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Filali-Mouncef Y, Leytens A, Vargas Duarte P, Zampieri M, Dengjel J, Reggiori F. An APEX2-based proximity-dependent biotinylation assay with temporal specificity to study protein interactions during autophagy in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Autophagy 2024:1-16. [PMID: 38958087 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2024.2366749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Autophagosome biogenesis is a complex process orchestrated by dynamic interactions between Atg (autophagy-related) proteins and characterized by the turnover of specific cargoes, which can differ over time and depending on how autophagy is stimulated. Proteomic analyses are central to uncover protein-protein interaction networks and when combined with proximity-dependent biotinylation or proximity labeling (PL) approaches, they also permit to detect transient and weak interactions. However, current PL procedures for yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, one of the leading models for the study of autophagy, do not allow to keep temporal specificity and thus identify interactions and cargoes at a precise time point upon autophagy induction. Here, we present a new ascorbate peroxidase 2 (APEX2)-based PL protocol adapted to yeast that preserves temporal specificity and allows uncovering neighbor proteins by either western blot or proteomics. As a proof of concept, we applied this new method to identify Atg8 and Atg9 interactors and detected known binding partners as well as potential uncharacterized ones in rich and nitrogen starvation conditions. Also, as a proof of concept, we confirmed the spatial proximity interaction between Atg8 and Faa1. We believe that this protocol will be a new important experimental tool for all those researchers studying the mechanism and roles of autophagy in yeast, but also other cellular pathways in this model organism.Abbreviations: APEX2, ascorbate peroxidase 2, Atg, autophagy-related; BP, biotin phenol; Cvt, cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; LN2, liquid nitrogen; MS, mass spectrometry; PAS, phagophore assembly site; PL, proximity labeling; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PPINs, protein-protein interaction networks; PPIs, protein-protein interactions; RT, room temperature; SARs, selective autophagy receptors; WT, wild-type.
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- Yasmina Filali-Mouncef
- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, AV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, AV, The Netherlands
- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
- Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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Cai Z, Luo W, Wang H, Zhu R, Yuan Y, Zhan X, Xie M, Zhuang H, Chen H, Xu Y, Li X, Liu L, Xu G. MFN2 suppresses the accumulation of lipid droplets and the progression of clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Sci 2024; 115:1791-1807. [PMID: 38480904 PMCID: PMC11145141 DOI: 10.1111/cas.16151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Dissolving the lipid droplets in tissue section with alcohol during a hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain causes the tumor cells to appear like clear soap bubbles under a microscope, which is a key pathological feature of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Mitochondrial dynamics have been reported to be closely associated with lipid metabolism and tumor development. However, the relationship between mitochondrial dynamics and lipid metabolism reprogramming in ccRCC remains to be further explored. We conducted bioinformatics analysis to identify key genes regulating mitochondrial dynamics differentially expressed between tumor and normal tissues and immunohistochemistry and Western blot to confirm. After the target was identified, we created stable ccRCC cell lines to test the impact of the target gene on mitochondrial morphology, tumorigenesis in culture cells and xenograft models, and profiles of lipid metabolism. It was found that mitofusin 2 (MFN2) was downregulated in ccRCC tissues and associated with poor prognosis in patients with ccRCC. MFN2 suppressed mitochondrial fragmentation, proliferation, migration, and invasion of ccRCC cells and growth of xenograft tumors. Furthermore, MFN2 impacted lipid metabolism and reduced the accumulation of lipid droplets in ccRCC cells. MFN2 suppressed disease progression and improved prognosis for patients with ccRCC possibly by interrupting cellular lipid metabolism and reducing accumulation of lipid droplets.
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- Zhiduan Cai
- Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis, Therapy and Rehabilitation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Takeda E, Isoda T, Hosokawa S, Oikawa Y, Hotta-Ren S, May AI, Ohsumi Y. Receptor-mediated cargo hitchhiking on bulk autophagy. EMBO J 2024:10.1038/s44318-024-00091-8. [PMID: 38755257 DOI: 10.1038/s44318-024-00091-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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While the molecular mechanism of autophagy is well studied, the cargoes delivered by autophagy remain incompletely characterized. To examine the selectivity of autophagy cargo, we conducted proteomics on isolated yeast autophagic bodies, which are intermediate structures in the autophagy process. We identify a protein, Hab1, that is highly preferentially delivered to vacuoles. The N-terminal 42 amino acid region of Hab1 contains an amphipathic helix and an Atg8-family interacting motif, both of which are necessary and sufficient for the preferential delivery of Hab1 by autophagy. We find that fusion of this region with a cytosolic protein results in preferential delivery of this protein to the vacuole. Furthermore, attachment of this region to an organelle allows for autophagic delivery in a manner independent of canonical autophagy receptor or scaffold proteins. We propose a novel mode of selective autophagy in which a receptor, in this case Hab1, binds directly to forming isolation membranes during bulk autophagy.
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- Eigo Takeda
- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
- School and Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
- Frontier Research Center, POLA Chemical Industries Inc., Yokohama, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
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Lizarrondo J, Wilfling F. Selective Autophagy of Macromolecular Complexes: What Does It Take to be Taken? J Mol Biol 2024:168574. [PMID: 38636617 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Proteins are known to perform an astonishing array of functions thanks to their ability to cooperate and modulate each other's properties. Inside cells, proteins can assemble into large multi-subunit complexes to carry out complex cellular functions. The correct assembly and maintenance of the functional state of macromolecular protein complexes is crucial for human health. Failure to do so leads to loss of function and potential accumulation of harmful materials, which is associated with a variety of human diseases such as neurodegeneration and cancer. Autophagy engulfs cytosolic material in autophagosomes, and therefore is best suited to eliminate intact macromolecular complexes without disassembling them, which could interfere with de novo assembly. In this review, we discuss the role of autophagy in the selective degradation of macromolecular complexes. We highlight the current state of knowledge for different macromolecular complexes and their selective autophagic degradation. We emphasize the gaps in our understanding of what it takes for these large macromolecular complexes to be degraded and point to future work that may shed light on the regulation of the selective degradation of macromolecular complexes by autophagy.
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- Javier Lizarrondo
- Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt a.M. 60598, Germany
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- Mechanisms of Cellular Quality Control, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Str. 3, Frankfurt a.M. 60438, Germany.
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Shatz O, Fraiberg M, Isola D, Das S, Gogoi O, Polyansky A, Shimoni E, Dadosh T, Dezorella N, Wolf SG, Elazar Z. Rim aperture of yeast autophagic membranes balances cargo inclusion with vesicle maturation. Dev Cell 2024; 59:911-923.e4. [PMID: 38447569 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Autophagy eliminates cytoplasmic material by engulfment in membranous vesicles targeted for lysosome degradation. Nonselective autophagy coordinates sequestration of bulk cargo with the growth of the isolation membrane (IM) in a yet-unknown manner. Here, we show that in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, IMs expand while maintaining a rim sufficiently wide for sequestration of large cargo but tight enough to mature in due time. An obligate complex of Atg24/Snx4 with Atg20 or Snx41 assembles locally at the rim in a spatially extended manner that specifically depends on autophagic PI(3)P. This assembly stabilizes the open rim to promote autophagic sequestration of large cargo in correlation with vesicle expansion. Moreover, constriction of the rim by the PI(3)P-dependent Atg2-Atg18 complex and clearance of PI(3)P by Ymr1 antagonize rim opening to promote autophagic maturation and consumption of small cargo. Tight regulation of membrane rim aperture by PI(3)P thus couples the mechanism and physiology of nonselective autophagy.
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- Oren Shatz
- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
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Hanley SE, Willis SD, Doyle SJ, Strich R, Cooper KF. Ksp1 is an autophagic receptor protein for the Snx4-assisted autophagy of Ssn2/Med13. Autophagy 2024; 20:397-415. [PMID: 37733395 PMCID: PMC10813586 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2023.2259708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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Ksp1 is a casein II-like kinase whose activity prevents aberrant macroautophagy/autophagy induction in nutrient-rich conditions in yeast. Here, we describe a kinase-independent role of Ksp1 as a novel autophagic receptor protein for Ssn2/Med13, a known cargo of Snx4-assisted autophagy of transcription factors. In this pathway, a subset of conserved transcriptional regulators, Ssn2/Med13, Rim15, and Msn2, are selectively targeted for vacuolar proteolysis following nitrogen starvation, assisted by the sorting nexin heterodimer Snx4-Atg20. Here we show that phagophores also engulf Ksp1 alongside its cargo for vacuolar proteolysis. Ksp1 directly associates with Atg8 following nitrogen starvation at the interface of an Atg8-family interacting motif (AIM)/LC3-interacting region (LIR) in Ksp1 and the LIR/AIM docking site (LDS) in Atg8. Mutating the LDS site prevents the autophagic degradation of Ksp1. However, deletion of the C terminal canonical AIM still permitted Ssn2/Med13 proteolysis, suggesting that additional non-canonical AIMs may mediate the Ksp1-Atg8 interaction. Ksp1 is recruited to the perivacuolar phagophore assembly site by Atg29, a member of the trimeric scaffold complex. This interaction is independent of Atg8 and Snx4, suggesting that Ksp1 is recruited early to phagophores, with Snx4 delivering Ssn2/Med13 thereafter. Finally, normal cell survival following prolonged nitrogen starvation requires Ksp1. Together, these studies define a kinase-independent role for Ksp1 as an autophagic receptor protein mediating Ssn2/Med13 degradation. They also suggest that phagophores built by the trimeric scaffold complex are capable of receptor-mediated autophagy. These results demonstrate the dual functionality of Ksp1, whose kinase activity prevents autophagy while it plays a scaffolding role supporting autophagic degradation.Abbreviations: 3-AT: 3-aminotriazole; 17C: Atg17-Atg31-Atg29 trimeric scaffold complex; AIM: Atg8-family interacting motif; ATG: autophagy related; CKM: CDK8 kinase module; Cvt: cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting; IDR: intrinsically disordered region; LIR: LC3-interacting region; LDS: LIR/AIM docking site; MoRF: molecular recognition feature; NPC: nuclear pore complex; PAS: phagophore assembly site; PKA: protein kinase A; RBP: RNA-binding protein; UPS: ubiquitin-proteasome system. SAA-TF: Snx4-assisted autophagy of transcription factors; Y2H: yeast two-hybrid.
