Is BRCA1 c.4357+1723G>A pathogenic?

BRCA1 c.4357+1723G>A is classified Benign in BRCA1 (ClinVar, Expert panel, 2 submitters; last evaluated 2015-01-12). Common (popmax 29.7%, sas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele; Associated with breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1.

What condition is associated with BRCA1 c.4357+1723G>A?

BRCA1 c.4357+1723G>A is associated with breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1 (ClinVar).

How is Hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer syndrome inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

BRCA1 c.4357+1723G>A

Q: How common is BRCA1 c.4357+1723G>A in the general population?

BRCA1 c.4357+1723G>A is common (popmax 29.7%, sas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele (gnomAD).

rs8176190 · VCV209404

Benign Expert panel

Classification

Benign

ClinVar

Review

Expert panel ★★★☆

ClinVar · 2 submitters

gnomAD v4.1

Common

common (popmax 29.7%, sas) — too common for a highly-penetrant pathogenic allele

Conditions

breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
Splice region	donor +1723	deep intronic (+1723 nt into the intron)
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -8.7	GERP -0.81
Non-coding constraint	Z 0.95	1 kb window · o/e 0.93 · regional · uncalibrated
Overall
CADD	0.04	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 29.7% South Asian · 1,427/4,806 alleles

Filtering AF 28.4% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 27.9%

Overall 12.8% 19,510/151,834 alleles · common

Ancestry group	Frequency	1 in
South Asiangrpmax	29.7%	3
Amishnot grpmax-eligible	19.8%	5
Finnishnot grpmax-eligible	18.5%	5
Middle Eastern	16.7%	6
European (non-Finnish)	16.6%	6
Ashkenazi Jewishnot grpmax-eligible	16.6%	6
Remaining individualsnot grpmax-eligible	14.9%	7
Admixed American	13.2%	8
East Asian	8.91%	11
African / African-American	3.01%	33

Rarity supports pathogenicity (ACMG PM2); frequency above a disease-specific BA1/BS1 threshold argues against it. A variant frequent in one ancestry group can be near-absent in others, so a single global figure can mislead.

Variant & gene context

Gene: BRCA1
Coding: c.4357+1723G>A
MANE Select: NM_007294
dbSNP: rs8176190
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr17:43080681 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.885 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI 3/3 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 41.99 · 33 PDB

Full BRCA1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer syndrome (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Onset: Adult, Elderly

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Built on 18 open, versioned datasets — ClinVar, gnomAD, AlphaMissense, REVEL, ClinGen & more — plus Sugi Variant's own cross-source analysis. Source data 2026-01–2026-10, ClinVar 2026-10. Full sources & versions →

Cite Sugi Variant

Gür T. Sugi Variant: A Deterministic Per-Variant Germline Reference from a Knowledge Graph for Humans and AI Agents. 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21509445. This variant: https://sugi.bio/variant/brca1-c-4357-plus-1723g-a (accessed [today's date]).

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