NM_058216.3:c.706-2A>C

Variant names:

• chr17-58709857-A-C
• rs587780259
• NM_058216.3:c.706-2A>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 14 ACMG points: 14P and 0B. PVS1_Strong PM2 PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_058216.3(RAD51C):​c.706-2A>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: 30)
• Consequence: RAD51C NM_058216.3 splice_acceptor, intron
• Scores: Splicing: ADA: 1.000
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:6
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 6.97

Genes affected

RAD51C (HGNC:9820): (RAD51 paralog C) This gene is a member of the RAD51 family. RAD51 family members are highly similar to bacterial RecA and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad51 and are known to be involved in the homologous recombination and repair of DNA. This protein can interact with other RAD51 paralogs and is reported to be important for Holliday junction resolution. Mutations in this gene are associated with Fanconi anemia-like syndrome. This gene is one of four localized to a region of chromosome 17q23 where amplification occurs frequently in breast tumors. Overexpression of the four genes during amplification has been observed and suggests a possible role in tumor progression. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013]

ACMG classification

Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 14 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Splicing +-2 bp (donor or acceptor) variant, product NOT destroyed by NMD, known LOF gene, truncates exone, which is 0.11671088 fraction of the gene. Cryptic splice site detected, with MaxEntScore 3.3, offset of 10, new splice context is: ctgtatttcggttcgactAGtga. Cryptic site results in frameshift change. If cryptic site found is not functional and variant results in exon loss, it results in inframe change.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 17-58709857-A-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr17-58709857-A-C is described in ClinVar as [Likely_pathogenic]. Clinvar id is 631112.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars. Variant chr17-58709857-A-C is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic]. Variant chr17-58709857-A-C is described in Lovd as [Likely_pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	MANE	Protein	UniProt
RAD51C	NM_058216.3	c.706-2A>C		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 4 of 8	ENST00000337432.9	NP_478123.1

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
RAD51C	ENST00000337432.9	c.706-2A>C		splice_acceptor_variant, intron_variant	Intron 4 of 8	1	NM_058216.3	ENSP00000336701.4

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 30

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 30

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 30

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:6

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:2

Nov 26, 2024

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.706-2A>C intronic variant results from an A to C substitution two nucleotides upstream from coding exon 5 in the RAD51C gene. This variant is considered to be rare based on population cohorts in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). This nucleotide position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In silico splice site analysis predicts that this alteration will weaken the native splice acceptor site and will result in the creation or strengthening of a novel splice acceptor site. RNA studies have shown that this variant leads to partial skipping of exon 5 (Sanoguera-Miralles L et al. Cancers (Basel), 2020 Dec;12; Ambry internal data). Alterations that disrupt the canonical splice site are expected to cause aberrant splicing, resulting in an abnormal protein or a transcript that is subject to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. As such, this alteration is classified as likely pathogenic. -

Mar 29, 2019

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

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Fanconi anemia complementation group O;C3150659:Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 3 Pathogenic:1

Dec 06, 2021

Fulgent Genetics, Fulgent Genetics

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

- -

not provided Pathogenic:1

Dec 23, 2019

Leiden Open Variation Database

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: curation

Curator: Arleen D. Auerbach. Submitter to LOVD: Florentia Fostira. -

Fanconi anemia complementation group O Pathogenic:1

Feb 14, 2023

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Studies have shown that disruption of this splice site results in skipping of exon 5, but is expected to preserve the integrity of the reading-frame (PMID: 22006311, 24139550, 33333735). This sequence change affects an acceptor splice site in intron 4 of the RAD51C gene. RNA analysis indicates that disruption of this splice site induces altered splicing and likely results in a shortened protein product. 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 and ovarian cancer (PMID: 22006311, 22538716, 24549055, 25452441, 26261251, 26681312, 29255180, 31300551). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 631112). This variant disrupts a region of the RAD51C protein in which other variant(s) (p.Arg258His) have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 20400963, 22167183, 26354865). This suggests that this is a clinically significant region of the protein, and that variants that disrupt it are likely to be disease-causing. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 3 Pathogenic:1

Jan 03, 2024

Myriad Genetics, Inc.

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant is considered likely pathogenic. This variant occurs within a consensus splice junction and is predicted to result in abnormal mRNA splicing of either an out-of-frame exon or an in-frame exon necessary for protein stability and/or normal function. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.63	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.21
CADD	Pathogenic	34
DANN	Uncertain	0.98
Eigen	Pathogenic	1.1
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.97
FATHMM_MKL	Uncertain	0.94	D
GERP RS		6.0

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.93
SpliceAI score (max)		1.0		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai		0.70		Position offset: 12
DS_AL_spliceai		1.0		Position offset: 2

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

Publications

LitVar

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs587780259; hg19: chr17-56787218;