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- Sara E. Hanley
- Department of Molecular Biology, Rowan-Virtua School of Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Rowan-Virtua School of Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Rowan-Virtua School of Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ, USA
- School of Osteopathic Medicine, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Rowan-Virtua School of Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Rowan-Virtua School of Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ, USA
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Rogov VV, Nezis IP, Tsapras P, Zhang H, Dagdas Y, Noda NN, Nakatogawa H, Wirth M, Mouilleron S, McEwan DG, Behrends C, Deretic V, Elazar Z, Tooze SA, Dikic I, Lamark T, Johansen T. Atg8 family proteins, LIR/AIM motifs and other interaction modes. AUTOPHAGY REPORTS 2023; 2:27694127.2023.2188523. [PMID: 38214012 PMCID: PMC7615515 DOI: 10.1080/27694127.2023.2188523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
Abstract
The Atg8 family of ubiquitin-like proteins play pivotal roles in autophagy and other processes involving vesicle fusion and transport where the lysosome/vacuole is the end station. Nuclear roles of Atg8 proteins are also emerging. Here, we review the structural and functional features of Atg8 family proteins and their protein-protein interaction modes in model organisms such as yeast, Arabidopsis, C. elegans and Drosophila to humans. Although varying in number of homologs, from one in yeast to seven in humans, and more than ten in some plants, there is a strong evolutionary conservation of structural features and interaction modes. The most prominent interaction mode is between the LC3 interacting region (LIR), also called Atg8 interacting motif (AIM), binding to the LIR docking site (LDS) in Atg8 homologs. There are variants of these motifs like "half-LIRs" and helical LIRs. We discuss details of the binding modes and how selectivity is achieved as well as the role of multivalent LIR-LDS interactions in selective autophagy. A number of LIR-LDS interactions are known to be regulated by phosphorylation. New methods to predict LIR motifs in proteins have emerged that will aid in discovery and analyses. There are also other interaction surfaces than the LDS becoming known where we presently lack detailed structural information, like the N-terminal arm region and the UIM-docking site (UDS). More interaction modes are likely to be discovered in future studies.
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- Vladimir V. Rogov
- Institute for Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt, am Main, and Structural Genomics Consortium, Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, UK
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 15, Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0815, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Molecular Cell Biology of Autophagy, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Structural Biology Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany
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- Autophagy, Inflammation and Metabolism Center of Biochemical Research Excellence, Albuquerque, NM and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Molecular Cell Biology of Autophagy, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Medical Faculty, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, and Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Autophagy Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Autophagy Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Kotani T, Sakai Y, Kirisako H, Kakuta C, Kakuta S, Ohsumi Y, Nakatogawa H. A mechanism that ensures non-selective cytoplasm degradation by autophagy. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5815. [PMID: 37726301 PMCID: PMC10509180 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41525-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
Abstract
In autophagy, a membrane cisterna called the isolation membrane expands, bends, becomes spherical, and closes to sequester cytoplasmic constituents into the resulting double-membrane vesicle autophagosome for lysosomal/vacuolar degradation. Here, we discover a mechanism that allows the isolation membrane to expand with a large opening to ensure non-selective cytoplasm sequestration within the autophagosome. A sorting nexin complex that localizes to the opening edge of the isolation membrane plays a critical role in this process. Without the complex, the isolation membrane expands with a small opening that prevents the entry of particles larger than about 25 nm, including ribosomes and proteasomes, although autophagosomes of nearly normal size eventually form. This study sheds light on membrane morphogenesis during autophagosome formation and selectivity in autophagic degradation.
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- Tetsuya Kotani
- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biosystems Science, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- Laboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Biomedical Research Core Facilities, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan.
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan.
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Reinhart EF, Katzenell S, Andhare D, Bauer KM, Ragusa MJ. A Comparative Analysis of the Membrane Binding and Remodeling Properties of Two Related Sorting Nexin Complexes Involved in Autophagy. Biochemistry 2023; 62:657-668. [PMID: 35421303 PMCID: PMC9561124 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
The sorting nexin (SNX) proteins, Atg20 and Atg24, are involved in nonselective autophagy, are necessary for efficient selective autophagy, and are required for the cytoplasm-to-vacuole transport pathway. However, the specific roles of these proteins in autophagy are not well understood. Atg20 and Atg24 each contain a Phox homology domain that facilitates phosphoinositide binding. They also each contain an SNX-Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs domain that forms a cup-shaped dimer, capable of binding to curved membranes and remodeling those membranes in some cases. Atg20 and Atg24 form two distinct complexes, an Atg24/Atg24 homodimer and an Atg20/Atg24 heterodimer. Despite the presence of Atg24 in both complexes, it is currently unclear if these complexes have different membrane binding and remodeling properties. Therefore, in this study, we explored the membrane binding and shaping properties of these two dimeric complexes. We found that Atg24/Atg24 and Atg20/Atg24 have distinct membrane binding preferences. Both dimers recognized membranes containing phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate [PI(3)P] and phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate, but Atg20/Atg24 bound to a broader array of liposomes, including those lacking phosphorylated phosphatidylinositol. In addition, we discovered that while both complexes bound to autophagosomal-like liposomes containing at least 5% PI(3)P, Atg20/Atg24 was capable of binding to autophagosomal-like liposomes lacking PI(3)P. Lastly, we observed that the Atg20/Atg24 heterodimer tubulates PI(3)P-containing and autophagosomal-like liposomes, but the Atg24/Atg24 homodimer could not tubulate these liposomes. Our findings suggest that these two dimers contain distinct membrane binding and shaping properties.
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- Erin F. Reinhart
- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New
Hampshire 03755, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New
Hampshire 03755, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New
Hampshire 03755, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School
of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New
Hampshire 03755, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School
of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
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Khan SU, Fatima K, Aisha S, Hamza B, Malik F. Redox balance and autophagy regulation in cancer progression and their therapeutic perspective. MEDICAL ONCOLOGY (NORTHWOOD, LONDON, ENGLAND) 2022; 40:12. [PMID: 36352310 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-022-01871-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Cellular ROS production participates in various cellular functions but its accumulation decides the cell fate. Malignant cells have higher levels of ROS and active antioxidant machinery, a characteristic hallmark of cancer with an outcome of activation of stress-induced pathways like autophagy. Autophagy is an intracellular catabolic process that produces alternative raw materials to meet the energy demand of cells and is influenced by the cellular redox state thus playing a definite role in cancer cell fate. Since damaged mitochondria are the main source of ROS in the cell, however, cancer cells remove them by upregulating the process of mitophagy which is known to play a decisive role in tumorigenesis and tumor progression. Chemotherapy exploits cell machinery which results in the accumulation of toxic levels of ROS in cells resulting in cell death by activating either of the pathways like apoptosis, necrosis, ferroptosis or autophagy in them. So understanding these redox and autophagy regulations offers a promising method to design and develop new cancer therapies that can be very effective and durable for years. This review will give a summary of the current therapeutic molecules targeting redox regulation and autophagy for the treatment of cancer. Further, it will highlight various challenges in developing anticancer agents due to autophagy and ROS regulation in the cell and insights into the development of future therapies.
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- Sameer Ullah Khan
- Division of Cancer Pharmacology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanat Nagar, Srinagar, 190005, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Sanat Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201002, India.
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- Division of Cancer Pharmacology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanat Nagar, Srinagar, 190005, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Sanat Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Division of Cancer Pharmacology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanat Nagar, Srinagar, 190005, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Division of Cancer Pharmacology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanat Nagar, Srinagar, 190005, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Division of Cancer Pharmacology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanat Nagar, Srinagar, 190005, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Sanat Nagar, Ghaziabad, 201002, India.
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Kawamata T, Makino S, Kagohashi Y, Sasaki M, Ohsumi Y. A method for the isolation and characterization of autophagic bodies from yeast provides a key tool to investigate cargos of autophagy. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102641. [PMID: 36306824 PMCID: PMC9700044 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Autophagy is a major cellular degradation pathway that is highly conserved among eukaryotes. The identification of cargos captured by autophagosomes is critical to our understanding of the physiological significance of autophagy in cells, but these studies can be challenging because autophagosomes disintegrate easily. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, cells deficient in the vacuolar lipase Atg15 accumulate autophagic bodies (ABs) within the vacuole following the induction of autophagy. As ABs contain cytosolic components including proteins, RNAs, and lipids, their purification allows the identification of material targeted by autophagy for degradation. In this study, we demonstrate a method to purify intact ABs using isolated vacuoles from atg15Δ cells. Taking advantage of the size discrepancy between the vacuoles and ABs, the vacuolar membrane was disrupted by filtration to release ABs. Filtered vacuolar lysates were subjected to density gradient centrifugation to obtain AB fractions. Purified ABs retain membrane integrity and contain autophagic cargos. This technique offers a valuable tool for the identification of the cargos of autophagy, examination of autophagic cargo selectivity, and biochemical characterization of autophagosome membranes.
