13-32326498-G-C

Variant names:

• chr13-32326498-G-C
• NM_000059.4:c.517-1G>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PVS1_Moderate PM2 PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000059.4(BRCA2):​c.517-1G>C variant causes a splice acceptor, intron change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 3/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 33)
• Consequence: BRCA2 NM_000059.4 splice_acceptor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 0.9999
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:2
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 6.28

Genes affected

BRCA2 (HGNC:1101): (BRCA2 DNA repair associated) Inherited mutations in BRCA1 and this gene, BRCA2, confer increased lifetime risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer. Both BRCA1 and BRCA2 are involved in maintenance of genome stability, specifically the homologous recombination pathway for double-strand DNA repair. The largest exon in both genes is exon 11, which harbors the most important and frequent mutations in breast cancer patients. The BRCA2 gene was found on chromosome 13q12.3 in human. The BRCA2 protein contains several copies of a 70 aa motif called the BRC motif, and these motifs mediate binding to the RAD51 recombinase which functions in DNA repair. BRCA2 is considered a tumor suppressor gene, as tumors with BRCA2 mutations generally exhibit loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of the wild-type allele. [provided by RefSeq, May 2020]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 12 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, product NOT destroyed by NMD, known LOF gene, truncates exone, which is 0.011211855 fraction of the gene. Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 4.1, offset of 9, new splice context is: tttcctcccacggtcgtcAGaca. Cryptic site results in inframe change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in frameshift change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 13-32326498-G-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr13-32326498-G-C is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 1745807.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
BRCA2	NM_000059.4	c.517-1G>C		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 6 of 26	ENST00000380152.8	NP_000050.3

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
BRCA2	ENST00000380152.8	c.517-1G>C		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 6 of 26	5	NM_000059.4	ENSP00000369497.3
BRCA2	ENST00000530893.7	c.148-1G>C		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 6 of 26	1		ENSP00000499438.2
BRCA2	ENST00000614259.2	n.517-1G>C		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 5 of 25	2		ENSP00000506251.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 33

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 30

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 33

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:2

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:1

Jul 27, 2021

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.517-1G>C intronic variant results from a G to C substitution one nucleotide upstream from coding exon 6 of the BRCA2 gene. This alteration was identified once in a cohort of 306 pancreatic cancer patients. The patient was diagnosed at age 57 and had a previous history of bilateral breast cancer diagnosed at age 47 (Holter S et al. J. Clin. Oncol., 2015 Oct;33:3124-9). This nucleotide position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. Using the BDGP and ESEfinder splice site prediction tools, this alteration will abolish the native splice acceptor site; however, direct evidence is unavailable. A close-match alteration at this same acceptor site, BRCA2 c.517-2A>G, has been identified in a compound heterozygous and homozygous state in patients with Fanconi Anemia (Leach M et al. Practical Flow Cytometry in Hematology: 100 worked examples. 321-324; 2015; Muramatsu H et al. Genet. Med., 2017 07;19:796-802). BRCA2 c.517-2A>G also demonstrates an intermediate effect in a mouse embryonic stem cell survival and subsequent homology-directed DNA repair assays. Clinical and functional data collectively support BRCA2 c.517-2A>G as a likely hypomorphic variant (Mesman RLS et al. Genet Med, 2020 08;22:1355-1365). BRCA2 c.517-2A>G is expected to have a similar splice defect as this variant (Houdayer C et al. Hum Mut. 2012; 33:1228–38; Fraile-Bethencourt E et al. J. Pathol. 2019 08;248(4):409-420). Based on the majority of available evidence to date, this variant is likely to be pathogenic. However, because a variant expected to have a similar splicing profile as this variant is functionally hypomorphic and has been identified in multiple patients with Fanconi Anemia it may be similarly hypomorphic and thus, carriers of this variant and their families may present with reduced risks, and not with the typical clinical characteristics of a high-risk pathogenic BRCA2 alteration. As risk estimates are unknown at this time, clinical correlation is advised. -

Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome Pathogenic:1

Mar 25, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change affects an acceptor splice site in intron 6 of the BRCA2 gene. It is expected to disrupt RNA splicing. Variants that disrupt the donor or acceptor splice site typically lead to a loss of protein function (PMID: 16199547), and loss-of-function variants in BRCA2 are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 20104584). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). Disruption of this splice site has been observed in individual(s) with breast cancer (PMID: 25940717). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1745807). Studies have shown that disruption of this splice site alters mRNA splicing and is expected to lead to the loss of protein expression (PMID: 30883759). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.22	D
BayesDel_noAF	Uncertain	0.080
CADD	Pathogenic	26
DANN	Uncertain	0.99
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.0
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.84
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
GERP RS		5.2

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.94
SpliceAI score (max)		0.78		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AL_spliceai		0.78		Position offset: 1

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Publications

No publications associated with this variant yet.

Other links and lift over

hg19: chr13-32900635;