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ArticleCell reports2021

SORL1 deficiency in human excitatory neurons causes APP-dependent defects in the endolysosome-autophagy network.

Christy Hung, Eleanor Tuck, Victoria Stubbs, Sven J van der Lee, Cora Aalfs, Resie van Spaendonk, Philip Scheltens, John Hardy, Henne Holstege, Frederick J Livesey

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Mitochondrial dysfunction, cause or consequence in neurodegenerative diseases?BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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  20. Transethnic analysis identifies SORL1 variants and haplotypes protective against Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Christy HungUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, 20 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1DZ, UK.
Eleanor TuckUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, 20 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1DZ, UK.
Victoria StubbsGurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK.
Sven J van der LeeAlzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.
Cora AalfsDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Resie van SpaendonkDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Philip ScheltensAlzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
John HardyUK Dementia Research Institute and Department of Neurodegenerative Disease and Reta Lila Weston Institute, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and UCL Movement Disorders Centre, University College London, London, UK; Institute for Advanced Study, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
Henne HolstegeAlzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.
Frederick J LiveseyUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, 20 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1DZ, UK. Electronic address: r.livesey@ucl.ac.uk.
Amsterdam Neuroscience · NLAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLUniversity College London · GBHong Kong University of Science and Technology · HKInstitute of Child Health · GRUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0701075Medical Research Council G0901254Medical Research Council G1001253Medical Research Council MR/J004758/1Medical Research Council MR/K01417X/1Medical Research Council MR/L023784/2Medical Research Council MR/L501542/1Medical Research Council MR/N026004/1Parkinson's UK G-0907Parkinson's UK G-1307Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 202903/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust WT101052MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dysfunction of the endolysosomal-autophagy network is emerging as an important pathogenic process in Alzheimer's disease. Mutations in the sorting receptor-encoding gene SORL1 cause autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease, and SORL1 variants increase risk for late-onset AD. To understand the contribution of SORL1 mutations to AD pathogenesis, we analyze the effects of a SORL1 truncating mutation on SORL1 protein levels and endolysosome function in human neurons. We find that truncating mutation results in SORL1 haploinsufficiency and enlarged endosomes in human neurons. Analysis of isogenic SORL1 wild-type, heterozygous, and homozygous null neurons demonstrates that, whereas SORL1 haploinsufficiency results in endosome dysfunction, complete loss of SORL1 leads to additional defects in lysosome function and autophagy. Neuronal endolysosomal dysfunction caused by loss of SORL1 is relieved by extracellular antisense oligonucleotide-mediated reduction of APP protein, demonstrating that PSEN1, APP, and SORL1 act in a common pathway regulating the endolysosome system, which becomes dysfunctional in AD.

Indexed as

AutophagyAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesDementiaEndosomesGene Knockout TechniquesHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsLDL-Receptor Related ProteinsLysosomesMembrane Transport ProteinsNeuronsOligonucleotides, AntisensePhenotypeProtein BindingAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesBACE1 protein, humanLDL-Receptor Related ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsOligonucleotides, AntisenseSORL1 protein, humanAlzheimer's diseaseamyloid precursor proteinautophagyendosomeiPSClysosomeSORL1

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PMID34133918
PMCPMC8220253
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