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- Tomoko Kawamata
- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan,For correspondence: Tomoko Kawamata; Yoshinori Ohsumi
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan,School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan,For correspondence: Tomoko Kawamata; Yoshinori Ohsumi
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Hu Z, Yang Z, Zhang Y, Zhang A, Lu Q, Fang Y, Lu C. Autophagy targets Hd1 for vacuolar degradation to regulate rice flowering. MOLECULAR PLANT 2022; 15:1137-1156. [PMID: 35591785 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2022.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Flowering time (heading date) is a critical agronomic trait that determines the yield and regional adaptability of crops. Heading date 1 (Hd1) is a central regulator of photoperiodic flowering in rice (Oryza sativa). However, how the homeostasis of Hd1 protein is achieved is poorly understood. Here, we report that the nuclear autophagy pathway mediates Hd1 degradation in the dark to regulate flowering. Loss of autophagy function results in an accumulation of Hd1 and delays flowering under both short-day and long-day conditions. In the dark, nucleus-localized Hd1 is recognized as a substrate for autophagy and is subjected to vacuolar degradation via the autophagy protein OsATG8. The Hd1-OsATG8 interaction is required for autophagic degradation of Hd1 in the dark. Our study reveals a new mechanism by which Hd1 protein homeostasis is regulated by autophagy to control rice flowering. Our study also indicates that the regulation of flowering by autophagic degradation of Hd1 orthologs may have arisen over the course of mesangiosperm evolution, which would have increased their flexibility and adaptability to the environment by modulating flowering time.
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- Zhi Hu
- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong 271018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong 271018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong 271018, China.
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Xu C, Fan J. Links between autophagy and lipid droplet dynamics. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:2848-2858. [PMID: 35560198 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Autophagy is a catabolic process in which cytoplasmic components are delivered to vacuoles or lysosomes for degradation and nutrient recycling. Autophagy-mediated degradation of membrane lipids provides a source of fatty acids for the synthesis of energy-rich, storage lipid esters such as triacylglycerol (TAG). In eukaryotes, storage lipids are packaged into dynamic subcellular organelles, lipid droplets. In times of energy scarcity, lipid droplets can be degraded via autophagy in a process termed lipophagy to release fatty acids for energy production via fatty acid β-oxidation. On the other hand, emerging evidence suggests that lipid droplets are required for the efficient execution of autophagic processes. Here, we review recent advances in our understanding of metabolic interactions between autophagy and TAG storage, and discuss mechanisms of lipophagy. Free fatty acids are cytotoxic due to their detergent-like properties and their incorporation into lipid intermediates that are toxic at high levels. Thus, we also discuss how cells manage lipotoxic stresses during autophagy-mediated mobilization of fatty acids from lipid droplets and organellar membranes for energy generation.
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- Changcheng Xu
- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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Hanley SE, Willis SD, Cooper KF. Snx4-assisted vacuolar targeting of transcription factors defines a new autophagy pathway for controlling ATG expression. Autophagy 2021; 17:3547-3565. [PMID: 33678121 PMCID: PMC8632336 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2021.1877934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Autophagy, in part, is controlled by the repression and activation of autophagy-related (ATG) genes. Here, we describe a new selective autophagy pathway that targets functional transcriptional regulators to control their activity. This pathway is activated in response to nitrogen starvation and recycles transcriptional activators (Msn2 and Rim15) and a repressor (Ssn2/Med13) of ATG expression. Further analysis of Ssn2/Med13 vacuolar proteolysis revealed that this pathway utilizes the core autophagic machinery. However, it is independent of known nucleophagy mechanisms, receptor proteins, and the scaffold protein Atg11. Instead, Ssn2/Med13 exits the nucleus through the nuclear pore complex (NPC) and associates with the cytoplasmic nucleoporin Gle1, a member of the RNA remodeling complex. Dbp5 and Nup159, that act in concert with Gle1, are also required for Ssn2/Med13 clearance. Ssn2/Med13 is retrieved from the nuclear periphery and degraded by Atg17-initiated phagophores anchored to the vacuole. Efficient transfer to phagophores depends on the sorting nexin heterodimer Snx4/Atg24-Atg20, which binds to Atg17, and relocates to the perinucleus following nitrogen starvation. To conclude, this pathway defines a previously undescribed autophagy mechanism that targets select transcriptional regulators for rapid vacuolar proteolysis, utilizing the RNA remodeling complex, the sorting nexin heterodimer Snx4-Atg20, Atg17, and the core autophagic machinery. It is physiologically relevant as this Snx4-assisted vacuolar targeting pathway permits cells to fine-tune the autophagic response by controlling the turnover of both positive and negative regulators of ATG transcription.Abbreviations: AIM: Atg8 interacting motif; ATG: autophagy-related; CKM: CDK8 kinase module; IDR: intrinsically disordered region; IP6: phosphoinositide inositol hexaphosphate; NPC: nuclear pore complex; PAS: phagophore assembly site; UPS: ubiquitin-proteasomal system.
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- Sara E. Hanley
- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ, USA
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Tomioka Y, Kotani T, Kirisako H, Oikawa Y, Kimura Y, Hirano H, Ohsumi Y, Nakatogawa H. TORC1 inactivation stimulates autophagy of nucleoporin and nuclear pore complexes. J Cell Biol 2021; 219:151819. [PMID: 32453403 PMCID: PMC7337488 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201910063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The mechanisms underlying turnover of the nuclear pore complex (NPC) and the component nucleoporins (Nups) are still poorly understood. In this study, we found that the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae triggers NPC degradation by autophagy upon the inactivation of Tor kinase complex 1. This degradation largely depends on the selective autophagy-specific factor Atg11 and the autophagy receptor-binding ability of Atg8, suggesting that the NPC is degraded via receptor-dependent selective autophagy. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed that NPCs embedded in nuclear envelope-derived double-membrane vesicles are sequestered within autophagosomes. At least two pathways are involved in NPC degradation: Atg39-dependent nucleophagy (selective autophagy of the nucleus) and a pathway involving an unknown receptor. In addition, we found the interaction between Nup159 and Atg8 via the Atg8-family interacting motif is important for degradation of this nucleoporin not assembled into the NPC. Thus, this study provides the first evidence for autophagic degradation of the NPC and Nups, which we term "NPC-phagy" and "nucleoporinophagy."
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- Yui Tomioka
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Advanced Medical Research Center, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Advanced Medical Research Center, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Hanley SE, Cooper KF. Sorting Nexins in Protein Homeostasis. Cells 2020; 10:cells10010017. [PMID: 33374212 PMCID: PMC7823608 DOI: 10.3390/cells10010017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Protein homeostasis is maintained by removing misfolded, damaged, or excess proteins and damaged organelles from the cell by three major pathways; the ubiquitin-proteasome system, the autophagy-lysosomal pathway, and the endo-lysosomal pathway. The requirement for ubiquitin provides a link between all three pathways. Sorting nexins are a highly conserved and diverse family of membrane-associated proteins that not only traffic proteins throughout the cells but also provide a second common thread between protein homeostasis pathways. In this review, we will discuss the connections between sorting nexins, ubiquitin, and the interconnected roles they play in maintaining protein quality control mechanisms. Underlying their importance, genetic defects in sorting nexins are linked with a variety of human diseases including neurodegenerative, cardiovascular diseases, viral infections, and cancer. This serves to emphasize the critical roles sorting nexins play in many aspects of cellular function.
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Autophagy is an adaptive catabolic process functioning to promote cell survival in the event of inappropriate living conditions such as nutrient shortage and to cope with diverse cytotoxic insults. It is regarded as one of the key survival mechanisms of living organisms. Cells undergo autophagy to accomplish the lysosomal digestion of intracellular materials including damaged proteins, organelles, and foreign bodies, in a bulk, non-selective or a cargo-specific manner. Studies in the past decades have shed light on the association of autophagy pathways with various diseases and also highlighted the therapeutic value of autophagy modulation. Hence, it is crucial to develop effective approaches for monitoring intracellular autophagy dynamics, as a comprehensive account of methodology establishment is far from complete. In this review, we aim to provide an overview of the major current fluorescence-based techniques utilized for visualizing, sensing or measuring autophagic activities in cells or tissues, which are categorized firstly by targets detected and further by the types of fluorescence tools. We will mainly focus on the working mechanisms of these techniques, put emphasis on the insight into their roles in biomedical science and provide perspectives on the challenges and future opportunities in this field.
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- Siyang Ding
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne Victoria 3086, Australia.
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Antón Z, Betin VMS, Simonetti B, Traer CJ, Attar N, Cullen PJ, Lane JD. A heterodimeric SNX4--SNX7 SNX-BAR autophagy complex coordinates ATG9A trafficking for efficient autophagosome assembly. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:jcs246306. [PMID: 32513819 PMCID: PMC7375690 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.246306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The sorting nexins (SNXs) are a family of peripheral membrane proteins that direct protein trafficking decisions within the endocytic network. Emerging evidence in yeast and mammalian cells implicates a subgroup of SNXs in selective and non-selective forms of autophagy. Using siRNA and CRISPR-Cas9, we demonstrate that the SNX-BAR protein SNX4 is needed for efficient LC3 (also known as MAP1LC3) lipidation and autophagosome assembly in mammalian cells. SNX-BARs exist as homo- and hetero-dimers, and we show that SNX4 forms functional heterodimers with either SNX7 or SNX30 that associate with tubulovesicular endocytic membranes. Detailed image-based analysis during the early stages of autophagosome assembly reveals that SNX4-SNX7 is an autophagy-specific SNX-BAR heterodimer, required for efficient recruitment and/or retention of core autophagy regulators at the nascent isolation membrane. SNX4 partially colocalises with juxtanuclear ATG9A-positive membranes, with our data linking the autophagy defect upon SNX4 disruption to the mis-trafficking and/or retention of ATG9A in the Golgi region. Taken together, our findings show that the SNX4-SNX7 heterodimer coordinates ATG9A trafficking within the endocytic network to establish productive autophagosome assembly sites, thus extending knowledge of SNXs as positive regulators of autophagy.
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- Zuriñe Antón
- Cell Biology Laboratories, School of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- Cell Biology Laboratories, School of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- Henry Wellcome Integrated Signalling Laboratories, School of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- Henry Wellcome Integrated Signalling Laboratories, School of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- Henry Wellcome Integrated Signalling Laboratories, School of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- Henry Wellcome Integrated Signalling Laboratories, School of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- Cell Biology Laboratories, School of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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Fusing α and β subunits of the fungal fatty acid synthase leads to improved production of fatty acids. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9780. [PMID: 32555375 PMCID: PMC7300031 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66629-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Most fungal fatty acid synthases assemble from two multidomain subunits, α and β, into a heterododecameric FAS complex. It has been recently shown that the complex assembly occurs in a cotranslational manner and is initiated by an interaction between the termini of α and β subunits. This initial engagement of subunits may be the rate-limiting phase of the assembly and subject to cellular regulation. Therefore, we hypothesized that bypassing this step by genetically fusing the subunits could be beneficial for biotechnological production of fatty acids. To test the concept, we expressed fused FAS subunits engineered for production of octanoic acid in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Collectively, our data indicate that FAS activity is a limiting factor of fatty acid production and that FAS fusion proteins show a superior performance compared to their split counterparts. This strategy is likely a generalizable approach to optimize the production of fatty acids and derived compounds in microbial chassis organisms.
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Murúa P, Müller DG, Etemadi M, van West P, Gachon CMM. Host and pathogen autophagy are central to the inducible local defences and systemic response of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera against the oomycete pathogen Anisolpidium ectocarpii. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 226:1445-1460. [PMID: 31955420 PMCID: PMC7317505 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Kelps are key primary producers of cold and temperate marine coastal ecosystems and exhibit systemic defences against pathogens. Yet, the cellular mechanisms underpinning their immunity remain to be elucidated. We investigated the time course of infection of the kelp Macrocystis pyrifera by the oomycete Anisolpidium ectocarpii using TEM, in vivo autophagy markers and autophagy inhibitors. Over several infection cycles, A. ectocarpii undergoes sequential physiological shifts sensitive to autophagy inhibitors. Initially lipid-rich, pathogen thalli become increasingly lipid-depleted; they subsequently tend to become entirely abortive, irrespective of their lipid content. Moreover, infected algal cells mount local defences and can directly eliminate the pathogen by xenophagy. Finally, autophagy-dependent plastid recycling is induced in uninfected host cells. We demonstrate the existence of local, inducible autophagic processes both in the pathogen and infected host cells, which result in the restriction of pathogen propagation. We also show the existence of a systemic algal response mediated by autophagy. We propose a working model accounting for all our observations, whereby the outcome of the algal-pathogen interaction (i.e. completion or not of the pathogen life cycle) is dictated by the induction, and possibly the mutual hijacking, of the host and pathogen autophagy machineries.
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- Pedro Murúa
- Aberdeen Oomycete LaboratoryInternational Centre for Aquaculture Research and DevelopmentUniversity of AberdeenForesterhillAberdeenAB25 2ZDUK
- The Scottish Association for Marine ScienceScottish Marine InstituteObanPA37 1QAUK
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- Fachbereich Biologie der Universität KonstanzD‐78457KonstanzGermany
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- Institute of MicrobiologyUniversity of InnsbruckA‐6020InnsbruckTyrolAustria
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- Aberdeen Oomycete LaboratoryInternational Centre for Aquaculture Research and DevelopmentUniversity of AberdeenForesterhillAberdeenAB25 2ZDUK
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- The Scottish Association for Marine ScienceScottish Marine InstituteObanPA37 1QAUK
- UMR 7245 - Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismesMuséum National d'Histoire NaturelleCP 54, 57 rue Cuvier75005ParisFrance
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Ryzhikov M, Ehlers A, Steinberg D, Xie W, Oberlander E, Brown S, Gilmore PE, Townsend RR, Lane WS, Dolinay T, Nakahira K, Choi AMK, Haspel JA. Diurnal Rhythms Spatially and Temporally Organize Autophagy. Cell Rep 2020; 26:1880-1892.e6. [PMID: 30759397 PMCID: PMC6442472 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.01.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Circadian rhythms are a hallmark of physiology, but how such daily rhythms organize cellular catabolism is poorly understood. Here, we used proteomics to map daily oscillations in autophagic flux in mouse liver and related these rhythms to proteasome activity. We also explored how systemic inflammation affects the temporal structure of autophagy. Our data identified a globally harmonized rhythm for basal macroautophagy, chaperone-mediated autophagy, and proteasomal activity, which concentrates liver proteolysis during the daytime. Basal autophagy rhythms could be resolved into two antiphase clusters that were distinguished by the subcellular location of targeted proteins. Inflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide reprogrammed autophagic flux away from a temporal pattern that favors cytosolic targets and toward the turnover of mitochondrial targets. Our data detail how daily biological rhythms connect the temporal, spatial, and metabolic aspects of protein catabolism. How circadian rhythms contribute to cellular quality control is poorly understood. Ryzhikov et al. mapped proteome-wide biological rhythms in liver autophagy and identified synchronous daily oscillations in autophagic and proteasomal activity. Diurnal rhythms play a role in autophagy substrate selection based on subcellular location and inflammation status.
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- Mikhail Ryzhikov
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8052, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8052, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8052, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8052, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Respiration, Integrated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510315, China
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8052, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8052, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8052, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8052, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Harvard University Mass Spectrometry & Proteomics Laboratory, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, 2625 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, CA 91505, USA
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- Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, 555 E. 68 St., New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, 555 E. 68 St., New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8052, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Willis SD, Hanley SE, Beishke T, Tati PD, Cooper KF. Ubiquitin-proteasome-mediated cyclin C degradation promotes cell survival following nitrogen starvation. Mol Biol Cell 2020; 31:1015-1031. [PMID: 32160104 PMCID: PMC7346723 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e19-11-0622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Environmental stress elicits well-orchestrated programs that either restore cellular homeostasis or induce cell death depending on the insult. Nutrient starvation triggers the autophagic pathway that requires the induction of several Autophagy (ATG) genes. Cyclin C-cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk8) is a component of the RNA polymerase II Mediator complex that predominantly represses the transcription of stress-responsive genes in yeast. To relieve this repression following oxidative stress, cyclin C translocates to the mitochondria where it induces organelle fragmentation and promotes cell death prior to its destruction by the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). Here we report that cyclin C-Cdk8, together with the Ume6-Rpd3 histone deacetylase complex, represses the essential autophagy gene ATG8. Similar to oxidative stress, cyclin C is destroyed by the UPS following nitrogen starvation. Removing this repression is important as deleting CNC1 allows enhanced cell growth under mild starvation. However, unlike oxidative stress, cyclin C is destroyed prior to its cytoplasmic translocation. This is important as targeting cyclin C to the mitochondria induces both mitochondrial fragmentation and cell death following nitrogen starvation. These results indicate that cyclin C destruction pathways are fine tuned depending on the stress and that its terminal subcellular address influences the decision between initiating cell death or cell survival pathways.
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- Stephen D Willis
- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ 08084
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ 08084
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ 08084
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- School of Osteopathic Medicine, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ 08084
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rowan University, Stratford, NJ 08084
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Polyansky A, Shatz O, Elazar Z. De Novo Phospholipid Synthesis Promotes Efficient Autophagy. Biochemistry 2020; 59:1011-1012. [PMID: 32119532 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Alexandra Polyansky
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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Discovery of a Regulatory Subunit of the Yeast Fatty Acid Synthase. Cell 2020; 180:1130-1143.e20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Joppe M, D’Imprima E, Salustros N, Paithankar KS, Vonck J, Grininger M, Kühlbrandt W. The resolution revolution in cryoEM requires high-quality sample preparation: a rapid pipeline to a high-resolution map of yeast fatty acid synthase. IUCRJ 2020; 7:220-227. [PMID: 32148850 PMCID: PMC7055384 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252519017366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Single-particle electron cryo-microscopy (cryoEM) has undergone a 'resolution revolution' that makes it possible to characterize megadalton (MDa) complexes at atomic resolution without crystals. To fully exploit the new opportunities in molecular microscopy, new procedures for the cloning, expression and purification of macromolecular complexes need to be explored. Macromolecular assemblies are often unstable, and invasive construct design or inadequate purification conditions and sample-preparation methods can result in disassembly or denaturation. The structure of the 2.6 MDa yeast fatty acid synthase (FAS) has been studied by electron microscopy since the 1960s. Here, a new, streamlined protocol for the rapid production of purified yeast FAS for structure determination by high-resolution cryoEM is reported. Together with a companion protocol for preparing cryoEM specimens on a hydrophilized graphene layer, the new protocol yielded a 3.1 Å resolution map of yeast FAS from 15 000 automatically picked particles within a day. The high map quality enabled a complete atomic model of an intact fungal FAS to be built.
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- Mirko Joppe
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 15, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 15, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 15, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Jiao J, Wang S, Tian H, Xu X, Zhang Y, Liu B, Zhang W. Decreased expression of LRA4, a key gene involved in rhamnose metabolism, caused up-regulated expression of the genes in this pathway and autophagy in Pichia pastoris. AMB Express 2020; 10:37. [PMID: 32100129 PMCID: PMC7042458 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-020-00971-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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In a previous study, we developed Pichia pastoris GS115m, an engineered strain with decreased expression of one key gene, LRA4, in rhamnose metabolism. P. pastoris GS115m/LacB was subsequently constructed via introducing a β-galactosidase gene, LacB, under the control of rhamnose-inducible PLRA3 into P. pastoris GS115m. P. pastoris GS115m/LacB greatly improved recombinant protein production relative to the parental strain (P. pastoris GS115/LacB). In the present study, transcriptomes of P. pastoris GS115m/LacB and P. pastoris GS115/LacB grown in YPR medium were analyzed. P. pastoris GS115m/LacB was found to suffer from the mild carbon source starvation. To attenuate the starvation stress, P. pastoris GS115m/LacB attempted to enhance rhamnose metabolism by elevating the transcription levels of rhamnose-utilization genes LRA1-3 and RhaR. The transcription level of LacB under the control of PLRA3 thereby increased, resulting in the improved production of recombinant protein in P. pastoris GS115m/LacB. It was also revealed that P. pastoris GS115m/LacB cells coped with carbon starvation mostly via autophagy.
