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Shalash R, Levi-Ferber M, von Chrzanowski H, Atrash MK, Shav-Tal Y, Henis-Korenblit S. HLH-30/TFEB rewires the chaperone network to promote proteostasis under conditions of Coenzyme A and Iron-Sulfur Cluster Deficiency. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.06.05.597553. [PMID: 38895373 PMCID: PMC11185684 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.05.597553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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The maintenance of a properly folded proteome is critical for cellular function and organismal health, and its age-dependent collapse is associated with a wide range of diseases. Here, we find that despite the central role of Coenzyme A as a molecular cofactor in hundreds of cellular reactions, limiting Coenzyme A levels in C. elegans and in human cells, by inhibiting the conserved pantothenate kinase, promotes proteostasis. Impairment of the cytosolic iron-sulfur clusters formation pathway, which depends on Coenzyme A, similarly promotes proteostasis and acts in the same pathway. Proteostasis improvement by Coenzyme A/iron-sulfur cluster deficiencies are dependent on the conserved HLH-30/TFEB transcription factor. Strikingly, under these conditions, HLH-30 promotes proteostasis by potentiating the expression of select chaperone genes providing a chaperone-mediated proteostasis shield, rather than by its established role as an autophagy and lysosome biogenesis promoting factor. This reflects the versatile nature of this conserved transcription factor, that can transcriptionally activate a wide range of protein quality control mechanisms, including chaperones and stress response genes alongside autophagy and lysosome biogenesis genes. These results highlight TFEB as a key proteostasis-promoting transcription factor and underscore it and its upstream regulators as potential therapeutic targets in proteostasis-related diseases.
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VenkataKrishna LM, Balasubramaniam B, Sushmitha TJ, Ravichandiran V, Balamurugan K. Cronobacter sakazakii infection implicates multifaceted neuro-immune regulatory pathways of Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol Omics 2024; 20:48-63. [PMID: 37818754 DOI: 10.1039/d3mo00167a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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The neural pathways of Caenorhabditis elegans play a crucial role in regulating host immunity and inflammation during pathogenic infections. To understand the major neuro-immune signaling pathways, this study aimed to identify the key regulatory proteins in the host C. elegans during C. sakazakii infection. We used high-throughput label-free quantitative proteomics and identified 69 differentially expressed proteins. KEGG analysis revealed that C. sakazakii elicited host immune signaling cascades primarily including mTOR signaling, axon regeneration, metabolic pathways (let-363 and acox-1.4), calcium signaling (mlck-1), and longevity regulating pathways (ddl-2), respectively. The abrogation in functional loss of mTOR-associated players deciphered that C. sakazakii infection negatively regulated the lifespan of mutant worms (akt-1, let-363 and dlk-1), including physiological aberrations, such as reduced pharyngeal pumping and egg production. Additionally, the candidate pathway proteins were validated by transcriptional profiling of their corresponding genes. Furthermore, immunoblotting showed the downregulation of mTORC2/SGK-1 during the later hours of pathogen exposure. Overall, our findings profoundly provide an understanding of the specificity of proteome imbalance in affecting neuro-immune regulations during C. sakazakii infection.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Science Campus, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Cornwell A, Zhang Y, Thondamal M, Johnson DW, Thakar J, Samuelson AV. The C. elegans Myc-family of transcription factors coordinate a dynamic adaptive response to dietary restriction. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.22.568222. [PMID: 38045350 PMCID: PMC10690244 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.22.568222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Dietary restriction (DR), the process of decreasing overall food consumption over an extended period of time, has been shown to increase longevity across evolutionarily diverse species and delay the onset of age-associated diseases in humans. In Caenorhabditis elegans , the Myc-family transcription factors (TFs) MXL-2 (Mlx) and MML-1 (MondoA/ChREBP), which function as obligate heterodimers, and PHA-4 (orthologous to forkhead box transcription factor A) are both necessary for the full physiological benefits of DR. However, the adaptive transcriptional response to DR and the role of MML-1::MXL-2 and PHA-4 remains elusive. We identified the transcriptional signature of C. elegans DR, using the eat-2 genetic model, and demonstrate broad changes in metabolic gene expression in eat-2 DR animals, which requires both mxl-2 and pha-4 . While the requirement for these factors in DR gene expression overlaps, we found many of the DR genes exhibit an opposing change in relative gene expression in eat-2;mxl-2 animals compared to wild-type, which was not observed in eat-2 animals with pha-4 loss. We further show functional deficiencies of the mxl-2 loss in DR outside of lifespan, as eat-2;mxl-2 animals exhibit substantially smaller brood sizes and lay a proportion of dead eggs, indicating that MML-1::MXL-2 has a role in maintaining the balance between resource allocation to the soma and to reproduction under conditions of chronic food scarcity. While eat-2 animals do not show a significantly different metabolic rate compared to wild-type, we also find that loss of mxl-2 in DR does not affect the rate of oxygen consumption in young animals. The gene expression signature of eat-2 mutant animals is consistent with optimization of energy utilization and resource allocation, rather than induction of canonical gene expression changes associated with acute metabolic stress -such as induction of autophagy after TORC1 inhibition. Consistently, eat-2 animals are not substantially resistant to stress, providing further support to the idea that chronic DR may benefit healthspan and lifespan through efficient use of limited resources rather than broad upregulation of stress responses, and also indicates that MML-1::MXL-2 and PHA-4 may have different roles in promotion of benefits in response to different pro-longevity stimuli.
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Schiller NR, Almuhanna SA, Hoppe PE. UNC-82/NUAK kinase is required by myosin A, but not myosin B, to assemble and function in the thick filament arms of C. elegans striated muscle. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2023. [PMID: 37983932 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21807] [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: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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The mechanisms that ensure proper assembly, activity, and turnover of myosin II filaments are fundamental to a diverse range of cellular processes. In Caenorhabditis elegans striated muscle, thick filaments contain two myosins that are functionally distinct and spatially segregated. Using transgenic double mutants, we demonstrate that the ability of increased myosin A expression to restore muscle structure and movement in myosin B mutants requires UNC-82/NUAK kinase activity. Myosin B function appears unaffected in the kinase-impaired unc-82(e1220) mutant: the recessive antimorphic effects on early assembly of paramyosin and myosin A in this mutant are counteracted by increased myosin B expression and exacerbated by loss of myosin B. Using chimeric myosins and motility assays, we mapped the region of myosin A that requires UNC-82 activity to a 531-amino-acid region of the coiled-coil rod. This region includes the 264-amino-acid Region 1, which is sufficient in chimeric myosins to rescue the essential filament-initiation function of myosin A, as well as two sites that interact with myosin head domains in the Interacting Heads Motif. A specific physical interaction between myosin A and UNC-82::GFP is supported by GFP labeling of ectopic myosin A filaments but not thin filaments. We hypothesize that UNC-82 regulates assembly competence of myosin A during parallel assembly in the filament arms.
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- NaTasha R Schiller
- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
- Biology Department, Wingate University, Wingate, North Carolina, USA
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- Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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Fu R, Jiang X, Yang Y, Wang C, Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Zhang H. Bidirectional regulation of structural damage on autophagy in the C. elegans epidermis. Autophagy 2022; 18:2731-2745. [PMID: 35311461 PMCID: PMC9629849 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2022.2047345] [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: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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A variety of disturbances such as starvation, organelle damage, heat stress, hypoxia and pathogen infection can influence the autophagic process. However, how the macroautophagy/autophagy machinery is regulated intrinsically by structural damage of the cell remains largely unknown. In this work, we utilized the C. elegans epidermis as the model to address this question. Our results showed that structural damage by mechanical wounding exerted proximal inhibitory effect and distant promotional effect on autophagy within the same epidermal cell. By disrupting individual mechanical supporting structures, we found that only damage of the basal extracellular matrix or the underlying muscle cells activated a distinct autophagic response in the epidermis. On the contrary, structural disruption of the epidermal cells at the apical side inhibited autophagy activation caused by different stress factors. Mechanistic studies showed that the basal promotional effect of structural damage on epidermal autophagy was mediated by a mechanotransduction pathway going through the basal hemidesmosome receptor and LET-363/MTOR, while the apical inhibitory effect was mostly carried out by activation of calcium signaling. Elevated autophagy in the epidermis played a detrimental rather than a beneficial role on cell survival against structural damage. The results obtained from these studies will not only help us better understand the pathogenesis of structural damage- and autophagy-related diseases, but also provide insight into more generic rules of autophagy regulation by the structural and mechanical properties of cells across species.Abbreviations : ATG: autophagy related; BLI-1: BLIstered cuticle 1; CeHDs: C. elegans hemidesmosomes; COL-19: COLlagen 19; DPY-7: DumPY 7; ECM: extracellular matrix; EPG-5: ectopic PGL granules 5; GFP: green fluorescent protein; GIT-1: GIT1 (mammalian G protein-coupled receptor kinase InTeractor 1) homolog; GTL-2: Gon-Two Like 2 (TRP subfamily); HIS-58, HIStone 58; IFB-1: Intermediate Filament, B 1; LET: LEThal; LGG-1: LC3, GABARAP and GATE-16 family 1; MTOR: mechanistic target of rapamycin; MTORC1: MTOR complex 1; MUP-4: MUscle Positioning 4; NLP-29: Neuropeptide-Like Protein 29; PAT: Paralyzed Arrest at Two-fold; PIX-1: PIX (PAK (p21-activated kinase) Interacting eXchange factor) homolog 1; RFP: red fluorescent protein; RNAi: RNA interference; SQST-1: SeQueSTosome related 1; UNC: UNCoordinated; UV: ultraviolet; VAB-10: variable ABnormal morphology 10; WT: wild type.
