NM_000059.4:c.8754+3G>C

Variant names:

• chr13-32376794-G-C
• rs397508007
• NM_000059.4:c.8754+3G>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Likely pathogenic. Variant got 9 ACMG points: 10P and 1B. PM2 PP5_Very_Strong BP4

The NM_000059.4(BRCA2):​c.8754+3G>C variant causes a splice region, intron change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a benign outcome for this variant. 2/3 splice prediction tools predict no significant impact on normal splicing. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★).

• Frequency: Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
• Consequence: BRCA2 NM_000059.4 splice_region, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 0.3222
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:12
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 1.54

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 Likely_pathogenic. Variant got 9 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 13-32376794-G-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr13-32376794-G-C is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 52668.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr13-32376794-G-C is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].
• BP4: Computational evidence support a benign effect (BayesDel_noAF=-0.39). . Strength limited to SUPPORTING due to the PP5.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
BRCA2	NM_000059.4	c.8754+3G>C		splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 21 of 26	ENST00000380152.8	NP_000050.3

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
BRCA2	ENST00000380152.8	c.8754+3G>C		splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 21 of 26	5	NM_000059.4	ENSP00000369497.3
BRCA2	ENST00000530893.7	c.8385+3G>C		splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 21 of 26	1		ENSP00000499438.2
BRCA2	ENST00000614259.2	n.*812+3G>C		splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 20 of 25	2		ENSP00000506251.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:12

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2 Pathogenic:5

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

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Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Oct 08, 2014

Genome Diagnostics Laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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May 27, 2024

Department of Clinical Genetics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

PVS1 (RNA); PM2_Supporting -

Sep 21, 2015

Clinical Genetics DNA and cytogenetics Diagnostics Lab, Erasmus MC, Erasmus Medical Center

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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not provided Pathogenic:4

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Joint Genome Diagnostic Labs from Nijmegen and Maastricht, Radboudumc and MUMC+

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Nov 19, 2018

GeneDx

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant is denoted BRCA2 c.8754+3G>C or IVS21+3G>C and consists of a G>C nucleotide substitution at the +3 position of intron 21 of the BRCA2 gene. Using alternate nomenclature, this variant would be defined as BRCA2 8982+3G>C. This variant has been observed in at least two families with breast and/or ovarian cancer (Brandao 2011, Thomassen 2012). BRCA2 c.8754+3G>C was not observed in large population cohorts (Lek 2016, The 1000 Genomes Consortium 2015, NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project). The guanine (G) nucleotide that is altered is conserved in mammals. Multiple in silico models predict this variant to weaken the nearby natural donor site and to cause abnormal gene splicing. Multiple functional studies, including minigene splicing assays and RT-PCR mRNA analyses, have demonstrated that this variant induces retention of 46 nucleotides within the transcript, resulting in a predicted frameshift and truncated protein (Brandao 2011, Thomassen 2012, Colombo 2013). Based on the currently available information, we consider BRCA2 c.8754+3G>C to be a likely pathogenic variant. -

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Clinical Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Netherlands Cancer Institute

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Mar 04, 2025

Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:2

Jan 19, 2021

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant causes a G to C nucleotide substitution at the +3 position of intron 21 of the BRCA2 gene. Functional RNA studies have shown that this variant causes use of a cryptic splice site 46 basepairs downstream, and introduces a premature stop (PMID: 21769658, 23451180). To our knowledge, functional studies have not been reported for this variant. This variant has been reported in families affected with breast/ovarian cancer (PMID: 21638052, 25103822, 26833046, 27062684). This variant has not been identified in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Loss of BRCA2 function is a known mechanism of disease (clinicalgenome.org). Based on the available evidence, this variant is classified as Pathogenic. -

May 08, 2024

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.8754+3G>C intronic variant results from a G to C substitution 3 nucleotides after coding exon 20 in the BRCA2 gene. This alteration has been reported in two individuals with a personal and/or family history suggestive of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC). In vitro RNA studies revealed that this alteration leads to monoallelic expression of a transcript retaining a part of intron 21 that is predicted to lead to a premature stop codon (Brandão RD et al. Breast Cancer Res. Treat. 2011 Oct;129(3):971-8; Thomassen M et al. Breast Cancer Res. Treat. 2012 Apr;132(3):1009-23; Colombo M et al. PLoS One, 2013 Feb;8:e57173; Ambry internal data). In silico splice site analysis predicts that this alteration will weaken the native splice donor site and will result in the creation or strengthening of a novel splice donor site. Of note, this alteration is also designated as 8982+3G>C and IVS21+3G>C in published literature. This variant is considered to be rare based on population cohorts in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Based on the majority of available evidence to date, this variant is likely to be pathogenic. -

Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome Pathogenic:1

Aug 31, 2023

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Variants that disrupt the consensus splice site are a relatively common cause of aberrant splicing (PMID: 17576681, 9536098). Studies have shown that this variant results in retention of 46 nucleotides of intron 21 and introduces a premature termination codon (PMID: 21638052, 21769658, 23451180). The resulting mRNA is expected to undergo nonsense-mediated decay. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 52668). This variant has been observed in individual(s) with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (PMID: 21520333, 21638052, 21769658, 23451180). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change falls in intron 21 of the BRCA2 gene. It does not directly change the encoded amino acid sequence of the BRCA2 protein. RNA analysis indicates that this variant induces altered splicing and may result in an absent or disrupted protein product. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.39
CADD	Benign	15
DANN	Benign	0.81

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Benign	0.32
dbscSNV1_RF	Benign	0.49
SpliceAI score (max)		0.75		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DG_spliceai		0.75		Position offset: 43
DS_DL_spliceai		0.59		Position offset: -3

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs397508007; hg19: chr13-32950931;