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Analysis of the co-translational assembly of the fungal fatty acid synthase (FAS). Sci Rep 2020; 10:895. [PMID: 31964902 PMCID: PMC6972935 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57418-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The yeast fatty acid synthase (FAS) is a barrel-shaped 2.6 MDa complex. Upon barrel-formation, two multidomain subunits, each more than 200 kDa large, intertwine to form a heterododecameric complex that buries 170,000 Å2 of protein surface. In spite of the rich knowledge about yeast FAS in structure and function, its assembly remained elusive until recently, when co-translational interaction of the β-subunit with the nascent α-subunit was found to initiate assembly. Here, we characterize the co-translational assembly of yeast FAS at a molecular level. We show that the co-translationally formed interface is sensitive to subtle perturbations, so that the exchange of two amino acids located in the emerging interface can prevent assembly. On the other hand, assembly can also be initiated via the co-translational interaction of the subunits at other sites, which implies that this process is not strictly site or sequence specific. We further highlight additional steps in the biogenesis of yeast FAS, as the formation of a dimeric subunit that orchestrates complex formation and acts as platform for post-translational phosphopantetheinylation. The presented data supports the understanding of the recently discovered prevalence of eukaryotic complexes for co-translational assembly, and is valuable for further harnessing FAS in the biotechnological production of aliphatic compounds.
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Kirkin V. History of the Selective Autophagy Research: How Did It Begin and Where Does It Stand Today? J Mol Biol 2020; 432:3-27. [PMID: 31082435 PMCID: PMC6971693 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Autophagy, self-eating, is a pivotal catabolic mechanism that ensures homeostasis and survival of the cell in the face of stressors as different as starvation, infection, or protein misfolding. The importance of the research in this field was recognized by the general public after the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded in 2016 to Yoshinori Ohsumi for discoveries of the mechanisms of autophagy using yeast as a model organism. One of the seminal findings of Ohsumi was on the role ubiquitin-like proteins (UBLs)-Atg5, Atg12, and Atg8-play in the formation of the double-membrane vesicle autophagosome, which is the functional unit of autophagy. Subsequent work by several groups demonstrated that, like the founding member of the UBL family ubiquitin, these small but versatile protein and lipid modifiers interact with a plethora of proteins, which either directly regulate autophagosome formation, for example, components of the Atg1/ULK1 complex, or are involved in cargo recognition, for example, Atg19 and p62/SQSTM1. By tethering the cargo to the UBLs present on the forming autophagosome, the latter proteins were proposed to effectively act as selective autophagy receptors. The discovery of the selective autophagy receptors brought a breakthrough in the autophagy field, supplying the mechanistic underpinning for the formation of an autophagosome selectively around the cytosolic cargo, that is, a protein aggregate, a mitochondrion, or a cytosolic bacterium. In this historical overview, I highlight key steps that the research into selective autophagy has been taking over the past 20 years. I comment on their significance and discuss current challenges in developing more detailed knowledge of the mechanisms of selective autophagy. I will conclude by introducing the new directions that this dynamic research field is taking into its third decade.
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- Vladimir Kirkin
- Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK.
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Mechanisms of Autophagy in Metabolic Stress Response. J Mol Biol 2020; 432:28-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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To survive under unpredictable conditions, all organisms must adapt to stressors by regulating adaptive cellular responses. Arrestin proteins are conserved regulators of adaptive cellular responses in eukaryotes. Studies that have been limited to mammals and model fungi have demonstrated that the disruption of arrestin-regulated pathways is detrimental for viability. The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans causes more than 180,000 infection-related deaths annually, especially among immunocompromised patients. In addition to being genetically tractable, C. neoformans has a small arrestin family of four members, lending itself to a comprehensive characterization of its arrestin family. This study serves as a functional analysis of arrestins in a pathogen, particularly in the context of fungal fitness and virulence. We investigate the functions of one arrestin protein, Ali1, and define its novel contributions to cytokinesis. We additionally explore the virulence contributions of the C. neoformans arrestin family and find that they contribute to disease establishment and progression. Arrestins, a structurally specialized and functionally diverse group of proteins, are central regulators of adaptive cellular responses in eukaryotes. Previous studies on fungal arrestins have demonstrated their capacity to modulate diverse cellular processes through their adaptor functions, facilitating the localization and function of other proteins. However, the mechanisms by which arrestin-regulated processes are involved in fungal virulence remain unexplored. We have identified a small family of four arrestins, Ali1, Ali2, Ali3, and Ali4, in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Using complementary microscopy, proteomic, and reverse genetics techniques, we have defined a role for Ali1 as a novel contributor to cytokinesis, a fundamental cell cycle-associated process. We observed that Ali1 strongly interacts with proteins involved in lipid synthesis, and that ali1Δ mutant phenotypes are rescued by supplementation with lipid precursors that are used to build cellular membranes. From these data, we hypothesize that Ali1 contributes to cytokinesis by serving as an adaptor protein, facilitating the localization of enzymes that modify the plasma membrane during cell division, specifically the fatty acid synthases Fas1 and Fas2. Finally, we assessed the contributions of the C. neoformans arrestin family to virulence to better understand the mechanisms by which arrestin-regulated adaptive cellular responses influence fungal infection. We observed that the C. neoformans arrestin family contributes to virulence, and that the individual arrestin proteins likely fulfill distinct functions that are important for disease progression.
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Kirkin V, Rogov VV. A Diversity of Selective Autophagy Receptors Determines the Specificity of the Autophagy Pathway. Mol Cell 2019; 76:268-285. [PMID: 31585693 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The clearance of surplus, broken, or dangerous components is key for maintaining cellular homeostasis. The failure to remove protein aggregates, damaged organelles, or intracellular pathogens leads to diseases, including neurodegeneration, cancer, and infectious diseases. Autophagy is the evolutionarily conserved pathway that sequesters cytoplasmic components in specialized vesicles, autophagosomes, which transport the cargo to the degradative compartments (vacuoles or lysosomes). Research during the past few decades has elucidated how autophagosomes engulf their substrates selectively. This type of autophagy involves a growing number of selective autophagy receptors (SARs) (e.g., Atg19 in yeasts, p62/SQSTM1 in mammals), which bind to the cargo and simultaneously engage components of the core autophagic machinery via direct interaction with the ubiquitin-like proteins (UBLs) of the Atg8/LC3/GABARAP family and adaptors, Atg11 (in yeasts) or FIP200 (in mammals). In this Review, we critically discuss the biology of the SARs with special emphasis on their interactions with UBLs.
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- Vladimir Kirkin
- Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research London, Sutton SM2 5NG, UK.
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue Strasse 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Ma M, Burd CG. Retrograde trafficking and plasma membrane recycling pathways of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Traffic 2019; 21:45-59. [PMID: 31471931 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The endosomal system functions as a network of protein and lipid sorting stations that receives molecules from endocytic and secretory pathways and directs them to the lysosome for degradation, or exports them from the endosome via retrograde trafficking or plasma membrane recycling pathways. Retrograde trafficking pathways describe endosome-to-Golgi transport while plasma membrane recycling pathways describe trafficking routes that return endocytosed molecules to the plasma membrane. These pathways are crucial for lysosome biogenesis, nutrient acquisition and homeostasis and for the physiological functions of many types of specialized cells. Retrograde and recycling sorting machineries of eukaryotic cells were identified chiefly through genetic screens using the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae system and discovered to be highly conserved in structures and functions. In this review, we discuss advances regarding retrograde trafficking and recycling pathways, including new discoveries that challenge existing ideas about the organization of the endosomal system, as well as how these pathways intersect with cellular homeostasis pathways.
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- Mengxiao Ma
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Lystad AH, Simonsen A. Mechanisms and Pathophysiological Roles of the ATG8 Conjugation Machinery. Cells 2019; 8:E973. [PMID: 31450711 PMCID: PMC6769624 DOI: 10.3390/cells8090973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Since their initial discovery around two decades ago, the yeast autophagy-related (Atg)8 protein and its mammalian homologues of the light chain 3 (LC3) and γ-aminobutyric acid receptor associated proteins (GABARAP) families have been key for the tremendous expansion of our knowledge about autophagy, a process in which cytoplasmic material become targeted for lysosomal degradation. These proteins are ubiquitin-like proteins that become directly conjugated to a lipid in the autophagy membrane upon induction of autophagy, thus providing a marker of the pathway, allowing studies of autophagosome biogenesis and maturation. Moreover, the ATG8 proteins function to recruit components of the core autophagy machinery as well as cargo for selective degradation. Importantly, comprehensive structural and biochemical in vitro studies of the machinery required for ATG8 protein lipidation, as well as their genetic manipulation in various model organisms, have provided novel insight into the molecular mechanisms and pathophysiological roles of the mATG8 proteins. Recently, it has become evident that the ATG8 proteins and their conjugation machinery are also involved in intracellular pathways and processes not related to autophagy. This review focuses on the molecular functions of ATG8 proteins and their conjugation machinery in autophagy and other pathways, as well as their links to disease.
