ClinVar

Description

Variant summary: BRCA2 c.7051G>A (p.Ala2351Thr) results in a non-conservative amino acid change in the encoded protein sequence. Four of five in-silico tools predict a benign effect of the variant on protein function. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 6.7e-05 in 298156 control chromosomes (gnomAD). This frequency is not significantly higher than expected for a pathogenic variant in BRCA2 causing Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome (6.7e-05 vs 0.00075), allowing no conclusion about variant significance. c.7051G>A has been reported in the literature in individuals affected with breast or ovarian cancer (example: Akbari_2011, Lee_2008, Momozawa_2018, Park_2020) as well as in controls (Momozawa_2018). These reports however, do not provide unequivocal conclusions about association of the variant with Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome. Co-occurrences with other pathogenic variants have been reported in UMD and NHGRI BIC databases (BRCA2 c.1723A>T, p.Lys575X; BRCA1 c.2411_2412delAG, p.Gln804Leufs), providing supporting evidence for a benign role. To our knowledge, no experimental evidence demonstrating an impact on protein function has been reported. Eight ClinVar submitters (evaluation after 2014) cite the variant as uncertain significance (n=7) or likely benign (n=1). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance.