T, as the Latif et al. 1993 (AFO10238) sequence given was as c.709G>T with p.V166F.

    2. Genotype-phenotype correlations of 573 VHL patients were analyzed and confirmed that higher risk of pheochromocytoma is associated with missense mutations that result in substitution of a surface amino acid or that disrupt the structural integrity of the VHL gene product (pVHL). This missense mutation (c.538A>G), affecting residue within the pVHL protein core, was found in a VHL patient with renal cell carcinoma diagnosed at 27Y. ACMG codes as follows: Supporting evidence of pathogenicity because Missense variant in a gene that has a low rate of benign missense variation and where missense variants are a common mechanism of disease (PP2).

    3. Genotype-phenotype correlations of 573 VHL patients from 200 kindreds were analyzed and confirmed that higher risk of pheochromocytoma is associated with missense mutations that result in substitution of a surface amino acid or that disrupt the structural integrity of the VHL gene product (pVHL). Age-related risks of retinal hemangoblastomas and renal cell carcinoma were higher in patients with nonsense or frameshift mutations. Southern blot and/or MLPA analysis by whole blood detected this mutation (c.555C>G) was found in 3 VHL families with 4 patients altogether. All four had retinal hemangioblastomas and cerebellar hemangioblastomas. Two had renal cell carcinoma.

    1. c.262T > C p.Trp88Arg

      540 patients from 187 unrelated Chinese VHL families at the Peking University First Hospital were all screened for VHL clinical features and germline mutations. Of these, clinical characteristics were observed in 258 patients from 80 unrelated Chinese families. These were reported in this study, grouped by the 21 mutations found. PCR and MLPA on peripheral blood detected the VHL mutations. Of these, 21 patients from two families were found to harbour the VHL germline mutation c.262T>C (p.Trp88Arg). From family 1, a total of 17 family members including the proband were identified. Three of these did not present VHL clinical features. The 32 year old proband (patient 15) presented with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor or pancreatic cyst and renal cell carcinoma. Her maternal grandfather presented with renal cell carcinoma at age 65. Her maternal great-uncle (patient 3), great-aunt (patient 4), mother (patient 6) and 6 first cousins once removed (patients 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14) each presented with cerebellar hemangioblastomas at ages 62, 37, 35, 41, 40, 35, 29 37 and 37 respectively. One of these cousins (9) also presented with renal cell carcinoma at age 42. Two other 1st cousins once removed (patients 11 and 12) presented with renal cell carcinoma at ages 35 and 40, as did her sister at the age of 27. From family 2, the proband presented with no clinical features, however, her mother (2) presented with pancreatic cancer at age 45. Both her maternal uncle (patient 3) and grandmother (patient 1) presented with cerebellar hemangioblastomas at ages 50 and 48 respectively. This same uncle also had pheochromocytoma, also identified at the age of 50. ACMG evidence codes: 'PP1' since we have cosegregation with the disease in multiple affected family members (both families 1 and 2), 'PP4' since the patient presents phenotypes highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.

    1. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      Germline mutational data on VHL was gathered from various countries to assess variation in germline mutations that produce disease within different populations. Families were grouped according to three possible outcomes of disease: renal cell carcinoma without pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma with pheochromocytoma, or pheochromocytoma alone. SSCP and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis identified mutations in 300/469 (63%) of families affected with VHL. This germline familial VHL mutation (F136S (c.407T>C)) was taken from the Neuro Olcologie database in Paris, and the Cambridge, Department of Pathology database. It had an unknown number of members belonging to Family ID 53F, reported in Table 3, as being found in VHL families without pheochromocytoma, and with renal cell carcinoma. Additionally, it was reported in table 5, specified as families without detailed clinical information, under family ID 27CA. It was reported in the paper as c.620T>C due to a difference in transcript reference.

    2. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      Germline mutational data on VHL was gathered from various countries to assess variation in germline mutations that produce disease within different populations. Families were grouped according to three possible outcomes of disease: renal cell carcinoma without pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma with pheochromocytoma, or pheochromocytoma alone. SSCP and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis identified mutations in 300/469 (63%) of families affected with VHL. This germline familial VHL mutation (c.464-2A>G) was taken from the Bristol Myers Squibb database, and the Munich, university of Freiburg and Institute of Pathology database. It had an unknown number of members belonging to Family ID 31CE, reported in Table 3, as being found in VHL families without pheochromocytoma, and with renal cell carcinoma. Additionally, it was reported in table 5, specified as families without detailed clinical information, under family ID 28BMS. It was reported in the paper as c.677-2A>G due to a difference in transcript reference.

    3. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      Germline mutational data on VHL was gathered from various countries to assess variation in germline mutations that produce disease within different populations. Families were grouped according to three possible outcomes of disease: renal cell carcinoma without pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma with pheochromocytoma, or pheochromocytoma alone. SSCP and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis identified mutations in 300/469 (63%) of families affected with VHL. This germline familial VHL mutation (L188V (c.562C>G)) was taken from the Munich, university of Freiburg and Institute of Pathology database, with an unknown number of members belonging to two family IDs: Family ID 37CE, and 38CE. It was reported in the paper as c.775C>G due to a difference in transcript reference. As reported in Table 4, this mutation is found in VHL families with pheochromocytoma. Other phenotypes are likely, including renal cell carcinoma, however not detailed here.

    4. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      GroupID/ KindredID: 4325NCI, 25CA

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: N/A

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: This germline familial VHL mutation was taken from the National Cancer Institute databas, and the Cambridge, Department of Pathology database, with an unknown number of members belonging to Family ID 4325NCI and 25CA. Table 3 lists all ID and mutations associated with individuals possessing renal carcinoma, without phechromocytoma.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0005548 (renal cell carcinoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: Described as a VHL families with RCC, without pheochromocytoma. Other phenotypes are likely, however not detailed in this publication

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.S65W (c.194C>G)

      LegacyVariant: p.S65W (c.407C>G)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 43597 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/43597

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transversion

      CivicName: S65W (c.194C>G)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    5. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      GroupID/ KindredID: 74CA, 2753NCI, 38CA

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: N/A

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: This germline familial VHL mutation was taken from the Cambridge, Department of Pathology database as well as the National Cancer Institute database with an unknown number of members belonging to Family ID 38CA, 74CA, 2753NCI. Table 3 lists all ID and mutations associated with individuals possessing renal carcinoma, without phechromocytoma.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0005548 (renal cell carcinoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: Described as a VHL family with RCC, without pheochromocytoma. Other phenotypes are likely, however not detailed in this publication

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 7728151; 9829911

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Q73* (c.217C>T)

      LegacyVariant: p.Q73* (c.430C>T)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 223164 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223164/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: This paper declares this variant is predicted to compromise the Elongin-binding site by truncating the protein.

      MutationType: stop_gained

      CivicName: Q73* (c.217C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    6. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      GroupID/ KindredID: 37CE, 38CE

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: N/A

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: This germline familial VHL mutation was taken from the Munich, university of Freiburg and Institute of Pathology database, with an unknown number of members belonging to two family IDs: Family 37CE and 38CE. Table 4 lists all ID and mutations associated with individuals with pheochromocytoma.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: Described as multiple VHL families with pheochromocytoma. Other phenotypes are likely, including renal cell carcinoma, however not detailed here.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.L188V (c.562C>G)

      LegacyVariant: p.L188V (c.775C>G)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2225 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2225/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.00002121 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191569-C-G

      VariantEvidence: This paper declares this variant is predicted to compromise the Elongin-binding site by location between codons 157 and 189.

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName: L188V (c.562C>G)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    7. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      GroupID/ KindredID: 88CA, 82CA

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: N/A

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: This germline familial VHL mutation was taken from the the Cambridge, Department of Pathology database. There was an unknown number of members belonging to Family IDs: 88CA and 82CA. Table 3 lists all ID and mutations associated with individuals possessing renal carcinoma, without pheochromocytoma.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0005548 (renal cell carcinoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: Described as a VHL family with RCC, without pheochromocytoma. Other phenotypes are likely, however not detailed in this publication

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y185* (c.555C>G)

      LegacyVariant: p.Y185* (c.768C>G)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 223233 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223233/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: This paper declares this variant is predicted to compromise the Elongin-binding site either by truncating the protein or by location between codons 157 and 189.

      MutationType: stop_gained

      CivicName: Y185* (c.555C>G)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    8. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      Germline mutational data on VHL was gathered from various countries to assess variation in germline mutations that produce disease within different populations. Families were grouped according to three possible outcomes of disease: renal cell carcinoma without pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma with pheochromocytoma, or pheochromocytoma alone. SSCP and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis identified mutations in 300/469 (63%) of families affected with VHL. This germline familial VHL mutation (S111R (c.333C>G)) was taken from the National Cancer Institute database, with an unknown number of members belonging to Family ID 4401NCI. It was reported in the paper as c.546C>G due to a difference in transcript reference. As reported in Table 3, this mutation is found in VHL families without pheochromocytoma, and with renal cell carcinoma.

    9. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      GroupID/ KindredID: 45CE

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: N/A

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: This germline familial VHL mutation was taken from the Munich, university of Freiburg and Institute of Pathology database, with an unknown number of members belonging to Family ID 45CE. Table 3 lists all ID and mutations associated with individuals possessing renal carcinoma, without pheochromocytoma.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0005548 (renal cell carcinoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: Described as a VHL family with RCC, without pheochromocytoma. Other phenotypes are likely, however not detailed in this publication

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: (c.463+1G>C)

      LegacyVariant: Splice (c.676+1G>C)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 223217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223217

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: This paper declares this variant is predicted to compromise the Elongin-binding site by truncating the protein.

      MutationType: splice_site_variant

      CivicName: Splice Site (c.463+1G>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    10. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      Germline mutational data on VHL was gathered from various countries to assess variation in germline mutations that produce disease within different populations. Families were grouped according to three possible outcomes of disease: renal cell carcinoma without pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma with pheochromocytoma, or pheochromocytoma alone. SSCP and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis identified mutations in 300/469 (63%) of families affected with VHL. This germline familial VHL mutation (F136C (c.407T>G)) was taken from the Bristol Myers Squibb database, with an unknown number of members belonging to Family ID 10BMS. It was reported in the paper as c.620T>G due to a difference in transcript reference. As reported in Table 4, this mutation is found in VHL families with pheochromocytoma. Other phenotypes are likely, including renal cell carcinoma, however not detailed here.

    11. Germline mutations were identified in 300/469 (63%) of the families tested; 137 distinct intragenic germline mutations were detected.

      GroupID/ KindredID: 28BMS

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: N/A

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: This germline familial VHL mutation was taken from the Bristol Myers Squibb database, with an unknown number of members belonging to family ID: Family 28BMS. Table 5 lists all ID and mutations associated with individuals without detailed clinical information.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: N/A

      GroupHPOFreeText: Described as multiple VHL families without detailed clinical information. Other phenotypes are possible, however not detailed here.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: (c.464-2A>G)

      LegacyVariant: Splice (c.677-2A>G)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 223222 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223222/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: This paper declares this variant is predicted to compromise the Elongin-binding site by truncating the protein.

      MutationType: splice_site_variant

      CivicName: Splice Site (c.464-2A>G)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. nt 699 C to G, Cys to Trp

      Fourty-four of 389 patients with VHL (between 1988-1999) screened positive for PNETs either by pathologic analysis of tissue specimens or by characteristic radiographic appearance on CT and MRI. VHL gene germline mutations were determined by quantitative Southern blotting to detect deletions of the gene and gene rearrangements as well as complete gene sequencing. Patient 29 (29-year-old male) was found to harbour the c. 486C>G mutation in the VHL gene (stated as 699 C to G in the paper which used the Latif sequence as reference) and presented with two pathologic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. ACMG evidence codes: 'PP4' since the patient presents phenotypes highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.

    2. nt 775 C to G, Leu to Val

      Fourty-four of 389 patients with VHL (between 1988-1999) screened positive for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) either by pathologic analysis of tissue specimens or by characteristic radiographic appearance on CT and MRI. VHL gene germline mutations were determined by quantitative Southern blotting to detect deletions of the gene and gene rearrangements as well as complete gene sequencing. Patient 43 was found to have the gemline VHL mutation c.562C>G (stated as 775 C to G in the paper which used the Latif sequence as reference) leading to a Leu to Val change at protein position 188. She presented with four pathologic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors at age 35. She was also found to harbour the c.241C>T (stated in the paper as 454 C to T) VHL gene mutation leading to a Pro to Ser change at protein position 81. ACMG evidence codes: 'PP4' since the patient presents phenotypes highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.

    3. nt 703 C to T, Gln to stop, exon 3

      Fourty-four of 389 patients with VHL (between 1988-1999) screened positive for PNETs either by pathologic analysis of tissue specimens or by characteristic radiographic appearance on CT and MRI. VHL gene germline mutations were determined by quantitative Southern blotting to detect deletions of the gene and gene rearrangements as well as complete gene sequencing. Patient 14, a 42 year old male, was found to harbour the c.490 C>T mutation in the VHL gene (stated as 703 C to T in the paper which used the Latif sequence for reference) leading to a premature stop codon at protein position 164 in exon 3. He presented with a single pathologic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. ACMG evidence codes: 'PP4' since the patient presents phenotypes highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.

    4. 1521Fnt 753-756, del CGTC, missenseR, 11111

      Fourty-four of 389 patients with VHL (between 1988-1999) screened positive for PNETs either by pathologic analysis of tissue specimens or by characteristic radiographic appearance on CT and MRI. VHL gene germline mutations were determined by quantitative Southern blotting to detect deletions of the gene and gene rearrangements as well as complete gene sequencing. One patient (15), a 26 year old female, was found to harbour the p.Val181Glyfs*20 (c.540_543delCGTC) VHL gene mutation, stated in the paper as c.753_756delCGTC according to an older transcript reference. She presented at 21Y with a single radiologic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. No family information was present.

    5. nt 491 G to A, Gly to Asp

      Fourty-four of 389 patients with VHL (between 1988-1999) screened positive for PNETs either by pathologic analysis of tissue specimens or by characteristic radiographic appearance on CT and MRI. VHL gene germline mutations were determined by quantitative Southern blotting to detect deletions of the gene and gene rearrangements as well as complete gene sequencing. One patient (20), a 68-year-old male, was found to harbour the c.278G>A mutation in the VHL gene (stated as 491 G to A in the paper which used the Latif sequence as reference) leading to an amino acid change of Gly to Asp at protein position 93. He presented with a single radiologic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. ACMG evidence codes: 'PP4' since the patient presents phenotypes highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.

    6. 2438Fnt 594, 595 GC to TT, Leu to PheP, 13775

      PatientID: 24

      KindredID: 3775

      Case: F, 39Y3M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0030405 (pancreatic endocrine tumour)

      CaseHPOFreeText: She presented with 1 radiographic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor diagnosed at age 38Y. Follow up 15M after EN surgery, currently no evidence of disease.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.L128F (c.381_382delinsTT)

      LegacyVariant: p.L>F (c.594_595GC>TT)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 223203 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223203

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: delins

      CivicName: L128F (c.381_382delinsTT)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. GroupID: 3127

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      GroupSize: 47

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: German

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: Familial VHL stated; 47 family members recorded with this mutation.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0009711; HP:0002666 (hemangioblastoma, retinal capillary hemangioma, pheochromocytoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText:  22 members had an angioma (hemangioma), 27 had pheochromocytomas, and only 4 member had CNS hemangioblastoma

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0005584 (renal cell carcinoma)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 8956040 (family confirmed in Zbar 1996 as Type 2 3127NCI); 10458336

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y98H (c.292T>C)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: p.Y98H (c.505T>C)

      ClinVarID: 2223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2223/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.00001343 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183823-T-C

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transition

      CivicName: Y98H (c.292T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. In a study of 114 unrelated VHL families, 85 germline mutations were found. VHL mutations were detected in affected family members, but not in unaffected family members or 96 normal individuals. This nonsense mutation was found in a VHL type 1 family of 7 individuals (family ID 2753), using PCR and SSCP sequencing. The mutation of c.217C>T was referred to in the paper by c.430C>T due to a difference in transcript sequence. Six of 7 individuals were identified with retinal hemangioblastomas, 3 with cerebellar hemangioblastomas and one with renal cell carcinoma. This was possibly previously published in PMID: 9829911. Supporting evidence of pathogenicity because cosegregation with disease in multiple affected family members in a gene definitively known to cause the disease (ACMG code: PP1).

    3. In a study of 114 unrelated VHL families, 85 germline mutations were found. VHL mutations were detected in affected family members, but not in unaffected family members or 96 normal individuals.  This mutation was found in a VHL family of 4 individuals (family ID 4409), using PCR and SSCP sequencing. The mutation of c.340G>C was referred to in the paper by c.553G>C due to a difference in transcript sequence. 4/4 retinal angioma; 2/4 CNS hemangioblastoma; 1/4 RCC; 1/4 Pheo. Walther et al., 1999 also reports a a partial update of this family, describing that Family 4409 also had pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour but not how many members were affected by PNET. (ACMG code: PP4).

    4. GroupID: 2753

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      GroupSize: 7

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: Familial VHL stated; 7 family members recorded with this mutation.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0009711; HP:0005584 (hemangioblastoma, retinal capillary hemangioma, renal cell carcinoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: 6/7 members had a retinal angioma (hemangioma), 3 had RCC, and 1 member had CNS hemangioblastoma

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: Possibly previously published in PMID: 9829911 [Q73* (c.217C>T) family (ID 20)]

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Q73* (c.217C>T)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: p.Q73* (c.430C>T)

      ClinVarID: 223164 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223164

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: stop_gained

      CivicName: Q73* (c.217C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    5. GroupID: 4409

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      GroupSize: 4

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: Familial VHL stated; 4 family members recorded with this mutation.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0009711; HP:0005584; HP:0002666 (hemangioblastoma, retinal capillary hemangioma, renal cell carcinoma, pheochromocytoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: all 4 members had retinal angiomas (hemangiomas), 2 had CNS hemangioblastomas, 1 had RCC and 1 had pheochromocytoma

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 10458336

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.G114R (c.340G>C)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: p.G185R (c.553G>C)

      ClinVarID: 223193 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223193

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transversion

      CivicName: G114R (c.340G>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. VHL (Exon:1)/ p.(Tyr98Ser)

      A retrospective study of metastatic (n = 10) or unresectable (n=5) PPGL patients who received Lu-DOTATATE therapy (registered at KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India) between January 2010 and December 2019 were examined. Two VHL mutations were found through genotyping based on the protocol from PMID: 27539324. One male aged 27Y when therapy started, had pheochromocytoma, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor and sympathetic paraganglioma, which were considered progressive, along with liver metastasis. He had a Y98S (c.293A>C) VHL mutation. No family information was given.

    2. VHL (Exon:3)/p.(Arg167Trp

      A retrospective study of metastatic (n = 10) or unresectable (n=5) PPGL patients who received Lu-DOTATATE therapy (registered at KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India) between January 2010 and December 2019 were examined. Two VHL mutations were found through genotyping based on the protocol from PMID: 27539324. One male aged 14Y when therapy started, had pheochromocytoma and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor which were considered progressive and inoperable. He had a R167W (c.499C>T) VHL mutation. No family information was given.

    1. missense mutation involving a G-to-T base change at nucleotide 311 (c.311G > T), which changes the normal glycine to a valine at codon 104 (p.Gly104Val)

      A 20Y male patient presented with pheochromocytoma and genetic analysis confirmed a germline mutation c.311G>T (p.Gly104Val) in the VHL gene. He also presented with nausea, vomiting, progressively rising blood pressure, an epididymal cyst, scrotal hydrocele, portal/gonadal vein thrombosis and a nonfunctional adrenal mass at 20Y and a history of anxiety and episodic diaphoresis. This mutation was confirmed in the patient's 48Y father who presented with a T1 vertebral body hemangioma, multiple bilateral renal cysts, left adrenal nodularity, hearing loss and an indeterminate right kidney midpole lesion. The paternal first cousin once removed died due to complications from clear cell renal cell carcinoma at 50Y, although genotype for the cousin is not provided. Mother and 2 siblings of the proband tested negative for the VHL mutation.

