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Table 1 Variants with altered transcripts

From: Diagnostic mRNA splicing assay for variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 identified two novel pathogenic splicing aberrations

Gene

HGVS

Prediction/indication

Result mRNA

Splice class

Consequence

Previous publication and conclusion

BRCA1

c.4484G > A

Reduced donor site

r.4358_4484del, p.(Ala1453Glyfs*10)

NA

Exon 13 skipped out of frame

Houdayer 2012: severe impact on splicing (RT-PCR) (“Exon 14 skipped”)

BRCA1

c.4484 + 3A > C

Reduced donor site

r.4358_4484del, p.(Ala1453Glyfs*10)

3S

Exon 13 skipped, out of frame, complete

 

BRCA1

c.4675G > A

Loss of donor site

r.4665_4675del, p.Gln1556Glyfs*14

3S

Loss of last 11 bp in exon 14, out of frame, complete

Wappenschmidt 2012: severe impact on splicing (RT-PCR) (“D11nt 3′ of exon 15”)

BRCA1

c.5332 + 4A > G

Reduces donor site

r.5278_5332del, p.(Phe1761Asnfs*14)

NA

Exon 20 skipped, out of frame

 

BRCA1

c.5407–10G > A

Loss of acceptor + activation of cryptic

r.5406_5407ins5407-8_5407–1, p.(Val1804Serfs*33)

3S

Retention of 8 bp of intron 21, out of frame, complete

 

BRCA2

c.631 + 4A > G

Reduced donor site

r. 517_631del, p.(Gly173Serfs*19)

3S

Exon 7 skipped, out of frame, complete

Steffensen 2010: disease causing (minigene + RT-PCR)

BRCA2

c.7992 T > A

Slightly reduced acceptor site

r.7977_8331del p.(Tyr2660Phefs*43)

2S

Exon 18 skipped, out of frame, partial

Fackenthal 2016: minor alternate transcript (∆18) (RT-PCR)

BRCA2

c.8331 + 2 T > C

Reduced donor site

r.7977_8331del p.(Tyr2660Phefs*43)

NA

Exon 18 skipped, out of frame, complete

Fraile-Bethencourt 2017: pathogenic (minigene)

BRCA2

c.8754 + 5G > C

Reduced donor site + activation of cryptic

r.8754_8755ins8754 + 1_8754 + 46, p.Gly2919Valfs*4

NA

Retention of 46 bp of intron 21, out of frame

 
  1. Splice class as defined by Houdayer 2012; 3S: Severe impact on splicing/the mutant allele does not produce the wildtype transcript, complete effect, 2S: impact on alternative splicing/leaky splice site mutation, partial effect, NA not analyzed