rs80359790

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. Variant got 4 ACMG points: 4P and 0B. PM2PP3PP5

The NM_000059.4(BRCA2):​c.516G>A​(p.Lys172Lys) variant causes a splice region, synonymous change. 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 Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars).

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 33)

Consequence

BRCA2
NM_000059.4 splice_region, synonymous

Scores

2
Splicing: ADA: 0.9996
2

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:10U:3

Conservation

PhyloP100: 3.71
Variant links:
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]

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ACMG classification

Classification made for transcript

Verdict is Uncertain_significance. Variant got 4 ACMG points.

PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PP3
Splicing scoreres supports a deletorius effect: Scorers claiming Pathogenic: dbscSNV1_ADA, dbscSNV1_RF, max_spliceai. No scorers claiming Uncertain. No scorers claiming Benign.
PP5
Variant 13-32326282-G-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr13-32326282-G-A is described in ClinVar as [Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity]. Clinvar id is 51795.We mark this variant Likely_pathogenic, oryginal submissions are: {Likely_pathogenic=6, Uncertain_significance=2, Pathogenic=3}. Variant chr13-32326282-G-A is described in Lovd as [Pathogenic].

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
BRCA2NM_000059.4 linkc.516G>A p.Lys172Lys splice_region_variant, synonymous_variant Exon 6 of 27 ENST00000380152.8 NP_000050.3 P51587

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
BRCA2ENST00000380152.8 linkc.516G>A p.Lys172Lys splice_region_variant, synonymous_variant Exon 6 of 27 5 NM_000059.4 ENSP00000369497.3 P51587
BRCA2ENST00000530893.7 linkc.147G>A p.Lys49Lys splice_region_variant, synonymous_variant Exon 6 of 27 1 ENSP00000499438.2 A0A590UJI7
BRCA2ENST00000614259.2 linkn.516G>A splice_region_variant, non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 5 of 26 2 ENSP00000506251.1 A0A7P0TAP7

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
33
GnomAD4 exome
Cov.:
31
GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
33

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:10Uncertain:3
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 2 Pathogenic:3Uncertain:1
May 27, 2024
Department of Clinical Genetics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

PP1; PVS1_Strong; PM2_Supporting -

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

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Oct 29, 2001
Breast Cancer Information Core (BIC) (BRCA2)
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Dec 14, 2023
All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.516G>A (p.Lys172=) synonymous variant in the BRCA2 gene is located at exon 6 and is predicted to inflict donor loss (SpliceAI delta score: 0.84), resulting in alternative splicing and disrupted protein product. The variant has been reported in 4 unrelated individuals with breast/ovarian/urothelial cancer (PMID: 19267246, 35464868, 31263571). Patient RNA analysis and mini gene assay showed abnormal splicing that led to nonsense-mediated decay (PMID: 19267246). The variant is absent in the general population database (gnomAD). Therefore, the c.516G>A (p.Lys172=) variant of BRCA2 has been classified as likely pathogenic. -

Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome Pathogenic:3Uncertain:1
May 23, 2022
Cancer Genomics Lab, PINUM Cancer Hospital
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: no assertion criteria provided
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Nov 07, 2021
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change affects codon 172 of the BRCA2 mRNA. It is a 'silent' change, meaning that it does not 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 breast and ovarian cancer and/or urothelial cancer (PMID: 19267246, 31263571). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 51795). Variants that disrupt the consensus splice site are a relatively common cause of aberrant splicing (PMID: 17576681, 9536098). Studies have shown that this variant results in skipping of exon 6 and/or exons 5-6 and introduces a premature termination codon (PMID: 19267246). The resulting mRNA is expected to undergo nonsense-mediated decay. 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. -

Nov 16, 2021
National Health Laboratory Service, Universitas Academic Hospital and University of the Free State
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Jun 19, 2020
Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Mass General Brigham Personalized Medicine
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

The p.Lys172Lys variant in BRCA2 has been identified in one individual with breast cancer (Hansen 2009 PubMed: 19267246) and was absent from large population studies. Exon trapping and RT-PCR analysis showed that this variant results in skipping of exon 6 and of exon 5 and 6. The skipping results in a frameshift and a premature termination at codon 154 (skipping of exon 5 and 6) or codon 168 (skipping of exon 6), which most likely will result in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) (Hansen 2009 PubMed: 19267246). In summary, although additional studies are required to fully establish its clinical significance, this variant is likely pathogenic. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PM2; PS3. -

not provided Pathogenic:2Uncertain:1
Mar 18, 2021
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute San Juan Capistrano
Significance: Uncertain significance
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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May 27, 2022
Clinical Genetics Laboratory, Skane University Hospital Lund
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Mar 04, 2025
Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital
Significance: Pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome Pathogenic:1
Dec 16, 2022
Ambry Genetics
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.516G>A variant (also known as p.K172K), located in coding exon 5 of the BRCA2 gene, results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide position 516. This nucleotide substitution does not change the at codon 172. This alteration was identified in a Danish patient with breast cancer diagnosed at 37 and 65 years old; her family history was significant for male breast cancer in her father and ovarian cancer in a paternal aunt (Hansen TV et al. Breast Cancer Res. Treat. 2010 Feb;119:547-50). This alteration was detected in a patient with urothelial cancer (Bertelsen B et al. NPJ Genom Med, 2019 Jun;4:13). This alteration was also identified in a large, worldwide study of BRCA1/2 mutation positive families (Rebbeck TR et al. Hum Mutat, 2018 05;39:593-620). However, this change occurs in the last base pair of coding exon 5, which makes it likely to have some effect on normal mRNA splicing. Splicing assays have shown this variant to result in nonsense-mediated decay prone transcripts that lack coding exons 4 and 5 (Ambry internal data; Hansen TV et al. Breast Cancer Res. Treat. 2010 Feb;119:547-50). 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 donor site. Based on the majority of available evidence to date, this variant is likely to be pathogenic. -

Familial cancer of breast Pathogenic:1
Mar 24, 2024
Baylor Genetics
Significance: Likely pathogenic
Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method: clinical testing

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Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
BayesDel_noAF
Benign
-0.22
CADD
Uncertain
23
DANN
Benign
0.82
RBP_binding_hub_radar
0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar
1.7

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
dbscSNV1_ADA
Pathogenic
1.0
dbscSNV1_RF
Pathogenic
1.0
SpliceAI score (max)
0.84
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_DL_spliceai
0.84
Position offset: 0

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

Publications

LitVar

Below is the list of publications found by LitVar. It may be empty.

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs80359790; hg19: chr13-32900419; API