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- Rong Fu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Jung Y, Artan M, Kim N, Yeom J, Hwang AB, Jeong DE, Altintas Ö, Seo K, Seo M, Lee D, Hwang W, Lee Y, Sohn J, Kim EJE, Ju S, Han SK, Nam HJ, Adams L, Ryu Y, Moon DJ, Kang C, Yoo JY, Park SK, Ha CM, Hansen M, Kim S, Lee C, Park SY, Lee SJV. MON-2, a Golgi protein, mediates autophagy-dependent longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabj8156. [PMID: 34860542 PMCID: PMC8641931 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abj8156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The Golgi apparatus plays a central role in trafficking cargoes such as proteins and lipids. Defects in the Golgi apparatus lead to various diseases, but its role in organismal longevity is largely unknown. Using a quantitative proteomic approach, we found that a Golgi protein, MON-2, was up-regulated in long-lived Caenorhabditis elegans mutants with mitochondrial respiration defects and was required for their longevity. Similarly, we showed that DOP1/PAD-1, which acts with MON-2 to traffic macromolecules between the Golgi and endosome, contributed to the longevity of respiration mutants. Furthermore, we demonstrated that MON-2 was required for up-regulation of autophagy, a longevity-associated recycling process, by activating the Atg8 ortholog GABARAP/LGG-1 in C. elegans. Consistently, we showed that mammalian MON2 activated GABARAPL2 through physical interaction, which increased autophagic flux in mammalian cells. Thus, the evolutionarily conserved role of MON2 in trafficking between the Golgi and endosome is an integral part of autophagy-mediated longevity.
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- Yoonji Jung
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Center for Theragnosis, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Development, Aging, and Regeneration Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Research Division and Brain Research Core Facilities of Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu 41068, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Research Division and Brain Research Core Facilities of Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu 41068, South Korea
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- Development, Aging, and Regeneration Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Center for Theragnosis, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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Over Fifty Years of Life, Death, and Cannibalism: A Historical Recollection of Apoptosis and Autophagy. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222212466. [PMID: 34830349 PMCID: PMC8618802 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Research in biomedical sciences has changed dramatically over the past fifty years. There is no doubt that the discovery of apoptosis and autophagy as two highly synchronized and regulated mechanisms in cellular homeostasis are among the most important discoveries in these decades. Along with the advancement in molecular biology, identifying the genetic players in apoptosis and autophagy has shed light on our understanding of their function in physiological and pathological conditions. In this review, we first describe the history of key discoveries in apoptosis with a molecular insight and continue with apoptosis pathways and their regulation. We touch upon the role of apoptosis in human health and its malfunction in several diseases. We discuss the path to the morphological and molecular discovery of autophagy. Moreover, we dive deep into the precise regulation of autophagy and recent findings from basic research to clinical applications of autophagy modulation in human health and illnesses and the available therapies for many diseases caused by impaired autophagy. We conclude with the exciting crosstalk between apoptosis and autophagy, from the early discoveries to recent findings.
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Sirtuins and Autophagy in Age-Associated Neurodegenerative Diseases: Lessons from the C. elegans Model. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222212263. [PMID: 34830158 PMCID: PMC8619060 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 11/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Age-associated neurodegenerative diseases are known to have "impaired protein clearance" as one of the key features causing their onset and progression. Hence, homeostasis is the key to maintaining balance throughout the cellular system as an organism ages. Any imbalance in the protein clearance machinery is responsible for accumulation of unwanted proteins, leading to pathological consequences-manifesting in neurodegeneration and associated debilitating outcomes. Multiple processes are involved in regulating this phenomenon; however, failure to regulate the autophagic machinery is a critical process that hampers the protein clearing pathway, leading to neurodegeneration. Another important and widely known component that plays a role in modulating neurodegeneration is a class of proteins called sirtuins. These are class III histone deacetylases (HDACs) that are known to regulate various vital processes such as longevity, genomic stability, transcription and DNA repair. These enzymes are also known to modulate neurodegeneration in an autophagy-dependent manner. Considering its genetic relevance and ease of studying disease-related endpoints in neurodegeneration, the model system Caenorhabditis elegans has been successfully employed in deciphering various functional outcomes related to critical protein molecules, cell death pathways and their association with ageing. This review summarizes the vital role of sirtuins and autophagy in ageing and neurodegeneration, in particular highlighting the knowledge obtained using the C. elegans model system.
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Clark JF, Ciccarelli EJ, Kayastha P, Ranepura G, Yamamoto KK, Hasan MS, Madaan U, Meléndez A, Savage-Dunn C. BMP pathway regulation of insulin signaling components promotes lipid storage in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009836. [PMID: 34634043 PMCID: PMC8530300 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A small number of peptide growth factor ligands are used repeatedly in development and homeostasis to drive programs of cell differentiation and function. Cells and tissues must integrate inputs from these diverse signals correctly, while failure to do so leads to pathology, reduced fitness, or death. Previous work using the nematode C. elegans identified an interaction between the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and insulin/IGF-1-like signaling (IIS) pathways in the regulation of lipid homeostasis. The molecular components required for this interaction, however, were not fully understood. Here we report that INS-4, one of 40 insulin-like peptides (ILPs), is regulated by BMP signaling to modulate fat accumulation. Furthermore, we find that the IIS transcription factor DAF-16/FoxO, but not SKN-1/Nrf, acts downstream of BMP signaling in lipid homeostasis. Interestingly, BMP activity alters sensitivity of these two transcription factors to IIS-promoted cytoplasmic retention in opposite ways. Finally, we probe the extent of BMP and IIS interactions by testing additional IIS functions including dauer formation, aging, and autophagy induction. Coupled with our previous work and that of other groups, we conclude that BMP and IIS pathways have at least three modes of interaction: independent, epistatic, and antagonistic. The molecular interactions we identify provide new insight into mechanisms of signaling crosstalk and potential therapeutic targets for IIS-related pathologies such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
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- James F. Clark
- Biology Department, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
- Ph.D. Program in Biology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Biology Department, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
- Ph.D. Program in Biology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Biology Department, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Biology Department, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Biology Department, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
- Ph.D. Program in Biology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Biology Department, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Biology Department, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
- Ph.D. Program in Biology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Biology Department, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
- Ph.D. Program in Biology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Biology Department, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
- Ph.D. Program in Biology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, United States of America
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Rahman MA, Kumar R, Sanchez E, Nazarko TY. Lipid Droplets and Their Autophagic Turnover via the Raft-Like Vacuolar Microdomains. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:8144. [PMID: 34360917 PMCID: PMC8348048 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22158144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Although once perceived as inert structures that merely serve for lipid storage, lipid droplets (LDs) have proven to be the dynamic organelles that hold many cellular functions. The LDs' basic structure of a hydrophobic core consisting of neutral lipids and enclosed in a phospholipid monolayer allows for quick lipid accessibility for intracellular energy and membrane production. Whereas formed at the peripheral and perinuclear endoplasmic reticulum, LDs are degraded either in the cytosol by lipolysis or in the vacuoles/lysosomes by autophagy. Autophagy is a regulated breakdown of dysfunctional, damaged, or surplus cellular components. The selective autophagy of LDs is called lipophagy. Here, we review LDs and their degradation by lipophagy in yeast, which proceeds via the micrometer-scale raft-like lipid domains in the vacuolar membrane. These vacuolar microdomains form during nutrient deprivation and facilitate internalization of LDs via the vacuolar membrane invagination and scission. The resultant intra-vacuolar autophagic bodies with LDs inside are broken down by vacuolar lipases and proteases. This type of lipophagy is called microlipophagy as it resembles microautophagy, the type of autophagy when substrates are sequestered right at the surface of a lytic compartment. Yeast microlipophagy via the raft-like vacuolar microdomains is a great model system to study the role of lipid domains in microautophagic pathways.
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- Muhammad Arifur Rahman
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA; (M.A.R.); (E.S.)
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA;
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA; (M.A.R.); (E.S.)
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA; (M.A.R.); (E.S.)
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Sustaining a healthy proteome is a lifelong challenge for each individual cell of an organism. However, protein homeostasis or proteostasis is constantly jeopardized since damaged proteins accumulate under proteotoxic stress that originates from ever-changing metabolic, environmental, and pathological conditions. Proteostasis is achieved via a conserved network of quality control pathways that orchestrate the biogenesis of correctly folded proteins, prevent proteins from misfolding, and remove potentially harmful proteins by selective degradation. Nevertheless, the proteostasis network has a limited capacity and its collapse deteriorates cellular functionality and organismal viability, causing metabolic, oncological, or neurodegenerative disorders. While cell-autonomous quality control mechanisms have been described intensely, recent work on Caenorhabditis elegans has demonstrated the systemic coordination of proteostasis between distinct tissues of an organism. These findings indicate the existence of intricately balanced proteostasis networks important for integration and maintenance of the organismal proteome, opening a new door to define novel therapeutic targets for protein aggregation diseases. Here, we provide an overview of individual protein quality control pathways and the systemic coordination between central proteostatic nodes. We further provide insights into the dynamic regulation of cellular and organismal proteostasis mechanisms that integrate environmental and metabolic changes. The use of C. elegans as a model has pioneered our understanding of conserved quality control mechanisms important to safeguard the organismal proteome in health and disease.
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Yamamoto YH, Kasai A, Omori H, Takino T, Sugihara M, Umemoto T, Hamasaki M, Hatta T, Natsume T, Morimoto RI, Arai R, Waguri S, Sato M, Sato K, Bar-Nun S, Yoshimori T, Noda T, Nagata K. ERdj8 governs the size of autophagosomes during the formation process. J Cell Biol 2021; 219:151832. [PMID: 32492081 PMCID: PMC7401821 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201903127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In macroautophagy, membrane structures called autophagosomes engulf substrates and deliver them for lysosomal degradation. Autophagosomes enwrap a variety of targets with diverse sizes, from portions of cytosol to larger organelles. However, the mechanism by which autophagosome size is controlled remains elusive. We characterized a novel ER membrane protein, ERdj8, in mammalian cells. ERdj8 localizes to a meshwork-like ER subdomain along with phosphatidylinositol synthase (PIS) and autophagy-related (Atg) proteins. ERdj8 overexpression extended the size of the autophagosome through its DnaJ and TRX domains. ERdj8 ablation resulted in a defect in engulfing larger targets. C. elegans, in which the ERdj8 orthologue dnj-8 was knocked down, could perform autophagy on smaller mitochondria derived from the paternal lineage but not the somatic mitochondria. Thus, ERdj8 may play a critical role in autophagosome formation by providing the capacity to target substrates of diverse sizes for degradation.
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- Yo-Hei Yamamoto
- Center for Frontier Oral Science, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.,Institute for Protein Dynamics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.,Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology, Saitama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Intracellular Membrane Dynamics, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Intracellular Membrane Dynamics, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.,Department of Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Molecular Profiling Research Center for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.,Robotic Biology Institute, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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- Molecular Profiling Research Center for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.,Robotic Biology Institute, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Rice Institute for Biomedical Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Membrane Biology, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Traffic, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan.,Gunma University Initiative for Advanced Research, Gunma, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Laboratory of Intracellular Membrane Dynamics, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.,Department of Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Center for Frontier Oral Science, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.,Graduate School of Frontier Bioscience, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute for Protein Dynamics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.,Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology, Saitama, Japan.,Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan
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Hartman JH, Widmayer SJ, Bergemann CM, King DE, Morton KS, Romersi RF, Jameson LE, Leung MCK, Andersen EC, Taubert S, Meyer JN. Xenobiotic metabolism and transport in Caenorhabditis elegans. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2021; 24:51-94. [PMID: 33616007 PMCID: PMC7958427 DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2021.1884921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Caenorhabditis elegans has emerged as a major model in biomedical and environmental toxicology. Numerous papers on toxicology and pharmacology in C. elegans have been published, and this species has now been adopted by investigators in academic toxicology, pharmacology, and drug discovery labs. C. elegans has also attracted the interest of governmental regulatory agencies charged with evaluating the safety of chemicals. However, a major, fundamental aspect of toxicological science remains underdeveloped in C. elegans: xenobiotic metabolism and transport processes that are critical to understanding toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics, and extrapolation to other species. The aim of this review was to initially briefly describe the history and trajectory of the use of C. elegans in toxicological and pharmacological studies. Subsequently, physical barriers to chemical uptake and the role of the worm microbiome in xenobiotic transformation were described. Then a review of what is and is not known regarding the classic Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III processes was performed. In addition, the following were discussed (1) regulation of xenobiotic metabolism; (2) review of published toxicokinetics for specific chemicals; and (3) genetic diversity of these processes in C. elegans. Finally, worm xenobiotic transport and metabolism was placed in an evolutionary context; key areas for future research highlighted; and implications for extrapolating C. elegans toxicity results to other species discussed.
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- Jessica H Hartman
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University - West Campus, Glendale, Arizona, United States
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- School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University - West Campus, Glendale, Arizona, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States
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- Dept. Of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, the University of British Colombia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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Zhang Z, Luo S, Barbosa GO, Bai M, Kornberg TB, Ma DK. The conserved transmembrane protein TMEM-39 coordinates with COPII to promote collagen secretion and regulate ER stress response. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009317. [PMID: 33524011 PMCID: PMC7901769 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Dysregulation of collagen production and secretion contributes to aging and tissue fibrosis of major organs. How procollagen proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) route as specialized cargos for secretion remains to be fully elucidated. Here, we report that TMEM39, an ER-localized transmembrane protein, regulates production and secretory cargo trafficking of procollagen. We identify the C. elegans ortholog TMEM-39 from an unbiased RNAi screen and show that deficiency of tmem-39 leads to striking defects in cuticle collagen production and constitutively high ER stress response. RNAi knockdown of the tmem-39 ortholog in Drosophila causes similar defects in collagen secretion from fat body cells. The cytosolic domain of human TMEM39A binds to Sec23A, a vesicle coat protein that drives collagen secretion and vesicular trafficking. TMEM-39 regulation of collagen secretion is independent of ER stress response and autophagy. We propose that the roles of TMEM-39 in collagen secretion and ER homeostasis are likely evolutionarily conserved. As the most abundant protein in animals, collagen plays diverse roles and its dysregulation impacts aging and many fibrotic disorders. It is important to understand how premature collagen proteins in the ER are processed and secreted, as many other aspects of collagen regulation have been elucidated in mechanistic detail. In this paper, we have characterized a novel conserved family of TMEM39 proteins, including human TMEM39A and C. elegans tmem-39 that regulates ER stress response and collagen secretion. Human TMEM39A directly interacts with SEC23A, a core component of the COPII vesicle coating complex responsible for vesicular cargo secretion to the Golgi apparatus. The function of TMEM-39 proteins in collagen secretion appears highly conserved and independent to the ER stress response and the autophagy pathway. Our results provide insights into functions and mechanisms of TMEM39 proteins in collagen secretion and suggest it as a plausible target for tissue fibrotic diseases.
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- Zhe Zhang
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (ZZ); (DKM)
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Innovative Genomics Institute, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (ZZ); (DKM)
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Baugh LR, Hu PJ. Starvation Responses Throughout the Caenorhabditiselegans Life Cycle. Genetics 2020; 216:837-878. [PMID: 33268389 PMCID: PMC7768255 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.120.303565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Caenorhabditis elegans survives on ephemeral food sources in the wild, and the species has a variety of adaptive responses to starvation. These features of its life history make the worm a powerful model for studying developmental, behavioral, and metabolic starvation responses. Starvation resistance is fundamental to life in the wild, and it is relevant to aging and common diseases such as cancer and diabetes. Worms respond to acute starvation at different times in the life cycle by arresting development and altering gene expression and metabolism. They also anticipate starvation during early larval development, engaging an alternative developmental program resulting in dauer diapause. By arresting development, these responses postpone growth and reproduction until feeding resumes. A common set of signaling pathways mediates systemic regulation of development in each context but with important distinctions. Several aspects of behavior, including feeding, foraging, taxis, egg laying, sleep, and associative learning, are also affected by starvation. A variety of conserved signaling, gene regulatory, and metabolic mechanisms support adaptation to starvation. Early life starvation can have persistent effects on adults and their descendants. With its short generation time, C. elegans is an ideal model for studying maternal provisioning, transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, and developmental origins of adult health and disease in humans. This review provides a comprehensive overview of starvation responses throughout the C. elegans life cycle.
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- L Ryan Baugh
- Department of Biology, Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 and
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- Departments of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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5'-Hydroxy-6, 7, 8, 3', 4'-pentamethoxyflavone extends longevity mediated by DR-induced autophagy and oxidative stress resistance in C. elegans. GeroScience 2020; 43:759-772. [PMID: 32677024 PMCID: PMC8110683 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-020-00229-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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5'-Hydroxy-6, 7, 8, 3', 4'-pentamethoxyflavone (5-HPF), a polymethoxyflavone compound found in dikamali gum, has been shown to exert a range of beneficial effects on health. We have previously reported that 5-HPF improves the cholinergic dysfunction and also possesses antioxidant properties in Caenorhabditis elegans. In this study, we have identified the effect of 5-HPF on the worm lifespan and its underlying molecular mechanisms. Out of the five tested pharmacological doses of 5-HPF, viz. 6.25, 12.5, 25, 50, and 100 μM, the 50 μM dose maximally extended the mean life of C. elegans by 28%. The present study revealed that 5-HPF supplementation leads to dietary restriction (DR)-like effects in the worms without altering bacterial metabolism. The analysis of mutant animals fed with 5-HPF suggested that the extended lifespan of C. elegans depends upon multiple DR-related signaling pathways, with NRF2 and FOXA being critical factors. Further investigation into the mechanistic aspects indicated that 5-HPF utilizes autophagy pathway induced by DR through the upregulation of autophagy genes bec-1 and lgg-1, evident from the increase in autophagic puncta in the seam cells of lgg-1::gfp tagged worms. This study identifies the longevity-promoting activity of 5-HPF in C. elegans regulated by oxidative stress-resistance genes and DR-induced autophagy pathway.
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Wong SQ, Kumar AV, Mills J, Lapierre LR. C. elegans to model autophagy-related human disorders. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2020; 172:325-373. [PMID: 32620247 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2020.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Autophagy is a highly conserved degradation process that clears damaged intracellular macromolecules and organelles in order to maintain cellular health. Dysfunctional autophagy is fundamentally linked to the development of various human disorders and pathologies. The use of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system to study autophagy has improved our understanding of its regulation and function in organismal physiology. Here, we review the genetic, functional, and regulatory conservation of the autophagy pathway in C. elegans and we describe tools to quantify and study the autophagy process in this incredibly useful model organism. We further discuss how these nematodes have been modified to model autophagy-related human diseases and underscore the important insights obtained from such models. Altogether, we highlight the strengths of C. elegans as an exceptional tool to understand the genetic and molecular foundations underlying autophagy-related human diseases.
