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. 2020 Jun 1;58(4):264–269. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106562

Table 1.

Overview of pathogenic variants and pancreatic cancer occurrence

Variant location CDKN2A nucleotide change* CDKN2A/p16INK4a amino acid change CDKN2A/p14ARF amino acid change Total no. of families
(no. of proven carriers)
No. of families with PDAC
(no. of proven carriers in these families)
No. of
PDAC cases
(no. of validated† cases)
No. of proven carriers with PDAC
+ no. of obligate carriers with PDAC
PDAC occurrence in literature
Exon 1β c.193G>C None p.(Gly65Arg) 4 (8) 0 (−) 0 (−) 0+0 No
Exon 1β c.193+1G>A None p.? (splicing) 5 (12) 0 (−) 0 (−) 0+0 No
Exon 1α c.-34G>T p.? None 4 (8) 0 (−) 0 (−) 0+0 Yes6 7 15 19 37
Exon 1α c.47T>G p.(Leu16Arg) None 3 (9) 2 (5) 2 (0) 0+1 Yes15 19
Exon 1α c.67G>C p.(Gly23Arg) None 9 (55) 6 (39) 12 (5) 5+4 No
Exon 1α c.71G>C p.(Arg24Pro) None 2 (3) 2 (3) 2 (2) 2+0 Yes6 7 15 19 37
Exon 1α c.131-132insAA p.(Tyr44*) None 1 (3) 0 (−) 0 (−) 0+0 Yes15 19
Exon 1α c.143C>A p.(Pro48Gln) None 1 (8) 1 (8) 3 (1) 1+1 Variant not reported
Exon 2 c.151-2A>G p.? (splicing) p.? (splicing) 1 (12) 1 (12) 1 (0) 0+0 Variant not reported
Exon 2 c.159G>A p.(Met53Ile) p.(Asp68Asn) 2 (5) 1 (4) 1 (1) 0+0 Yes15 19
Exon 2 c.203C>T p.(Ala68Val) p.(Arg82Arg) 2 (7) 0 (−) 0 (−) 0+0 Yes36
Exon 2 c.225_243del p.(Ala76Cysfs*64) p.(Arg90Valfs*76) 131 (484) 82 (302) NA NA Yes6–8 10 15 16 19 37
Exon 2 c.301G>T p.(Gly101Trp) p.(Arg115Leu) 2 (2) 0 0 (−) 0+0 Yes6 7 14 15 19 37
Exon 2 c.352G>A p.(Ala118Thr) p.(Gly132Asp) 4 (31) 0 0 (−) 0+0 Variant not reported
Exon 1+2+3 Deletion 155 kb of CDKN2A, CDKN2B and partially MTAP p.?
(whole gene deletion)
p.?
(whole gene deletion)
1 (2) 0 0 (−) 0+0 Variant not reported

The variants c.143C >A and c.203C >T are located on a pathogenic haplotype.

*RefSeq NM_000077.4 isoform p16INK4a, RefSeq NM_058195.3 isoform p14ARF (for exon 1β).

†Through medical records and/or pathology reports.

CDKN2A, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A; NA, not analysed; PDAC, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.