Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points: 4P and 0B. PM1PM2
The NM_007294.4(BRCA1):c.4199T>C(p.Met1400Thr) variant causes a missense change. The variant was absent in control chromosomes in GnomAD project. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Uncertain significance (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. M1400V) has been classified as Uncertain significance.
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
Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 4 ACMG points.
PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 2 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 3 benign, 34 uncertain in NM_007294.4
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing
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Apr 23, 2021
ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing
The BRCA1 c.4199T>C; p.Met1400Thr variant (rs80357473), to our knowledge, is not reported in the medical literature in association with disease but is reported in ClinVar (Variation ID: 55138). This variant is absent from the Genome Aggregation Database, indicating it is not a common polymorphism. The methionine at codon 1400 is highly conserved, and computational analyses are uncertain whether this variant is neutral or deleterious (REVEL: 0.276). Functional analyses of the variant protein show no significant effect on protein function (Woods 2016). Due to limited information, the clinical significance of the p.Met1400Thr variant is uncertain at this time. References: Woods NT et al. Functional assays provide a robust tool for the clinical annotation of genetic variants of uncertain significance. NPJ Genom Med. 2016;1:16001. PMID: 28781887. -
This missense variant replaces methionine with threonine at codon 1400 of the BRCA1 protein. Computational prediction tools and conservation analyses are inconclusive regarding the impact of this variant on the protein function. Computational splicing tools suggest that this variant may not impact RNA splicing. To our knowledge, functional assays have not been performed for this variant nor has this variant been reported in individuals affected with hereditary cancer in the literature. This variant has not been identified in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Available evidence is insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease conclusively. Therefore, this variant is classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -
Apr 13, 2025
Ambry Genetics
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing
The p.M1400T variant (also known as c.4199T>C), located in coding exon 11 of the BRCA1 gene, results from a T to C substitution at nucleotide position 4199. The methionine at codon 1400 is replaced by threonine, an amino acid with similar properties. Two functional studies assessing transcriptional activation reported normal levels of activity for this variant (Fernandes VC et al. J Biol Chem. 2019 Apr;294(15):5980-5992; Woods NT et al. NPJ Genom Med. 2016 Mar;1:16001-). In another functional study assessing heterodimerization with PALB2, this variant was reported to result in detectable, but reduced, binding affinity with PALB2 (Baker CNS et al. Protein Sci. 2025 Jan;34(1):e5240). This amino acid position is well conserved in available vertebrate species. In addition, this alteration is predicted to be deleterious by in silico analysis. Based on the available evidence, the clinical significance of this variant remains unclear. -
Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1Uncertain:1
Dec 23, 2003
Breast Cancer Information Core (BIC) (BRCA1)
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method:clinical testing
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Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndromeUncertain:1
Aug 03, 2023
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing
Experimental studies have shown that this missense change does not substantially affect BRCA1 function (PMID: 28781887, 30765603). Advanced modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) performed at Invitae indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt BRCA1 protein function. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 55138). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with clinical features of BRCA1-related conditions (PMID: 21520333). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This sequence change replaces methionine, which is neutral and non-polar, with threonine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 1400 of the BRCA1 protein (p.Met1400Thr). In summary, the available evidence is currently insufficient to determine the role of this variant in disease. Therefore, it has been classified as a Variant of Uncertain Significance. -