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- Shi Quan Wong
- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.
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Alexander-Floyd J, Haroon S, Ying M, Entezari AA, Jaeger C, Vermulst M, Gidalevitz T. Unexpected cell type-dependent effects of autophagy on polyglutamine aggregation revealed by natural genetic variation in C. elegans. BMC Biol 2020; 18:18. [PMID: 32093691 PMCID: PMC7038566 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-020-0750-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Monogenic protein aggregation diseases, in addition to cell selectivity, exhibit clinical variation in the age of onset and progression, driven in part by inter-individual genetic variation. While natural genetic variants may pinpoint plastic networks amenable to intervention, the mechanisms by which they impact individual susceptibility to proteotoxicity are still largely unknown. RESULTS We have previously shown that natural variation modifies polyglutamine (polyQ) aggregation phenotypes in C. elegans muscle cells. Here, we find that a genomic locus from C. elegans wild isolate DR1350 causes two genetically separable aggregation phenotypes, without changing the basal activity of muscle proteostasis pathways known to affect polyQ aggregation. We find that the increased aggregation phenotype was due to regulatory variants in the gene encoding a conserved autophagy protein ATG-5. The atg-5 gene itself conferred dosage-dependent enhancement of aggregation, with the DR1350-derived allele behaving as hypermorph. Surprisingly, increased aggregation in animals carrying the modifier locus was accompanied by enhanced autophagy activation in response to activating treatment. Because autophagy is expected to clear, not increase, protein aggregates, we activated autophagy in three different polyQ models and found a striking tissue-dependent effect: activation of autophagy decreased polyQ aggregation in neurons and intestine, but increased it in the muscle cells. CONCLUSIONS Our data show that cryptic natural variants in genes encoding proteostasis components, although not causing detectable phenotypes in wild-type individuals, can have profound effects on aggregation-prone proteins. Clinical applications of autophagy activators for aggregation diseases may need to consider the unexpected divergent effects of autophagy in different cell types.
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- J Alexander-Floyd
- Biology Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Present Address: Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Biology Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Biology Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Current Address: Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA
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- Biology Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Current Address: Department of Neuroradiology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
- Current Address: Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Biology Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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Wang XR, Kurtti TJ, Oliver JD, Munderloh UG. The identification of tick autophagy-related genes in Ixodes scapularis responding to amino acid starvation. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2020; 11:101402. [PMID: 32035896 DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods and must tolerate starvation during off-host periods. Macroautophagy (hereafter autophagy) is a well-conserved self-eating mechanism of cell survival and is essential for recycling cellular contents during periods of starvation, stress, and injury in organisms. Although the genome sequence of Ixodes scapularis (Say) is available, the characteristics and functions of autophagy-related gene families remain largely unknown. To advance our understanding of autophagy in I. scapularis, we used comprehensive genomic approaches to identify Atg genes. Homologues of 14 Atg genes were identified, and their protein motif compositions were predicted. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that ATGs in I. scapularis were evolutionarily closely related to their homologues in Haemaphysalis longicornis and Rhipicephalus microplus ticks. Expression patterns of Atg genes differed across tick developmental stages. Immunofluorescence results by monodansylcadaverine (MDC) staining indicated that autophagy was activated after amino acid starvation treatments in I. scapularis embryo-derived cell lines ISE6 and IDE8. Subsequently, the expression of key Atg genes involved in autophagy pathway in both cell lines were examined. In ISE6 cells, the expression levels of three Atg genes (Atg4B, Atg6 and Atg8A) increased significantly after amino acid starvation; similarly, four Atg genes (Atg4A, Atg4B, Atg6 and Atg8B) were upregulated in IDE8 cells in response to starvation. In parallel, the MDC and lysotracker staining results indicated that autophagy was triggered after amino acid starvation treatments in R. microplus embryo-derived cell line BME26. Our observations showed that Atg family genes are highly conserved in ticks and function in autophagy pathway induced by amino acid starvation. These results also provide valuable insight for further autophagy-related research as a new strategy for blocking the transmission of tick-borne pathogens.
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- Xin-Ru Wang
- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
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- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- School of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Akirin Is Required for Muscle Function and Acts Through the TGF-β Sma/Mab Signaling Pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans Development. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2020; 10:387-400. [PMID: 31767636 PMCID: PMC6945016 DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.400377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Akirin, a conserved metazoan protein, functions in muscle development in flies and mice. However, this was only tested in the rodent and fly model systems. Akirin was shown to act with chromatin remodeling complexes in transcription and was established as a downstream target of the NFκB pathway. Here we show a role for Caenorhabditis elegans Akirin/AKIR-1 in the muscle and body length regulation through a different pathway. Akirin localizes to somatic tissues throughout the body of C. elegans, including muscle nuclei. In agreement with its role in other model systems, Akirin loss of function mutants exhibit defects in muscle development in the embryo, as well as defects in movement and maintenance of muscle integrity in the C. elegans adult. We also have determined that Akirin acts downstream of the TGF-β Sma/Mab signaling pathway in controlling body size. Moreover, we found that the loss of Akirin resulted in an increase in autophagy markers, similar to mutants in the TGF-β Sma/Mab signaling pathway. In contrast to what is known in rodent and fly models, C. elegans Akirin does not act with the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex, and is instead involved with the NuRD chromatin remodeling complex in both movement and regulation of body size. Our studies define a novel developmental role (body size) and a new pathway (TGF-β Sma/Mab) for Akirin function, and confirmed its evolutionarily conserved function in muscle development in a new organism.
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Blackwell TK, Sewell AK, Wu Z, Han M. TOR Signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans Development, Metabolism, and Aging. Genetics 2019; 213:329-360. [PMID: 31594908 PMCID: PMC6781902 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.119.302504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The Target of Rapamycin (TOR or mTOR) is a serine/threonine kinase that regulates growth, development, and behaviors by modulating protein synthesis, autophagy, and multiple other cellular processes in response to changes in nutrients and other cues. Over recent years, TOR has been studied intensively in mammalian cell culture and genetic systems because of its importance in growth, metabolism, cancer, and aging. Through its advantages for unbiased, and high-throughput, genetic and in vivo studies, Caenorhabditis elegans has made major contributions to our understanding of TOR biology. Genetic analyses in the worm have revealed unexpected aspects of TOR functions and regulation, and have the potential to further expand our understanding of how growth and metabolic regulation influence development. In the aging field, C. elegans has played a leading role in revealing the promise of TOR inhibition as a strategy for extending life span, and identifying mechanisms that function upstream and downstream of TOR to influence aging. Here, we review the state of the TOR field in C. elegans, and focus on what we have learned about its functions in development, metabolism, and aging. We discuss knowledge gaps, including the potential pitfalls in translating findings back and forth across organisms, but also describe how TOR is important for C. elegans biology, and how C. elegans work has developed paradigms of great importance for the broader TOR field.
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- T Keith Blackwell
- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of MCDB, University of Colorado at Boulder, and
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boulder, Colorado
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- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of MCDB, University of Colorado at Boulder, and
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boulder, Colorado
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Ashley N, Holgado AM. The autophagy gene product BEC-1 supports normal aging and neurodevelopment in Caenorhabditis elegans: Integration. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2019; 2019:10.17912/micropub.biology.000102. [PMID: 32550427 PMCID: PMC7252298 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Nicholas Ashley
- St. Edward's University, Department of Biological Sciences, Austin, TX 78704
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- St. Edward's University, Department of Biological Sciences, Austin, TX 78704,
Correspondence to: Andrea M Holgado ()
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Ashley N, Holgado AM. The autophagy gene product BEC-1 supports normal aging and neurodevelopment in Caenorhabditis elegans I. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2019; 2019:10.17912/micropub.biology.000099. [PMID: 32550452 PMCID: PMC7252344 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Nicholas Ashley
- St. Edward's University, Department of Biological Sciences, Austin, TX 78704, USA
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- St. Edward's University, Department of Biological Sciences, Austin, TX 78704, USA ,
Correspondence to: Andrea M Holgado ()
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Hibshman JD, Leuthner TC, Shoben C, Mello DF, Sherwood DR, Meyer JN, Baugh LR. Nonselective autophagy reduces mitochondrial content during starvation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2018; 315:C781-C792. [PMID: 30133321 PMCID: PMC6336938 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00109.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Starvation significantly alters cellular physiology, and signs of aging have been reported to occur during starvation. Mitochondria are essential to the regulation of cellular energetics and aging. We sought to determine whether mitochondria exhibit signs of aging during starvation and whether quality control mechanisms regulate mitochondrial physiology during starvation. We describe effects of starvation on mitochondria in the first and third larval stages of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. When starved, C. elegans larvae enter developmental arrest. We observed fragmentation of the mitochondrial network, a reduction in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number, and accumulation of DNA damage during starvation-induced developmental arrest. Mitochondrial function was also compromised by starvation. Starved worms had lower basal, maximal, and ATP-linked respiration. These observations are consistent with reduced mitochondrial quality, similar to mitochondrial phenotypes during aging. Using pharmacological and genetic approaches, we found that worms deficient for autophagy were short-lived during starvation and recovered poorly from extended starvation, indicating sensitivity to nutrient stress. Autophagy mutants unc-51/Atg1 and atg-18/Atg18 maintained greater mtDNA content than wild-type worms during starvation, suggesting that autophagy promotes mitochondrial degradation during starvation. unc-51 mutants also had a proportionally smaller reduction in oxygen consumption rate during starvation, suggesting that autophagy also contributes to reduced mitochondrial function. Surprisingly, mutations in genes involved in mitochondrial fission and fusion as well as selective mitophagy of damaged mitochondria did not affect mitochondrial content during starvation. Our results demonstrate the profound influence of starvation on mitochondrial physiology with organismal consequences, and they show that these physiological effects are influenced by autophagy.
