rs80357981

Variant names:

• chr17-43082517-TC-T
• rs80357981
• NM_007294.4:c.4243delG

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PVS1 PM2 PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_007294.4(BRCA1):​c.4243delG​(p.Glu1415LysfsTer4) variant causes a frameshift change. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000657 in 152,218 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Pathogenic (★★★). Synonymous variant affecting the same amino acid position (i.e. E1415E) has been classified as Likely benign. Variant results in nonsense mediated mRNA decay.

• Frequency: Genomes: 𝑓 0.0000066 (0 hom., cov: 32)
• Consequence: BRCA1 NM_007294.4 frameshift
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic reviewed by expert panel P:16
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 4.92
• Publications: 12 publications found

Genes affected

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
• Fanconi anemia, complementation group S

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG, MODERATE, LIMITED Submitted by: G2P, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), ClinGen, Ambry Genetics
• pancreatic cancer, susceptibility to, 4

  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

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points.

• PVS1: Loss of function variant, product undergoes nonsense mediated mRNA decay. LoF is a known mechanism of disease.
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP5: Variant 17-43082517-TC-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr17-43082517-TC-T is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 37578.Status of the report is reviewed_by_expert_panel, 3 stars.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_007294.4. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	BRCA1	NM_007294.4	MANE Select	c.4243delG	p.Glu1415LysfsTer4	frameshift	Exon 12 of 23	NP_009225.1
	BRCA1	NM_001407581.1		c.4243delG	p.Glu1415LysfsTer4	frameshift	Exon 12 of 24	NP_001394510.1
	BRCA1	NM_001407582.1		c.4243delG	p.Glu1415LysfsTer4	frameshift	Exon 12 of 24	NP_001394511.1

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	BRCA1	ENST00000357654.9	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.4243delG	p.Glu1415LysfsTer4	frameshift	Exon 12 of 23	ENSP00000350283.3
	BRCA1	ENST00000471181.7	TSL:1	c.4243delG	p.Glu1415LysfsTer4	frameshift	Exon 12 of 24	ENSP00000418960.2
	BRCA1	ENST00000470026.6	TSL:1	c.4243delG	p.Glu1415LysfsTer4	frameshift	Exon 12 of 23	ENSP00000419274.2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152218 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMI AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad SAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN AF: 0.00

Gnomad MID AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE AF: 0.0000147

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD2 exomes AF: 0.00000398 AC: 1 AN: 251428 AF XY: 0.00

Gnomad AFR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad ASJ exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN exome AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE exome AF: 0.00000879

Gnomad OTH exome AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.00000657 AC: 1 AN: 152218 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 74364

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 41468

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 15270

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 3472

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5202

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 4832

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 10622

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 316

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.0000147 AC: 1 AN: 68034

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 2090

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.00000378

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:16

Revision: reviewed by expert panel

Submissions by phenotype

Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1 Pathogenic:5

Sep 08, 2016

Evidence-based Network for the Interpretation of Germline Mutant Alleles (ENIGMA)

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: reviewed by expert panel

Collection Method: curation

Variant allele predicted to encode a truncated non-functional protein.

Jun 15, 2012

Sharing Clinical Reports Project (SCRP)

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

Feb 15, 2024

Baylor Genetics

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Jul 22, 2003

Breast Cancer Information Core (BIC) (BRCA1)

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

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:4

Jan 31, 2017

Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Karolinska University Hospital

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Nov 20, 2017

ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, ARUP Laboratories

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Nov 23, 2022

GeneDx

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Frameshift variant predicted to result in protein truncation or nonsense mediated decay in a gene for which loss of function is a known mechanism of disease; Published functional studies demonstrate a damaging effect: significant reduction in HDR activity compared to wild-type (Lu C et al., 2015); Truncating variants in this gene are considered pathogenic by a well-established clinical consortium and/or database; Not observed at significant frequency in large population cohorts (gnomAD); Also known as 4362del; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 29625052, 21203900, 21281505, 26689913, 24312913, 16267036, 28452373, 29452958, 30720243, 29922827)

Mar 06, 2018

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome Pathogenic:3

Jan 31, 2014

Research Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: research

Apr 15, 2024

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change creates a premature translational stop signal (p.Glu1415Lysfs*4) in the BRCA1 gene. It is expected to result in an absent or disrupted protein product. Loss-of-function variants in BRCA1 are known to be pathogenic (PMID: 20104584). This variant is present in population databases (rs80357981, gnomAD 0.0009%). This premature translational stop signal has been observed in individual(s) with hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer (PMID: 21203900, 21281505). This variant is also known as c.4362delG. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 37578). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic.