    1. Proband presented at 10 years of age with a cerebellar haemangioblastoma and pancreatic lesions, detected by symptom. She was subsequently found to carry a c.408delT pathogenic variant of the VHL gene.

      PatientID: 1

      KindredID: 5

      Case: F, 13Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Positive. The patient's mother (4) also carried this mutation and had a hemangioblastoma. The proband's aunt (5) was confirmed to have the mutation and had VHL presentations. The cousin (8) had the mutation but was asymptomatic. The grandfather (13) was inferred to have the mutation and had a hemangioblastoma. See Figure 2a for family pedigree.

      CohortInfo: 20 unrelated VHL families from an ethnically diverse cohort containing both affected and unaffected individuals.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797, HP:0001732 (hemangioblastoma, abnormality of the pancreas)

      CaseHPOFreeText: The patient presented with a hemangioblastoma and abnormality of the pancreas at age 10.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0009711, HP:0005584, HP:0002666, HP:0000077 (retinal capillary hemangioma, renal cell carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, abnormality of the kidney)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 31368132

      SupplementalData: Supplementary file 1.

      Variant: p.F136Lfs*23 (c.408delT)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      ClinVarID: 43601 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/43601/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: minus_1_frameshift_variant

      CivicName: F136Lfs*23 (c.408delT)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. c.408delT

      20 vHL families were retrospectively identified in SickKids Genetics and Cancer Genetics Program SHIRE genetics database, with data entered between 30 August 1984 and 8 August 2016. Family 5 was found with this frameshift mutation, c.408delT in the VHL gene . The female proband (ID 1) was found with hemangioblastoma, abnormality of the pancreas and had a VHL age of onset of 10Y and her last known age was 13Y. Her mother (ID 4) was found with hemangioblastoma at 37Y and was 39Y at the time of the study. Her aunt (ID 5) was found with hemangioblastoma, retinal capillary hemangioma, abnormality of the kidney, abnormality of the pancreas, had a VHL age of onset of 29Y and her last known age was 37Y. Her male cousin (ID 8) was 5Y and had no manifestations. Her grandfather (ID 13) was not genetically confirmed with the mutation, but was found with hemangioblastoma at 57Y and was 63Y at the time of the study. This family was later published in 31368132.

    1. In a study of 426 unrelated VHL patients, 111 were discovered to have alterations in the VHL gene. 18 novel variants were identified in VHL patients, but none were present in 200 unaffected control individuals. DNA samples from peripheral blood leukocytes underwent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC), and direct sequence analysis of the entire coding sequence and intron-exon boundaries. The C162F (c.485G>T) germline missense mutation of the VHL gene was found in a 34 yr old VHL patient with multiple pancreatic cysts or tumors, pheochromocytoma, renal cysts, and central nervous system and retinal hemangioblastomas (index case 74).

    2. In a study of 426 unrelated VHL patients, 111 were discovered to have alterations in the VHL gene. 18 novel variants were identified in VHL patients, but none were present in 200 unaffected control individuals. DNA samples from peripheral blood leukocytes underwent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC), and direct sequence analysis of the entire coding sequence and intron-exon boundaries. This missense mutation, c.191G>C, was found in a 26 year old VHL patient with pheochromocytoma and no family history (index case 123). Only supporting evidence for pathogenicity because patient's phenotype is highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.

    3. In a study of 426 unrelated VHL patients, 111 were discovered to have alterations in the VHL gene. 18 novel variants were identified in VHL patients, but none were present in 200 unaffected control individuals. DNA samples from peripheral blood leukocytes underwent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC), and direct sequence analysis of the entire coding sequence and intron-exon boundaries. This splice site variant, c.463+1G>T, was found in an asymptomatic 8 year-old with family history of VHL disease (index case 242).

    4. In a study of 426 unrelated VHL patients, 111 were discovered to have alterations in the VHL gene. 18 novel variants were identified in VHL patients, but none were present in 200 unaffected control individuals. DNA samples from peripheral blood leukocytes underwent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC), and direct sequence analysis of the entire coding sequence and intron-exon boundaries. The T157I (c.470C>T) germline missense mutation of the VHL gene was found in two VHL patients (23Y and 26Y). Both had retinal hemangioblastomas and pheochromocytoma (index cases 8 and 19). The 23 yr old patient also had hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system.

    5. In a study of 426 unrelated VHL patients, 111 were discovered to have alterations in the VHL gene. 18 novel variants were identified in VHL patients, but none were present in 200 unaffected control individuals. DNA samples from peripheral blood leukocytes underwent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC), and direct sequence analysis of the entire coding sequence and intron-exon boundaries. This nonsense mutation, c.481C>T, was found in 3 VHL patients. The 17-year-old VHL patient only had hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system (CNS) (index case 218). The 24-year-old VHL patient had CNS hemangioblastomas and clear cell renal cell carcinoma (index case 46). The 29-year-old VHL patient had CNS and retinal capillary hemangioma and pheochromocytoma (index case 79). ACMG code as follows: There is very strong evidence for pathogenicity in the form of a nonsense variant in a gene where loss-of-function is a known mechanism of disease.

    1. Molecular and clinical analysis of 126 French VHL families tested for renal involvement revealed 92 different mutations. 90 of these families had renal involvement. The p.R161* (c.481C>T) germline variant of the VHL gene was detected in a family (ID 41). Members 4732 and 1426 had unknown renal involvement. Member 1825 had no renal involvement. Members 1206 and 3600 presented with mild renal disease. Members 4616, 4731, 4446 and 1937 presented with moderate renal disease (RCC). Another family (ID 46) was found with this variant. Member 5024 had unknown renal involvement. Member 5025 had no renal involvement. Another member (no ID provided) presented with mild renal disease (RCC) as well as member 5080. Member 5078 presented with moderate renal disease (RCC). The paper states that these families are previously reported in PMID 12202531 and/or 9829912.

    2. Molecular and clinical analysis of 126 French VHL families tested for renal involvement revealed 92 different mutations. 90 of these families had renal involvement. The p.S65P (c.193T>C) germline variant of the VHL gene was detected in a family (ID 185). Member 9359 has unknown renal involvement. Member 9357 presented with mild renal disease. Member 1052 had no renal involvement. Member 3979 has moderate renal disease (RCC). The paper states that this family is previously reported in PMID 12202531, where 2 patients with this mutation are reported but relation between patients is unknown.

    3. Molecular and clinical analysis of 126 French VHL families tested for renal involvement revealed 92 different mutations. 90 of these families had renal involvement. The p.C162Y (c.485G>A) germline variant of the VHL gene was detected in a family (ID 17). Member 753 presented with moderate renal disease (RCC), member 11338 had unknown renal involvement, member 696 presented with severe renal disease (RCC) and members 2368 and 699 presented with mild renal disease.

    1. , VHL, RET, and MAX germline and somatic mutations have been reported in 3–25%, 13–9%, 5–5%, and 1–3% of tumours, respectively [33]. Recently activating mutations in HIF2A and HRAS were reported in a subset of these tumours [6, 7, 19, 20]. Whilst HIF2A mutations may be found in multiple tumours from patients without a detectable germline mutation (suggesting low level constitutional mosaicism) or occasionally as a germline mutation [5], to date HRAS mutations have only been detected as somatic changes (germline HRAS mutations are associated with Costello syndrome but PCC/PGL/HNPGL are apparently not a feature of this disorder) [34].
    1. 14 Chinese patients from 10 families were diagnosed with Von Hippel-Lindau disease based on clinical criteria. Genetic testing using single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) was conducted and aberrant bands were purified and sequenced. Family III had 4 people belonging to it Patinet 4, 5, 6, and 7. They were found to harbour the c.340+5G>C mutation in the VHL gene (stated as c.553+5G>C in the paper which used the Latif sequence as reference). They all presented with hemangioblastomas; patient 4 presented with pancreatic tumors. This mutation c.340+5G>C has a large allele frequency and therefore a polymorphism that is likely non disease causing

    2. PatientID: 6

      KindredID: III

      Case: Sex Unknown, Age Unknown, Chinese

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Patient had three other family members with additional CNS hemangioblastomas and the same splice site mutation. Their one family member, patient 4, also presented with pancreatic tumors.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797 (hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: c.340+5G>C

      LegacyVariant: c.553+5G>C

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 36901, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/36901/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.01119 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183876-G-C

      VariantEvidence: This variant’s large allele frequency means this is likely non disease causing (not deleterious). Mutation was predicted to compromise the elongin-binding region. Refer to table 3 for LOH information on VHL and ZAC1.

      MutationType: splice_site_variant

      CivicName: Splice Region (c.340+5G>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. 481C→T Ts Exon 3 161 CGA R R161X

      A study of 103 patients with VHL retinal manifestations and 108 patients without VHL retinal manifestations extracted from the French VHL database revealed that the number of hemangioblastomas appeared higher in patients who had a substitution when compared with patients with a truncated protein. Detected by PCR and SSCP, the missense mutation (c.481C>T (p.Arg161Ter)) was found in 8 patients total - 3 of which are stated to have retinal HBs and 5 are said to not. Other manifestations are possible but not clear. This is possibly previously published in PMID: 15300849

    2. 395A→C Tv Exon 2 132 CAA Q Q132P

      A study of 103 patients with VHL retinal manifestations and 108 patients without VHL retinal manifestations extracted from the French VHL database revealed that the number of hemangioblastomas appeared higher in patients who had a substitution when compared with patients with a truncated protein. Detected by PCR and SSCP, this missense mutation (p.Q132P (c.395A>C)) was found in a VHL patient without retinal hemangioblastomas. Other manifestations are not clearly stated. No family information was provided. This is possibly previously published in PMID: 15300849

    3. 388G→C Tv Exon 2 130 GTT V V130L

      A study of 103 patients with VHL retinal manifestations and 108 patients without VHL retinal manifestations extracted from the French VHL database revealed that the number of hemangioblastomas appeared higher in patients who had a substitution when compared with patients with a truncated protein. Detected by PCR and SSCP, this mutation p.V130L (c.388G>C) was found in 3 VHL patients. 2 members were said to have retinal hemangioblastomas, while the other member was said not to have this phenotype. Other manifestations are not clearly stated. No family information or relation was provided. This is possibly previously published in PMID: 15300849

    4. 486C→G Tv Exon 3 162 TGC C C162W

      A study of 103 patients with VHL retinal manifestations and 108 patients without VHL retinal manifestations extracted from the French VHL database revealed that the number of hemangioblastomas appeared higher in patients who had a substitution when compared with patients with a truncated protein. Detected by PCR and SSCP, this mutation p.C162W (c.486C>G) was found in 4 VHL patients. All 4 didn’t have retinal hemangioblastomas, while other manifestations are not clearly stated. No family information or relation was provided. This is possibly previously published in PMID: 15300849

    5. 345C→G Tv Exon 2 115 CAC H H115Q

      A study of 103 patients with VHL retinal manifestations and 108 patients without VHL retinal manifestations extracted from the French VHL database revealed that the number of hemangioblastomas appeared higher in patients who had a substitution when compared with patients with a truncated protein. Detected by PCR and SSCP, this missense mutation (p.H115Q (c.345C>G)) was found in a VHL patient without retinal hemangioblastomas. Other manifestations are not clearly stated. No family information was provided. This is possibly previously published in PMID: 15300849

    1. recognized in a large family that originated in Newfoundland but has some members who live in New Brunswick and Ontario. A collaborative investigation was begun in 1982 to document the number of affected members and the extent of their disease and to improve management of the disease. The condition has been documented in 38 members of the family, 28 living and 10 dead. The most common manifestations are retinal angioma (present in 60% of the gene carriers) and pheochromocytoma (present in 53%). Of the 28 living affected members 14 had been identified before the study began. Only 3 of the 14 patients in whom the disease was subsequently diagnosed presented with symptoms; in the remaining 11 the condition was detected by routine screening. Overall the mean age at the time of diagnosis was 23 years; in the 21 affected members of the fourth generation it was 18 years.

      PatientID: IV-12

      KindredID: 1

      Case: M, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: Assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: 38 family members had been affected at the date of 1986, and 10 had passed away. Pheochromocytoma, cerebellar, spinal and retinal hemangioblastomas, and various cysts were clinical manifestations of VHL seen throughout the family. This male (IV-12) appears to have inherited this disease from his mother however her children were unaffected at the time. See Fig. 1 for family pedigree.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0009711 (retinal capillary hemangioma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: This member was examined in St. Johns at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He had retinal angiomas which were not further described.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167W (c.499C>T)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: Although never given at the time of this publication, the germline mutation is confirmed in this family in later publications (PMID 7987306; 29437867) for this specific family. It is only here assumed this member had the VHL mutation.

      ClinVarID: 2218, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2218/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000007954, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191506-C-T?dataset=gnomad_r2_1

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167W (c.499C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. recognized in a large family that originated in Newfoundland but has some members who live in New Brunswick and Ontario. A collaborative investigation was begun in 1982 to document the number of affected members and the extent of their disease and to improve management of the disease. The condition has been documented in 38 members of the family, 28 living and 10 dead. The most common manifestations are retinal angioma (present in 60% of the gene carriers) and pheochromocytoma (present in 53%). Of the 28 living affected members 14 had been identified before the study began. Only 3 of the 14 patients in whom the disease was subsequently diagnosed presented with symptoms; in the remaining 11 the condition was detected by routine screening. Overall the mean age at the time of diagnosis was 23 years; in the 21 affected members of the fourth generation it was 18 years.

      PatientID: IV-21

      KindredID: 1

      Case: F, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: Assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: 38 family members had been affected at the date of 1986, and 10 had passed away. Pheochromocytoma, cerebellar, spinal and retinal hemangioblastomas, and various cysts were clinical manifestations of VHL seen throughout the family. This patient (IV-21) appears to have inherited this disease from her mother. See Fig. 1 for family pedigree.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0009711 (retinal capillary hemangioma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: This member was examined in St. Johns at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. She had retinal angiomas which were not further described.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167W (c.499C>T)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: Although never given at the time of this publication, the germline mutation is confirmed in this family in later publications (PMID 7987306; 29437867) for this specific family. It is only here assumed this member had the VHL mutation.

      ClinVarID: 2218, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2218/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000007954, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191506-C-T?dataset=gnomad_r2_1

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167W (c.499C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    3. recognized in a large family that originated in Newfoundland but has some members who live in New Brunswick and Ontario. A collaborative investigation was begun in 1982 to document the number of affected members and the extent of their disease and to improve management of the disease. The condition has been documented in 38 members of the family, 28 living and 10 dead. The most common manifestations are retinal angioma (present in 60% of the gene carriers) and pheochromocytoma (present in 53%). Of the 28 living affected members 14 had been identified before the study began. Only 3 of the 14 patients in whom the disease was subsequently diagnosed presented with symptoms; in the remaining 11 the condition was detected by routine screening. Overall the mean age at the time of diagnosis was 23 years; in the 21 affected members of the fourth generation it was 18 years.

      PatientID: III-7

      KindredID: 1

      Case: M, Age Unknown (deceased), Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: Assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: 38 family members had been affected at the date of 1986, and 10 had passed away. Pheochromocytoma, cerebellar, spinal and retinal hemangioblastomas, and various cysts were clinical manifestations of VHL seen throughout the family. This male (III-7) appears to have inherited this disease from his father and has passed it onto to his kin thereafter. See Fig. 1 for family pedigree.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: This patient had pheochromocytoma as well as Vitamin-D-Resistant rickets, likely inherited from his mother.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167W (c.499C>T)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: Although never given at the time of this publication, the germline mutation is confirmed in this family in later publications (PMID 7987306; 29437867) for this specific family. It is only here assumed this member had the VHL mutation.

      ClinVarID: 2218, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2218/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000007954, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191506-C-T?dataset=gnomad_r2_1

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167W (c.499C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. 22 c.548C>A p.Ser183X p.S183X Sporadic VHL

      Between 1994 and 2001, the Dutch VHL working group conducted DNA analysis on 146 probands with VHL-associated manifestations. DNA of probands was extracted from peripheral blood samples. Exons 1, 2 and 3 of the VHL gene and their flanking untranslated and intronic coding sequences were amplified by PCR and subjected to semi-automated sequence analysis. Screening for structural rearrangements, including deletions, involving the VHL gene was performed by Southern blot analysis and the multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) assay. Deletions encompassing the entire VHL gene were confirmed by FISH analysis on lymphocytes from affected individuals. VHL mutations were identified in 43 families. This mutation (c.548C>A) was detected in 1 member of family 22. The patient presented with CNS hemangioblastoma and retinal capillary hemangioma. The patient does not have a family history of VHL disease. The genetic information of the patient's parents are not available.

    1. c.499C>T

      Data was collected from 82 VHL mutation carriers in the Dutch VHL surveillance program. One patient was found with this missense varaint in the VHL gene. The patient was 43Y at the last follow-up and presented with: retinal hemangioblastoma, spinal cord hemangioblastoma, renal cell carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, and renal cysts. Family history was not described. This cohort was published later in PMID 31087189.

    2. c.497T>C

      Data was collected from 82 VHL mutation carriers in the Dutch VHL surveillance program. One patient was found with this missense varaint in the VHL gene. The patient was 27Y at the last follow-up and presented with: pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour and pheochromocytoma. Family history was not described. This cohort was published later in PMID 31087189.

    3. c.467A>G

      Data was collected from 82 VHL mutation carriers in the Dutch VHL surveillance program. Seven patients were found with this missense variant in the VHL gene. The ages of the patients was represented as a range 7-88 (mean 45). Phenotypes were grouped together: pheochromocytoma and renal cysts, although it is unclear if only one of the seven patients had renal cysts. Family history was not described. This cohort was published later in PMID 31087189.

    1. PatientID: 5

      KindredID: N/A

      Case: Sex Unknown, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CohortInfo: The authors evaluated 64 VHL patients (32 women and 32 men) with renal involvement of whom 54/64 had undergone renal surgery or a radiofrequency thermal ablation procedure for RCC. In 10/64 VHL patients, at least one or more RCC were diagnosed, however at the time of diagnosis an indication for treatment was not yet present. For all patients several CT/MRI scans existed for retrospective description of tumour growth kinetics.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0005584 (Renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: This is a tumor resolution study (VHL patients were investigated based on the presence of renal tumors.) No other phenotypic information is available.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: Supplementary Table S2 describes 9 patients with nonsense mutations, including this patient.

      Variant: p.S65* (c.194C>A)

      LegacyVariant: c.407C>A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 223161, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223161/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: stop_gained

      CivicName: S65* (c.194C>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. The authors described the growth kinetics of 96 renal tumours in 64 VHL patients (32 males, 32 females). All patients had VHL disease with renal involvement. 54/64 had undergone renal surgery or a radiofrequency thermal ablation procedure for RCC. In 10/64 patients, at least one or more RCC was diagnosed. However, at the time of diagnosis, an indication for treatment was not yet present. For all patients, several CT/MRI scans existed for retrospective description of tumour growth kinetics. 10-ml EDTA anticoagulated blood samples were available from each patient for mutation screening of all exons of the VHL gene. Genomic DNA from blood samples was extracted using standard methods. Small deletions/insertions or point mutations were identified by DNA sequencing followed by complete mutation screening using PCR/single-strand conformation polymorphism and denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography. A germline nonsense variant p.S183*(c.548C>A) was identified in patient #57. This mutation was noted as c.761C>A in the paper due to a difference in reference transcript used (see Table S2).

    3. PatientID: 4

      KindredID: N/A

      Case: Sex Unknown, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CohortInfo: The authors evaluated 64 VHL patients (32 women and 32 men) with renal involvement of whom 54/64 had undergone renal surgery or a radiofrequency thermal ablation procedure for RCC. In 10/64 VHL patients, at least one or more RCC were diagnosed, however at the time of diagnosis an indication for treatment was not yet present. For all patients several CT/MRI scans existed for retrospective description of tumour growth kinetics.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0005584 (Renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: This is a tumor resolution study (VHL patients were investigated based on the presence of renal tumors.) No other phenotypic information is available.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: Supplementary Table S1 describes 19 patients with missense mutations, including this patient.