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- Jonathan D. Hibshman
- 1Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina,2University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina,3Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- 4Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- 1Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- 4Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- 1Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina,2University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- 4Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- 1Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina,2University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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Weinhouse C, Truong L, Meyer JN, Allard P. Caenorhabditis elegans as an emerging model system in environmental epigenetics. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2018; 59:560-575. [PMID: 30091255 PMCID: PMC6113102 DOI: 10.1002/em.22203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The roundworm Caenorhabitis elegans has been an established model organism for the study of genetics and developmental biology, including studies of transcriptional regulation, since the 1970s. This model organism has continued to be used as a classical model system as the field of transcriptional regulation has expanded to include scientific advances in epigenetics and chromatin biology. In the last several decades, C. elegans has emerged as a powerful model for environmental toxicology, particularly for the study of chemical genotoxicity. Here, we outline the utility and applicability of C. elegans as a powerful model organism for mechanistic studies of environmental influences on the epigenome. Our goal in this article is to inform the field of environmental epigenetics of the strengths and limitations of the well-established C. elegans model organism as an emerging model for medium-throughput, in vivo exploration of the role of exogenous chemical stimuli in transcriptional regulation, developmental epigenetic reprogramming, and epigenetic memory and inheritance. As the field of environmental epigenetics matures, and research begins to map mechanisms underlying observed associations, new toolkits and model systems, particularly manipulable, scalable in vivo systems that accurately model human transcriptional regulatory circuits, will provide an essential experimental bridge between in vitro biochemical experiments and mammalian model systems. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 59:560-575, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Caren Weinhouse
- Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- UCLA Human Genetics and Genomic Analysis Training Program, University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, California
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- Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Institute for Society and Genetics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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Jadiya P, Mir SS, Nazir A. Osmotic stress induced toxicity exacerbates Parkinson's associated effects via dysregulation of autophagy in transgenic C. elegans model. Cell Signal 2018; 45:71-80. [PMID: 29410282 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2018.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The accumulation of aggregate-prone proteins is a major representative of many neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease (PD) wherein the cellular clearance mechanisms, such as the ubiquitin-proteasome and autophagy pathways are impaired. PD, known to be associated with multiple genetic and environmental factors, is characterized by the aggregation of α-synuclein protein and loss of dopaminergic neurons in midbrain. This disease is also associated with other cardiovascular ailments. Herein, we report our findings from studies on the effect of hyper and hypo-osmotic induced toxicity representing hyper and hypotensive condition as an extrinsic epigenetic factor towards modulation of Parkinsonism, using a genetic model Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). Our studies showed that osmotic toxicity had an adverse effect on α-synuclein aggregation, autophagic puncta, lipid content and oxidative stress. Further, we figure that reduced autophagic activity may cause the inefficient clearance of α-synuclein aggregates in osmotic stress toxicity, thereby promoting α-synuclein deposition. Pharmacological induction of autophagy by spermidine proved to be a useful mechanism for protecting cells against the toxic effects of these proteins in such stress conditions. Our studies provide evidence that autophagy is required for the removal of aggregated proteins in these conditions. Studying specific autophagy pathways, we observe that the osmotic stress induced toxicity was largely associated with atg-7 and lgg-1 dependent autophagy pathway, brought together by involvement of mTOR pathway. This represents a unifying pathway to disease in hyper- and hypo-osmotic conditions within PD model of C. elegans.
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- Pooja Jadiya
- Laboratory of Functional Genomics and Molecular Toxicology, Division of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226 031, UP, India
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- Department of Bioengineering, Integral University, Lucknow 226 026, India
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- Laboratory of Functional Genomics and Molecular Toxicology, Division of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226 031, UP, India.
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Targeting autophagy in lymphomas: a double-edged sword? Int J Hematol 2018; 107:502-512. [DOI: 10.1007/s12185-018-2414-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Revised: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Adiseshaiah PP, Skoczen SL, Rodriguez JC, Potter TM, Kota K, Stern ST. Autophagy Monitoring Assay II: Imaging Autophagy Induction in LLC-PK1 Cells Using GFP-LC3 Protein Fusion Construct. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1682:211-219. [PMID: 29039105 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7352-1_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Autophagy is a catabolic process involved in the degradation and recycling of long-lived proteins and damaged organelles for maintenance of cellular homeostasis, and it has also been proposed as a type II cell death pathway. The cytoplasmic components targeted for catabolism are enclosed in a double-membrane autophagosome that merges with lysosomes, to form autophagosomes, and are finally degraded by lysosomal enzymes. There is substantial evidence that several nanomaterials can cause autophagy and lysosomal dysfunction, either by prevention of autophagolysosome formation, biopersistence or inhibition of lysosomal enzymes. Such effects have emerged as a potential mechanism of cellular toxicity, which is also associated with various pathological conditions. In this chapter, we describe a method to monitor autophagy by fusion of the modifier protein MAP LC3 with green fluorescent protein (GFP; GFP-LC3). This method enables imaging of autophagosome formation in real time by fluorescence microscopy without perturbing the MAP LC3 protein function and the process of autophagy. With the GFP-LC3 protein fusion construct, a longitudinal study of autophagy can be performed in cells after treatment with nanomaterials.
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- Pavan P Adiseshaiah
- Cancer Research Technology Program, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
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- Cancer Research Technology Program, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Cancer Research Technology Program, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Cancer Research Technology Program, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Cancer Research Technology Program, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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Kang HM, Jeong CB, Kim MS, Lee JS, Zhou J, Lee YH, Kim DH, Moon E, Kweon HS, Lee SJ, Lee JS. The role of the p38-activated protein kinase signaling pathway-mediated autophagy in cadmium-exposed monogonont rotifer Brachious koreanus. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2018; 194:46-56. [PMID: 29149643 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2017.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Autophagy is a 'self-eating' system that regulates the degradation of cellular components and is involved in various biological processes including survival and development. However, despite its crucial role in organisms, the regulatory mechanism of autophagy remains largely unclear, particularly in invertebrates. In this study, conserved autophagy in the rotifer Brachionus koreanus in response to cadmium (Cd) exposure was verified by measuring acidic vesicle organelles using acridine orange (AO) and neutral red (NR) staining, and by detecting LC3 I/II on Western blot and immunofluorescence. We also demonstrated activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in response to Cd-induced oxidative stress, leading to the induction of autophagy in B. koreanus. This was further verified by analysis of MAPK protein levels and immunofluorescence of LC3 I/II after treatment with reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavengers and inhibitors specific to MAPKs. We propose a p38 MAPK-mediated regulatory mechanism of autophagy in B. koreanus in response to Cd-induced oxidative stress. This study will contribute to a better understanding of autophagic processes in invertebrates and its modulation by environmental stressors.
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- Hye-Min Kang
- Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea; Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Duksung Woman's University, Seoul 01369, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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- Electron Microscopy Research Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon 34133, South Korea
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- Electron Microscopy Research Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon 34133, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea.
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Kurusu T, Koyano T, Kitahata N, Kojima M, Hanamata S, Sakakibara H, Kuchitsu K. Autophagy-mediated regulation of phytohormone metabolism during rice anther development. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2017; 12:e1365211. [PMID: 28873038 PMCID: PMC5640179 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2017.1365211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Autophagy has recently been shown to be required for postmeiotic anther development including anther dehiscence, programmed cell death-mediated degradation of the tapetum and pollen maturation in rice. Several phytohormones are known to play essential roles during male reproductive development including pollen maturation. However, the relationship between phytohormone metabolism and autophagy in plant reproductive development is unknown. We here comprehensively analyzed the effect of autophagy disruption on phytohormone contents in rice anthers at the flowering stage, and found that endogenous levels of active-forms of gibberellins (GAs) and cytokinin, trans-zeatin, were significantly lower in the autophagy-defective mutant, Osatg7-1, than in the wild type. Treatment with GA4 partially recovered maturation of the mutant pollens, but did not recover the limited anther dehiscence as well as sterility phenotype. These results suggest that autophagy affects metabolism and endogenous levels of GAs and cytokinin in rice anthers. Reduction in bioactive GAs in the autophagy-deficient mutant may partially explain the defects in pollen maturation of the autophagy-deficient mutant, but tapetal autophagy also plays other specific roles in fertilization.
