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Sharon A Savage1, Kristine Jones2,3, Kedest Teshome2,3
1Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a valuable tool, but has limitations in sequencing through repetitive runs of single nucleotides (homopolymers). Pathogenic germline variants in WRAP53 encoding telomere Cajal body protein 1 (TCAB1) are a known cause of dyskeratosis congenita. We identified a significant NGS error in WRAP53, c.1562dup, p.Ala522Glyfs*8 (rs755116516 G>-/GG/GGG) that did not validate by Sanger sequencing. This error occurs because rs755116516 G>-/GG/GGG (Chr17:7,606,714) is polymorphic, and variants at this site challenge the ability of NGS to accurately call the correct number of nucleotides in a homopolymer run. This was further complicated by the fact that chr17:7,606,721 (rs769202794) is multiallelic G>A, C, T, and that chr17:7,606,722 is also multiallelic (rs7640C>A/G/T and rs373064567C>delC). In addition to the expert interpretation of potentially clinically actionable variants, it recommended that all variants in regions of the genome with homopolymers be validated by Sanger sequencing before clinical action.
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