Description
This variant is denoted BRCA2 c.631+2T>A or IVS7+2T>A and consists of a T>A nucleotide substitution at the +2 position of intron 7 of the BRCA2 gene. Using alternate nomenclature, this variant would be defined as BRCA2 859+2T>A. This variant destroys a canonical splice donor site and is predicted to cause abnormal gene splicing, leading to either an abnormal message that is subject to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay or to an abnormal protein product. While BRCA2 c.631+2T>A has not, to our knowledge, been reported in the literature, another variant at the same position, BRCA2 c.631+2T>G, has been observed in individuals with hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer syndrome, with functional studies revealing impacts on splicing and protein expression (Pyne 2000, Biswas 2011, Wong-Brown 2015). Based on the current evidence, we consider BRCA2 c.631+2T>A to be pathogenic.
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Origin | Affected | Number tested | Tissue | Purpose | Method | Individuals | Allele frequency | Families | Co-occurrences |
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1 | germline | yes | not provided | not provided | not provided | | not provided | not provided | not provided | not provided |