      Variant: p.V155M(c.463G>A)

      LegacyVariant: c.676G>A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 223219, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223219/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: V155M (c.463G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. KindredID: 33

      GroupID: 43

      GroupSize: Unknown

      GroupNumberMales: Unknown

      GroupNumberFemales: Unknown

      GroupEthnicity: Unknown

      GroupAgeRange: Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupInfo: Kindred no.33 describes a family where at least one member (unspecified how many) had this mutation in the VHL gene. Family history indicates that pheochromocytoma is present in this kindred.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (Pheochromocytoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: This study investigated the frequency of different mutation classes between kindreds with and without pheochromocytoma. No other information about disease presentation within members of a kindred could be inferred.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167Q (c.500G>A)

      LegacyVariant: c.713G>A (p.R238Q)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2216, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2216/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000003977, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191507-G-A?dataset=gnomad_r2_1

      VariantEvidence:

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167Q (c.500G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. One hundred and sixteen unrelated VHL disease patients have been investigated by molecular genetic analysis. Twenty-two of these were previously shown to have germline deletions on Southern analysis, and in the present study the remaining 94 patients were screened for intragenic mutations via SSCP and heteroduplex analysis of 855 bp of the VHL coding sequence and 800 bp of the 3' UTR. An intragenic mutation was identified in 55 (59%) out of 94 patients without germline deletions on Southern analysis. In all patients with multiple affected family members the missense mutation segregated with the disease. Large deletions or intragenic mutations predicted to cause a truncated protein were found in 36 of 53 families without pheochromocytoma (VHL type 1) and 2 of 12 families with pheochromocytoma (VHL type 2). This study also investigated the frequency of different mutation classes between kindreds with and without pheochromocytoma. The c.337C>T (p.R113) stop-gain mutation (noted as c.550C>T (p.R184) in the paper due to a difference in reference transcript used) was found in at least one patient in 2 kindreds (families): kindred no. 30 and 136. Pheochromocytoma was not observed in any members of kindred no. 136 (implying the affected patient(s) had VHL disease type 1). No phenotypic information was reported for members of kindred no. 30. ACMG evidence codes: none.

    3. One hundred and sixteen unrelated VHL disease patients have been investigated by molecular genetic analysis. Twenty-two of these were previously shown to have germline deletions on Southern analysis, and in the present study the remaining 94 patients were screened for intragenic mutations via SSCP and heteroduplex analysis of 855 bp of the VHL coding sequence and 800 bp of the 3' UTR. An intragenic mutation was identified in 55 (59%) out of 94 patients without germline deletions on Southern analysis. In all patients with multiple affected family members the missense mutation segregated with the disease. Large deletions or intragenic mutations predicted to cause a truncated protein were found in 36 of 53 families without pheochromocytoma (VHL type 1) and 2 of 12 families with pheochromocytoma (VHL type 2). This study also investigated the frequency of different mutation classes between kindreds with and without pheochromocytoma. The p.Y98H (c.292T>C) variant (noted asp.Y169H (c.505T>C) in the paper due to a difference in reference transcript used) was found in at least one patient in kindred 22. No familial phenotypic information could be inferred from the paper.

    1. Twelve (75%) of 16 gene carriers were found to have ocular hemangioblastomas(Figure 1 and Figure 2), and 7 of these had bilateral disease (Table 1). The mean number of angiomas was 3.3. However, 1 individual had 22 angiomas, most of which were in an area of previous exudative retinal detachment (see the "Comment" section) (Table 2). Exclusion of this individual resulted in a mean number of angiomas of 2.1. Six eyes had optic disc angiomas (Figure 2). Six of the 19 eyes with ocular hemangioblastomas had visual acuity less than 20/40. Two patients had no light perception in one or both eyes. The average age at diagnosis of ocular angiomatosis was 37 years.

      PatientID: 5

      KindredID: 1

      Case: Sex Unknown, 35Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Significant family history. Pedigree follows 8 generations (see Figure 3). Family immigrated to Iowa, US, from Baden-Baden, Germany, in 1832; Likely sharing a common ancestor to the traced lineage of the Black Forest region of Germany.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666; HP:0009711 (pheochromocytoma; retinal capillary hemangioma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: 20Y at first pheochromocytoma and ocular angioma (retinal capillary hemangioma); both bilateral. Total of 2 ocular angiomas and 2 pheochromocytomas.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0005584 (hemangioblastoma, renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y98H (c.292T>C)

      LegacyVariant: p.Y98H (c.505T>C)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVar: 2223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2223/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.00001343 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183823-T-C

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: Y98H (c.292T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. c.238A > C p.Ser80Arg

      216 patients with clinically expected VHL disease due to family history or presence of VHL typical tumours were routinely examined in an eye centre in Germany between January 2019 and January 2020, majority of which were of European descent (~95%). Since data on the genotype–phenotype correlation of the onset of Retinal Hemangioblastoma (RH) is scarce in relation to VHL disease, this study wanted to inversitage the relationship between VHL gene variants (truncating vs single amino acid substitutions) and the ocular phenotype of the disease. 42 different rare VHL gene variants in 148 patients were detected - some of whom had RH and some who did not. Although date of onset of RH, as well as data on central nervous system haemangioblastomas (CNSH), pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PPGL), clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm (PNEN) were collected, it was not reported on a per patient basis and therefore could not be discussed per variant. There was 1 patient reported with the c.238A>C (p.S80R) mutation. This member presented with retinal hemangiomas. No family information was provided.

    2. c.548C > A p.Ser183X

      216 patients with clinically expected VHL disease due to family history or presence of VHL typical tumours were routinely examined in an eye centre in Germany between January 2019 and January 2020, majority of which were of European descent (~95%). Since data on the genotype–phenotype correlation of the onset of Retinal Hemangioblastoma (RH) is scarce in relation to VHL disease, this study wanted to inversitage the relationship between VHL gene variants (truncating vs single amino acid substitutions) and the ocular phenotype of the disease. 42 different rare VHL gene variants in 148 patients were detected - some of whom had RH and some who did not. Although date of onset of RH, as well as data on central nervous system haemangioblastomas (CNSH), pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PPGL), clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm (PNEN) were collected, it was not reported on a per patient basis and therefore could not be discussed per variant. There were 3 patients reported with the p.S183* (c.548C>A) mutation. All 3 members presented with retinal hemangiomas, while no other clinical manifestations were discussed. Additionally, no family information was provided.

    3. c.269A > T p.Asn90Ile

      216 patients with clinically expected VHL disease due to family history or presence of VHL typical tumours were routinely examined in an eye centre in Germany between January 2019 and January 2020, majority of which were of European descent (~95%). Since data on the genotype–phenotype correlation of the onset of Retinal Hemangioblastoma (RH) is scarce in relation to VHL disease, this study wanted to inversitage the relationship between VHL gene variants (truncating vs single amino acid substitutions) and the ocular phenotype of the disease. 42 different rare VHL gene variants in 148 patients were detected - some of whom had RH and some who did not. Although date of onset of RH, as well as data on central nervous system haemangioblastomas (CNSH), pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PPGL), clear cell renalcell carcinoma (ccRCC) and pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm (PNEN) were collected, it was not reported on a per patient basis and therefore could not be discussed per variant. There was 1 patient reported with the c.269A>T (p.N90I) mutation. This member presented with retinal hemangiomas. No family information was provided.

    1. nt 553+1 G/A* splice defect 553+1 G/A Splice defect 1

      PatientID: 18

      GroupID/ KindredID: 18

      Case: Sex Unknown, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: hemangioblastoma

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797 (hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: other phenotypes unknown.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: c.340+1G>A

      LegacyVariant: c.553+1G>A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 223190 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223190

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: splice_site_variant

      CivicName: Splice Site (c.340+1G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. nt 713 G/A 167 Arg→Gln R167Q Missense 1

      A cohort of 141 patients with hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system was analyzed. 81 patients had germline mutations in the VHL gene, analyzed through peripheral blood by Southern blotting and SSCP analysis. This missense mutation (c.500G>A) was recorded in the paper as c.713G>A due to a difference in transcript sequence. It was found in one patient with a hemangioblastoma of the central nervous system. Any family information is unknown. No other phenotypes described.

    3. nt 761 C/A 183 Ser→stop S183stop Nonsense 4

      A cohort of 141 patients with hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system was analyzed. 81 patients had germline mutations in the VHL gene, analyzed through peripheral blood by Southern blotting and SSCP analysis. This nonsense mutation (c.548C>A) was recorded in the paper as c.761C>A due to a difference in transcript sequence. It was found in 4 patients with hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system. Any family information or relations is unknown. No other phenotypes described.

    4. nt 454 C/T 81 Pro→Ser P81S Missense 1

      A cohort of 141 patients with hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system was analyzed. 81 patients had germline mutations in the VHL gene, analyzed through peripheral blood by Southern blotting and SSCP analysis. This missense mutation (c.241C>T) was recorded in the paper as c.454C>T due to a difference in transcript sequence. It was found in 1 patient with a hemangioblastoma of the central nervous system. Any family information is unknown. No other phenotypes described.

    5. nt 505 T/C 98 Tyr→His Y98H Missense 21

      GroupID: 15

      DiseaseAssertion: hemangioblastoma

      GroupSize: 21

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: 21 out of the 81 patients listed in this hemangioblastoma cohort were found with this c.292T>C mutation. Any relation is unknown.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0010797 (hemangioblastoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: all patients had hemangioblastoma of the CNS; other phenotypes are unknown. 13 patents were said to be found with primary asymptomatic tumors.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y98H (c.292T>C)

      LegacyVariant: p.Y98H (c.505T>C)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2223/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.00001343 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183823-T-C

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transition

      CivicName: Y98H (c.292T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    6. nt 676 +1 G/C Splice defect 676 +1 G/C Splice defect 2

      A cohort of 141 patients with hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system was analyzed. 81 patients had germline mutations in the VHL gene, analyzed through peripheral blood by Southern blotting and SSCP analysis. This splice site mutation (c.463+1G>C) was recorded in the paper as c.676+1G>C due to a difference in transcript sequence. It was found in 2 patients with hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system. Any family information or relations is unknown. No other phenotypes described.

    1. GroupID: None

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: 82 GroupNumberMales: N/A GroupNumberFemales: N/A GroupEthnicity: N/A GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: Pennsylvania kindred with VHL Type 2A.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0002666; HP:0009711 (Pheochromocytoma, Retinal capillary hemangioma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: 18 living individuals with only pheochromocytoma. 7 living individuals with only retinal angioma. 6 living individuals with both. 51 other first-degree relatives. 5 additional relatives with pheochromocytomas, including a 69Y woman and her 42Y son described previously as non-penetrant individuals (PMID 8239848). Family classified as a VHL Type 2A (pheochromocytoma, retinal angioma, CNS hemangioblastoma, and little to no RCC).

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0005584 (Renal cell carcinoma)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 8239848 (no genetic information; only phenotypes); 21713522

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y112H (c.334T>C)

      LegacyVariant: c.547T>C

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2222, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2222/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: All 31 individuals (including 6 archival specimens) with a diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, retinal angioma or both had the identical mutation.

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: Y112H (c.334T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. c.499 C[T

      A study describing phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of VHL in an Indian population of 31 subjects, from 15 families diagnosed with VHL. Multi-cystic pancreas and CNS hemangioblastomas were the most common manifestations in this population. This missense mutation was found in a male VHL patient with retinal angiomas and pheochromocytoma (family ID D).

    1. germline missense mutation at nucleotide 505 (T to C) of the VHL tumor suppressor gene in 14, apparently unrelated, VHL type 2A families from the Black Forest region of Germany.

      GroupID/ KindredID: VHL 34

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      GroupSize: 2

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: German

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      FamilyInfo: 2 affected members belong to this VHL family. Diagnosis of VHL was clinically confirmed in the index person and VHL type could not be determined due to the small size of the pedigree. One representative affected member was analyzed with this mutation, and VHL was diagnosed clinically in this index person. It is unclear as to whether the additional patients had this precise mutation, although assumed.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0005584 (hemangioblastoma, renal cell carcinoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: both (2) individuals had RCC, where as only one had a CNS hemangioblastoma.

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0009711; HP:0002666; HP:0001737; HP:0009715 (retinal capillary hemangioma, pheochromocytoma, pancreatic cysts, papillary cystadenoma of the epididymis)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: No patients had the above tumors

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 11134110, 9681856, 11850829

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y98H (c.292T>C)

      LegacyVariant: p.Y98H (c.505T>C)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVar: 2223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2223/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.00001343 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183823-T-C

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: Y98H (c.292T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. germline missense mutation at nucleotide 505 (T to C) of the VHL tumor suppressor gene in 14, apparently unrelated, VHL type 2A families from the Black Forest region of Germany.

      GroupID/ KindredID: VHL 1

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      GroupSize: 2

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: German

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      FamilyInfo: 2 affected members belong to this VHL type 2A family. One representative affected member was analyzed with this mutation, and VHL was diagnosed clinically in this index person. It is unclear as to whether the second patient had this precise mutation, although assumed.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0009711; HP:0002666 (retinal capillary hemangioma, pheochromocytoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: both individuals had Pheos, whereas only 1 person had a retinal capillary hemangioma.

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0010797; HP:0005584; HP:0001737; HP:0009715 (hemangioblastoma, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cysts, papillary cystadenoma of the epididymis)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: No patients had the above tumors

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 11134110, 9681856, 11850829

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y98H (c.292T>C)

      LegacyVariant: p.Y98H (c.505T>C)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVar: 2223 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2223/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.00001343 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183823-T-C

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: Y98H (c.292T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. c.490C>T p.Gln164*

      All patients that were operated on between 1995 and 2010 in the University Medical Center Groningen from who frozen hemangioblastoma tissue was available in the tissue bank of the Department of Pathology were eligible. Through PCR (MSP) and MLPA, one patient sample was confirmed with a germline mutation (c.490C>T) in the VHL gene. The patients' manifestations was thus only stated as hemangioblastoma; No other phenotypic or demographic information was available.

    1. nt 505 T→C (Tyr98His)

      5 cases treated for thoracic paraganglioma in Freiburg, Germany aged 6–70 at the time of diagnosis were identified and had germline VHL mutations identified using constitutional genomic DNA from blood samples. The mutation p.Tyr98His (legacy notation c.505T>C converted to c.292T>C) was found in case 1 and case 2. Case 1 was a 30Y female patient with thoracic paraganglioma, data on family members was not available. Case 2 was a 35Y female who also developed bilateral adrenal pheochromocytomas, pancreatic islet cell tumor, and basophilic pituitary adenoma and died. Case 2 (index) did not have blood available for testing, but the mutation was confirmed in 2 of her living sisters and her daughter. Her daughter developed retinal angioma, and the status of the two sisters is not known. ACMG: PP4

    2. nt 490 G→A (Gly93Ser

      5 cases treated for thoracic paraganglioma in Freiburg, Germany aged 6–70 at the time of diagnosis were identified and had germline VHL mutations identified using constitutional genomic DNA from blood samples. The mutation p.Gly93Ser (legacy notation c.490G>A converted to c.277G>A) was found in case 3, a 6Y boy with thoracic paraganglioma. His parents were negative for the mutation, supporting de novo germline mutatation. ACMG: PM6

    1. VHL kindreds for germline mutations and calculated the age related tumour risks for different classes of VHL gene mutations.

      In a study of 138 unrelated VHL families, 109 germline mutations were found. Missense mutations were more frequently found in families with pheochromocytoma (PC). Deletions, nonsense, and frameshift mutations were more frequently found in families without PC. Large deletions and mutations predicted to cause truncated protein were associated with lower risk of PC. The splice mutation c.340+5G>C was referred to in the paper by cc.553+5G>C due to a difference in transcript sequence. This mutation was found in a VHL family without PC (family ID 139). The mutation has a large allele frequency meaning this is likely non disease causing (not deleterious).

    1. vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

      15 Dutch VHL patients from 5 families were taken to measure the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Two patients were found to harbour the VHL germline mutation R167Q, referred to in the paper by R238Q due to a difference in transcript sequence. Patient 10, a 40 year old male, presented with pancreatic and kidney cysts, renal cell carcinoma and brain and spinal cord hemangioblastomas as well as no signs of eye lesions. Patient 15, a 29 year old female, presented with a brain cyst. ACMG evidence codes: 'PP4' since the patient presents phenotypes highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.

    1. c.407 T > C (p.Phe136Ser)

      37 Danish patients diagnosed with VHL before 18 years from a prospective cohort study from Denmark's National vHL Research Database (Binderup et al., 2013) were assessed. One family with 1 patient (Family ID 4) was found with a germline missense mutation in the VHL gene (F136S; c.407T>C). Patient 1 was diagnosed at 7Y and had 2 retinal hemangioblastomas at 7Y and 14Y. The patient passed at 53Y by the end of the study.

    2. c.278G > A (p.Gly93Asp)

      37 Danish patients diagnosed with VHL before 18 years from a prospective cohort study from Denmark's National vHL Research Database (Binderup et al., 2013) were assessed. One family with 4 patients (Family ID 3) were found with a germline missense mutation in the VHL gene (G93D; c.278G>A). Patient 1 was diagnosed at 7Y and had no manifestations by the end of the study at 18Y old. Patient 2 and 3 were both diagnosed at 9Y and and both developed pheochromocytoma at age 15Y. They were both 20Y at the end of the study. Patient 4 was diagnosed at 10Y and had 2 pheochromocytomas at age 12Y, and 1 retinal hemangioblastoma at age 10Y. They were 21Y at the end of the study.

    1. A case series covered 2 cases of pheochromocytoma and VHL in pregnancy. The proband (case 2) was a hispanic female with pheochromocytoma at 25Y and retinal angioma at 11Y. Genetic analysis revealed a germline mutation on the VHL gene (c.499C>T; p.Arg167Trp). Unclear on the methods behind genetic testing. The proband’s father, brother, and 8-year-old son have been diagnosed with VHL, although phenotypes were not specified. Her other infant son also tested positive for the same mutation. Her 5-year-old daughter is unaffected. ACMG: PP4

    1. c.241C > T

      All patients included in the study were VHL mutation carriers of 18 years or older examined between 1972 and 2012 in the VHL expertise centers University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) and University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU). Clinical data of 75 VHL mutation carriers were retrospectively retrieved from electronic and written patient record. Of these patients, one was found to harbour the c.241C>T germline mutation of the VHL gene. They presented with a retinal hemangioblastoma, cerebellar hemangioblastoma, spinal hemangioblastoma, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, renal cyst and pheochromocytoma. Their age at the last follow-up was 59. Previously published in: PMID 24132471.

    2.  c.208G > A

      All patients included in the study were VHL mutation carriers of 18 years or older examined between 1972 and 2012 in the VHL expertise centers University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) and University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU). Clinical data of 75 VHL mutation carriers were retrospectively retrieved from electronic and written patient record. Of these patients, one was found to harbour the c.208G>A germline mutation of the VHL gene. They presented with a retinal hemangioblastoma. Their age at the last follow-up was 20. Previously published in: PMID 24132471.

    1. MSL128F1 (5.6)1 (3.8)

      26 VHL patients from 18 families, who had undergone a partial adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma were retrospectively analyzed. 1 patient from a single family was confirmed to have the mutation (p.L128F (c.381_382delinsTT)). Additional manifestations aside from pheochromocytoma are possible, but were not discussed.

    1. VHL1c.242C>Tp.Pro81Leu1RCB c

      79 patients with head and neck paragangliomas were analyzed for SDHA, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, SDHAF2, VHL, MAX, and TMEM127 genes by PCR/MLPA sequencing. Via peripheral blood leukocytes, 1 patient was found to have the above mutation (p.P81L (c.242C>T)), and presented with a right (non-secreting) carotid body paraganglioma. No family information was presented.

    1. PatientID: None

      KindredID: 1

      Case: F, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: Her youngest sister had bilateral angiomas, liver lesions, and metastatic islet cell cancer. Her second oldest sister had two hypervascular pancreatic head tumours, a complex left renal cyst, and enlarged bilateral ovarian cysts. Another sister (the proband) had bilateral retinal angiomas, metastatic islet cell cancer, liver lesions, pancreatic endocrine tumours, and cerebellar hemangioblastoma. The oldest sister did not carry the mutation or have any abnormal presentations. The patient's mother was found to harbor the mutation and had retinal angiomas, bilateral adrenal pheochromocytoma, and pancreatic cysts. The patient's maternal grandmother was suspected to have VHL as she developed progressive blindness at age 32 and was completely blind by age 36. She died at age 68 due to an acute hemorrhage into and around a vascular tumour. The patient's maternal aunt died suddenly at age 51 due to a cerebellar hemangioblastoma. One of the aunt's children died at age 25 due to a cerebellar hemangioblastoma and another had bilateral retinal angiomas and multiple pancreatic cysts. Refer to Figure 1 for pedigree.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0009711, HP:0030405, HP:0000107 (retinal capillary hemangioma, pancreatic endocrine tumour, renal cyst)

      CaseHPOFreeText: The patient presented with a 3 cm solid pancreatic head tumour and bilateral renal cysts. At operation the tumour was removed and no evidence of metastases was seen. The pathologic examination revealed islet cell neoplasms.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: The patient had no retinal or CNS abnormalities.

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: c.R167Q (c.500G>A)

      LegacyVariant: c.R167Q (c.713G>A)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2216 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2216/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000003977 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191507-G-A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167Q (c.500G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. GroupID: 44

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: Unknown

      GroupNumberMales: Unknown

      GroupNumberFemales: Unknown

      GroupEthnicity: Unknown

      GroupAgeRange: Unknown

      GroupInfo: This family group had a history of clinically confirmed VHL disease. Members of this family were found to harbour the c.500G>A variant causing a Arg167Gln missense mutation (noted in the paper as c.713G>A due to Latif reference transcript being used). It was noted that this family had patients with pheochromocytoma's.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: Patients within this family were found to have a clinical diagnosis of VHL disease, however, the presenting phenotypes were not specified. It was noted that this family had patients with pheochromocytoma's.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167Q (c.500G>A)

      LegacyVariant: p.R167Q (c.713G>A)

      ClinVarID: 2216 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2216/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000003977 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191507-G-A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167Q (c.500G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. Germline mutations were found in all 93 families that fulfilled clinical criteria of VHL disease. In the paper, it's documented that mutations predicted to inactivate the VHL protein were associated with renal cell carcinoma and hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system (VHL type 1); mutations predicted to produce full length VHL proteins were associated with pheochromocytoma (VHL type 2). The c.194C>G variant causing a Ser65Trp missense mutation (noted in the paper as c.407C>G due to Latif reference transcript being used) was discovered in one family (lineage 53). The family was noted to have members clinically diagnosed with VHL disease, however, specific phenotype presentations and the number of family members affected were not mentioned in the paper. It was noted that family 53 did not have any patients with pheochromocytoma's.

    3. GroupID: 135

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: Unknown

      GroupNumberMales: Unknown

      GroupNumberFemales: Unknown

      GroupEthnicity: Unknown

      GroupAgeRange: Unknown

      GroupInfo: This family group had a history of clinically confirmed VHL disease. Members of this family were found to harbour the c.500G>A variant causing a Arg167Gln missense mutation (noted in the paper as c.713G>A due to Latif reference transcript being used). It was noted that this family had patients with pheochromocytoma's.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: Patients within this family were found to have a clinical diagnosis of VHL disease, however, the presenting phenotypes were not specified. It was noted that this family had patients with pheochromocytoma's.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167Q (c.500G>A)

      LegacyVariant: p.R167Q (c.713G>A)

      ClinVarID: 2216 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2216/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000003977 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191507-G-A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167Q (c.500G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    4. GroupID: 100

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: Unknown

      GroupNumberMales: Unknown

      GroupNumberFemales: Unknown

      GroupEthnicity: Unknown

      GroupAgeRange: Unknown

      GroupInfo: This family group had a history of clinically confirmed VHL disease. Members of this family were found to harbour the c.500G>A variant causing a Arg167Gln missense mutation (noted in the paper as c.713G>A due to Latif reference transcript being used). It was noted that this family had patients with pheochromocytoma's.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: Patients within this family were found to have a clinical diagnosis of VHL disease, however, the presenting phenotypes were not specified. It was noted that this family had patients with pheochromocytoma's.

      GroupNotHPOs: N/A

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 8956040 or 7728151

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167Q (c.500G>A)

      LegacyVariant: p.R167Q (c.713G>A)

      ClinVarID: 2216 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2216/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000003977 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191507-G-A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167Q (c.500G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    5. GroupID: 78

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: N/A

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: N/A

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: VHL family found to have a germline rearrangement of the VHL gene. The number of family members included in this study is not specified.

      GroupPresentingHPOs: N/A

      GroupHPOFreeText: Patients within this family were found to have a clinical diagnosis of VHL disease, however, the presenting phenotypes were not specified.

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0002666 (Pheochromocytoma)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.E186* (c.556G>T)

      LegacyVariant: c.769G>T

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 381602, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/381602/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName: E186* (c.556G>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. R167W germline heterozygous missense mutation was identified in exon 3

      A retrospective study of 14 patients (6 female and 8 male; mean age, 43.5 yr) with no family history and no other clinical manifestations of VHL disease and were operated for symptomatic CNS hemangioblastoma between 1993-2002 at the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital in Italy was conducted. Peripheral blood was used through PCR and dHPLC for molecular genetic analysis. Germline mutations of the VHL gene were identified in 2 of the 14 patients. Patient #9 (45Y female) had a R167W germline mutation in the VHL gene and cerebellar hemangioblastoma. At VHL gene analysis of close family members revealed a R167W mutation in her sister, who did not have any clinical VHL symptoms at the time of the study.

    1. Nonsense mutation in codon 161, exon 3, arginine to stop codon, protein truncating mutation

      Of 14 patients with retinal vascular proliferation and known family history of VHL disease, 12 patients were enrolled in an approved study protocol at the National Cancer Institute. 11 of these patients underwent genetic testing and were found to have mutations in the VHL gene. Patient 8 was a 29-year-old white woman with a history of poor vision in her left eye from age 5 years. At that time, no typical RCHs were found but she was noted to have a large peripapillary fibrovascular complex in her left eye that extended into the macula. No treatment was rendered. At age 29 years, visual acuity was 20/500 OS. On examination, a papillary fibrovascular stalk could be seen extending from the nerve into the vitreous and also onto the center of the macula, exerting tractional effects on retinal vessels in the major vascular arcades. Areas of chronic pigmentary change were also present in the macula. No vascular lesions were observed in the right eye. At the last checkup, patient 8 had retinal vascular proliferation, pancreatic and CNS abnormalities, and endolymphatic sac tumor. She had the R161* (c.481C>T) VHL mutation. ACMG evidence codes: 'PP4' since the patient presents phenotypes highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.

    1. c.191G>Cp.Arg64Pro

      Medical records of patients with PPGLs between 2005 and 2016 were reviewed. Diagnosis was confirmed histologically and stratified into sporadic or familial/syndromic. Patients underwent next‐generation whole exome sequencing. A 35 year old patient presented with unifocal adrenal pheochromocytoma. Genetic testing confirmed a familial missense mutation at c.191G>C of the VHL gene.

    1. The molecular analysis revealed the presence of a "missense" mutation of the VHL gene at nucleotide 683.

      The 25 year-old female patient was referred for eye exam as part of a VHL screening program. She had been diagnosed with bilateral pheochromocytoma at the age of 14 after an episode of acute hypertensive encephalopathy. Ophthalmoscopy disclosed in her right eye a small retinal hemangioma (1 disc diameter wide) along with feeder vessels in the mid-periphery and multiple, small, whitish, dome-shaped lesions scattered in the deeper layers of the posterior retina. Fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography confirmed the presence of the retinal hemangioma. Multiple window-defects were also seen at the posterior pole and pericentral retina and hypofluorescent dots. Electroretinogram and electro-oculogram findings were within the normal range of values. The visual field was normal with visual acuity of 20/20 in both eyes. DNA extracted with standard methods from peripheral blood leukocytes and quantitative Southern blot was performed to confirm the clinical diagnosis of VHL. PCR and SSCP were also performed to detect small mutations. A missense mutation at p.T157I (c.470C>T), reported in the paper as c.683 due to a difference in transciprt reference, was found in the patient. Both her parents and siblings were negative for the mutation, indicating a de novo mutation. ACMG evidence codes: 'PS2' since both parents are tested and do not present with the variant (de novo), 'PP4' since the patient presents phenotypes highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.

    1. c.713G → A, R167Q

      188 individuals presenting with a single hemangioblastoma, no family history of VHL disease, and no evidence of retinal or abdonimal manigestations of the disease at the time of diagnosis, were investigated for mutations in the VHL gene. Patient B3 presented with a cerebellar hemangioblastoma at age 40, and a phaeochromocytome at age 41. Genetic testing via direct sequencing on a DNA blood sample found a c.500G>A (Arg167Gln) mutation in their VHL gene (noted as c.713G>A in the paper due to an older VHL transcript used for mapping). Two of their first degree relatives (FDRs) also had the mutation. The first presented with a hemangioblastoma at 18, and a retinal angioma at 18. The second FDR presented with a renal cyst at 17.

    2. B6 CHB 22 c.698G → A, C162Y No 2 y 7 m Nil No testing 

      Patient ID: B6

      KindredID: 6

      Case: F, 22Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: cerebellar hemangioblastoma

      FamilyInfo: No testing in family history

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006880 (cerebellar hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: no other clinical features were found after the cerebellar hemangioblastoma during 2 years and 7 month follow-up

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.C162Y (c.485G>A)

      LegacyVariant: p.C162Y (c.698G>A)

      ClinVarID: 223225 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223225/)

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: C162Y(c.485G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    3. B5 CHB 39 c.811C → T, R200W No 6 y 3 m Nil 2 FDRs mutation positive

      PatientID: B5

      KindredID: 5

      Case: Sex Unknown, 39Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: cerebellar hemangioblastoma

      FamilyInfo: Two first degree relatives were found to have the same mutation in the VHL gene, both had no features of VHL disease at 28 and 38 years old

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006880 (cerebellar hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: no other clinical features were found after the cerebellar hemangioblastoma during 6 years and 3 month follow-up

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R200W (c.598C>T)

      LegacyVariant: p.R200W (c.811C>T)

      ClinVarID: 2232 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2232/)

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.0002016 (https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191605-C-T)

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R200W(c.598C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. c. 470C > T

      74 patients (38 males, 36 females; 24 with prior sequencing data) with pheochromoctyoma were first analyzed by denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (dHPLC). PCR of all exons of VHL was performed on leukocyte DNA extracted from stored blood samples, and those showing variance were sequenced. In addition, 35 positive controls were used to confirm this method. This patient was a positive control who has been previously sequenced (not referenced). One patient was found with the T157I (c.470C>T) VHL mutation. No family history was mentioned or clearly stated of their phenotypes.

    1. A case study revealed an 8Y boy, presenting with a profound sensorineural hearing loss and intermittent vertigo. He was found to have an endolymphatic sac tumor, discovered by high-resolution computed tomographic imaging. Genetic analysis revealed a missense VHL mutation c.388G>C (originally written in paper as legacy notation AF010238.1, c.601G>C). Family history was not described.

    1. (c.470C>T (p.Thr157Ile)

      Tumour samples and paired peripheral blood samples were obtained from 39 patients either with pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma. PCR and denaturing HPLC (dHPLC) was carried out for all coding exons of SDHB, SDHD, VHL and RET exons 11 and 13. Where a mutation was identified it was confirmed by direct sequencing. Patient P1 was a 27Y female at the time of surgery with a malignant extra adrenal paraganglioma an a germline mutation in the VHL gene (c.470C>T. p.Thr157Ile). Family history and other phenotypes were not described.

    1. 499C>T Arg167Trp Germline mutation

      Tissues embedded in paraffin blocks were collected from 203 cHAB patients operated in different Medical Centres in Poland. Eight of these harboured germline mutations in unrelated patients from distinct undiagnosed VHL families. Various variants were unverified as somatic or germline as they were detected in tumour but blood samples were not tested. Other phenotypes and demographic information is not known. Patient 53 was found with a germline p.Arg167Trp mutation in the VHL gene.

    1. Results: A germline missense point mutation at codon 238 of the vhl gene (CGG-->TGG; Arg-->Trp) was detected in all patients with phaeochromocytoma and in only one of the asymptomatic family members.

      To study the presence of germline mutations in the von Hippel-Lindau gene (VHL) in a kindred with a predominance of familial phaeochromocytoma in order to confirm the diagnosis of von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHLD) as well as to identify asymptomatic members. DNA extracted from peripheral blood was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction using oligonucleotide primers corresponding to exon 3 of the VHL gene. Specific mutations were screened by restriction endonuclease digestion of PCR products with Msp I. The results were confirmed by DNA sequence analysis. Two generations of a family consisting of 15 individuals were studied. A germline missense point mutation stated in the paper as codon 238 of the VHL gene (CGG-->TGG; Arg-->Trp) due to a difference in transcript sequence, was detected in all patients with phaeochromocytoma and in only one of the asymptomatic family members. The mutation (R167W (c.499C>T)) was found in 6 members total, and presumed to be in at least another 2. Patient II3 and patient III6 had cerebellar hemangioblastomas. Patient III6 also had retinal angiomas. Cosegregation with disease in multiple affected family members in a gene definitively known to cause the disease (ACMG code: PP1).

    2. Patients: Two generations of a family consisting of 15 individuals were studied.

      PatientID: II:1

      KindredID: 1

      Case: M, 49Y0M, Spanish

      DiseaseAssertion: pheochromocytoma

      FamilyInfo: Spanish family of 15 members studied, over 2 generations. 6 members had VHL presentations, 1 was a carrier, and 4 others had the mutation, while 2 were not sequenced. This patient’s 3 children showed VHL phenotypes, and his sister and 2 nieces presented with the VHL mutation.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: first studied at 45Y, the patient had bilateral accumulation of pheo tumors, right: 9cm and left: 2cm

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0006880; HP:0009711 (cerebellar hemangioblastoma, retinal capillary hemangioma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Brain MRI and CT-scans were normal, and no signs of retinal angiomas were present.

      CasePreviousTesting: RET

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167W (c.499C>T)

      LegacyVariant: p.R238T, C>T

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2218, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2218/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000007954, https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191506-C-T

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167W (c.499C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. PatientID:6

      KindredID: 6

      Case: Sex Unknown, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo:None.

      CohortInfo:Between September 1994 and December 1997, 16 unrelated individuals were referred to Genetic Services of Western Australia by local clinicians and by similar genetic services in other States, for VHL gene mutation analysis because of clinical manifestations suggestive of the diagnosis.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0005584 (renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0002666, HP:0005584, HP:0009711, HP:0010797(pheochromocytoma, pancreatic cysts, retinal capillary hemangioma, hemangioblastoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.C162R (c.484T>C)

      LegacyVariant:p.C162R (c.697T>C)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 496067 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/496067/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName:C162R (c.484T>C)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. 694 C/T

      A retrospective study described polyglobulia in 19 patients precise germline VHL mutations and with hemangioblastomas. 10 other patients followed with VHL mutations without an exact location. Patient 17 was a 47Y male with raised hemoglobin levels. They had a hemangioblastoma tumor 5.3cm3 in size. The mutation p.R161* (c.481C>T) was described in the paper as c.694C>T due to a difference in transcript reference. No family information was provided.

    2. 17m4717.5n18.3↑694 C/T–5.3

      PatientID: 17

      KindredID: 17

      Case: M, 47Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: Assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: No details on family information.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797 (hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R161* (c.481C>T)

      LegacyVariant: c.694C>T

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2217, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2217/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: stop_gained

      CivicName: R161* (c.481C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    3. 505 T/C

      A retrospective study described polyglobulia in 19 patients precise germline VHL mutations and with hemangioblastomas. 10 other patients followed with VHL mutations without an exact location. 3 patients were reported with a p.Y98H (c.292T>C) mutation, described in the paper as c.505T>C due to a difference in transcript reference. Patient 8 was a 57Y female, patient 15 a 75Y female, and patient 16 a 56Y female. They each had a hemangioblastoma tumor 0.1, 13.6, and 0.4cm3 in size, respectively. Patients 8 and 15 also had an unspecified tumor cyst. No family information was provided; it is unclear if these three are related.

    1. c.163_164insG

      Genetic and clinical data from 63 patients with hereditary Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GpNET) and 145 with sporadic PNET (SpNET) were collected from two Polish endocrine departments from January 2004 to February 2020. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes and the VHL and MEN1 genes were analyzed. The VHL gene was analyzed by Sanger sequencing and targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS), while the MEN1 gene was analyzed by by High-Resolution Melting, Sanger sequencing, Multiplex-ligation dependent probe amplification (MLPA), and targeted NGS. Only patients with confirmed germline mutations were included in the the GpNET cohort. Out of 53 patients with VHL, only five were diagnosed with GpNET. Patient 2 had this hereditary PNET with the confirmed germline mutation: E55fs (c.163dupG). Comparison of the two cohorts revealed that patients with GpNET are diagnosed earlier, have longer overall survival, less frequent metastases, and their tumors are smaller and often multifocal compared to the SpNET group.

    1. germline mutations

      Mutational analysis for 16 patients with clinically diagnosed VHL disease, revealed 12 germline mutations. This missense mutation was found in 4 VHL family members (proband no. 6). The 65-year-old father had renal cell carcinoma; The 37-year old sister had pancreatic cysts and the 33-year old sister had retinal angiomas. The 38-year-old proband had hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cysts, and epididymal cystadenoma. Cosegregation with disease in multiple affected family members in a gene definitively known to cause the disease

    1. In patient II/1 (Figure 1) the 8684 C->T substitution causing the nonsense R161X mutation in the putative protein was found

      PatientID: II/1

      KindredID: 1

      Case: F, 33Y0M, Italian

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: A patient was found to have a mutation in the VHL gene (R161* (c.481C>T)), this patients parents were tested for the same mutation in VHL, but testing revealed no VHL gene mutation. Pedigree: see Figure 1.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006880 (cerebellar hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: developed cerebellar hemangioblastoma at age 33

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R161* (c.481C>T)

      LegacyVariant: R161X (8684C>T)

      ClinVar: 2217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2217/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: stop_gained

      CivicName: R161* (c.481C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. NT 713, Arg 167GLN (exon 3, missense)

      A case study on a 35 year old female of Indian (South Asian) descent was presented. She presented 6 years prior (2006) with severe abdominal pain prompting an abdominal ultrasound. Imaging revealed a left renal mass measuring 3.5 × 4.0 × 3.5cm (biopsy consistent with papillary renal cell carcinoma). Final pathology revealed a 3.2cm low-grade primary renal carcinoid (neuroendocrine neoplasm of the kidney) with two of four lymph nodes involved with metastatic disease. She currently remains disease free after 31 months. A clear cell renal cell carcinoma tissue sample removed surgically from a patient with VHL detected a germline VHL mutation: R167Q (c.500G>A), which was used as a positive control. This was described in the paper was c.713G>A due to a difference in transcript reference used.

    1. p.Tyr98His

      3 unrelated patients with unexpected or non-syndromic phenotypes, accompanied by a VHL component tumor received germline gene panel testing as part of the PROACTIVE study at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, each detected with a low penetrant variant. At age 32, patient 3 (female) presented with posterior headaches, which a CT scan and MRI revealed to be a cerebellar hemangioblastoma. Treatment involved a gross total resection of the lesion. Somatic testing of a left cerebellar mass revealed a somatic VHL variant: p.Leu63fs*4 (c.188_188T>TG); updated to p.R64fs (c.189dupG). Single gene testing of VHL revealed a heterozygous germline VHL p.Pro81Ser (c.241C>T) variant. To this day at age 40, she continues to be monitored. Her mother (age 72) and two of her three siblings (ages 38 and 36) carry the same VHL p.Pro81Ser variant, but have been negative for hemangioblastoma or any other VHL component tumor. ACMG: PP4

    1. PatientID: II,4

      KindredID: 1

      Case: M, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: The patient had significant family history. His mother refused genetic testing but presented with bilateral pohechromocytoma. His father was found to have the same VHL mutation. One of his siblings (patient II,3) was unaffected, while another (patient II,2) was found to have the mutation and presented with bilateral pheochromocytoma. His sibling (patient II,1) passed during childbirth with symptoms and signs of a hypertensive crisis with the autopsy showing a left adrenal and extraadrenal pheochromocytoma. However, cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage. His half sister (patient II,5) also had the same VHL mutation and presented with bilateral pheochromocytoma. Refer to figure 1 for family pedigree.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: bilateral pheochromocytoma

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0006737 (Extraadrenal pheochromocytoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Absence of extraadrenal pheochromocytoma. Absence of thyroid disease at age 24.

      CasePreviousTesting: RET

      PreviouslyPublished: 7563486, 12414898

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.L188V (c.562C>G)

      LegacyVariant: p.L259V (c.775C>G)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVar: 2225 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2225/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.00002121 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191569-C-G

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName: L188V (c.562C>G)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. PatientID: VII-3

      KindredID: 1

      Case: M, 19Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: Asymptomatic

      FamilyInfo: 13 affected individuals in this family were found. The p.Tyr112Asn (c.334T>A) mutation of the VHL gene cosegregated with the disease in all five tested affected individuals from the family (V-5, VI-1, VI-2, VI-3, and VII-1). 7/13 have had renal cell carcinoma. Other manifestations of the disease in this family include renal cysts, retinal angioma, and CNS hemangioblastoma. There was one case of pheochromocytoma (VII-1). No other pheochromocytomas or related neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas or adrenal gland have been diagnosed or recognized retrospectively by review of medical records and recall of relatives. The mutation was also found in three asymptomatic relatives (VII-2, VII-3, and VII-4).

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y112N (c.334T>A)

      LegacyVariant: T547A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2228, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2228/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName: Y112N (c.334T>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. PatientID: VII-2

      KindredID: 1

      Case: F, 12Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: Asymptomatic

      FamilyInfo: 13 affected individuals in this family were found. The p.Tyr112Asn (c.334T>A) mutation of the VHL gene cosegregated with the disease in all five tested affected individuals from the family (V-5, VI-1, VI-2, VI-3, and VII-1). 7/13 have had renal cell carcinoma. Other manifestations of the disease in this family include renal cysts, retinal angioma, and CNS hemangioblastoma. There was one case of pheochromocytoma (VII-1). No other pheochromocytomas or related neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas or adrenal gland have been diagnosed or recognized retrospectively by review of medical records and recall of relatives. The mutation was also found in three asymptomatic relatives (VII-2, VII-3, and VII-4).

      CasePresentingHPOs: N/A

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y112N (c.334T>A)

      LegacyVariant: T547A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2228, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2228/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName: Y112N (c.334T>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    3. PatientID: IV-4

      KindredID: 1

      Case: M, Age Unknown, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: Assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: 13 affected individuals in this family were found. The p.Tyr112Asn (c.334T>A) mutation of the VHL gene cosegregated with the disease in all five tested affected individuals from the family (V-5, VI-1, VI-2, VI-3, and VII-1). 7/13 have had renal cell carcinoma. Other manifestations of the disease in this family include renal cysts, retinal angioma, and CNS hemangioblastoma. There was one case of pheochromocytoma (VII-1). No other pheochromocytomas or related neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas or adrenal gland have been diagnosed or recognized retrospectively by review of medical records and recall of relatives. The mutation was also found in three asymptomatic relatives (VII-2, VII-3, and VII-4).

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000107; HP:0010797 (Renal cyst, Hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: CNS hemangioblastoma and renal cyst. Age of onset not provided. Deceased.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.Y112N (c.334T>A)

      LegacyVariant: T547A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2228, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2228/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: Variant is inferred in this patient from clinical findings and family history.

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName: Y112N (c.334T>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. c.499C>T

      Of 31 Brazilian patients, five were found to harbour the c.499C>T (p.Arg167Trp) mutation of the VHL gene. Genomic DNA was extracted and all VHL coding regions were analyzed by Sanger sequencing. MLPA was performed to investigate large deletions using SALSA® MLPA® P016 VHL probe mix. Data analysis was performed with Genescan 3.7. Two of these patients were familials. Individual 12 of family 6, age 36, presented with paraganglioma, pheochromocytoma, pancreatic endocrine tumor (9.6cm), renal cyst, pancreatic cyst, retinal hemangioblastoma as well as a local duodenal invasion. Individual 13 of family 6, a 16 year old male, presented with paraganglioma and a right-side pheochromocytoma (1.7cm). Individual 5 of family 3, age 30, presented with paraganglioma, pheochromocytoma, pancreatic endocrine tumor, renal cell carcinoma pancreatic cyst, CNS hemangioblastoma and retinal hemangioblastoma. Individual 11 of family 5, age 26, presented with paraganglioma, pheochromocytoma, and pancreatic endocrine tumor. Finally, individual 25 of family 18, age 35Y, presented with paraganglioma, pheochromocytoma at age 26Y, pancreatic endocrine tumor at 35Y, and CNS hemangioblastoma.

    1. 1 France c.337C>T p.Arg113*

      Patients with ELSTs were identified and included in the International Endolymphatic Sac Tumor Registry. The registry contained 93 patients as of July 2014, and of those, 25 were sporadic, and 68 associated with VHL. Patients with ELSTs and clinically confirmed diagnoses of VHL were included in this study. Statistics of this VHL subgroup are as follows: mean age 30, 62% female, 91% symptomatic, 54% with retinal angioma, 72% with CNS hemangioblastoma, 46% with renal cell carcinoma, 19% with pheochromocytoma, and 12% with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour. In the data from this study, only endolymphatic sac tumours can be confirmed as a phenotype for this mutation (c.337C>T.), which was found in 1 individual from France.

    1. GroupID/ KindredID: F9

      Case: Sex unknown, 20Y0M, Spanish

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: None. Microsatellites were used to exclude nonpaternity, and the de novo character of the mutation was demonstrated in this patient. Paper says its confirmed however only discuss nonpaternity.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0009711; HP:0006880; HP:0001737 (retinal capillary hemangioma, cerebellar hemangioblastoma, pancreatic cysts)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Cerebellar hemangioblastoma was found with multiple lesions. Age of onset is 20Y0M.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R161* (c.481C>T)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2217/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: stop_gained

      CivicName: R161* (c.481C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    2. GroupID/ KindredID: F56

      Case: Sex unknown, 45Y0M, Spanish

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: Noted of familial antecedents with 2 affected family members. (See Table 2).

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0009711; HP:0006880; HP:0000107 (retinal capillary hemangioma, cerebellar hemangioblastoma, renal cyst)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Age of onset is 45Y0M.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0006770; HP:0002666 (clear cell renal cell carcinoma, pheochromocytoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167Q (c.500G>A)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVar: 2216 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2216/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000003977 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191507-G-A

      VariantEvidence:N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: R167Q (c.500G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    3. GroupID/ KindredID: F64

      Case: Sex unknown, 24Y0M, Spanish

      DiseaseAssertion: assumed VHL

      FamilyInfo: None

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0009711; HP:0002666; HP:0001737 (retinal capillary hemangioma, pheochromocytoma, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cysts)

      CaseHPOFreeText: Bilateral pheo was found. Age of onset is 24Y0M.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0006770; HP:0000107; HP:0006880 (clear cell renal cell carcinoma, renal cysts, cerebellar hemangioblastoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167W (c.499C>T)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2218 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2218/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.000007954 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10191506-C-T

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transition

      CivicName: R167W (c.499C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    4. Thirty-five unrelated patients suspected of having von Hippel-Lindau disease were analyzed and 32 VHL gene variants were found in 35 patients using PCR and SSCP by peripheral blood leukocytes. An association of clear cell renal carcinoma development with a relatively high loss of structural stability in VHL protein missense mutations was discovered. This missense variant (p.R167Q) was found in 4 patients (F8, F18, F56 and F71) all with retinal capillary hemangioma. Patient F8 was 35 years old at onset and noted of familial antecedents of phaeochromocytoma. Patient F18 was 33 years old at onset, had cerebellar hemangioblastoma, pancreatic cysts. Noted of familial antecedents of phaeochromocytoma and a total of 2 affected family members. Patient F56 was 45 years old at onset, had cerebellar hemangioblastoma and renal cyst. Also noted of familial antecedents of phaeochromocytoma and a total of 2 affected family members. Patient F71 was 25 years old at onset, had cerebellar hemangioblastoma, and unilateral pheochromocytoma. Noted a total of 2 affected family members, with the family member reported with clear cell renal cell carcinoma

    1. c.345C>G, p.His115Gln

      Two cases of VHL patients presenting with an endolympathic sac tumor are reported. Genetic testing revealed the mutation: H115Q (c.345C>G) in the second patient. The second patient had a familial history of VHL disease but had never been screened for central nervous system manifestations when she experienced a sudden left hearing loss at 18 years old. Additional manifestations included: CNS hemangioblastoma and pancreatic cysts. During 18 years of surveillance, the endolympathic sac tumor increased in size following a two-phase growth pattern alternating phases of quiescence and phases of continuous growth.

    2. c.337C>T, p.Arg113X

      Two cases of VHL patients presenting with an endolympathic sac tumor are reported. The first patient had no familial history of VHL disease and was 21 years old when he experienced a sudden right hearing loss. Genetic testing revealed the mutation: R113* (c.337C>T). Additional manifestations included: retinal hemangioblastoma, CNS hemangioblastoma, pheochromocytoma, renal cell carcinoma, and pancreatic cysts. After 20 years of radiological surveillance, the size of his endolymphatic sac tumor remained stable.

    1. Gly376Thr

      Eight children with a history of polycythemia and elevated serum erythropoietin level were evaluated. Three germline mutations were identified in 4 patients while, mutations were not detected for other 4 patients. Peripheral blood samples were taken and PCR products of either each VHL exon or the cDNA were purified and sequenced using a DNA sequencing kit (BigDye Terminator Cycle Sequencing Ready Reaction; Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA). The sequencing reaction was performed in the Peltier Model P200 thermocycler. The products were then analyzed on the ABI Prism 377 DNA Sequencer (Applied Biosystems) according to the manufacturer's protocol. Clonality was determined by a transcriptional assay of exonic polymorphisms in 5 X-linked genes. An in vitro assay of erythroid progenitors' sensitivity to Epo was also performed. This missense mutation was found in a family of three patients. Patient 1, was a 16 year old Ukrainian girl who was heterozygous for the c. 376G>C mutation. She was diagnosed with polycythemia at age 10 and since then had presented with pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis, abnormality of the kidney, hemangioma and her polycythemia had maintained. Her brother, patient 2, was 10 years old and also heterozygous for the mutation but only presented with polycythemia. He had an abnormally high erythropoietin level (271 mIU/mL). The children were found to have inherited the mutation from their father (no patient ID) who was also heterozygous for the mutation but did not have polycythemia. All three patients had hypersensitivity of erythroid progenitors to Epo.

    1. A 6 year-old boy with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease presented with hypertension due to bilateral pheochromocytomas. At age 13 he developed a renal carcinoma and bilateral paragangliomas, as well as clear cell RCC. His mother's age of first presentation was 39Y old and her last known age was 41Y old. She was found with retinal angiomas, bilateral pheochromocytomas and a cerebellar hemangioblastoma. Both had the same germline VHL missense mutation. This mutation was reported as c.704A>G and converted to NM_000551.3:c.491A>G. ACMG: PP4

    1. R64P germline mutations in exon 1

      Tissue specimens were retrieved from the archives of the Department of Pathology of the Erasmus MC (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), The University Medical Center St Radboud (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), and the University Hospital Zürich (Zürich, Switzerland). The samples were sequenced using Bigdye Terminator V3.1 cycle sequencing kit (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA). Products were analyzed on the ABI Prism 3100 genetic analyzer (Applied Biosystems).The mutation analysis of pheochromocytoma tissue samples showed two patients, 31 year-old (F6) and 24 year-old (F87) males, with R64P germline mutations in exon 1 of the VHL tumor suppressor gene and both had no metastasis. Patient F87 was followed up 11 years later and patient F6 was followed up 21 years later. These patients belonged to the same family (family A). Besides bilateral pheochromocytoma, the paper does not provide any other phenotypic information.

    1. F136S (33) 

      301 were enrolled in a prospective clinical protocol to evaluate the natural history of vHL-associated pancreatic lesions (NCT00062166). Of these, 69 patients with pancreatic manifestations of vHL disease and missense VHL mutations were included in the current study. Individual patient phenotype was not described, but overall of the 60 patients, 57 had RCC, 41 had CNS hemangioblastomas, 28 had retinal hemangioblastoma, 23 had pheochromocytoma. 36/69 patients were female and the mean age was 50.5 years old. All patients underwent genetic testing using Sanger sequencing and Southern Blotting. Three patients were listed with this missense mutation, c.407T>C.

    1. Screening of 92 unrelated patients with VHL disease revealed 61 DNA variants. No variants were found in 96 control cases. The R167W (c.499C>T) germline missense mutation was found in a VHL type 2A patient, a VHL type 2B patient and a family with 5 VHL type 2B patients (patient no. V30, V23, V1). All of these families presented with pheochromocytoma. The first two individuals had no family screened but 14 unaffected family members showed no evidence of this mutation in the family with 5 mutation-positive affected members. All of these families are stated as being previously reported in PMID 15300849.

    2. Screening of 92 unrelated patients with VHL disease revealed 61 DNA variants. No variants were found in 96 control cases. The V166F (c.496G>T) germline missense mutation was found in a VHL type 2A (with pheochromocytoma) patient (patient no. V49). This variant was not found in 8 unaffected family members and previously reported in patients with VHL. This patient was stated to be previously published in PMID 15300849.

    1. Medical records of 26 patients with germline mutations of the VHL gene who had been diagnosed with VHL disease in Severance Hospital (Seoul, Republic of Korea) and Samsung Medical Center (Seoul, Republic of Korea) between 2003 and 2012 were respectively reviewed. Peripheral blood leukocytes were isolated and directly sequenced. One patient presented with the c.488T>C p.Leu162Pro germline variant of the VHL gene. Patient 41, 39Y male, presented with multiple and/or bilateral renal cell carcinoma and CNS hemangioblastomas as well as a family history negative for VHL disease. Their phenotypes were revised from a previous report (PMID 19270817). He was diagnosed with VHL Type 1.

    2. Medical records of 26 patients with germline mutations of the VHL gene who had been diagnosed with VHL disease in Severance Hospital (Seoul, Republic of Korea) and Samsung Medical Center (Seoul, Republic of Korea) between 2003 and 2012 were respectively reviewed. Peripheral blood leukocytes were isolated and directly sequenced. Patient 27, 42Y male, with VHL Type 1 presented with bilateral and/or multiple CNS hemangioblastomas and renal cell carcinoma. He had a germline missense mutation in the VHL gene, c.345C>A (p.His115Gln) (incorrectly reported in the current paper as “c.346C>A” and corrected by the authors to “c.345C>A” via email correspondence). The patient had a negative family history of VHL disease.

    1. GroupID/ KindredID: 5

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: 2

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: Swedish

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: 2 patients grouped under family 5 were found in this Swedish VHL family

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0005584; HP:0009711; HP:0010797 (renal cell carcinoma; retinal capillary hemangioma; hemangioblastoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: Both (2/2) had renal cell carcinoma, and retinal capillary hemangioma; only 1/2 had hemangioblastoma.

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0002666 (pheochromocytoma)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: neither patient had pheochromocytoma

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.C162F (c.485G>T)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      ClinVarID: 43604 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/43604/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant; transversion

      CivicName: C162F (c.485G>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. The patient was a 10-year-old male who presented with dizziness and headache for 1 month and blurry vision for 2 weeks. An abdominal CT scan revealed two masses in his bilateral adrenals (Fig. 1E) and Pheos were confirmed pathologically. Sequencing screening identified a heterozygous missense mutation (c.293A>G; p.Try98Cys) in VHL (Fig. 2E). Additionally, both his grandmother and mother had Pheos in their bilateral and left adrenals.

      45 individuals from 5 unrelated Chinese families were evaluated, of which 21 patients were diagnosed with VHL or showed strong evidence of having this disease. In family 5, the proband was a 10 year old male who presented with bilateral adrenal pheochromocytoma. His mother had left adrenal pheochromocytomas, and his grandmother had bilateral adrenal pheochromocytomas. Based on his clinical presentation and family history, he was diagnosed with VHL. DNA was isolated from a peripheral blood sample from the proband, and screened for a variety of pheochomocytoma and renal cell carcinoma mutations using Target Capture-Based Deep Sequencing (BGI Health.) This revealed the a heterozygous c.293A>G (p.Try98Cys) mutation in their VHL gene. ACMG evidence codes: PP4- patient’s phenotype or family history is highly specific for a disease with a single genetic etiology.

    1. Sequencing of the VHL gene revealed the presence of the 393C>A (N131K) missense mutation (Fig. 1) [12]

      A case report of a 49Yo woman presenting with a spinal hemangioblastoma was reported. Molecular analysis confirmed the presence of the above mutation, 393C>A (N131K). Upon further workup, retinal hemangioblastoma, renal cysts, and a carotid body paraganglioma were identified. Familial screening showed 3 family members with a clinical diagnosis of VHL, who had all passed away before testing could be conducted. Clinical manifestations in these members included: renal cell carcinoma, retinal hemangioblastoma, and CNS hemangioblastoma.

    2. Case reportThe female patient, aged 49, reported pains in her second and third finger of the right hand that she had had for 2 years. Initial diagnosis revealed isthmus carpalis and the patient was operated on without much success—no improvement was noticed.A year later, intensifying root pains of Root C5 and C6 on the right side were the reason for performing an MRI scan of the cervical spine. The findings from the study showed an intramedullary lesion of 1.5 cm in diameter, localized at the height of C5–C6 with accompanying syrinx stretching from C3 to C7. The patient was consulted neurosurgically several times, but refused to submit to a surgical treatment. Gradually, the pains extended to the entire forearm of the upper right limb, and numbness appeared of both lower limbs. She met the clinical diagnostic criteria for VHL disease [11]. Sequencing of the VHL gene revealed the presence of the 393C>A (N131K) missense mutation (Fig. 1) [12]. VHL disease was also diagnosed in her relatives (shown in Fig. 2).

      PatientID: III:2 (case)

      KindredID: 1

      Case: F, 49Y0M, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: VHL disease was diagnosed in her relatives - although no genetic testing was directly performed on them prior to death. 2/3 of her siblings and her father were affected. Her father had retinal hemangioblastoma at 30Y, CNS hemangioblastoma at 40Y and died at 41Y. Her older brother had kidney cancer and died at 48Y, and her sister had retinal hemangioblastoma at 13Y and CNS hemangioblastoma at 29Y. The case’s daughter tested negative and their other living sister.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0009711; HP:0000107; HP:0009713; HP:0002668 (retinal capillary hemangioblastoma; renal cysts; spine hemangioblastoma; paraganglioma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: patient at retinal hemangioblastoma at 22Y. At 47Y she reported pains in her second and third finger of the right hand. She developed large carotid body paraganglioma at the common carotid artery bifurcation, (49Y) coexisting with a hemangioblastoma situated intramedullary in region C5/C6 (the right-sided dorsal part of the spinal cord) at 47Y). 1 year after the hemangioblastoma resection, the spinal symptoms receded and the carotid body paraganglioma still was asymptomatic. Motor issues and Babinski syndrome were also observed.

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.N131K (c.393C>A)

      LegacyVariant: N/A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 420074 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/420074/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName: N131K (c.393C>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. A series of 28 pheochromocytomas from 28 patients from the Freiburg International Pheochromocytoma Registry were used to study somatic point mutation variants and loss of heterozygosity. Whole blood leukocytes and tumor samples underwent direct sequencing of all three exons of the VHL gene, all eight exons of the SDHB gene, all six exons of the SDHC gene, all four exons of the SDHD gene, and exons 10, 11, and 13 of the RET gene. 9 out of 28 samples were from the VHL germline mutation carriers. VHL-associated pheochromocytoma samples were collected from 3 patients (tumour ID 10,11,12) with germline missense (c.292T>C) VHL mutation. Patient 10, was found to have multiple benign tumors 4 cm in size in her adrenal gland. Patient 11, was found to have a single benign tumor 9 cm in size in her adrenal gland. Patient 12, was found to have a single benign tumor 4 cm in size in her adrenal gland. Both patients 10 and 12 had a somatic mutation in the RET gene (c. 2307T>G) and they both showed LOH in the VHL and SDHD gene. Patient 11 had LOH in the SDHB gene.