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- Alf Håkon Lystad
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences and Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 1112 Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences and Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 1112 Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway.
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Fernandes BS, Dias O, Costa G, Kaupert Neto AA, Resende TFC, Oliveira JVC, Riaño-Pachón DM, Zaiat M, Pradella JGC, Rocha I. Genome-wide sequencing and metabolic annotation of Pythium irregulare CBS 494.86: understanding Eicosapentaenoic acid production. BMC Biotechnol 2019; 19:41. [PMID: 31253157 PMCID: PMC6598237 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-019-0529-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Pythium irregulare is an oleaginous Oomycete able to accumulate large amounts of lipids, including Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). EPA is an important and expensive dietary supplement with a promising and very competitive market, which is dependent on fish-oil extraction. This has prompted several research groups to study biotechnological routes to obtain specific fatty acids rather than a mixture of various lipids. Moreover, microorganisms can use low cost carbon sources for lipid production, thus reducing production costs. Previous studies have highlighted the production of EPA by P. irregulare, exploiting diverse low cost carbon sources that are produced in large amounts, such as vinasse, glycerol, and food wastewater. However, there is still a lack of knowledge about its biosynthetic pathways, because no functional annotation of any Pythium sp. exists yet. The goal of this work was to identify key genes and pathways related to EPA biosynthesis, in P. irregulare CBS 494.86, by sequencing and performing an unprecedented annotation of its genome, considering the possibility of using wastewater as a carbon source. RESULTS Genome sequencing provided 17,727 candidate genes, with 3809 of them associated with enzyme code and 945 with membrane transporter proteins. The functional annotation was compared with curated information of oleaginous organisms, understanding amino acids and fatty acids production, and consumption of carbon and nitrogen sources, present in the wastewater. The main features include the presence of genes related to the consumption of several sugars and candidate genes of unsaturated fatty acids production. CONCLUSIONS The whole metabolic genome presented, which is an unprecedented reconstruction of P. irregulare CBS 494.86, shows its potential to produce value-added products, in special EPA, for food and pharmaceutical industries, moreover it infers metabolic capabilities of the microorganism by incorporating information obtained from literature and genomic data, supplying information of great importance to future work.
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- Bruna S Fernandes
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
- Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal.
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazilian Centre of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazilian Centre of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Computational, Evolutionary and Systems Biology Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Biological Processes Laboratory, Center for Research, Development and Innovation in Environmental Engineering, São Carlos School of Engineering (EESC), University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal.
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Marshall RS, Vierstra RD. Dynamic Regulation of the 26S Proteasome: From Synthesis to Degradation. Front Mol Biosci 2019; 6:40. [PMID: 31231659 PMCID: PMC6568242 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2019.00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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All eukaryotes rely on selective proteolysis to control the abundance of key regulatory proteins and maintain a healthy and properly functioning proteome. Most of this turnover is catalyzed by the 26S proteasome, an intricate, multi-subunit proteolytic machine. Proteasomes recognize and degrade proteins first marked with one or more chains of poly-ubiquitin, the addition of which is actuated by hundreds of ligases that individually identify appropriate substrates for ubiquitylation. Subsequent proteasomal digestion is essential and influences a myriad of cellular processes in species as diverse as plants, fungi and humans. Importantly, dysfunction of 26S proteasomes is associated with numerous human pathologies and profoundly impacts crop performance, thus making an understanding of proteasome dynamics critically relevant to almost all facets of human health and nutrition. Given this widespread significance, it is not surprising that sophisticated mechanisms have evolved to tightly regulate 26S proteasome assembly, abundance and activity in response to demand, organismal development and stress. These include controls on transcription and chaperone-mediated assembly, influences on proteasome localization and activity by an assortment of binding proteins and post-translational modifications, and ultimately the removal of excess or damaged particles via autophagy. Intriguingly, the autophagic clearance of damaged 26S proteasomes first involves their modification with ubiquitin, thus connecting ubiquitylation and autophagy as key regulatory events in proteasome quality control. This turnover is also influenced by two distinct biomolecular condensates that coalesce in the cytoplasm, one attracting damaged proteasomes for autophagy, and the other reversibly storing proteasomes during carbon starvation to protect them from autophagic clearance. In this review, we describe the current state of knowledge regarding the dynamic regulation of 26S proteasomes at all stages of their life cycle, illustrating how protein degradation through this proteolytic machine is tightly controlled to ensure optimal growth, development and longevity.
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- Richard S Marshall
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
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Watch What You (Self-) Eat: Autophagic Mechanisms that Modulate Metabolism. Cell Metab 2019; 29:803-826. [PMID: 30943392 PMCID: PMC6450419 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved lysosome- or vacuole-dependent catabolic pathway in eukaryotes. Autophagy functions basally for cellular quality control and is induced to act as an alternative source of basic metabolites during nutrient deprivation. These functions of autophagy are intimately connected to the regulation of metabolism, and the metabolic status of the cell in turn controls the nature and extent of autophagic induction. Here, we highlight the co-regulation of autophagy and metabolism with a special focus on selective autophagy that, along with bulk autophagy, plays a central role in regulating and rewiring metabolic circuits. We outline the metabolic signals that activate these pathways, the mechanisms involved, and the downstream effects and implications while recognizing yet unanswered questions. We also discuss the role of autophagy in the development and maintenance of adipose tissue, an emerging player in systemic metabolic homeostasis, and describe what is currently known about the complex relationship between autophagy and cancer.
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Chen C, He J, Gao W, Wei Y, Liu G. Identification and Characterization of an Autophagy-Related Gene Acatg12 in Acremonium chrysogenum. Curr Microbiol 2019; 76:545-551. [PMID: 30899986 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-019-01650-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Autophagy is a highly conserved mechanism to overcome various stresses and recycle cytoplasmic components and organelles. Ubiquitin-like (UBL) protein Atg12 is a key protein involved in autophagosome formation through stimulation of Atg8 conjugation to phosphatidylethanolamine. Here, we describe the identification of the autophagy-related gene Acatg12, encoding an Atg12 homologous protein in the cephalosporin C producing fungus Acremonium chrysogenum. Disruption of Acatg12 impaired the delivery and degradation of eGFP-Atg8, indicating that the autophagic process was blocked. Meanwhile, conidiation was dramatically reduced in the Acatg12 disruption mutant (∆Acatg12). In contrast, cephalosporin C production was increased twofold in ∆Acatg12, but fungal growth was reduced after 6 days fermentation. Consistent with these results, the transcriptional level of the cephalosporin biosynthetic genes was increased in ∆Acatg12. The results extend our understanding of autophagy in filamentous fungi.
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- Chang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100,101, China.,The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100864, China
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- Department of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100,101, China
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- Department of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100,101, China. .,The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100864, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Li H, Hu P, Wang Y, Pan Y, Liu G. Enhancing the production of cephalosporin C through modulating the autophagic process of Acremonium chrysogenum. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:175. [PMID: 30424777 PMCID: PMC6233533 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-1021-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Autophagy is used for degradation of cellular components and nutrient recycling. Atg8 is one of the core proteins in autophagy and used as a marker for autophagic detection. However, the autophagy of filamentous fungi is poorly understood compared with that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Our previous study revealed that disruption of the autophagy related gene Acatg1 significantly enhanced cephalosporin C yield through reducing degradation of cephalosporin biosynthetic proteins in Acremonium chrysogenum, suggesting that modulation of autophagic process is one promising way to increase antibiotic production in A. chrysogenum. Results In this study, a S. cerevisiae ATG8 homologue gene Acatg8 was identified from A. chrysogenum. Acatg8 could complement the ATG8 mutation in S. cerevisiae, indicating that Acatg8 is a functional homologue of ATG8. Microscope observation demonstrated the fluorescently labeled AcAtg8 was localized in the cytoplasm and autophagosome of A. chrysogenum, and the expression of Acatg8 was induced by nutrient starvation. Gene disruption and genetic complementation revealed that Acatg8 is essential for autophagosome formation. Disruption of Acatg8 significantly reduced fungal conidiation and delayed conidial germination. Localization of GFP-AcAtg8 implied that autophagy is involved in the early phase of conidial germination. Similar to Acatg1, disruption of Acatg8 remarkably enhanced cephalosporin C yield. The cephalosporin C biosynthetic enzymes (isopenicillin N synthase PcbC and isopenicillin N epimerase CefD2) and peroxisomes were accumulated in the Acatg8 disruption mutant (∆Acatg8), which might be the main reasons for the enhancement of cephalosporin C production. However, the biomass of ΔAcatg8 decreased drastically at the late stage of fermentation, suggesting that autophagy is critical for A. chrysogenum cell survival under nutrition deprived condition. Disruption of Acatg8 also resulted in accumulation of mitochondria, which might produce more reactive oxygen species (ROS) which promotes fungal death. However, the premature death is unfavorable for cephalosporin C production. To solve this problem, a plasmid containing Acatg8 under control of the xylose/xylan-inducible promoter was introduced into ∆Acatg8. Conidiation and growth of the recombinant strain restored to the wild-type level in the medium supplemented with xylose, while the cephalosporin C production maintained at a high level even prolonged fermentation. Conclusions Our results demonstrated inducible expression of Acatg8 and disruption of Acatg8 remarkably increased cephalosporin C production. This study provides a promising approach for yield improvement of cephalosporin C in A. chrysogenum. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12934-018-1021-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Honghua Li
- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Yue W, Nie X, Cui L, Zhi Y, Zhang T, Du X, Song W. Genome-wide sequence and expressional analysis of autophagy Gene family in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 229:7-21. [PMID: 30025220 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2018.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Autophagy, a highly conserved intracellular degradation system, is regarded to be responsible for self-defense and protect cells from abiotic stress. Extensive studies have demonstrated that autophagy plays a crucial role in regulating plant growth and development as well as in response to diverse stresses. However, little is known about autophagy-associated genes (ATGs) in wheat, especially those involved in the regulatory network of stress processes. In this study, a total of 108 putative wheat ATGs (TaATG) were obtained based on a genome-wide search approach. Phylogenetic analysis classified them into 13 subfamilies, of which the TaAtg16 subfamily consisted of 29 members, ranking it the largest subfamily. The conserved motif compositions as well as their exon-intron structures were systematically analyzed and strongly supported the classification. The homoeologous genes tended to have similar gene features during wheat polyploidization. Furthermore, a total of 114 putative cis-elements were found, and those related to hormone, stress, and light responsiveness were abundantly presented in the promoter regions. Co-expression network analysis revealed that orthologous VAMP727 was the hub node of the whole network, and complex interactions were also found. Finally, the expression profiles of TaATGs among different tissues and under abiotic stresses were investigated to identify tissue-specific or stress-responsive candidates, and then 14 were validated by wet-lab analysis. Results showed that the TaAtg8 subfamily played a crucial role in tissue autophagy and stress defense, which could be considered as processes that are candidates for further functional study. This was the first study to comprehensively investigate the ATG family in wheat, which ultimately provided important clues for further functional analysis and also took a step toward uncovering the evolutionary mechanism of ATG genes in wheat and beyond.