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- Takamitsu Kurusu
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
- Imaging Frontier Center, Tokyo University of Science, Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Plant Productivity Systems Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Yokohama, Japan
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- Imaging Frontier Center, Tokyo University of Science, Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
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- Plant Productivity Systems Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
- Imaging Frontier Center, Tokyo University of Science, Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan
- CONTACT Dr. Kazuyuki Kuchitsu Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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Tyson T, Senchuk M, Cooper JF, George S, Van Raamsdonk JM, Brundin P. Novel animal model defines genetic contributions for neuron-to-neuron transfer of α-synuclein. Sci Rep 2017; 7:7506. [PMID: 28790319 PMCID: PMC5548897 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07383-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Cell-to-cell spreading of misfolded α-synuclein (α-syn) is suggested to contribute to the progression of neuropathology in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Compelling evidence supports the hypothesis that misfolded α-syn transmits from neuron-to-neuron and seeds aggregation of the protein in the recipient cells. Furthermore, α-syn frequently appears to propagate in the brains of PD patients following a stereotypic pattern consistent with progressive spreading along anatomical pathways. We have generated a C. elegans model that mirrors this progression and allows us to monitor α-syn neuron-to-neuron transmission in a live animal over its lifespan. We found that modulation of autophagy or exo/endocytosis, affects α-syn transfer. Furthermore, we demonstrate that silencing C. elegans orthologs of PD-related genes also increases the accumulation of α-syn. This novel worm model is ideal for screening molecules and genes to identify those that modulate prion-like spreading of α-syn in order to target novel strategies for disease modification in PD and other synucleinopathies.
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- Trevor Tyson
- Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
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- Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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- Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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- Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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- Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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- Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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Kurusu T, Kuchitsu K. Autophagy, programmed cell death and reactive oxygen species in sexual reproduction in plants. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2017; 130:491-499. [PMID: 28364377 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-017-0934-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Autophagy is one of the major cellular processes of recycling of proteins, metabolites and intracellular organelles, and plays crucial roles in the regulation of innate immunity, stress responses and programmed cell death (PCD) in many eukaryotes. It is also essential in development and sexual reproduction in many animals. In plants, although autophagy-deficient mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana show phenotypes in abiotic and biotic stress responses, their life cycle seems normal and thus little had been known until recently about the roles of autophagy in development and reproduction. Rice mutants defective in autophagy show sporophytic male sterility and immature pollens, indicating crucial roles of autophagy during pollen maturation. Enzymatic production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by respiratory burst oxidase homologues (Rbohs) play multiple roles in regulating anther development, pollen tube elongation and fertilization. Significance of autophagy and ROS in the regulation of PCD of transient cells during plant sexual reproduction is discussed in comparison with animals.
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- Takamitsu Kurusu
- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Technology, 1404-1 Katakura, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0982, Japan
- Imaging Frontier Center, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Imaging Frontier Center, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan.
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan.
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Ames K, Da Cunha DS, Gonzalez B, Konta M, Lin F, Shechter G, Starikov L, Wong S, Bülow HE, Meléndez A. A Non-Cell-Autonomous Role of BEC-1/BECN1/Beclin1 in Coordinating Cell-Cycle Progression and Stem Cell Proliferation during Germline Development. Curr Biol 2017; 27:905-913. [PMID: 28285998 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The decision of stem cells to proliferate and differentiate is finely controlled. The Caenorhabditis elegans germline provides a tractable system for studying the mechanisms that control stem cell proliferation and homeostasis [1-4]. Autophagy is a conserved cellular recycling process crucial for cellular homeostasis in many different contexts [5], but its function in germline stem cell proliferation remains poorly understood. Here, we describe a function for autophagy in germline stem cell proliferation. We found that autophagy genes such as bec-1/BECN1/Beclin1, atg-16.2/ATG16L, atg-18/WIPI1/2, and atg-7/ATG7 are required for the late larval expansion of germline stem cell progenitors in the C. elegans gonad. We further show that BEC-1/BECN1/Beclin1 acts independently of the GLP-1/Notch or DAF-7/TGF-β pathways but together with the DAF-2/insulin IGF-1 receptor (IIR) signaling pathway to promote germline stem cell proliferation. Similar to DAF-2/IIR, BEC-1/BECN1/Beclin1, ATG-18/WIPI1/2, and ATG-16.2/ATG16L all promote cell-cycle progression and are negatively regulated by the phosphatase and tensin homolog DAF-18/PTEN. However, whereas BEC-1/BECN1/Beclin1 acts through the transcriptional regulator SKN-1/Nrf1, ATG-18/WIPI1/2 and ATG-16.2/ATG16L exert their function through the DAF-16/FOXO transcription factor. In contrast, ATG-7 functions in concert with the DAF-7/TGF-β pathway to promote germline proliferation and is not required for cell-cycle progression. Finally, we report that BEC-1/BECN1/Beclin1 functions non-cell-autonomously to facilitate cell-cycle progression and stem cell proliferation. Our findings demonstrate a novel non-autonomous role for BEC-1/BECN1/Beclin1 in the control of stem cell proliferation and cell-cycle progression, which may have implications for the understanding and development of therapies against malignant cell growth in the future.
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- Kristina Ames
- Queens College, The City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, USA; The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Queens College, The City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, USA
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- Queens College, The City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, USA
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- Queens College, The City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, USA
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- Queens College, The City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, USA
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- Queens College, The City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, USA
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- Queens College, The City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Queens College, The City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, USA; The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Verwey M, Nolte EM, Joubert AM, Theron AE. Autophagy induced by a sulphamoylated estrone analogue contributes to its cytotoxic effect on breast cancer cells. Cancer Cell Int 2016; 16:91. [PMID: 27980456 PMCID: PMC5146855 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-016-0367-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background Autophagy can either be protective and confer survival to stressed cells, or it can contribute to cell death. The antimitotic drug 2-ethyl-3-O-sulpamoyl-estra-1,3,5(10),15-tetraen-17-ol (ESE-15-ol) is an in silico-designed 17-β-estradiol analogue that induces both autophagy and apoptosis in cancer cells. The aim of the study was to determine the role of autophagy in ESE-15-ol-exposed human adenocarcinoma breast cancer cells; knowledge that will contribute to future clinical applications of this novel antimitotic compound. By inhibiting autophagy and determining the cytotoxic effects of ESE-15-ol-exposure, deductions could be made as to whether the process may confer resistance to the drug, or alternatively, contribute to the cell death process. Methods and results Spectophometrical analysis via crystal violet staining was used to perform cytotoxicity studies. Morphology studies were done using microscopic techniques namely polarization-optical transmitted light differential interference light microscopy, fluorescent microscopy using monodansylcadaverine staining and transmission electron microscopy. Flow cytometry was used to quantify the autophagy inhibition and assess cell viability. Results obtained indicated that 3-methyladenine inhibited autophagy and increased cell survival in both MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. Conclusion This in vitro study inferred that autophagy inhibition with 3-methyladenine does not confer increased effectiveness of ESE-15-ol in inducing cell death. Thus it may be concluded that the autophagic process induced by ESE-15-ol exposure in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells plays a more significant role in cell death than conferring survival.
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- Marcel Verwey
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0007 Gauteng South Africa
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0007 Gauteng South Africa
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0007 Gauteng South Africa
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0007 Gauteng South Africa
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Chen HD, Kao CY, Liu BY, Huang SW, Kuo CJ, Ruan JW, Lin YH, Huang CR, Chen YH, Wang HD, Aroian RV, Chen CS. HLH-30/TFEB-mediated autophagy functions in a cell-autonomous manner for epithelium intrinsic cellular defense against bacterial pore-forming toxin in C. elegans. Autophagy 2016; 13:371-385. [PMID: 27875098 PMCID: PMC5324838 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2016.1256933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved intracellular system that maintains cellular homeostasis by degrading and recycling damaged cellular components. The transcription factor HLH-30/TFEB-mediated autophagy has been reported to regulate tolerance to bacterial infection, but less is known about the bona fide bacterial effector that activates HLH-30 and autophagy. Here, we reveal that bacterial membrane pore-forming toxin (PFT) induces autophagy in an HLH-30-dependent manner in Caenorhabditis elegans. Moreover, autophagy controls the susceptibility of animals to PFT toxicity through xenophagic degradation of PFT and repair of membrane-pore cell-autonomously in the PFT-targeted intestinal cells in C. elegans. These results demonstrate that autophagic pathways and autophagy are induced partly at the transcriptional level through HLH-30 activation and are required to protect metazoan upon PFT intoxication. Together, our data show a new and powerful connection between HLH-30-mediated autophagy and epithelium intrinsic cellular defense against the single most common mode of bacterial attack in vivo.
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- Huan-Da Chen
- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan.,b Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan
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- c Immunology Research Center, National Health Research Institutes , Miaoli , Taiwan
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan.,b Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan
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- c Immunology Research Center, National Health Research Institutes , Miaoli , Taiwan
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- d Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University , Hsinchu , Taiwan
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan.,e School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan
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- d Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University , Hsinchu , Taiwan
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- f Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester , MA , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan.,b Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan , Taiwan
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The Mitochondria-Regulated Immune Pathway Activated in the C. elegans Intestine Is Neuroprotective. Cell Rep 2016; 16:2399-414. [PMID: 27545884 PMCID: PMC7780887 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.07.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Immunological mediators that originate outside the nervous system can affect neuronal health. However, their roles in neurodegeneration remain largely unknown. Here, we show that the p38MAPK-mediated immune pathway activated in intestinal cells of Caenorhabditis elegans upon mitochondrial dysfunction protects neurons in a cell-non-autonomous fashion. Specifically, mitochondrial complex I dysfunction induced by rotenone activates the p38MAPK/CREB/ATF-7-dependent innate immune response pathway in intestinal cells of C. elegans. Activation of p38MAPK in the gut is neuroprotective. Enhancing the p38MAPK-mediated immune pathway in intestinal cells alone suppresses rotenone-induced dopaminergic neuron loss, while downregulating it in the intestine exacerbates neurodegeneration. The p38MAPK/ATF-7 immune pathway modulates autophagy and requires autophagy and the PTEN-induced putative kinase PINK-1 for conferring neuroprotection. Thus, mitochondrial damage induces the clearance of mitochondria by the immune pathway, protecting the organism from the toxic effects of mitochondrial dysfunction. We propose that mitochondria are subject to constant surveillance by innate immune mechanisms. Chikka et al. find that mitochondrial complex I damage activates the p38MAPK/ATF-7 signaling pathway in the intestine of C. elegans. Activation of the p38MAPK/ATF-7 immune pathway in the intestine is neuroprotective and sufficient to prevent rotenone-induced degeneration of dopaminergic neurons.
