rs397507884

Variant names:

• chr13-32329496-A-G
• rs397507884
• NM_000059.4:c.681+4A>G

Your query was ambiguous. Multiple possible variants found:

• chr13-32329496-A-G
• chr13-32329496-A-T

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points: 11P and 0B. PM2 PP3 PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000059.4(BRCA2):​c.681+4A>G 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. 3/3 splice prediction tools predicting alterations to 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: 0.9968
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:6
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 2.64
• Publications: 3 publications found

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]

BRCA2 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2

  Inheritance: AD Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Ambry Genetics, Genomics England PanelApp, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen
• Fanconi anemia complementation group D1

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Ambry Genetics, ClinGen, G2P
• pancreatic cancer, susceptibility to, 2

  Inheritance: AD Classification: STRONG Submitted by: Genomics England PanelApp
• sarcoma

  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
• medulloblastoma

  Inheritance: AD Classification: LIMITED Submitted by: Ambry Genetics

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 11 ACMG points.

• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP3: Splicing predictors support a deleterious effect. Scorers claiming Pathogenic: dbscSNV1_ADA, dbscSNV1_RF, max_spliceai. No scorers claiming Uncertain. No scorers claiming Benign.
• PP5: Variant 13-32329496-A-G is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr13-32329496-A-G is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 52193.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.681+4A>G		splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 8 of 26	ENST00000380152.8	NP_000050.3

Ensembl

Gene	Transcript	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon rank	TSL	MANE	Protein	Appris	UniProt
BRCA2	ENST00000380152.8	c.681+4A>G		splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 8 of 26	5	NM_000059.4	ENSP00000369497.3
BRCA2	ENST00000530893.7	c.312+4A>G		splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 8 of 26	1		ENSP00000499438.2
BRCA2	ENST00000614259.2	n.681+4A>G		splice_region_variant, intron_variant	Intron 7 of 25	2		ENSP00000506251.1

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 27

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

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

Jul 28, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.681+4A>G intronic variant results from an A to G substitution 4 nucleotides after coding exon 7 in the BRCA2 gene. This nucleotide position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. 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. Splicing studies from both human lymphoblastoid cell lines and minigene show that this variant results in use of the predicted alternate donor site leading to a frameshift with predicted premature truncation (Houdayer C et al. Hum. Mutat., 2012 Aug;33:1228-38; Fraile-Bethencourt E et al. J. Pathol., 2019 Aug;248:409-420). In addition, internal RNA studies have demonstrated that this alteration results in abnormal splicing in the set of samples tested (Ambry internal data). 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.

Oct 29, 2019

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant causes an A>G nucleotide substitution at the +4 position of intron 8 of the BRCA2 gene. This variant may cause an intronic cryptic donor be used which inserted 4 nucleotides downstream from 5′ splice site shown in RNA extracted from patient derived lymphoblastoid cell lines and minigene assay (PMID: 22505045, 30883759). This variant has been reported in at least 1 individual underwent genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 based on individual and/or family history (PMID: 22505045) and two individuals with breast cancer and/or ovarian cancer in UMD database. 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. Based on the available evidence, this variant is classified as Likely Pathogenic.

Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome Pathogenic:2

Jul 17, 2022

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change falls in intron 8 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. This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This variant has been observed in individual(s) with personal and/or family history of breast cancer (PMID: 22762150, 29446198). This variant is also known as IVS8+4A>G. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 52193). Variants that disrupt the consensus splice site are a relatively common cause of aberrant splicing (PMID: 17576681, 9536098). Studies have shown that this variant alters mRNA splicing and is expected to lead to the loss of protein expression (PMID: 22505045, 30883759). In summary, the currently available evidence indicates that the variant is pathogenic, but additional data are needed to prove that conclusively. Therefore, this variant has been classified as Likely Pathogenic.

Apr 09, 2019

Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Variant summary: BRCA2 c.681+4A>G alters a conserved nucleotide located close to a canonical splice site and therefore could affect mRNA splicing, leading to a significantly altered protein sequence. Several computational tools predict a significant impact on normal splicing: Four predict the variant abolishes/weakens a 5' donor site. Four predict the variant strengthens a cryptic intronic 5 donor site. These predictions were confirmed by experimental evidence demonstrating the variant to improve an intronic cryptic donor site resulting in the insertion of 4 nucleotides which causes a frameshift (p.N228Vfs*11) (Fraile-Bethencourt_2019, Houdayer_2012). The variant was absent in 237674 control chromosomes (gnomAD). c.681+4A>G has been reported in the literature in individuals affected with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (Rebbeck_2018). These data indicate that the variant is likely associated with disease. Two ClinVar submissions from clinical diagnostic laboratories (evaluation after 2014) cite the variant as pathogenic (1x) and once as uncertain significance. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic.

Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2 Pathogenic:1

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

not provided Pathogenic:1

May 11, 2024

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The BRCA2 c.681+4A>G variant has been reported in the published literature in at least one individual with personal and/or family history of breast cancer (PMIDs: 22762150 (2012)). Splicing studies predict an alternate donor site leads to a frameshift with premature truncation, resulting in loss of protein expression (PMIDs:30883759 (2019), 26913838 (2016), and 22505045 (2012)). This variant has not been reported in large, multi-ethnic general populations (Genome Aggregation Database, http://gnomad.broadinstitute.org). Analysis of this variant using software algorithms for the prediction of the effect of nucleotide changes on splicing yielded predictions that this variant may affect proper BRCA2 mRNA splicing. Based on the available information, this variant is classified as likely pathogenic.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
BayesDel_noAF	Benign	-0.28
CADD	Pathogenic	34
DANN	Benign	0.94
PhyloP100		2.6
Mutation Taster		=0/100	disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA	Pathogenic	1.0
dbscSNV1_RF	Pathogenic	0.90
Splicevardb		3.0
SpliceAI score (max)		0.94		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DG_spliceai		0.94		Position offset: 0
DS_DL_spliceai		0.62		Position offset: -4

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs397507884; hg19: chr13-32903633;