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- Wenjie Yue
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Agronomy and Yangling Branch of China Wheat Improvement Center, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Agronomy and Yangling Branch of China Wheat Improvement Center, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Agronomy and Yangling Branch of China Wheat Improvement Center, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Agronomy and Yangling Branch of China Wheat Improvement Center, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Agronomy and Yangling Branch of China Wheat Improvement Center, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Agronomy and Yangling Branch of China Wheat Improvement Center, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Agronomy and Yangling Branch of China Wheat Improvement Center, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China; Australia-China Joint Research Centre for Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management in Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
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Ma M, Kumar S, Purushothaman L, Babst M, Ungermann C, Chi RJ, Burd CG. Lipid trafficking by yeast Snx4 family SNX-BAR proteins promotes autophagy and vacuole membrane fusion. Mol Biol Cell 2018; 29:2190-2200. [PMID: 29949447 PMCID: PMC6249802 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-12-0743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cargo-selective and nonselective autophagy pathways employ a common core autophagy machinery that directs biogenesis of an autophagosome that eventually fuses with the lysosome to mediate turnover of macromolecules. In yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae) cells, several selective autophagy pathways fail in cells lacking the dimeric Snx4/Atg24 and Atg20/Snx42 sorting nexins containing a BAR domain (SNX-BARs), which function as coat proteins of endosome-derived retrograde transport carriers. It is unclear whether endosomal sorting by Snx4 proteins contributes to autophagy. Cells lacking Snx4 display a deficiency in starvation induced, nonselective autophagy that is severely exacerbated by ablation of mitochondrial phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis. Under these conditions, phosphatidylserine accumulates in the membranes of the endosome and vacuole, autophagy intermediates accumulate within the cytoplasm, and homotypic vacuole fusion is impaired. The Snx4-Atg20 dimer displays preference for binding and remodeling of phosphatidylserine-containing membrane in vitro, suggesting that Snx4-Atg20-coated carriers export phosphatidylserine-rich membrane from the endosome. Autophagy and vacuole fusion are restored by increasing phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis via alternative pathways, indicating that retrograde sorting by the Snx4 family sorting nexins maintains glycerophospholipid homeostasis required for autophagy and fusion competence of the vacuole membrane.
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- Mengxiao Ma
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223
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Amengual J, Guo L, Strong A, Madrigal-Matute J, Wang H, Kaushik S, Brodsky JL, Rader DJ, Cuervo AM, Fisher EA. Autophagy Is Required for Sortilin-Mediated Degradation of Apolipoprotein B100. Circ Res 2018; 122:568-582. [PMID: 29301854 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.117.311240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Revised: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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RATIONALE Genome-wide association studies identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms near the SORT1 locus strongly associated with decreased plasma LDL-C (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) levels and protection from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and myocardial infarction. The minor allele of the causal SORT1 single-nucleotide polymorphism locus creates a putative C/EBPα (CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein α)-binding site in the SORT1 promoter, thereby increasing in homozygotes sortilin expression by 12-fold in liver, which is rich in this transcription factor. Our previous studies in mice have showed reductions in plasma LDL-C and its principal protein component, apoB (apolipoprotein B) with increased SORT1 expression, and in vitro studies suggested that sortilin promoted the presecretory lysosomal degradation of apoB associated with the LDL precursor, VLDL (very-low-density lipoprotein). OBJECTIVE To determine directly that SORT1 overexpression results in apoB degradation and to identify the mechanisms by which this reduces apoB and VLDL secretion by the liver, thereby contributing to understanding the clinical phenotype of lower LDL-C levels. METHODS AND RESULTS Pulse-chase studies directly established that SORT1 overexpression results in apoB degradation. As noted above, previous work implicated a role for lysosomes in this degradation. Through in vitro and in vivo studies, we now demonstrate that the sortilin-mediated route of apoB to lysosomes is unconventional and intersects with autophagy. Increased expression of sortilin diverts more apoB away from secretion, with both proteins trafficking to the endosomal compartment in vesicles that fuse with autophagosomes to form amphisomes. The amphisomes then merge with lysosomes. Furthermore, we show that sortilin itself is a regulator of autophagy and that its activity is scaled to the level of apoB synthesis. CONCLUSIONS These results strongly suggest that an unconventional lysosomal targeting process dependent on autophagy degrades apoB that was diverted from the secretory pathway by sortilin and provides a mechanism contributing to the reduced LDL-C found in individuals with SORT1 overexpression.
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- Jaume Amengual
- From the Division of Cardiology (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), Department of Medicine (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), and Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology (J.A., E.A.F., L.G, H.W.), NYU School of Medicine; Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Cardiovascular Institute, and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.S., D.J.R.); Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York (J.M.-M., S.K., A.M.C.); and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA (J.L.B.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), Department of Medicine (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), and Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology (J.A., E.A.F., L.G, H.W.), NYU School of Medicine; Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Cardiovascular Institute, and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.S., D.J.R.); Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York (J.M.-M., S.K., A.M.C.); and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA (J.L.B.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), Department of Medicine (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), and Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology (J.A., E.A.F., L.G, H.W.), NYU School of Medicine; Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Cardiovascular Institute, and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.S., D.J.R.); Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York (J.M.-M., S.K., A.M.C.); and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA (J.L.B.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), Department of Medicine (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), and Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology (J.A., E.A.F., L.G, H.W.), NYU School of Medicine; Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Cardiovascular Institute, and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.S., D.J.R.); Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York (J.M.-M., S.K., A.M.C.); and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA (J.L.B.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), Department of Medicine (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), and Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology (J.A., E.A.F., L.G, H.W.), NYU School of Medicine; Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Cardiovascular Institute, and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.S., D.J.R.); Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York (J.M.-M., S.K., A.M.C.); and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA (J.L.B.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), Department of Medicine (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), and Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology (J.A., E.A.F., L.G, H.W.), NYU School of Medicine; Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Cardiovascular Institute, and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.S., D.J.R.); Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York (J.M.-M., S.K., A.M.C.); and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA (J.L.B.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), Department of Medicine (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), and Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology (J.A., E.A.F., L.G, H.W.), NYU School of Medicine; Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Cardiovascular Institute, and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.S., D.J.R.); Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York (J.M.-M., S.K., A.M.C.); and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA (J.L.B.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), Department of Medicine (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), and Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology (J.A., E.A.F., L.G, H.W.), NYU School of Medicine; Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Cardiovascular Institute, and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.S., D.J.R.); Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York (J.M.-M., S.K., A.M.C.); and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA (J.L.B.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), Department of Medicine (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), and Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology (J.A., E.A.F., L.G, H.W.), NYU School of Medicine; Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Cardiovascular Institute, and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.S., D.J.R.); Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York (J.M.-M., S.K., A.M.C.); and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA (J.L.B.)
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- From the Division of Cardiology (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), Department of Medicine (J.A., L.G., H.W., E.A.F.), and Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology (J.A., E.A.F., L.G, H.W.), NYU School of Medicine; Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Cardiovascular Institute, and Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.S., D.J.R.); Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York (J.M.-M., S.K., A.M.C.); and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA (J.L.B.).
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Yu L, Chen Y, Tooze SA. Autophagy pathway: Cellular and molecular mechanisms. Autophagy 2017; 14:207-215. [PMID: 28933638 PMCID: PMC5902171 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2017.1378838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 908] [Impact Index Per Article: 129.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Macroautophagy/autophagy is an essential, conserved self-eating process that cells perform to allow degradation of intracellular components, including soluble proteins, aggregated proteins, organelles, macromolecular complexes, and foreign bodies. The process requires formation of a double-membrane structure containing the sequestered cytoplasmic material, the autophagosome, that ultimately fuses with the lysosome. This review will define this process and the cellular pathways required, from the formation of the double membrane to the fusion with lysosomes in molecular terms, and in particular highlight the recent progress in our understanding of this complex process.