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Stavoe AKH, Hill SE, Hall DH, Colón-Ramos DA. KIF1A/UNC-104 Transports ATG-9 to Regulate Neurodevelopment and Autophagy at Synapses. Dev Cell 2016; 38:171-85. [PMID: 27396362 PMCID: PMC4961624 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Autophagy is a cellular degradation process important for neuronal development and survival. Neurons are highly polarized cells in which autophagosome biogenesis is spatially compartmentalized. The mechanisms and physiological importance of this spatial compartmentalization of autophagy in the neuronal development of living animals are not well understood. Here we determine that, in Caenorhabditis elegans neurons, autophagosomes form near synapses and are required for neurodevelopment. We first determine, through unbiased genetic screens and systematic genetic analyses, that autophagy is required cell autonomously for presynaptic assembly and for axon outgrowth dynamics in specific neurons. We observe autophagosome biogenesis in the axon near synapses, and this localization depends on the synaptic vesicle kinesin, KIF1A/UNC-104. KIF1A/UNC-104 coordinates localized autophagosome formation by regulating the transport of the integral membrane autophagy protein, ATG-9. Our findings indicate that autophagy is spatially regulated in neurons through the transport of ATG-9 by KIF1A/UNC-104 to regulate neurodevelopment.
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- Andrea K H Stavoe
- Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair, Departments of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, 295 Congress Avenue, BCMM 436B, New Haven, CT 06536-0812, USA
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- Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair, Departments of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, 295 Congress Avenue, BCMM 436B, New Haven, CT 06536-0812, USA
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- Center for C. elegans Anatomy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair, Departments of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, 295 Congress Avenue, BCMM 436B, New Haven, CT 06536-0812, USA; Instituto de Neurobiología, Recinto de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Puerto Rico, 201 Boulevard del Valle, San Juan 00901, Puerto Rico.
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Palmisano NJ, Meléndez A. Detection of Autophagy in Caenorhabditis elegans. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2016; 2016:pdb.top070466. [PMID: 26832690 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top070466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Autophagy is a dynamic and catabolic process that results in the breakdown and recycling of cellular components through the autophagosomal-lysosomal pathway. Many autophagy genes identified in yeasts and mammals have orthologs in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. In recent years, gene inactivation by RNA interference (RNAi) and chromosomal mutations has been useful to probe the functions of autophagy in C. elegans, and a role for autophagy has been shown to contribute to multiple processes, such as the adaptation to stress, longevity, cell death, cell growth control, clearance of aggregation-prone proteins, degradation of P granules during embryogenesis, and apoptotic cell clearance. Here, we discuss some of these roles and describe methods that can be used to study autophagy in C. elegans. Specifically, we summarize how to visualize autophagy in embryos, larva, or adults, how to detect the lipidation of the ubiquitin-like modifier LGG-1 by western blot, and how to inactivate autophagy genes by RNAi.
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- Nicholas J Palmisano
- Department of Biology, Queens College-CUNY, Flushing, New York 11367; The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York 10016
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- Department of Biology, Queens College-CUNY, Flushing, New York 11367; The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York 10016
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Palmisano NJ, Meléndez A. Detection of Autophagy in Caenorhabditis elegans Using GFP::LGG-1 as an Autophagy Marker. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2016; 2016:pdb.prot086496. [PMID: 26729905 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot086496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In yeast and mammalian cells, the autophagy protein Atg8/LC3 (microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3B encoded by MAP1LC3B) has been the marker of choice to detect double-membraned autophagosomes that are produced during the process of autophagy. A lipid-conjugated form of Atg8/LC3B is localized to the inner and outer membrane of the early-forming structure known as the phagophore. During maturation of autophagosomes, Atg8/LC3 bound to the inner autophagosome membrane remains in situ as the autophagosomes fuse with lysosomes. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is thought to conduct a similar process, meaning that tagging the nematode ortholog of Atg8/LC3-known as LGG-1-with a fluorophore has become a widely accepted method to visualize autophagosomes. Under normal growth conditions, GFP-modified LGG-1 displays a diffuse expression pattern throughout a variety of tissues, whereas, when under conditions that induce autophagy, the GFP::LGG-1 tag labels positive punctate structures, and its overall level of expression increases. Here, we present a protocol for using fluorescent reporters of LGG-1 coupled to GFP to monitor autophagosomes in vivo. We also discuss the use of alternative fluorescent markers and the possible utility of the LGG-1 paralog LGG-2.
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- Nicholas J Palmisano
- Department of Biology, Queens College-CUNY, Flushing, New York 11367; The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York 10016
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- Department of Biology, Queens College-CUNY, Flushing, New York 11367; The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York 10016
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Cai Z, Zhou Y, Liu Z, Ke Z, Zhao B. Autophagy dysfunction upregulates beta-amyloid peptides via enhancing the activity of γ-secretase complex. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2015; 11:2091-9. [PMID: 26316755 PMCID: PMC4547656 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s84755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Numerous studies have shown that autophagy failure plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, including increased expression of beta-amyloid (Aβ) protein and the dysfunction of Aβ clearance. To further evaluate the role of autophagy in Alzheimer's disease, the present study was implemented to investigate the effects of autophagy on α-secretase, β-secretase, or γ-secretase, and observe the effects of autophagy on autophagic clearance markers. These results showed that both autophagy inhibitor and inducer enhanced the activity of α-, β-, and γ-secretases, and Aβ production. Autophagy inhibitor may more activate γ-secretase and promote Aβ production and accumulation than its inducer. Both autophagy inhibitor and inducer had no influence on Aβ clearance. Hence, autophagy inhibitor may activate γ-secretase and promote Aβ production and accumulation, but has no influence on Aβ clearance.
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- Zhiyou Cai
- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Gangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
- Institute of Neurology, Gangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Gangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Gangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
- Institute of Neurology, Gangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Gangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
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Schroeder B, McNiven MA. Importance of endocytic pathways in liver function and disease. Compr Physiol 2015; 4:1403-17. [PMID: 25428849 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c140001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hepatocellular endocytosis is a highly dynamic process responsible for the internalization of a variety of different receptor ligand complexes, trophic factors, lipids, and, unfortunately, many different pathogens. The uptake of these external agents has profound effects on seminal cellular processes including signaling cascades, migration, growth, and proliferation. The hepatocyte, like other well-polarized epithelial cells, possesses a host of different endocytic mechanisms and entry routes to ensure the selective internalization of cargo molecules. These pathways include receptor-mediated endocytosis, lipid raft associated endocytosis, caveolae, or fluid-phase uptake, although there are likely many others. Understanding and defining the regulatory mechanisms underlying these distinct entry routes, sorting and vesicle formation, as well as the postendocytic trafficking pathways is of high importance especially in the liver, as their mis-regulation can contribute to aberrant liver pathology and liver diseases. Further, these processes can be "hijacked" by a variety of different infectious agents and viruses. This review provides an overview of common components of the endocytic and postendocytic trafficking pathways utilized by hepatocytes. It will also discuss in more detail how these general themes apply to liver-specific processes including iron homeostasis, HBV infection, and even hepatic steatosis.
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- Barbara Schroeder
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
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Del Rosario JS, Feldmann KG, Ahmed T, Amjad U, Ko B, An J, Mahmud T, Salama M, Mei S, Asemota D, Mano I. Death Associated Protein Kinase (DAPK) -mediated neurodegenerative mechanisms in nematode excitotoxicity. BMC Neurosci 2015; 16:25. [PMID: 25899010 PMCID: PMC4414438 DOI: 10.1186/s12868-015-0158-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background Excitotoxicity (the toxic overstimulation of neurons by the excitatory transmitter Glutamate) is a central process in widespread neurodegenerative conditions such as brain ischemia and chronic neurological diseases. Many mechanisms have been suggested to mediate excitotoxicity, but their significance across diverse excitotoxic scenarios remains unclear. Death Associated Protein Kinase (DAPK), a critical molecular switch that controls a range of key signaling and cell death pathways, has been suggested to have an important role in excitotoxicity. However, the molecular mechanism by which DAPK exerts its effect is controversial. A few distinct mechanisms have been suggested by single (sometimes contradicting) studies, and a larger array of potential mechanisms is implicated by the extensive interactome of DAPK. Results Here we analyze a well-characterized model of excitotoxicity in the nematode C. elegans to show that DAPK is an important mediator of excitotoxic neurodegeneration across a large evolutionary distance. We further show that some proposed mechanisms of DAPK’s action (modulation of synaptic strength, involvement of the DANGER-related protein MAB-21, and autophagy) do not have a major role in nematode excitotoxicity. In contrast, Pin1/PINN-1 (a DAPK interaction-partner and a peptidyl-prolyl isomerase involved in chronic neurodegenerative conditions) suppresses neurodegeneration in our excitotoxicity model. Conclusions Our studies highlight the prominence of DAPK and Pin1/PINN-1 as conserved mediators of cell death processes in diverse scenarios of neurodegeneration.
