Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points: 18P and 0B. PM1PM2PM5PP3_StrongPP5_Very_Strong
The NM_007294.4(BRCA1):c.117T>G(p.Cys39Trp) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a non-conserved nucleotide. 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 Pathogenic (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. C39S) 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: Pathogenic. The variant received 18 ACMG points.
PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 25 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 15 benign, 73 uncertain in NM_007294.4
PM2
Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage;
PM5
Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr17-43115745-A-G is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 54152.Status of the report is reviewed_by_expert_panel, 3 stars.
PP3
MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.988
PP5
Variant 17-43115743-A-C is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr17-43115743-A-C is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 267497.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.
Breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1Pathogenic: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
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Hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndromePathogenic:1
Jan 30, 2019
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing
This variant disrupts the p.Cys39 amino acid residue in BRCA1, one of eight highly-conserved Cys/His residues in the N-terminal RING domain (PMID: 22843421). Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been observed in individuals with BRCA1-related conditions (PMID: 21232165, 23397983, 23683081, 17262179, 15024741, 18489799), suggesting that it is a clinically significant residue. As a result, variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be causative of disease. This sequence change replaces cysteine with tryptophan at codon 39 of the BRCA1 protein (p.Cys39Trp). The cysteine residue is highly conserved and there is a large physicochemical difference between cysteine and tryptophan. This variant is not present in population databases (ExAC no frequency). This variant has been observed in two families affected with breast and/or ovarian cancer (PMID: 22762150). It has also been reported in individuals in the Leiden Open-source Variation Database (PMID: 21520333). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 267497). This variant has been reported to affect BRCA1 protein function (PMID: 25823446, 30209399). For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -