rs80356914
Variant summary
Our verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PM1PM2PM5PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong
The NM_007294.4(BRCA1):c.5511G>T(p.Trp1837Cys) variant causes a missense change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. W1837R) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.
Frequency
Consequence
NM_007294.4 missense
Scores
Clinical Significance
Conservation
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ACMG classification
Verdict is Pathogenic. Variant got 18 ACMG points.
Transcripts
RefSeq
Ensembl
Frequencies
GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 31
GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32
GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 31
ClinVar
Submissions by phenotype
Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1 Uncertain:2Other:1
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Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:2
The p.W1837C variant (also known as c.5511G>T), located in coding exon 22 of the BRCA1 gene, results from a G to T substitution at nucleotide position 5511. The tryptophan at codon 1837 is replaced by cysteine, an amino acid with highly dissimilar properties. This alteration is located in the BRCT domain and has been found to impair nuclear localization, transcriptional activation, and in vivo protein folding (Lee MS et al. Cancer Res. 2010 Jun; 70(12):4880-90; Thouvenot P et al. J. Cell. Sci., 2016 12;129:4366-4378). One functional study found that this nucleotide substitution is deleterious in a high throughput genome editing haploid cell survival assay (Findlay GM et al. Nature, 2018 10;562:217-222). Several other missense alterations, including p.W1837R and p.W1837G, have also been shown to be structurally and functionally deficient. This amino acid position is highly conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Based on the majority of available evidence to date, this variant is likely to be pathogenic. -
This missense variant replaces tryptophan with cysteine at codon 1837 in the BRCT2 domain of the BRCA1 protein. Splice site prediction tools suggest that this variant may not impact RNA splicing. Functional studies have shown that this variant may cause defects in protease sensitivity, peptide binding, transcription activation and reduce homology directed repair activity (PMID: 20516115, 27802165, Ambry's ACMG 2018 poster). Additionally, this variant has been reported to be loss-of-function in a haploid cell proliferation assay (PMID: 30209399). This variant has been reported in 1 individual affected with ovarian cancer (PMID: 31124283). Different missense substitutions at the same codon p.Trp1837Arg and p.Trp1837Gly have been reported to be likely pathogenic in Clinvar (Variant ID: 37679, 55607), which suggests that the tryptophan residue is critical for BRCA1 protein function. This variant has not been identified in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Based on the available evidence, this variant is classified as Likely Pathogenic. -
Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome Pathogenic:2
This sequence change replaces tryptophan, which is neutral and slightly polar, with cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, at codon 1837 of the BRCA1 protein (p.Trp1837Cys). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with breast cancer (PMID: 10923033). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 37680). Invitae Evidence Modeling incorporating data from in vitro experimental studies (PMID: 30209399) indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt BRCA1 function with a positive predictive value of 95%. Experimental studies have shown that this missense change affects BRCA1 function (PMID: 20516115, 27802165, 30209399). This variant disrupts the p.Trp1837 amino acid residue in BRCA1. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 8968102, 11802209, 15689452, 27741520, 28324225). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -
Variant summary: BRCA1 c.5511G>T (p.Trp1837Cys) results in a non-conservative amino acid change located in the C-terminal BRCT domain (Ghani-Kakhki_2012) of the encoded protein sequence. Five of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant was absent in 246126 control chromosomes (gnomAD). c.5511G>T has not been reported in the literature in individuals affected with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer. Although, the variant, c.5511G>C, that causes the same missense change has been reported in a BrC patient as a somatic occurrence (Li_2016). Multiple functional studies have been performed on this variant and found it to significantly impact transcriptional activity, binding ability and protein folding (Carvalho_2014, Lee_2010, Thouvenot_2016). In addition, other missense changes affecting this codon, Trp1837Arg and Trp1837Gly, have been reported in affected individuals suggesting a mutational hotspot. A ClinVar submission from a clinical diagnostic laboratory (evaluation after 2014) cites the variant as uncertain significance. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as likely pathogenic. -
not provided Pathogenic:1
Published functional studies demonstrate a damaging effect: decreased cell survival, protein misfolding, aberrant cellular localization, compromised DNA binding and transactivation, and impaired homology-directed repair activity (PMID: 20516115, 27802165, 30209399, 35665744); In silico analysis supports that this missense variant has a deleterious effect on protein structure/function; Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); Also known as 5630G>T; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 24845084, 32042831, 30209399, 27802165, 20516115, 26956035, 35665744, 27741520, 28324225, 22855649, 15689452, 11802209, 8968102, 25348405, 34981296, 32377563, 33649982, 35070997, 38355628, 32803532, 31853058) -
Computational scores
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Splicing
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