    1. A previous study of 26 Japanese, VHL families was extended to 41 additional families. Germline mutations were detected in 55 of 77 Japanese families using SSCP, direct sequencing, and Southern Blot analysis of peripheral blood samples. The Y112N (c.334T>A) germline missense mutation of the VHL gene was found in 2 VHL family members with hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system, retinal angiomas, pancreatic cysts or tumors (unspecified) (family ID 74).

    2. GroupID: 11

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      GroupSize: 4

      GroupNumberMales: N/A

      GroupNumberFemales: N/A

      GroupEthnicity: Japanese

      GroupAgeRange: N/A

      GroupInfo: 4 individuals from a single family (ID 11).

      GroupPresentingHPOs: HP:0010797 (Hemangioblastoma)

      GroupHPOFreeText: CNS hemangioblastoma (4/4).

      GroupNotHPOs: HP:0001732; HP:0005584; HP:0009711 (Abnormality of the pancreas, Renal cell carcinoma, Retinal capillary hemangioma)

      GroupNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      GroupPreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 8634692

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.C162Y (c.485G>A)

      LegacyVariant: c.698G>A

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 223225, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/223225/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: C162Y (c.485G>A)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. PatientID: 1

      KindredID: P3

      Case: Sex, Age, Ethnicity Unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: N/A

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0010797 (hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: HB1 and HB2 were detected in this patient (P3/1)

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: N/A

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.R167* (c.481C>T)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      LegacyVariant: p.R167* (c.694C>T)

      ClinVarID: 2217 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2217/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: stop_gained

      CivicName: R167* (c.481C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. p.R167Q

      A case report of a 51Y male patient presenting with headaches and a family history of VHL disease revealed multiple CNS hemangioblastomas, bilateral clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCC), pheochromocytoma, and a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. A germline mutation of VHL p.Arg167Trp was confirmed. The patient underwent resection of the largest cerebellar lesion, total right and partial left sided nephrectomy, and adrenalectomy. Pazopanib monotherapy was initiated for treatment of metastatic RCC. The patient experienced shrinkage of some but not all spinal hemangiolastomas. After 21 months on pazopanib, the patient was placed on a drug holiday, and many of the CNS hemangioblastomas grew slightly.

    1. HIGH GRADE VON HIPPEL-LINDAU SYNDROME PRESENTING WITH BILATERAL PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA IN A CHILD

      This conference abstract presented a 9 year old, previously healthy, male with bilateral pheochromocytoma who was tested and revealed a p.V166F protein change. No specific nucleotide change was reported, however this could be deduced as p.V166F (c.496G>T). Testing of parents and siblings revealed that this was a de novo mutation, as they were esch negative for the mutation.