Jul 10, 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: BRCA1 c.4243delG (p.Glu1415LysfsX4) results in a premature termination codon, predicted to cause a truncation of the encoded protein or absence of the protein due to nonsense mediated decay, which are commonly known mechanisms for disease. Truncations downstream of this position have been classified as pathogenic by our laboratory. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 4e-06 in 251428 control chromosomes (gnomAD). c.4243delG has been reported in the literature in multiple individuals affected with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (Judkins_2005, Smith_2011, Konecny_2011, Rebbeck_2018). These data indicate that the variant is very likely to be associated with disease. At least one publication reports experimental evidence evaluating an impact on protein function. The most pronounced variant effect results in <10% of HDR activity (Lu_2015). Six ClinVar submissions including an expert panel, ENIGMA, (evaluation after 2014) cite the variant as pathogenic. Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as pathogenic.

Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:2

Apr 11, 2025

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.4243delG pathogenic mutation, located in coding exon 11 of the BRCA1 gene, results from a deletion of one nucleotide at nucleotide position 4243, causing a translational frameshift with a predicted alternate stop codon (p.E1415Kfs*4). This variant has been reported in multiple unrelated breast and/or ovarian cancer families (Smith LD et al. Breast Cancer Res. 2011 Jan 31;13(1):R14; Konecny M et al. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Feb;126(1):119-30; Machackova E et al. Klin Onkol. 2019;32:51-71). Of note, this alteration is also designated as 4362delG in published literature. In addition to the clinical data presented in the literature, this alteration is expected to result in loss of function by premature protein truncation or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. As such, this alteration is interpreted as a disease-causing mutation.

Aug 17, 2023

Color Diagnostics, LLC DBA Color Health

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This variant deletes 1 nucleotide in exon 12 of the BRCA1 gene, creating a frameshift and premature translation stop signal. This variant is expected to result in an absent or non-functional protein product. This variant has been reported in at least one individual affected with breast cancer (PMID: 21281505) and in several suspected hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families (PMID: 21203900, 29446198, 31409081). This variant has been identified in 1/251428 chromosomes in the general population by the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Loss of BRCA1 function is a known mechanism of disease (clinicalgenome.org). Based on the available evidence, this variant is classified as Pathogenic.

Breast and/or ovarian cancer Pathogenic:1

Jun 11, 2019

CZECANCA consortium

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

Malignant tumor of breast Pathogenic:1

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sinai Health System

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: clinical testing

The BRCA1 p.Glu1415LysfsX4 variant was identified in 4 of 2104 proband chromosomes (frequency: 0.002) from individuals or families with Hereditary Breast and ovarian Cancer (Konecny 2011, Smith 2011). This variant was identified in the Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC) database (released Oct 20th, 2014) in 1 of 67690 chromosomes (frequency: 1.48e-05) from a population of European (Non-Finnish) individuals, although this low number of observations and low frequency is not substantive enough to determine the prevalence of the variant in the general population and its relationship to disease.The variant was also identified in dbSNP (ID: rs80357981) “With Pathogenic allele”, HGMD, the ClinVar database (classified as a pathogenic variant by the Sharing Clinical Reports Project, derived from Myriad reports, as pathogenic by BIC ), GeneInsight VariantWire(1X, classified as pathogenic by a clinical laboratory), the BIC database (2X with clinical importance). The p.Glu1415LysfsX4 deletion variant is predicted to cause a frameshift, which alters the protein's amino acid sequence beginning at codon 1415 and leads to a premature stop codon 4 codons downstream. This alteration is then predicted to result in a truncated or absent protein and loss of function. Loss of function variants of the BRCA1 gene are an established mechanism of disease in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and is the type of variant expected to cause the disorder. In summary, based on the above information, this variant meets our laboratory’s criteria to be classified as pathogenic.

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
PhyloP100		4.9
Mutation Taster		=0/200	disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.0		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

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

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs80357981; hg19: chr17-41234534;