17-43104928-G-A

Variant names:

• chr17-43104928-G-A
• rs80357350
• NM_007294.4:c.241C>T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 19 ACMG points: 19P and 0B. PVS1 PM2 PP3 PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_007294.4(BRCA1):​c.241C>T​(p.Gln81*) variant causes a stop gained change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000684 in 1,461,552 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★★★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. Q81Q) has been classified as Likely benign. Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: BRCA1 NM_007294.4 stop_gained
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic reviewed by expert panel P:12
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 4.24
• Publications: 26 publications found

Genes affected

BRCA1 (HGNC:1100): (BRCA1 DNA repair associated) This gene encodes a 190 kD nuclear phosphoprotein that plays a role in maintaining genomic stability, and it also acts as a tumor suppressor. The BRCA1 gene contains 22 exons spanning about 110 kb of DNA. The encoded protein combines with other tumor suppressors, DNA damage sensors, and signal transducers to form a large multi-subunit protein complex known as the BRCA1-associated genome surveillance complex (BASC). This gene product associates with RNA polymerase II, and through the C-terminal domain, also interacts with histone deacetylase complexes. This protein thus plays a role in transcription, DNA repair of double-stranded breaks, and recombination. Mutations in this gene are responsible for approximately 40% of inherited breast cancers and more than 80% of inherited breast and ovarian cancers. Alternative splicing plays a role in modulating the subcellular localization and physiological function of this gene. Many alternatively spliced transcript variants, some of which are disease-associated mutations, have been described for this gene, but the full-length natures of only some of these variants has been described. A related pseudogene, which is also located on chromosome 17, has been identified. [provided by RefSeq, May 2020]

BRCA1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, ClinGen, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Genomics England PanelApp
• Fanconi anemia, complementation group S

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE, LIMITED Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
• pancreatic cancer, susceptibility to, 4

  Inheritance: AD Classification: MODERATE Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome

  Inheritance: AD Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Fanconi anemia

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 19 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Loss of function variant, product undergoes nonsense mediated mRNA decay. LoF is a known mechanism of disease.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: Splicing predictors support a deleterious effect. Scorers claiming Pathogenic: max_spliceai. No scorers claiming Uncertain. No scorers claiming Benign.
• PP5: Variant 17-43104928-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr17-43104928-G-A is described in ClinVar as [Pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 54565.Status of the report is reviewed_by_expert_panel, 3 stars.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
BRCA1	NM_007294.4	c.241C>T	p.Gln81*	stop_gained	Exon 5 of 23	ENST00000357654.9	NP_009225.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
BRCA1	ENST00000357654.9	c.241C>T	p.Gln81*	stop_gained	Exon 5 of 23	1	NM_007294.4	ENSP00000350283.3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461552 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 31 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 727098

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33476

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44720

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26128

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39648

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.0000116 AC: 1 AN: 86246

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53264

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5766

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 1111924

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 60380

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.0000167 Hom.: 0

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:12

Revision: reviewed by expert panel

Submissions by phenotype

Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1 Pathogenic:5

Jul 01, 2015

Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Oct 02, 2015

Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA), c/o University of Cambridge

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Sep 08, 2016

Evidence-based Network for the Interpretation of Germline Mutant Alleles (ENIGMA)

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: reviewed by expert panel

Collection Method: curation

Variant allele predicted to encode a truncated non-functional protein. -

Mar 08, 2021

Baylor Genetics

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

May 29, 2002

Breast Cancer Information Core (BIC) (BRCA1)

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome Pathogenic:2

Jan 31, 2014

Research Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: research

- -

Jul 11, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Gln81*) in the BRCA1 gene. It is expected to result in an absent or disrupted protein product. Loss-of-function variants in BRCA1 are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 20104584). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This premature translational stop signal has been observed in individual(s) with breast cancer or ovarian cancer (PMID: 15382066). This variant is also known as c.360C>T. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 54565). Algorithms developed to predict the effect of sequence changes on RNA splicing suggest that this variant may disrupt the consensus splice site. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Breast and/or ovarian cancer Pathogenic:1

Sep 06, 2000

Foulkes Cancer Genetics LDI, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Familial cancer of breast;C2676676:Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1;C3280442:Pancreatic cancer, susceptibility to, 4;C4554406:Fanconi anemia, complementation group S Pathogenic:1

Oct 31, 2018

Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

not provided Pathogenic:1

Mar 04, 2025

Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

Malignant tumor of breast Pathogenic:1

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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.Gln81X variant was identified in 1 of 338 proband chromosomes (frequency: 0.003) from individuals or families with Breast and or Ovarian cancer (Oros, 2004). The variant was also identified in dbSNP (ID: rs80357350) “With pathogenic allele”, HGMD, ClinVar database (sighted by BIC and invitae), the BIC database (3X with class 5 clinical importance), and UMD (5X as a causal variant). The p.Gln81X variant leads to a premature stop codon at position 81, which is predicted to lead to a truncated or absent protein and loss of function. Loss of function variants of the BRCA1 gene are an established mechanism of disease in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and is the type of variant expected to cause the disorder. In summary, based on the above information, this variant meets our laboratory’s criteria to be classified as pathogenic. -

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:1

Aug 19, 2022

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.Q81* pathogenic mutation (also known as c.241C>T), located in coding exon 4 of the BRCA1 gene, results from a C to T substitution at nucleotide position 241. This changes the amino acid from a glutamine to a stop codon within coding exon 4. This mutation has been reported in multiple families with hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer (Oros KK et al. Int. J. Cancer 2004 Nov;112(3):411-9; Heramb C et al. Hered Cancer Clin Pract 2018 Jan;16:3; Arai M et al. J. Hum. Genet. 2018 Apr;63(4):447-457). Of note, this mutation is also designated as 360C>T in published literature. This variant is considered to be rare based on population cohorts in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). This alteration is expected to result in loss of function by premature protein truncation or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. As such, this alteration is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.58	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.60
CADD	Pathogenic	37
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.95
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.78
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.96	D
PhyloP100		4.2
Vest4		0.95
GERP RS		4.3
PromoterAI		0.012	Neutral
Mutation Taster		=0/200	disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
Splicevardb		3.0
SpliceAI score (max)		0.51		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AL_spliceai		0.51		Position offset: 28

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs80357350; hg19: chr17-41256945;