    1. Expression study of the new VHL isoforms in patients' cellsRNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis of patients' LCLs and tumors demonstrated that genomic variants in E1′ were associated with an upregulation of transcripts containing the E1′ cryptic exon compared with controls (Figure 3A; supplemental Figure 8). In addition, the mutated allele was preferentially expressed (>70%), suggesting a causal relationship between the genetic variants and E1′ retention (supplemental Figure 8C).Figure 3. Expression study of the new VHL transcript isoforms in patient cells. (A) Sashimi plots from RNA-seq data obtained from samples (LCLs or pheochromocytomas [Pheo]) of 3 patients from F8. The positions of the different VHL exons are indicated, with the maximal number of reads indicated at the right. Splice junctions are denoted by the horizontal links, with details provided in supplemental Figure 8. (B) TaqMan quantification of the different VHL isoforms from samples of F8 performed using probes specific to VHL E1-E2, the translated sequence upstream E1′, or E1-E1′ junctions. Relative gene expression was normalized to LCL control (C1) fixed at 1 (mean results of technical duplicates). (C) TaqMan quantification of the different VHL isoforms in LCLs (established from 2 independent controls and from patients of F1, F2, and F8) cultured in the absence or presence of puromycin (puro), an inhibitor of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. TaqMan probes were specific to the VHL E1-E1′ or E1-E2 junction. The graph resumes experiments performed on LCLs cultured independently 3 times and quantified in duplicate. Data are represented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. (D) RT-PCR using primers specific for E1 and E3 was performed on mRNA extracted from LCLs established from controls and patients of F6 (carrying the mutation c.340+574A>T that targets the SA site of E1′). Patient with erythrocytosis is indicated in red. On the right, the spliced isoforms are schematically represented. **P < .05, ***P < .01 based on Student t test. *Denotes larger fragments that contained E1′ spliced with E1, but with 15 nucleotides deleted (represented in red) by the use of an alternative SA site (sequences of the cloned bands are detailed in supplemental Figure 10).Download : Download high-res image (230KB)Download : Download full-size imageFigure 3. Expression study of the new VHL transcript isoforms in patient cells. (A) Sashimi plots from RNA-seq data obtained from samples (LCLs or pheochromocytomas [Pheo]) of 3 patients from F8. The positions of the different VHL exons are indicated, with the maximal number of reads indicated at the right. Splice junctions are denoted by the horizontal links, with details provided in supplemental Figure 8. (B) TaqMan quantification of the different VHL isoforms from samples of F8 performed using probes specific to VHL E1-E2, the translated sequence upstream E1′, or E1-E1′ junctions. Relative gene expression was normalized to LCL control (C1) fixed at 1 (mean results of technical duplicates). (C) TaqMan quantification of the different VHL isoforms in LCLs (established from 2 independent controls and from patients of F1, F2, and F8) cultured in the absence or presence of puromycin (puro), an inhibitor of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. TaqMan probes were specific to the VHL E1-E1′ or E1-E2 junction. The graph resumes experiments performed on LCLs cultured independently 3 times and quantified in duplicate. Data are represented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. (D) RT-PCR using primers specific for E1 and E3 was performed on mRNA extracted from LCLs established from controls and patients of F6 (carrying the mutation c.340+574A>T that targets the SA site of E1′). Patient with erythrocytosis is indicated in red. On the right, the spliced isoforms are schematically represented. **P < .05, ***P < .01 based on Student t test. *Denotes larger fragments that contained E1′ spliced with E1, but with 15 nucleotides deleted (represented in red) by the use of an alternative SA site (sequences of the cloned bands are detailed in supplemental Figure 10).We performed quantitative RT-PCR using TaqMan probes specific for the different splicing junctions or for the region upstream of E1′ (location of probes shown in Figure 1C), which showed a strong upregulation of a unique isoform containing E1′ spliced with E1 in LCLs and tumors from patients of F8 compared with controls (Figure 3B). The study therefore focused on the isoform E1-E1′. Transcripts that retained E1′ spliced with E1 contained (in-frame with E1) a premature termination codon (Figure 1C) and could likely be targeted for degradation according to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) mechanisms. We therefore investigated the expression of transcripts that contained E1 spliced with E1′ in the absence or presence of puromycin, an inhibitor of NMD. Without puromycin, higher levels of expression were seen in samples with mutated E1′ (Figure 3C) compared with samples containing WT E1′. Exposure to puromycin resulted in a profound induction of isoforms containing E1 spliced with E1′ vs other isoforms (Figure 3C; supplemental Figure 9). These results indicated that isoforms with E1-E1′ junction were degraded by NMD and may have failed to produce proteins. We performed RT-PCR on LCL samples of F6 carrying the mutation in the SA site, using primers in VHL exons E1 and E3. We observed fragments of larger size in samples from patients carrying the mutation, which were highly visible in the presence of puromycin (Figure 3D). Cloning and sequencing of these fragments demonstrated a dysregulated splicing of E1′ with the use of an alternative SA site located 15 nucleotides downstream (supplemental Figure 10).To measure the impact of the splicing dysregulation on pVHL expression, we performed an immunoblot with an antibody able to recognize the amino acids encoded by E1 and therefore able to detect the different pVHL isoforms.8 The antibody detected overexpressed exogenous X1 protein after transfection of the plasmid encoding X1 (Figure 4A). However, it failed to detect the endogenous protein, even in patients' samples that overexpressed the mRNA containing E1-E1′. Instead, the immunoblots showed a lower expression of all the VHL protein isoforms in patients with mutated E1′ (Figures 4A-B).Figure 4. Functional studies of mutations in VHL E1′. (A-B) Immunoblot analysis of patient LCLs. A representative immunoblot (A) and quantification of 3 different immunoblots (B) are presented. Relative gene expression was normalized to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) expression, and results obtained with LCL control (C1) were fixed at 100%. Data are represented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. A VHL antibody that recognized VHL E1 was able to detect the hypothetical X1 protein. In the most left lane, control LCLs were transfected with an expression vector containing the coding sequence for X1; 5 µg of proteins were blotted vs 45 µg for other samples to avoid signal saturation with overexpressed X1. Patients with erythrocytosis are indicated in red. (C) Functional hypoxia response element (HRE)–dependent reporter assays were performed in 786-O cells (ie, VHL− cells that constitutively express HIF-2α). The results are expressed as relative firefly luciferase activity with Renilla luciferase as an internal control; 1.0 unit denotes the basal activity of endogenous HIF-2α using the HRE luciferase reporter plasmid. The ability of WT and mutated X1 to downregulate firefly luciferase activity (related to HIF activity) was compared with pVHL and in competition with pVHL. An immunoblot using an antibody specific to the hemagglutinin tag (HA) was used to detect HA-VHL and HA-X1. X1-L128V+L138P corresponds to a potential impact of the c.340+648T>C and c.340+617C>G mutations on the hypothetical X1 protein. Three independent experiments were performed. (D) Characterization of VHL E1′ retention by the minigene experiment (representative picture of agarose gel; n = 3). RT-PCR was performed on mRNA obtained from cell lines transfected with a minigene construct containing VHL E1′ (WT or mutated) flanked by large intronic sequences cloned between the SERPING1 exons (exons A and B, targeted by the RT-PCR primers). The plasmids were transfected, and the expression of the spliced chimeric transcripts (containing EA and EB ± E1′) was analyzed. Two WT constructs containing E1′ were used; 1 contained the single-nucleotide polymorphism c.340+1150T>C (rs779808). Bands corresponding to EA and EB spliced together or with VHL E1′ are indicated on the right. *P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001, ****P < .0001 based on Student t test. †Corresponds to unspecific bands verified by sequencing. The minigene experiment performed with the construction carrying the mutation c.340+574A>T (that targets the SA site of E1′ in F6) confirmed the use of an alternative SA site (right panel) with the deletion of 15 nucleotides (represented in red). ns, not significant.Download : Download high-res image (204KB)Download : Download full-size imageFigure 4. Functional studies of mutations in VHL E1′. (A-B) Immunoblot analysis of patient LCLs. A representative immunoblot (A) and quantification of 3 different immunoblots (B) are presented. Relative gene expression was normalized to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) expression, and results obtained with LCL control (C1) were fixed at 100%. Data are represented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. A VHL antibody that recognized VHL E1 was able to detect the hypothetical X1 protein. In the most left lane, control LCLs were transfected with an expression vector containing the coding sequence for X1; 5 µg of proteins were blotted vs 45 µg for other samples to avoid signal saturation with overexpressed X1. Patients with erythrocytosis are indicated in red. (C) Functional hypoxia response element (HRE)–dependent reporter assays were performed in 786-O cells (ie, VHL− cells that constitutively express HIF-2α). The results are expressed as relative firefly luciferase activity with Renilla luciferase as an internal control; 1.0 unit denotes the basal activity of endogenous HIF-2α using the HRE luciferase reporter plasmid. The ability of WT and mutated X1 to downregulate firefly luciferase activity (related to HIF activity) was compared with pVHL and in competition with pVHL. An immunoblot using an antibody specific to the hemagglutinin tag (HA) was used to detect HA-VHL and HA-X1. X1-L128V+L138P corresponds to a potential impact of the c.340+648T>C and c.340+617C>G mutations on the hypothetical X1 protein. Three independent experiments were performed. (D) Characterization of VHL E1′ retention by the minigene experiment (representative picture of agarose gel; n = 3). RT-PCR was performed on mRNA obtained from cell lines transfected with a minigene construct containing VHL E1′ (WT or mutated) flanked by large intronic sequences cloned between the SERPING1 exons (exons A and B, targeted by the RT-PCR primers). The plasmids were transfected, and the expression of the spliced chimeric transcripts (containing EA and EB ± E1′) was analyzed. Two WT constructs containing E1′ were used; 1 contained the single-nucleotide polymorphism c.340+1150T>C (rs779808). Bands corresponding to EA and EB spliced together or with VHL E1′ are indicated on the right. *P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001, ****P < .0001 based on Student t test. †Corresponds to unspecific bands verified by sequencing. The minigene experiment performed with the construction carrying the mutation c.340+574A>T (that targets the SA site of E1′ in F6) confirmed the use of an alternative SA site (right panel) with the deletion of 15 nucleotides (represented in red). ns, not significant.Functional characterization of the mutated VHL E1′Because the hypoxia pathway represents the major pathway involved in the genesis of secondary erythrocytosis and VHL disease,13, 14, 1528 we performed functional studies of the hypothetical WT or mutated X1 proteins using hypoxia response element–dependent reporter assays. These functional tests failed to reveal any substantial effects of X1 on this pathway, either alone or in competition with pVHL (Figure 4C; supplemental Figure 11). We next focused our study on a potential impact of the E1′ variants on splicing by performing splicing reporter minigene assays in various cell lines. The experiments showed that splicing of WT E1′ was barely detected (Figure 4D). Interestingly, higher molecular weight bands corresponding to the expected spliced isoforms containing E1′ appeared in the presence of the mutations. Cloning and sequencing of the isoforms confirmed a retention of E1′ at the expected splicing sites. The level of expression of this upper isoform, specific to E1′ inclusion, was higher for mutations associated with cancers than for those with erythrocytosis, independently of the cell lines. Notably, the combination of both variants associated with cancer had a more pronounced effect than each variant individually (the single-nucleotide polymorphism showing very low effect), suggesting a synergistic effect of the variants on splicing (supplemental Figure 12). In silico analysis of c.340+617C>G consistently predicted a severe alteration of splicing by the creation of an exonic splicing enhancer site (supplemental Figure 13).The minigene experiment performed with mutated E1′ at the SA site (F6) confirmed the inclusion of E1′ during splicing (Figure 4D, right panel), using the same downstream alternative SA site identified in mRNA extracted from patients' LCLs (supplemental Figure 10).Synonymous mutations in VHL E2 induce exon skippingWe then focused our study on the synonymous heterozygous D143D mutation in E2, identified in the proband of F1. This mutation was also identified in the homozygous state in 2 patients with erythrocytosis (F9 and F10; Figure 5A; Table 1). The mRNA extracted from LCLs established from the different members of these 2 families was reverse transcribed and sequenced. Comparison of chromatograms obtained by sequencing of DNA vs cDNA displayed a weaker peak of the mutated allele in cDNA, reflecting a decreased expression of the mRNA transcripts carrying the mutation.Download : Download high-res image (221KB)Download : Download full-size imageFigure 5. Genetic and expression study of synonymous mutations in VHL E2. (A-B) Pedigree and sequence chromatograms of germline DNA, tumor (pheochromocytoma) DNA, or cDNA prepared from 2 families (F9 and F10) with erythrocytosis (A) and 2 families (F11 and F12) with VHL disease (B). (C) Results of RT-PCR using mRNA extracted from LCLs (F9 and F10) and leukocytes and tumor material (pheochromocytoma) (F11 and F12). (D) TaqMan quantification of the different VHL isoforms in LCLs (established from patients of F9, F10, and F11) cultured in the absence or presence of puromycin. TaqMan probes are specific to the VHL E1-E2 or E1-E3 junction. Relative gene expression was normalized to LCL control (C1). (E) Immunoblot analysis of patient LCLs. Patients with erythrocytosis are indicated in red. A representative immunoblot (upper panel) and quantification of 4 different immunoblots are displayed (lower panel). Relative gene expression was normalized to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) expression, and results obtained with C1 were fixed at 100%. Data are represented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. *P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001, ****P < .0001 based on Student t test. CNS, central nervous system.A different synonymous mutation in E2, c.414A>G p.Pro138Pro (P138P), was identified in 2 families (F11 and F12) with VHL disease (Figure 5B). This heterozygous mutation segregated with the disease in 3 generations. Sequencing of DNA extracted from the pheochromocytoma of F11-III.1 showed a loss of the WT allele in the tumor, demonstrating loss of heterozygosity as currently described in classical VHL disease.Suspecting an effect of the synonymous mutations on splicing, we next assessed the expression of the VHL transcripts in patients' samples by RT-PCR (Figure 5C). We found a significant change in the ratio of expressed VHL isoforms, with a higher expression of the E1-E3 transcripts in LCLs of patients homozygous for D143D and in the pheochromocytoma with P138P mutation. These results suggest an effect of the mutation on splicing regulatory elements, leading to E2 skipping. In silico analysis of the synonymous mutations indicated a potential effect on exonic splicing enhancer motifs (supplemental Figure 14).To specifically quantify the different VHL isoforms, we performed quantitative RT-PCR on LCLs using TaqMan probes complementary to the VHL E1-E2 or E1-E3 junction (Figure 5D). All mutated samples displayed an increase of the isoform with skipped E2 (E1-E3). The patients carrying a homozygous D143D mutation presented a severe decrease of the WT isoform expression level. These results demonstrated that synonymous mutations in E2 affected mRNA isoform production.To evaluate a potential impact on protein expression, we performed a western blot analysis. We did not observe any overexpression of the pVHL172 isoform as expected from mRNA quantification studies. However, in patients homozygous for D143D, we detected a strong downregulation of all the pVHL isoforms, which was also observed to a lesser extent in LCL samples from heterozygous patients (Figure 5E).Proportion of VHL E2 skipping is correlated with disease severity in minigene experimentsTo study the impact of the synonymous E2 mutations on splicing in different cell lines, we performed minigene assays. We tested the implications of the D143D and P138P mutations on splicing in addition to the nearby mutations described in patients with erythrocytosis (P138L and G144R).4,6,29 Indeed, these mutations may also affect splicing rather than VHL protein function. We first evaluated the loss of function of these mutants by reporter assays. We found that these could downregulate HIF in a manner similar to the WT protein, in contrast to VHL proteins lacking E2 (pVHLΔE2), which are described as nonfunctional in terms of their regulation of HIF activity8, 9, 1012 (Figure 6A). Minigene experiments were performed in a variety of cell lines relevant to the studied diseases, using LCLs as control (Figure 6B). We demonstrated that all mutations caused E2 skipping in LCLs. In other cell lines, these experiments demonstrated a major impact on the VHL E2 splicing of the P138P mutation, which is associated with cancer. The mutations P138L, D143D, and G144R, which are all associated with erythrocytosis, displayed a weaker effect on splicing, with slight variations among cell lines but with a stronger effect in the erythroid cell line (UT7 cultured with erythropoietin).Figure 6. Functional study of synonymous mutations in VHL E2. (A) Functional hypoxia response element (HRE)–dependent reporter assays were performed in 786-O cells to evaluate the impact of VHL mutations in E2 (P138L and G144R) on VHL protein activity. The VHL protein lacking E2 (pVHL172/VHLΔE2) was used as a negative control. The results are expressed as firefly luciferase activity relative to Renilla luciferase as an internal control; 1.0 unit denotes the basal activity of endogenous HIF-2α using the HRE luciferase reporter plasmid. Immunoblots using an antibody specific for the hemagglutinin tag (HA) were used to detect HA-VHL. (B) Characterization of VHL E2 skipping by minigene analyses. Minigene experiments were performed in a variety of cell lines relevant to the studied diseases: renal (293T, 786-O, and HK2), pheochromocytoma (pheo; PC12), erythroid cell line (UT7 cultured with erythropoietin), and LCL. RT-PCR was performed on mRNA obtained from cell lines transfected with a minigene construct containing VHL E2 flanked by intronic sequences cloned between the SERPING1 exons (exons A and B; targeted by the RT-PCR primers). Bands corresponding to EA and EB spliced together or with VHL E2 are indicated on the right. (C) Sashimi plots from RNA-seq data. The positions of the different VHL exons are indicated, with the maximum number of reads for each exon indicated at the right. Splice junctions are denoted by the horizontal links, with details provided in supplemental Figure 15A. (D) Heatmap of pheochromocytoma transcriptome data. A comparison of transcriptome data for the pheochromocytoma from patient F11 III.1 (with P138P mutation) vs Affymetrix data from the largest available cohort of paragangliomas/pheochromocytomas (recruited by the French COMETE network) that identified homogeneous molecular subgroups associated with susceptibility genes (Burnichon et al30).Download : Download high-res image (254KB)Download : Download full-size imageFigure 6. Functional study of synonymous mutations in VHL E2. (A) Functional hypoxia response element (HRE)–dependent reporter assays were performed in 786-O cells to evaluate the impact of VHL mutations in E2 (P138L and G144R) on VHL protein activity. The VHL protein lacking E2 (pVHL172/VHLΔE2) was used as a negative control. The results are expressed as firefly luciferase activity relative to Renilla luciferase as an internal control; 1.0 unit denotes the basal activity of endogenous HIF-2α using the HRE luciferase reporter plasmid. Immunoblots using an antibody specific for the hemagglutinin tag (HA) were used to detect HA-VHL. (B) Characterization of VHL E2 skipping by minigene analyses. Minigene experiments were performed in a variety of cell lines relevant to the studied diseases: renal (293T, 786-O, and HK2), pheochromocytoma (pheo; PC12), erythroid cell line (UT7 cultured with erythropoietin), and LCL. RT-PCR was performed on mRNA obtained from cell lines transfected with a minigene construct containing VHL E2 flanked by intronic sequences cloned between the SERPING1 exons (exons A and B; targeted by the RT-PCR primers). Bands corresponding to EA and EB spliced together or with VHL E2 are indicated on the right. (C) Sashimi plots from RNA-seq data. The positions of the different VHL exons are indicated, with the maximum number of reads for each exon indicated at the right. Splice junctions are denoted by the horizontal links, with details provided in supplemental Figure 15A. (D) Heatmap of pheochromocytoma transcriptome data. A comparison of transcriptome data for the pheochromocytoma from patient F11 III.1 (with P138P mutation) vs Affymetrix data from the largest available cohort of paragangliomas/pheochromocytomas (recruited by the French COMETE network) that identified homogeneous molecular subgroups associated with susceptibility genes (Burnichon et al30).Splicing dysregulation of VHL is causal in the development of diseaseRNA-seq confirmed that the synonymous mutations were not silent but instead induced potent E2 skipping (Figure 6C; supplemental Figure 15A). Additional transcriptome analyses of the pheochromocytoma carrying P138P showed an upregulation of HIF target genes (typically seen in VHL-related pheochromocytomas) compared with the pheochromocytoma carrying a RET mutation (supplemental Figure 15B).30 We then reanalyzed our independent cohort of pheochromocytomas30 using RNA-seq data from both tumors. After unsupervised classification, we observed a segregation of the P138P pheochromocytoma with other VHL-related tumors (C1B cluster), whereas the control pheochromocytoma bearing the RET mutation was grouped with other RET-related tumors (Figure 6D).
    2. Expression study of the new VHL isoforms in patients' cellsRNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis of patients' LCLs and tumors demonstrated that genomic variants in E1′ were associated with an upregulation of transcripts containing the E1′ cryptic exon compared with controls (Figure 3A; supplemental Figure 8). In addition, the mutated allele was preferentially expressed (>70%), suggesting a causal relationship between the genetic variants and E1′ retention (supplemental Figure 8C).Figure 3. Expression study of the new VHL transcript isoforms in patient cells. (A) Sashimi plots from RNA-seq data obtained from samples (LCLs or pheochromocytomas [Pheo]) of 3 patients from F8. The positions of the different VHL exons are indicated, with the maximal number of reads indicated at the right. Splice junctions are denoted by the horizontal links, with details provided in supplemental Figure 8. (B) TaqMan quantification of the different VHL isoforms from samples of F8 performed using probes specific to VHL E1-E2, the translated sequence upstream E1′, or E1-E1′ junctions. Relative gene expression was normalized to LCL control (C1) fixed at 1 (mean results of technical duplicates). (C) TaqMan quantification of the different VHL isoforms in LCLs (established from 2 independent controls and from patients of F1, F2, and F8) cultured in the absence or presence of puromycin (puro), an inhibitor of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. TaqMan probes were specific to the VHL E1-E1′ or E1-E2 junction. The graph resumes experiments performed on LCLs cultured independently 3 times and quantified in duplicate. Data are represented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. (D) RT-PCR using primers specific for E1 and E3 was performed on mRNA extracted from LCLs established from controls and patients of F6 (carrying the mutation c.340+574A>T that targets the SA site of E1′). Patient with erythrocytosis is indicated in red. On the right, the spliced isoforms are schematically represented. **P < .05, ***P < .01 based on Student t test. *Denotes larger fragments that contained E1′ spliced with E1, but with 15 nucleotides deleted (represented in red) by the use of an alternative SA site (sequences of the cloned bands are detailed in supplemental Figure 10).Download : Download high-res image (230KB)Download : Download full-size imageFigure 3. Expression study of the new VHL transcript isoforms in patient cells. (A) Sashimi plots from RNA-seq data obtained from samples (LCLs or pheochromocytomas [Pheo]) of 3 patients from F8. The positions of the different VHL exons are indicated, with the maximal number of reads indicated at the right. Splice junctions are denoted by the horizontal links, with details provided in supplemental Figure 8. (B) TaqMan quantification of the different VHL isoforms from samples of F8 performed using probes specific to VHL E1-E2, the translated sequence upstream E1′, or E1-E1′ junctions. Relative gene expression was normalized to LCL control (C1) fixed at 1 (mean results of technical duplicates). (C) TaqMan quantification of the different VHL isoforms in LCLs (established from 2 independent controls and from patients of F1, F2, and F8) cultured in the absence or presence of puromycin (puro), an inhibitor of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. TaqMan probes were specific to the VHL E1-E1′ or E1-E2 junction. The graph resumes experiments performed on LCLs cultured independently 3 times and quantified in duplicate. Data are represented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. (D) RT-PCR using primers specific for E1 and E3 was performed on mRNA extracted from LCLs established from controls and patients of F6 (carrying the mutation c.340+574A>T that targets the SA site of E1′). Patient with erythrocytosis is indicated in red. On the right, the spliced isoforms are schematically represented. **P < .05, ***P < .01 based on Student t test. *Denotes larger fragments that contained E1′ spliced with E1, but with 15 nucleotides deleted (represented in red) by the use of an alternative SA site (sequences of the cloned bands are detailed in supplemental Figure 10).We performed quantitative RT-PCR using TaqMan probes specific for the different splicing junctions or for the region upstream of E1′ (location of probes shown in Figure 1C), which showed a strong upregulation of a unique isoform containing E1′ spliced with E1 in LCLs and tumors from patients of F8 compared with controls (Figure 3B). The study therefore focused on the isoform E1-E1′. Transcripts that retained E1′ spliced with E1 contained (in-frame with E1) a premature termination codon (Figure 1C) and could likely be targeted for degradation according to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) mechanisms. We therefore investigated the expression of transcripts that contained E1 spliced with E1′ in the absence or presence of puromycin, an inhibitor of NMD. Without puromycin, higher levels of expression were seen in samples with mutated E1′ (Figure 3C) compared with samples containing WT E1′. Exposure to puromycin resulted in a profound induction of isoforms containing E1 spliced with E1′ vs other isoforms (Figure 3C; supplemental Figure 9). These results indicated that isoforms with E1-E1′ junction were degraded by NMD and may have failed to produce proteins. We performed RT-PCR on LCL samples of F6 carrying the mutation in the SA site, using primers in VHL exons E1 and E3. We observed fragments of larger size in samples from patients carrying the mutation, which were highly visible in the presence of puromycin (Figure 3D). Cloning and sequencing of these fragments demonstrated a dysregulated splicing of E1′ with the use of an alternative SA site located 15 nucleotides downstream (supplemental Figure 10).To measure the impact of the splicing dysregulation on pVHL expression, we performed an immunoblot with an antibody able to recognize the amino acids encoded by E1 and therefore able to detect the different pVHL isoforms.8 The antibody detected overexpressed exogenous X1 protein after transfection of the plasmid encoding X1 (Figure 4A). However, it failed to detect the endogenous protein, even in patients' samples that overexpressed the mRNA containing E1-E1′. Instead, the immunoblots showed a lower expression of all the VHL protein isoforms in patients with mutated E1′ (Figures 4A-B).Figure 4. Functional studies of mutations in VHL E1′. (A-B) Immunoblot analysis of patient LCLs. A representative immunoblot (A) and quantification of 3 different immunoblots (B) are presented. Relative gene expression was normalized to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) expression, and results obtained with LCL control (C1) were fixed at 100%. Data are represented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. A VHL antibody that recognized VHL E1 was able to detect the hypothetical X1 protein. In the most left lane, control LCLs were transfected with an expression vector containing the coding sequence for X1; 5 µg of proteins were blotted vs 45 µg for other samples to avoid signal saturation with overexpressed X1. Patients with erythrocytosis are indicated in red. (C) Functional hypoxia response element (HRE)–dependent reporter assays were performed in 786-O cells (ie, VHL− cells that constitutively express HIF-2α). The results are expressed as relative firefly luciferase activity with Renilla luciferase as an internal control; 1.0 unit denotes the basal activity of endogenous HIF-2α using the HRE luciferase reporter plasmid. The ability of WT and mutated X1 to downregulate firefly luciferase activity (related to HIF activity) was compared with pVHL and in competition with pVHL. An immunoblot using an antibody specific to the hemagglutinin tag (HA) was used to detect HA-VHL and HA-X1. X1-L128V+L138P corresponds to a potential impact of the c.340+648T>C and c.340+617C>G mutations on the hypothetical X1 protein. Three independent experiments were performed. (D) Characterization of VHL E1′ retention by the minigene experiment (representative picture of agarose gel; n = 3). RT-PCR was performed on mRNA obtained from cell lines transfected with a minigene construct containing VHL E1′ (WT or mutated) flanked by large intronic sequences cloned between the SERPING1 exons (exons A and B, targeted by the RT-PCR primers). The plasmids were transfected, and the expression of the spliced chimeric transcripts (containing EA and EB ± E1′) was analyzed. Two WT constructs containing E1′ were used; 1 contained the single-nucleotide polymorphism c.340+1150T>C (rs779808). Bands corresponding to EA and EB spliced together or with VHL E1′ are indicated on the right. *P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001, ****P < .0001 based on Student t test. †Corresponds to unspecific bands verified by sequencing. The minigene experiment performed with the construction carrying the mutation c.340+574A>T (that targets the SA site of E1′ in F6) confirmed the use of an alternative SA site (right panel) with the deletion of 15 nucleotides (represented in red). ns, not significant.Download : Download high-res image (204KB)Download : Download full-size imageFigure 4. Functional studies of mutations in VHL E1′. (A-B) Immunoblot analysis of patient LCLs. A representative immunoblot (A) and quantification of 3 different immunoblots (B) are presented. Relative gene expression was normalized to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) expression, and results obtained with LCL control (C1) were fixed at 100%. Data are represented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. A VHL antibody that recognized VHL E1 was able to detect the hypothetical X1 protein. In the most left lane, control LCLs were transfected with an expression vector containing the coding sequence for X1; 5 µg of proteins were blotted vs 45 µg for other samples to avoid signal saturation with overexpressed X1. Patients with erythrocytosis are indicated in red. (C) Functional hypoxia response element (HRE)–dependent reporter assays were performed in 786-O cells (ie, VHL− cells that constitutively express HIF-2α). The results are expressed as relative firefly luciferase activity with Renilla luciferase as an internal control; 1.0 unit denotes the basal activity of endogenous HIF-2α using the HRE luciferase reporter plasmid. The ability of WT and mutated X1 to downregulate firefly luciferase activity (related to HIF activity) was compared with pVHL and in competition with pVHL. An immunoblot using an antibody specific to the hemagglutinin tag (HA) was used to detect HA-VHL and HA-X1. X1-L128V+L138P corresponds to a potential impact of the c.340+648T>C and c.340+617C>G mutations on the hypothetical X1 protein. Three independent experiments were performed. (D) Characterization of VHL E1′ retention by the minigene experiment (representative picture of agarose gel; n = 3). RT-PCR was performed on mRNA obtained from cell lines transfected with a minigene construct containing VHL E1′ (WT or mutated) flanked by large intronic sequences cloned between the SERPING1 exons (exons A and B, targeted by the RT-PCR primers). The plasmids were transfected, and the expression of the spliced chimeric transcripts (containing EA and EB ± E1′) was analyzed. Two WT constructs containing E1′ were used; 1 contained the single-nucleotide polymorphism c.340+1150T>C (rs779808). Bands corresponding to EA and EB spliced together or with VHL E1′ are indicated on the right. *P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001, ****P < .0001 based on Student t test. †Corresponds to unspecific bands verified by sequencing. The minigene experiment performed with the construction carrying the mutation c.340+574A>T (that targets the SA site of E1′ in F6) confirmed the use of an alternative SA site (right panel) with the deletion of 15 nucleotides (represented in red). ns, not significant.Functional characterization of the mutated VHL E1′Because the hypoxia pathway represents the major pathway involved in the genesis of secondary erythrocytosis and VHL disease,13, 14, 1528 we performed functional studies of the hypothetical WT or mutated X1 proteins using hypoxia response element–dependent reporter assays. These functional tests failed to reveal any substantial effects of X1 on this pathway, either alone or in competition with pVHL (Figure 4C; supplemental Figure 11). We next focused our study on a potential impact of the E1′ variants on splicing by performing splicing reporter minigene assays in various cell lines. The experiments showed that splicing of WT E1′ was barely detected (Figure 4D). Interestingly, higher molecular weight bands corresponding to the expected spliced isoforms containing E1′ appeared in the presence of the mutations. Cloning and sequencing of the isoforms confirmed a retention of E1′ at the expected splicing sites. The level of expression of this upper isoform, specific to E1′ inclusion, was higher for mutations associated with cancers than for those with erythrocytosis, independently of the cell lines. Notably, the combination of both variants associated with cancer had a more pronounced effect than each variant individually (the single-nucleotide polymorphism showing very low effect), suggesting a synergistic effect of the variants on splicing (supplemental Figure 12). In silico analysis of c.340+617C>G consistently predicted a severe alteration of splicing by the creation of an exonic splicing enhancer site (supplemental Figure 13).The minigene experiment performed with mutated E1′ at the SA site (F6) confirmed the inclusion of E1′ during splicing (Figure 4D, right panel), using the same downstream alternative SA site identified in mRNA extracted from patients' LCLs (supplemental Figure 10).Synonymous mutations in VHL E2 induce exon skippingWe then focused our study on the synonymous heterozygous D143D mutation in E2, identified in the proband of F1. This mutation was also identified in the homozygous state in 2 patients with erythrocytosis (F9 and F10; Figure 5A; Table 1). The mRNA extracted from LCLs established from the different members of these 2 families was reverse transcribed and sequenced. Comparison of chromatograms obtained by sequencing of DNA vs cDNA displayed a weaker peak of the mutated allele in cDNA, reflecting a decreased expression of the mRNA transcripts carrying the mutation.Download : Download high-res image (221KB)Download : Download full-size imageFigure 5. Genetic and expression study of synonymous mutations in VHL E2. (A-B) Pedigree and sequence chromatograms of germline DNA, tumor (pheochromocytoma) DNA, or cDNA prepared from 2 families (F9 and F10) with erythrocytosis (A) and 2 families (F11 and F12) with VHL disease (B). (C) Results of RT-PCR using mRNA extracted from LCLs (F9 and F10) and leukocytes and tumor material (pheochromocytoma) (F11 and F12). (D) TaqMan quantification of the different VHL isoforms in LCLs (established from patients of F9, F10, and F11) cultured in the absence or presence of puromycin. TaqMan probes are specific to the VHL E1-E2 or E1-E3 junction. Relative gene expression was normalized to LCL control (C1). (E) Immunoblot analysis of patient LCLs. Patients with erythrocytosis are indicated in red. A representative immunoblot (upper panel) and quantification of 4 different immunoblots are displayed (lower panel). Relative gene expression was normalized to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) expression, and results obtained with C1 were fixed at 100%. Data are represented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. *P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001, ****P < .0001 based on Student t test. CNS, central nervous system.A different synonymous mutation in E2, c.414A>G p.Pro138Pro (P138P), was identified in 2 families (F11 and F12) with VHL disease (Figure 5B). This heterozygous mutation segregated with the disease in 3 generations. Sequencing of DNA extracted from the pheochromocytoma of F11-III.1 showed a loss of the WT allele in the tumor, demonstrating loss of heterozygosity as currently described in classical VHL disease.Suspecting an effect of the synonymous mutations on splicing, we next assessed the expression of the VHL transcripts in patients' samples by RT-PCR (Figure 5C). We found a significant change in the ratio of expressed VHL isoforms, with a higher expression of the E1-E3 transcripts in LCLs of patients homozygous for D143D and in the pheochromocytoma with P138P mutation. These results suggest an effect of the mutation on splicing regulatory elements, leading to E2 skipping. In silico analysis of the synonymous mutations indicated a potential effect on exonic splicing enhancer motifs (supplemental Figure 14).To specifically quantify the different VHL isoforms, we performed quantitative RT-PCR on LCLs using TaqMan probes complementary to the VHL E1-E2 or E1-E3 junction (Figure 5D). All mutated samples displayed an increase of the isoform with skipped E2 (E1-E3). The patients carrying a homozygous D143D mutation presented a severe decrease of the WT isoform expression level. These results demonstrated that synonymous mutations in E2 affected mRNA isoform production.To evaluate a potential impact on protein expression, we performed a western blot analysis. We did not observe any overexpression of the pVHL172 isoform as expected from mRNA quantification studies. However, in patients homozygous for D143D, we detected a strong downregulation of all the pVHL isoforms, which was also observed to a lesser extent in LCL samples from heterozygous patients (Figure 5E).Proportion of VHL E2 skipping is correlated with disease severity in minigene experimentsTo study the impact of the synonymous E2 mutations on splicing in different cell lines, we performed minigene assays. We tested the implications of the D143D and P138P mutations on splicing in addition to the nearby mutations described in patients with erythrocytosis (P138L and G144R).4,6,29 Indeed, these mutations may also affect splicing rather than VHL protein function. We first evaluated the loss of function of these mutants by reporter assays. We found that these could downregulate HIF in a manner similar to the WT protein, in contrast to VHL proteins lacking E2 (pVHLΔE2), which are described as nonfunctional in terms of their regulation of HIF activity8, 9, 1012 (Figure 6A). Minigene experiments were performed in a variety of cell lines relevant to the studied diseases, using LCLs as control (Figure 6B). We demonstrated that all mutations caused E2 skipping in LCLs. In other cell lines, these experiments demonstrated a major impact on the VHL E2 splicing of the P138P mutation, which is associated with cancer. The mutations P138L, D143D, and G144R, which are all associated with erythrocytosis, displayed a weaker effect on splicing, with slight variations among cell lines but with a stronger effect in the erythroid cell line (UT7 cultured with erythropoietin).Figure 6. Functional study of synonymous mutations in VHL E2. (A) Functional hypoxia response element (HRE)–dependent reporter assays were performed in 786-O cells to evaluate the impact of VHL mutations in E2 (P138L and G144R) on VHL protein activity. The VHL protein lacking E2 (pVHL172/VHLΔE2) was used as a negative control. The results are expressed as firefly luciferase activity relative to Renilla luciferase as an internal control; 1.0 unit denotes the basal activity of endogenous HIF-2α using the HRE luciferase reporter plasmid. Immunoblots using an antibody specific for the hemagglutinin tag (HA) were used to detect HA-VHL. (B) Characterization of VHL E2 skipping by minigene analyses. Minigene experiments were performed in a variety of cell lines relevant to the studied diseases: renal (293T, 786-O, and HK2), pheochromocytoma (pheo; PC12), erythroid cell line (UT7 cultured with erythropoietin), and LCL. RT-PCR was performed on mRNA obtained from cell lines transfected with a minigene construct containing VHL E2 flanked by intronic sequences cloned between the SERPING1 exons (exons A and B; targeted by the RT-PCR primers). Bands corresponding to EA and EB spliced together or with VHL E2 are indicated on the right. (C) Sashimi plots from RNA-seq data. The positions of the different VHL exons are indicated, with the maximum number of reads for each exon indicated at the right. Splice junctions are denoted by the horizontal links, with details provided in supplemental Figure 15A. (D) Heatmap of pheochromocytoma transcriptome data. A comparison of transcriptome data for the pheochromocytoma from patient F11 III.1 (with P138P mutation) vs Affymetrix data from the largest available cohort of paragangliomas/pheochromocytomas (recruited by the French COMETE network) that identified homogeneous molecular subgroups associated with susceptibility genes (Burnichon et al30).Download : Download high-res image (254KB)Download : Download full-size imageFigure 6. Functional study of synonymous mutations in VHL E2. (A) Functional hypoxia response element (HRE)–dependent reporter assays were performed in 786-O cells to evaluate the impact of VHL mutations in E2 (P138L and G144R) on VHL protein activity. The VHL protein lacking E2 (pVHL172/VHLΔE2) was used as a negative control. The results are expressed as firefly luciferase activity relative to Renilla luciferase as an internal control; 1.0 unit denotes the basal activity of endogenous HIF-2α using the HRE luciferase reporter plasmid. Immunoblots using an antibody specific for the hemagglutinin tag (HA) were used to detect HA-VHL. (B) Characterization of VHL E2 skipping by minigene analyses. Minigene experiments were performed in a variety of cell lines relevant to the studied diseases: renal (293T, 786-O, and HK2), pheochromocytoma (pheo; PC12), erythroid cell line (UT7 cultured with erythropoietin), and LCL. RT-PCR was performed on mRNA obtained from cell lines transfected with a minigene construct containing VHL E2 flanked by intronic sequences cloned between the SERPING1 exons (exons A and B; targeted by the RT-PCR primers). Bands corresponding to EA and EB spliced together or with VHL E2 are indicated on the right. (C) Sashimi plots from RNA-seq data. The positions of the different VHL exons are indicated, with the maximum number of reads for each exon indicated at the right. Splice junctions are denoted by the horizontal links, with details provided in supplemental Figure 15A. (D) Heatmap of pheochromocytoma transcriptome data. A comparison of transcriptome data for the pheochromocytoma from patient F11 III.1 (with P138P mutation) vs Affymetrix data from the largest available cohort of paragangliomas/pheochromocytomas (recruited by the French COMETE network) that identified homogeneous molecular subgroups associated with susceptibility genes (Burnichon et al30).Splicing dysregulation of VHL is causal in the development of diseaseRNA-seq confirmed that the synonymous mutations were not silent but instead induced potent E2 skipping (Figure 6C; supplemental Figure 15A). Additional transcriptome analyses of the pheochromocytoma carrying P138P showed an upregulation of HIF target genes (typically seen in VHL-related pheochromocytomas) compared with the pheochromocytoma carrying a RET mutation (supplemental Figure 15B).30 We then reanalyzed our independent cohort of pheochromocytomas30 using RNA-seq data from both tumors. After unsupervised classification, we observed a segregation of the P138P pheochromocytoma with other VHL-related tumors (C1B cluster), whereas the control pheochromocytoma bearing the RET mutation was grouped with other RET-related tumors (Figure 6D).
    1. Medical records of 31 Asian Indian genetically proven VHL patients with pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma were studied. A 55 year old female (Patient 18) presented with sympathetic paraganglioma (55Y). Genetic testing (PCR and Sanger sequencing) confirmed a missense mutation at c.584C>G of the VHL gene. She has a negative family history.

