Mutations

SORL1 S577P

Overview

Clinical Phenotype: Alzheimer's Disease
Position: (GRCh38/hg38):Chr11:121543591 T>C
Position: (GRCh37/hg19):Chr11:121414300 T>C
dbSNP ID: rs545522170
Coding/Non-Coding: Coding
DNA Change: Substitution
Expected Protein Consequence: Missense
Codon Change: TCT to CCT
Reference Isoform: SORL1 Isoform 1 (2214 aa)
Genomic Region: Exon 13

Findings

This rare variant was found in both Alzheimer’s cases and controls of European ancestry and did not associate with AD in a mega-analysis of nearly 32,000 subjects drawn from multiple European and American datasets (Holstege et al., 2022).

One control was identified as a heterozygous carrier in a group of 1938 controls and 1255 AD cases from the European Early-Onset Dementia Consortium (Verheijen et al., 2016).

The variant was found in one of 5198 Alzheimer's cases and none of 4491 controls in a dataset from the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP), consisting of subjects of non-Hispanic Caucasian ancestry from whom whole-exome sequencing data were available (Campion et al., 2019). The carrier was characterized as having early onset AD. The ADSP contributed data to the 2022 study cited above.

One subject with early onset AD and one control carried this variant in a sample of 927 late-onset AD cases, 852 early onset AD cases and 1,273 controls from the Alzheimer Disease Exome Sequencing France (ADESFR) project (Bellenguez et al., 2017). ADESFR also contributed to the 2022 study.

The variant was classified as likely benign by the criteria of Holstege et al. (Holstege et al., 2017).

Functional Consequences

The S577P variant impaired maturation (glycosylation) and trafficking to the plasma membrane of SORL1 overexpressed in HEK293 cells (Rovelet-Lecrux et al., 2021). Defects in SORL1 maturation—with retention of the protein in the endoplasmic reticulum—were also observed when the variant was introduced into the endogenous SORL1 gene in human iPSCs. Nonetheless, levels of SORL1 at the cell surface did not differ between iPSCs expressing wild-type and S577P SORL1.

The variant was predicted to be damaging by SIFT, disease-causing by Mutation Taster, and probably damaging by PolyPhen-2 (Verheijen et al., 2016).

Table

Risk Allele(s) N
Cases | Controls
aAllele frequency
Cases | Controls
Reported association measurements Ancestry
(Cohort)
Reference(s)
Large-scale studies, meta- and mega-analyses
C 15,808 | 16,097 1.27×10-4 | 1.55×10-4 OR = 0.98
[CI: 0.25-3.91]
p = 0.98
Multiple European and American cohorts Holstege et al., 2022
(mega-analysis)
Other studies
C 852 (EOAD) | 927 (LOAD) | 1273 (CTRL) 5.87×10-4 | 0 | 3.93×10-4   French
(Alzheimer Disease Exome Sequencing France (ADESFR))
Bellenguez et al., 2017; Campion et al., 2019
C 5198 | 4491 9.62×10-5 | 1.11×10-4   Non-Hispanic Caucasian
(Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP))
Campion et al., 2019
C 640 | 1268 0 | 0   Dutch
(Rotterdam Study, Amsterdam Dementia Cohort, Alzheimer Centrum Zuidwest Nederland (ACZN), 100-plus Study)
Holstege et al., 2017
C 332 | 676 0 | 0   UK and North American Caucasian
(NIH-UCL, Knight ADRC, ADNI, Cache County Study on Memory in Aging)
Sassi et al., 2016
Campion et al., 2019
C 1255 | 1938 0 | 2.58×10-4   European
(European Early-Onset Dementia Consortium)
Verheijen et al., 2016

aAllele frequencies as reported by study authors or calculated by Alzforum curators from data provided in the study, assuming heterozygosity if not explicitly stated in the paper.

This table is meant to convey the range of results reported in the literature. As specific analyses, including co-variates, differ among studies, this information is not intended to be used for quantitative comparisons, and readers are encouraged to refer to the original papers. Thresholds for statistical significance were defined by the authors of each study. (Significant results are in bold.) Note that data from some cohorts may have contributed to multiple studies, so each row does not necessarily represent an independent dataset. While every effort was made to be accurate, readers should confirm any values that are critical for their applications.

Last Updated: 18 Jul 2024

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References

Paper Citations

  1. . Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease. Nat Genet. 2022 Dec;54(12):1786-1794. Epub 2022 Nov 21 PubMed.
  2. . A comprehensive study of the genetic impact of rare variants in SORL1 in European early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathol. 2016 Aug;132(2):213-24. Epub 2016 Mar 30 PubMed.
  3. . SORL1 genetic variants and Alzheimer disease risk: a literature review and meta-analysis of sequencing data. Acta Neuropathol. 2019 Aug;138(2):173-186. Epub 2019 Mar 25 PubMed.
  4. . Contribution to Alzheimer's disease risk of rare variants in TREM2, SORL1, and ABCA7 in 1779 cases and 1273 controls. Neurobiol Aging. 2017 Nov;59:220.e1-220.e9. Epub 2017 Jul 14 PubMed.
  5. . Characterization of pathogenic SORL1 genetic variants for association with Alzheimer's disease: a clinical interpretation strategy. Eur J Hum Genet. 2017 Aug;25(8):973-981. Epub 2017 May 24 PubMed.
  6. . Influence of Coding Variability in APP-Aβ Metabolism Genes in Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease. PLoS One. 2016;11(6):e0150079. Epub 2016 Jun 1 PubMed.
  7. . Impaired SorLA maturation and trafficking as a new mechanism for SORL1 missense variants in Alzheimer disease. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2021 Dec 18;9(1):196. PubMed.

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Protein Diagram

Primary Papers

  1. . A comprehensive study of the genetic impact of rare variants in SORL1 in European early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathol. 2016 Aug;132(2):213-24. Epub 2016 Mar 30 PubMed.

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