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- Li Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Molecular Cell Biology of Autophagy, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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Nemec AA, Howell LA, Peterson AK, Murray MA, Tomko RJ. Autophagic clearance of proteasomes in yeast requires the conserved sorting nexin Snx4. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:21466-21480. [PMID: 29109144 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.817999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Revised: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Turnover of the 26S proteasome by autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved process that governs cellular proteolytic capacity and eliminates inactive particles. In most organisms, proteasomes are located in both the nucleus and cytoplasm. However, the specific autophagy routes for nuclear and cytoplasmic proteasomes are unclear. Here, we investigate the spatial control of autophagic proteasome turnover in budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). We found that nitrogen starvation-induced proteasome autophagy is independent of known nucleophagy pathways but is compromised when nuclear protein export is blocked. Furthermore, via pharmacological tethering of proteasomes to chromatin or the plasma membrane, we provide evidence that nuclear proteasomes at least partially disassemble before autophagic turnover, whereas cytoplasmic proteasomes remain largely intact. A targeted screen of autophagy genes identified a requirement for the conserved sorting nexin Snx4 in the autophagic turnover of proteasomes and several other large multisubunit complexes. We demonstrate that Snx4 cooperates with sorting nexins Snx41 and Snx42 to mediate proteasome turnover and is required for the formation of cytoplasmic proteasome puncta that accumulate when autophagosome formation is blocked. Together, our results support distinct mechanistic paths in the turnover of nuclear versus cytoplasmic proteasomes and point to a critical role for Snx4 in cytoplasmic agglomeration of proteasomes en route to autophagic destruction.
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- Antonia A Nemec
- From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306
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- From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306
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- From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306
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- From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306
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- From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306
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Ma M, Burd CG, Chi RJ. Distinct complexes of yeast Snx4 family SNX-BARs mediate retrograde trafficking of Snc1 and Atg27. Traffic 2017; 18:134-144. [PMID: 28026081 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Revised: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The yeast SNX4 sub-family of sorting nexin containing a Bin-Amphiphysin-Rvs domain (SNX-BAR) proteins, Snx4/Atg24, Snx41 and Atg20/Snx42, are required for endocytic recycling and selective autophagy. Here, we show that Snx4 forms 2 functionally distinct heterodimers: Snx4-Atg20 and Snx4-Snx41. Each heterodimer coats an endosome-derived tubule that mediates retrograde sorting of distinct cargo; the v-SNARE, Snc1, is a cargo of the Snx4-Atg20 pathway, and Snx4-Snx41 mediates retrograde sorting of Atg27, an integral membrane protein implicated in selective autophagy. Live cell imaging of individual endosomes shows that Snx4 and the Vps5-Vps17 retromer SNX-BAR heterodimer operate concurrently on a maturing endosome. Consistent with this, the yeast dynamin family protein, Vps1, which was previously shown to promote fission of retromer-coated tubules, promotes fission of Snx4-Atg20 coated tubules. The results indicate that the yeast SNX-BAR proteins coat 3 distinct types of endosome-derived carriers that mediate endosome-to-Golgi retrograde trafficking.
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- Mengxiao Ma
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Cristobal-Sarramian A, Radulovic M, Kohlwein S. Methods to Measure Lipophagy in Yeast. Methods Enzymol 2017; 588:395-412. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2016.09.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Zimmermann A, Kainz K, Andryushkova A, Hofer S, Madeo F, Carmona-Gutierrez D. Autophagy: one more Nobel Prize for yeast. MICROBIAL CELL (GRAZ, AUSTRIA) 2016; 3:579-581. [PMID: 28357329 PMCID: PMC5348976 DOI: 10.15698/mic2016.12.544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The recent announcement of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for the discoveries of mechanisms governing autophagy, underscores the importance of intracellular degradation and recycling. At the same time, it further cements yeast, in which this field decisively developed, as a prolific model organism. Here we provide a quick historical overview that mirrors both the importance of autophagy as a conserved and essential process for cellular life and death as well as the crucial role of yeast in its mechanistic characterization.
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- Andreas Zimmermann
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz,
Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz,
Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz,
Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz,
Graz, Austria
- BioTechMed Graz, Graz, Austria
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Zhao D, Liu XM, Yu ZQ, Sun LL, Xiong X, Dong MQ, Du LL. Atg20- and Atg24-family proteins promote organelle autophagy in fission yeast. J Cell Sci 2016; 129:4289-4304. [PMID: 27737912 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.194373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Autophagy cargos include not only soluble cytosolic materials but also bulky organelles, such as ER and mitochondria. In budding yeast, two proteins that contain the PX domain and the BAR domain, Atg20 and Atg24 (also known as Snx42 and Snx4, respectively) are required for organelle autophagy and contribute to general autophagy in a way that can be masked by compensatory mechanisms. It remains unclear why these proteins are important for organelle autophagy. Here, we show that in a distantly related fungal organism, the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, autophagy of ER and mitochondria is induced by nitrogen starvation and is promoted by three Atg20- and Atg24-family proteins - Atg20, Atg24 and SPBC1711.11 (named here as Atg24b). These proteins localize at the pre-autophagosomal structure, or phagophore assembly site (PAS), during starvation. S. pombe Atg24 forms a homo-oligomer and acts redundantly with Atg20 and Atg24b, and the latter two proteins can form a hetero-oligomer. The organelle autophagy defect caused by the loss of these proteins is associated with a reduction of autophagosome size and a decrease in Atg8 accumulation at the PAS. These results provide new insights into the autophagic function of Atg20- and Atg24-family proteins.
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- Dan Zhao
- PTN Graduate Program, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.,National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing 102206, China
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Shatz O, Holland P, Elazar Z, Simonsen A. Complex Relations Between Phospholipids, Autophagy, and Neutral Lipids. Trends Biochem Sci 2016; 41:907-923. [PMID: 27595473 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Revised: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Research in the past decade has established the importance of autophagy to a large number of physiological processes and pathophysiological conditions. Originally characterized as a pathway responsible for protein turnover and recycling of amino acids in times of starvation, it has been recently recognized as a major regulator of lipid metabolism. Different lipid species play various roles in the regulation of autophagosomal biogenesis, both as membrane constituents and as signaling platforms. Distinct types of autophagy, in turn, facilitate specific steps in metabolic pathways of different lipid classes, best exemplified in recent studies on neutral lipid dynamics. We review the emerging notion of intricate links between phospholipids, autophagy, and neutral lipids.
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- Oren Shatz
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, 0317 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, 0317 Oslo, Norway.
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Peng Y, Miao H, Wu S, Yang W, Zhang Y, Xie G, Xie X, Li J, Shi C, Ye L, Sun W, Wang L, Liang H, Ou J. ABHD5 interacts with BECN1 to regulate autophagy and tumorigenesis of colon cancer independent of PNPLA2. Autophagy 2016; 12:2167-2182. [PMID: 27559856 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2016.1217380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Autophagy critically contributes to metabolic reprogramming and chromosomal stability. It has been reported that monoallelic loss of the essential autophagy gene BECN1 (encoding BECN1/Beclin 1) promotes cancer development and progression. However, the mechanism by which BECN1 is inactivated in malignancy remains largely elusive. We have previously reported a tumor suppressor role of ABHD5 (abhydrolase domain containing 5), a co-activator of PNPLA2 (patatin like phospholipase domain containing 2) in colorectal carcinoma (CRC). Here we report a noncanonical role of ABHD5 in regulating autophagy and CRC tumorigenesis. ABHD5 directly competes with CASP3 for binding to the cleavage sites of BECN1, and consequently prevents BECN1 from being cleaved by CASP3. ABHD5 deficiency provides CASP3 an advantage to cleave and inactivate BECN1, thus impairing BECN1-induced autophagic flux and augmenting genomic instability, which subsequently promotes tumorigenesis. Notably, clinical data also confirm that ABHD5 proficiency is significantly correlated with the expression levels of BECN1, LC3-II and CASP3 in human CRC tissues. Our findings suggest that ABHD5 possesses a PNPLA2-independent function in regulating autophagy and tumorigenesis, further establishing the tumor suppressor role of ABHD5, and offering an opportunity to develop new approaches aimed at preventing CRC carcinogenesis.
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- Yuan Peng
- a Department of Oncology and Southwest Cancer Center , Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- a Department of Oncology and Southwest Cancer Center , Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- a Department of Oncology and Southwest Cancer Center , Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- a Department of Oncology and Southwest Cancer Center , Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- a Department of Oncology and Southwest Cancer Center , Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- a Department of Oncology and Southwest Cancer Center , Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- a Department of Oncology and Southwest Cancer Center , Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- a Department of Oncology and Southwest Cancer Center , Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- b Institute of Combined Injury, State Key Labortory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Preventive Medicine, The Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- c Institute of Immunology, The Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- d Biomedical Analysis Center, Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- d Biomedical Analysis Center, Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- a Department of Oncology and Southwest Cancer Center , Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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- a Department of Oncology and Southwest Cancer Center , Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University , Chongqing , China
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Mancias JD, Kimmelman AC. Mechanisms of Selective Autophagy in Normal Physiology and Cancer. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:1659-80. [PMID: 26953261 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2016] [Revised: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Selective autophagy is critical for regulating cellular homeostasis by mediating lysosomal turnover of a wide variety of substrates including proteins, aggregates, organelles, and pathogens via a growing class of molecules termed selective autophagy receptors. The molecular mechanisms of selective autophagy receptor action and regulation are complex. Selective autophagy receptors link their bound cargo to the autophagosomal membrane by interacting with lipidated ATG8 proteins (LC3/GABARAP) that are intimately associated with the autophagosome membrane. The cargo signals that selective autophagy receptors recognize are diverse but their recognition can be broadly grouped into two classes, ubiquitin-dependent cargo recognition versus ubiquitin-independent. The roles of post-translational modification of selective autophagy receptors in regulating these pathways in response to stimuli are an active area of research. Here we will review recent advances in the identification of selective autophagy receptors and their regulatory mechanisms. Given its importance in maintaining cellular homeostasis, disruption of autophagy can lead to disease including neurodegeneration and cancer. The role of autophagy in cancer is complex as autophagy can mediate promotion or inhibition of tumorigenesis. Here we will also review the importance of autophagy in cancer with a specific focus on the role of selective autophagy receptors.
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- Joseph D Mancias
- Division of Genomic Stability and DNA Repair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Division of Genomic Stability and DNA Repair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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