    1. Leu63 codon deletion 4ctGCGC

      A retrospective cohort study describes phenotypic variability within families with von Hippel-Lindau disease. Patients with genetically confirmed VHL were identified, although methods were not stated. 27 patients belonging to 5 families were discussed. The nonsense mutation S65* (c.189_192del) was found in both members belonging to family 4. Both had either a cerebral or spinal hemangioblastoma.

    1. 3 splice site mutations

      Among patients prospectively followed by the members of the French VHL Study Group, 35 consecutive patients with well-documented endocrine pancreatic tumour (20 women and 15 men; median age,37 [21Y-57] years) were included. The data from 7 patients with EPT have been partially reported previously in Hammel et al., 1995;2000. All 35 patients had VHL germline mutations and were assessed for the presence of pheochromocytoma and renal carcinome in addition to pancreatic tumours. The presence of other phenotypes was not described. A germline splice mutation (c.340+1G>A) was found in patient no 23 from family 582. The patient presented with pancreatic endocrine tumour and renal carcinoma. The patient's phenotypes are highly specific to VHL disease (PP4) and a splice alternation may be supportive of PVS1.

    2. 21 missense mutations, 5 nonsense mutations

      Among patients prospectively followed by the members of the French VHL Study Group, 35 consecutive patients with well-documented endocrine pancreatic tumour (20 women and 15 men; median age,37 [21Y-57] years) were included. The data from 7 patients with EPT have been partially reported previously in Hammel et al., 1995;2000. All 35 patients had VHL germline mutations and were assessed for the presence of pheochromocytoma and renal carcinoma in addition to pancreatic tumours. The presence of other phenotypes was not described. A missense mutation (c.334T>C) was found in 2 members of the same family. Patient No. 10 and patient no. 17 from family 360 both presented with pancreatic endocrine tumour. Their familial relation and other family members were not described therefore there may not be sufficient evidence for PP1. However, patients' phenotypes are highly specific to VHL disease (PP4) and disease-causing missense variants are common in VHL disease (PP2).

    1. c775C→G

      21 consenting patients treated for pheochromocytoma over a 10-yr period at the University of Freiburg Medical Center were affected by VHL and donated peripheral blood for germline DNA analyses. DNA was sequenced using single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of all three exons of the VHL gene. Three of these 21 patients had a p.Leu188Val germline mutation, (c.775C>G legacy notation converted to c.562C>G). Patients 19 and 21 had a single benign pheochromocytoma while patient 20 had three benign pheochromocytomas. The three patients were related. No other patient data and demographics was available.

    1. c.464-1G > T

      Direct sequencing and multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification were performed on thirteen unrelated subjects with VHL mutations. The clinical manifestations and family histories of the subjects were evaluated. A 38 year old Korean male patient presented with imbalance, gait disturbance and cerebellar hemangioblastoma, multiple pancreatic cysts and renal cysts. Genetic testing confirmed a splice mutation at c.464-1G > T of the VHL gene. Family history is unknown.

    1. Through PCR purification and Sanger sequencing of peripheral blood (using an alcohol precipitation method), 121 consecutive, unrelated, index PCC/PGL patients underwent genetic testing for five PCC/PGL susceptibility genes (RET, VHL, SDHB, SDHD and SDHC) and were evaluated for clinical diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type1. A 20 year old female was genetically confirmed with a familial mutation at c.588_588dupA of the VHL gene. She presented with bilateral pheochromocytoma. Familial/syndromic (FS) association although further family history is unknown.

    2. Through PCR purification and Sanger sequencing of peripheral blood (using an alcohol precipitation method), 121 consecutive, unrelated, index PCC/PGL patients underwent genetic testing for five PCC/PGL susceptibility genes (RET, VHL, SDHB, SDHD and SDHC) and were evaluated for clinical diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type1. A 15 year old male was genetically confirmed with a familial mutation at c.293A>C of the VHL gene. He presented with a sympathetic paraganglioma at age 12, and unilateral pheochromocytoma and retinal angioma (likely age 15). Further family history is unknown.

    1. A germline VHL mutation was detected in a 44 year old woman with a solitary cerebellar HAB,

      PatientID: D24

      KindredID: 1

      Case: F, 47Y0M, ethnicity unknown

      DiseaseAssertion: cerebellar hemangioblastoma

      FamilyInfo: DNA analysis of other close relatives showed that four clinically unaffected first and second degree relatives (aged 17-77 years) were also carriers of a P81S germline mutation. See Figure 3 for pedigree.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0006880 (cerebellar hemangioblastoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: patient had a single cerebellar HAB

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 8956040; 9829911; 8634692; 17661816 (mentioned as a group)

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.P81S (c.241C>T)

      LegacyVariant: p.P81S (c.454C>T)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2233 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2233/

      CAID: N/A

      gnomAD: 0.0002179 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/3-10183772-C-T

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transition

      CivicName: P81S (c.241C>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A

    1. c.341-6C > T (intron 1)

      200 patients with intracranial aneurysms were molecularly analyzed for VHL to determine if it is a candidate gene for aneurysm formation using peripheral blood. One patient was analyzed in detail and determined to have the above mutation (341-6C>T). The patient was only recorded to have an intracranial aneurysm (or dilatation of the cerebral artery).

    1. nt 699 C to G, Cys to Trp, exon 3

      Nine VHL patients (3 female, 6 male; mean age, 42 years; range, 29–71 years) with pancreatic cystic lesions were selected from the group of familial VHL patients followed on the Institutional Review Board-approved protocol at the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Patient No 7 was a 29Y male with pancreatic cyst; hemangioblastoma; retinal angioma; pheochromocytoma; renal cell carcinoma; pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour. This mutation of (c.486C>G; p.Cys162Trp) was referred to in the paper by c.699C>G due to a difference in transcript sequence. Family history was not described.

    1. c.191G>C, p.R64P

      Thirteen patients from four families (A, B, C and D) with known VHL disease and known mutations in the VHL gene were examined. MLPA using venous blood showed 4 variants. Family D was found with a p.R64P mutation in the VHL gene, only confirmed in patient II-1 (female) and neither parent or sibling, suggested a de novo mutation. Patient II-1 presented with pheochromocytoma in the right adrenal gland at age 37, and by age 45, she showed no signs of metastases or other VHL-associated tumors.

    1. X214L

      Families with VHL disease type 2A were evaluated for mutations in the VHL gene. In four families, three different coding sequence substitutions causing a 15 amino-acid extension from the original stop codon of the VHL gene were described. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood lymphocytes using standard procedures. Sequence analysis consisted of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and automated fluorescence sequencing of all three VHL exons. Patient 1 (family 1), female, presented with a pheochromocytoma at age 11, a pheochromocytoma at age 20, bilateral retinal hemangioblastoma at age 20, and a nodal metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor at age 20. She had a family history of early onset pheochromocytoma. She was found to have a substitution mutation in the VHL gene causing a loss of the stop codon, and an extension of 14 amino acids on the C-terminal end of the protein c.641G>T (p.*214Lext*14). This mutation is noted as p.*214Lext*15 in the paper due to a difference in nomenclature.) Her mother was found to have the same mutation. Her mother had two pheochromocytomas at age 12, and was found to have bilateral retinal hemangioblastomas at age 40. Her brother was found to have a pheochromocytoma at age 13, but was not sequenced. Her maternal grandfather was noted to have had liver cancer at 72, her great grandfather had unspecified cancer, and her great aunt had Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 38. A second patient (patient 2) from an independent family was found to have the same mutation as patient 1. Patient 2 was also female and presented with bilateral retinal hemangioblastomas. Her last recorded age was 38 years old, and no age of diagnosis was provided.

    1. Genetic testing showed that the patient was heterozygous for a deletion of three bases (TTC) in exon 1 of the von Hippel-Lindau gene. This is similar to the genetic findings of Patel et al2 for a patient with a macular hemangioblastoma. The mutation spans two codons, resulting in in-frame loss of a phenylalanine at codon 76.

      A case study of a 14Y boy was found with a juxtapapillary retinal hemangioblastoma and secondary neovascularization. 16 months later, genetic analysis revealed an in-frame mutation in the VHL gene (p.Phe76del). The patient and his family was still being investigated for other manifestations during the time of the publication.

    1. Eighteen VHL patients who underwent pancreatectomy for one or several endocrine tumors at Beaujon hospital from 1997 to 2008 were retrieved from the file of VHL patients (Table 1).

      Eighteen VHL patients who underwent pancreatectomy for one or several endocrine tumors at Beaujon hospital from 1997 to 2008 were retrieved from the file of VHL patients. All patients had VHL germline mutations. Age is at the time of surgery. Patients #8 (male) was found with this germline VHL mutation (p.N131K (c.393C>A)) and pancreatic endocrine tumours. The last known age of the patient was 26Y. Other phenotypes and demographics were unknown. ACMG PP4

    1. This study reports 1,548 germline and somatic mutations from 945 VHL families, including 30 previously unpublished kindreds from The Netherlands (six novel mutations). This mutation was detected by direct sequencing and MLPA. This missense mutation (c.407T>C) was found in a VHL patient with renal cell carcinoma (case no. 481). ACMG evidence codes: 'PP2' because they observe a missense variant in a gene where missense variants are a common mechanism of disease.

    1. A retrospective cohort study included all the VHL patients diagnosed at Peking University First Hospital (Beijing, China) prior to June 1 2016. A total of 291 patients from 115 different families were included for analysis. This familial mutation was confirmed in family #52 with 9 affected members who were all genetically confirmed with the mutation. A male proband was diagnosed with CNS hemangioblastoma at 28Y, RCC at 28Y, and multiple pancreatic lesions at 28Y. His son and daughter of unknown ages are asymptomatic. His mother was diagnosed with CNS hemangioblastoma at 66Y, RCC at 69Y, and multiple pancreatic lesions at 66Y. His first sister was diagnosed with CNS hemangioblastoma at 32Y, RCC at 36Y, and multiple pancreatic lesions at 36Y. His nephew and niece (son and daughter of first sister) of unknown ages are asymptomatic. His second sister was diagnosed with CNS hemangioblastoma at 39Y, RCC at 39Y, and multiple pancreatic lesions at 39Y. His nephew (son of second sister) of unknown age is asymptomatic. This cohort was also published in a paper by Wang et al., 2018 (PMID: 29330336). It is likely that both papers published the same family.

    1. R167W.

      The aim of this study was to establish the characteristics of pheochromocytoma in a population of 58 patients between 4 and 20 years of age studied at Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez. They represented a 23% of the total population of 255 pheochromocytoma patients studied. Two children belonging to the same family had VHL type 2A and presented with the missense mutation Arg167Trp. The children both had pheochromocytomas.

    1. The ELST shown in Figure 1 occurred in the left temporal bone of an 8-year-old boy who presented with profound sensorineural hearing loss, intermittent vertigo, and vHL based on mutation analysis that showed a G-to-C nucleotide 601 mutation in the vHL gene on chromosome 3. High-resolution computed tomographic imaging using a bone-window protocol demonstrates a destructive mass involving the posterior aspect of the left petrous temporal bone centered midway between the internal auditory canal and the sigmoid sinus. Bony erosion extends into the posterior semicircular canal, and there are areas of stippling and central calcification within the mass suggestive of an aggressive, erosive process. Magnetic resonance images of ELSTs may demonstrate enhancement on precontrast T1-weighted images and heterogeneous enhancement on T2-weighted images. Larger lesions may show flow voids. Although the diagnosis in this case was relatively straightforward on the basis of the combination of genetic screening studies and characteristic imaging features on computed tomographic scanning, a differential diagnosis of similar lesions should include meningioma, choroid plexus papilloma, paraganglioma, chondrosarcoma, and metastasis.

      This paper shows the imaging result of an endolymphatic sac tumor found in the left temporal bone of an 8-year-old boy who presented with profound sensorineural hearing gloss, intermittent vertigo. VHL mutation analysis showed c.388G>C mutation (noted as G-to-C nucleotide 601 mutation in the paper).

    1. VHL: c.374A>C, p.His125Pro

      A cohort of 64 pheochromocytoma and paragangliomas were screened for a BRAF mutation using direct Sanger sequencing and QRT-PCR. Genomic DNA was extracted from fresh or frozen peripheral blood. Germline mutations of VHL, SDHB, SDHD, and RET genes were also observed. The VHL mutation c.374A>C (p.His125Pro) was reported in patient #42, a 24Y male with bilateral pheochromocytoma. No family history was reported here.

    1. PMID: 21461997

      4 paediatric patients presenting with pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas were reported. Upon genetic testing of peripheral blood leukocytes on the VHL, SDHB, SDHC, SDHC, and RET genes, 1 patient was found to have the c.374A>C germline mutation. At 13Y the patient had bilateral adrenal pheochromocytoma and retinal capillary hemangiomas. Now, 19Y, he remains in complete remission. Family screening showed the absence of the mutation in the asymptomatic mother; the father was not analyzed. Other family history was negative for VHL syndrome and PCCs.

    1. c.362 A>Gap.D121G

      53 patients with a molecularly confirmed VHL mutation (by PCR through EDTA-anticoagulated blood) and a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (ICT) were collected from the German NET-Registry and the German VHL-registry. An additional 296 patients were stated in this paper with a VHL associated germline mutation, but without pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. 2 patients were found to have the above mutation (c.362A>G). 1 was a VHL patient with an ICT (pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor) taken from the VHL-registry. The other patient was stated to be in this study with the given mutation, however no ICT. Other clinical manifestations outside of a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor are possible, but were not discussed. ACMG evidence codes: 'PP2' because they observe a missense variant in a gene where missense variants are a common mechanism of disease.

    1. VHLE2c.414A>Gp.P138P

      314 Chinese patients with Pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PPGL) from Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China, were included in this study for germline profiling. The majority of patients underwent surgery and were histopathologically diagnosed with PPGL. For patients who had an unresectable or metastatic tumor, PPGL diagnosis was determined based on clinical features (headache, palpitations, sweating, etc). Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood of all 314 PPGL patients, and detect potential variants in 12 known genes associated with hereditary PPGL (SDHA, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, SDHAF2, FH, VHL, RET, NF1, MAX, TMEM127, and KIF1B) using next-generation and Sanger sequencing. Germline variants were detected in 29% of the 314 PPGL patients. Germline genetic testing revealed a synonymous P138P(c.414A>G) variant in exon 2 of the VHL gene, in 2 patients, 2 years after their diagnosis. Patient #86 is a male PPGL patient who first presented with bilateral pheochromocytoma at age 15 and was also diagnosed at age 15. They also have a family history of PPGL, which was not detailed further. Patient #87 is a male PPGL patient who first presented with pheochromocytoma at age 36 and was also diagnosed at age 36. Patient 87 does not have family history of PPGL.

    1. 709 G-->T transversion present in all affected subjects and in four presymptomatic children.

      PatientID: II:7

      KindredID: 1

      Case: M, Age Unknown, Jewish

      DiseaseAssertion: VHL

      FamilyInfo: This kindred of Jewish-Kurdish origin consisted of 3 generations of 25 members. 7 were clinically affected subjects with pheochromocytoma (5 of which had the confirmed mutation - I:1, II:2, II:4, II:7 and II:9, as the other 2, II:5 and II:10 were said to have passed due to complications of the disease - prior to any genetic testing), and 4 others were carriers, or pre-symptomatic (III:1, III:3, III:7 and III:12). Subject 11:7 developed a cerebellar hemangioblastoma 25 yr after his initial diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, leading to the clinical diagnosis of VHL in the kindred.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002666; HP:0006880; HP:0030074 (pheochromocytoma, cerebellar hemangiolastoma, chemodectoma)

      CaseHPOFreeText: patient had cerebellar HB at 25Y, after his initial diagnosis with bilateral pheochromocytoma, and then also extra-adrenal chromafin tumors (carotid body chemodectoma).

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0005584 (renal cell carcinoma)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

      CasePreviousTesting: N/A

      PreviouslyPublished: 33471715

      SupplementalData: N/A

      Variant: p.V166F (c.496G>T)

      LegacyVariant: p.V166F (c.709G>T)

      CaseProblemVariantFreeText: N/A

      ClinVarID: 2224, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/2224/

      CAID: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      VariantEvidence: N/A

      MutationType: missense_variant;transversion

      CivicName: V166F (c.496G>T)

      MultipleGeneVariants: N/A