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- John S Del Rosario
- Department of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education (SBE), City College of New York (CCNY), The City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA. .,MS program in Biology, CCNY, CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education (SBE), City College of New York (CCNY), The City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA. .,PhD program in Neuroscience, the CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA.
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- Undergraduate program in Biology, CCNY, CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
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- Undergraduate program in Biochemistry, CCNY, CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
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- MS program in Biology, CCNY, CUNY, New York, NY, USA. .,Undergraduate program in Biology, CCNY, CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
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- Undergraduate program in Biology, CCNY, CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
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- Undergraduate program in Biology, CCNY, CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
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- Bs/MD program, Sophie Davis SBE, CCNY, CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
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- Bs/MD program, Sophie Davis SBE, CCNY, CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
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- Bs/MD program, Sophie Davis SBE, CCNY, CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Neuroscience, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education (SBE), City College of New York (CCNY), The City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA. .,PhD program in Neuroscience, the CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA.
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McElnea EM, Hughes E, McGoldrick A, McCann A, Quill B, Docherty N, Irnaten M, Farrell M, Clark AF, O'Brien CJ, Wallace DM. Lipofuscin accumulation and autophagy in glaucomatous human lamina cribrosa cells. BMC Ophthalmol 2014; 14:153. [PMID: 25444463 PMCID: PMC4265474 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-14-153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Disease associated alterations in the phenotype of lamina cribrosa (LC) cells are implicated in changes occurring at the optic nerve head (ONH) in glaucoma. Lipofuscin, the formation of which is driven by reactive oxygen species (ROS), is an intralysosomal, non-degradable, auto-fluorescent macromolecule which accumulates with age and can affect autophagy - the lysosomal degradation of a cell’s constituents. We aimed to compare the content of lipofuscin-like material and markers of autophagy in LC cells from normal and glaucoma donor eyes. Methods The number and size of peri-nuclear lysosomes were examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Cellular auto-fluorescence was quantified by flow cytometry. Cathepsin K mRNA levels were assessed by PCR. Autophagy protein 5 (Atg5) mRNA and protein levels were analysed by PCR and Western blot. Protein levels of subunits of the microtubule associated proteins (MAP) 1A and 1B, light chain 3 (LC3) I and II were analysed by Western blot. Immunohistochemical staining of LC3-II in ONH sections from normal and glaucomatous donor eyes was performed. Results A significant increase in the number of peri-nuclear lysosomes [4.1 × 10,000 per high power field (h.p.f.) ± 1.9 vs. 2.0 × 10,000 per h.p.f. ± 1.3, p = 0.002, n = 3] and whole cell auto-fluorescence (83.62 ± 45.1 v 41.01 ± 3.9, p = 0.02, n = 3) was found in glaucomatous LC cells relative to normal LC cells. Glaucomatous LC cells possessed significantly higher levels of Cathepsin K mRNA and Atg5 mRNA and protein. Enhanced levels of LC3-II were found in both LC cells and optic nerve head sections from glaucoma donors. Conclusions Increased lipofuscin formation is characteristic of LC cells from donors with glaucoma. This finding confirms the importance of oxidative stress in glaucoma pathogenesis. Intracellular lipofuscin accumulation may have important effects on autophagy the modification of which could form the basis for future novel glaucoma treatments.
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- Elizabeth M McElnea
- University College Dublin School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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Hanamata S, Kurusu T, Kuchitsu K. Roles of autophagy in male reproductive development in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:457. [PMID: 25309556 PMCID: PMC4163999 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 08/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Autophagy, a major catabolic pathway in eukaryotic cells, is essential in development, maintenance of cellular homeostasis, immunity and programmed cell death (PCD) in multicellular organisms. In plant cells, autophagy plays roles in recycling of proteins and metabolites including lipids, and is involved in many physiological processes such as abiotic and biotic stress responses. However, its roles during reproductive development had remained poorly understood. Quantitative live cell imaging techniques for the autophagic flux and genetic studies in several plant species have recently revealed significant roles of autophagy in developmental processes, regulation of PCD and lipid metabolism. We here review the novel roles of autophagic fluxes in plant cells, and discuss their possible significance in PCD and metabolic regulation, with particular focus on male reproductive development during the pollen maturation.
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- Shigeru Hanamata
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of ScienceNoda, Japan
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, University of TokyoKashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of ScienceNoda, Japan
- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo University of TechnologyHachioji, Japan
- Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of ScienceNoda, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of ScienceNoda, Japan
- Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of ScienceNoda, Japan
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Identification and pharmacological induction of autophagy in the larval stages of Echinococcus granulosus: an active catabolic process in calcareous corpuscles. Int J Parasitol 2014; 44:415-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2013] [Revised: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Visvikis O, Ihuegbu N, Labed SA, Luhachack LG, Alves AMF, Wollenberg AC, Stuart LM, Stormo GD, Irazoqui JE. Innate host defense requires TFEB-mediated transcription of cytoprotective and antimicrobial genes. Immunity 2014; 40:896-909. [PMID: 24882217 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2014.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Animal host defense against infection requires the expression of defense genes at the right place and the right time. Understanding such tight control of host defense requires the elucidation of the transcription factors involved. By using an unbiased approach in the model Caenorhabditis elegans, we discovered that HLH-30 (known as TFEB in mammals) is a key transcription factor for host defense. HLH-30 was activated shortly after Staphylococcus aureus infection, and drove the expression of close to 80% of the host response, including antimicrobial and autophagy genes that were essential for host tolerance of infection. TFEB was also rapidly activated in murine macrophages upon S. aureus infection and was required for proper transcriptional induction of several proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines. Thus, our data suggest that TFEB is a previously unappreciated, evolutionarily ancient transcription factor in the host response to infection.
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- Orane Visvikis
- Laboratory of Comparative Immunology, Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Genome Sciences, Washington University Medical School, Saint Louis, Missouri 63118, USA
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- Laboratory of Comparative Immunology, Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Laboratory of Comparative Immunology, Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Laboratory of Comparative Immunology, Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Laboratory of Comparative Immunology, Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Genome Sciences, Washington University Medical School, Saint Louis, Missouri 63118, USA
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- Laboratory of Comparative Immunology, Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Lu Z, Yang H, Sutton MN, Yang M, Clarke CH, Liao WSL, Bast RC. ARHI (DIRAS3) induces autophagy in ovarian cancer cells by downregulating the epidermal growth factor receptor, inhibiting PI3K and Ras/MAP signaling and activating the FOXo3a-mediated induction of Rab7. Cell Death Differ 2014; 21:1275-89. [PMID: 24769729 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2014.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Revised: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The process of autophagy has been described in detail at the molecular level in normal cells, but less is known of its regulation in cancer cells. Aplasia Ras homolog member I (ARHI; DIRAS3) is an imprinted tumor suppressor gene that is downregulated in multiple malignancies including ovarian cancer. Re-expression of ARHI slows proliferation, inhibits motility, induces autophagy and produces tumor dormancy. Our previous studies have implicated autophagy in the survival of dormant ovarian cancer cells and have shown that ARHI is required for autophagy induced by starvation or rapamycin treatment. Re-expression of ARHI in ovarian cancer cells blocks signaling through the PI3K and Ras/MAP pathways, which, in turn, downregulates mTOR and initiates autophagy. Here we show that ARHI is required for autophagy-meditated cancer cell arrest and ARHI inhibits signaling through PI3K/AKT and Ras/MAP by enhancing internalization and degradation of the epidermal growth factor receptor. ARHI-mediated downregulation of PI3K/AKT and Ras/ERK signaling also decreases phosphorylation of FOXo3a, which sequesters this transcription factor in the nucleus. Nuclear retention of FOXo3a induces ATG4 and MAP-LC3-I, required for maturation of autophagosomes, and also increases the expression of Rab7, required for fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes. Following the knockdown of FOXo3a or Rab7, autophagolysosome formation was observed but was markedly inhibited, resulting in numerous enlarged autophagosomes. ARHI expression correlates with LC3 expression and FOXo3a nuclear localization in surgical specimens of ovarian cancer. Thus, ARHI contributes to the induction of autophagy through multiple mechanisms in ovarian cancer cells.
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030-1439, USA
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030-1439, USA
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030-1439, USA
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030-1439, USA
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030-1439, USA
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030-1439, USA
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030-1439, USA
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The counterbalancing action of the endocytosis and secretory pathways maintains a dynamic equilibrium that regulates the composition of the plasma membrane, allowing it to maintain homeostasis and to change rapidly in response to alterations in the extracellular environment and/or intracellular metabolism. These pathways are intimately integrated with intercellular signaling systems and play critical roles in all cells. Studies in Caenorhabditis elegans have revealed diverse roles of membrane trafficking in physiology and development and have also provided molecular insight into the fundamental mechanisms that direct cargo sorting, vesicle budding, and membrane fisson and fusion. In this review, we summarize progress in understanding membrane trafficking mechanisms derived from work in C. elegans, focusing mainly on work done in non-neuronal cell-types, especially the germline, early embryo, coelomocytes, and intestine.
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- Ken Sato
- Laboratory of Molecular Traffic, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8512, Japan. ;
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Kurusu T, Koyano T, Hanamata S, Kubo T, Noguchi Y, Yagi C, Nagata N, Yamamoto T, Ohnishi T, Okazaki Y, Kitahata N, Ando D, Ishikawa M, Wada S, Miyao A, Hirochika H, Shimada H, Makino A, Saito K, Ishida H, Kinoshita T, Kurata N, Kuchitsu K. OsATG7 is required for autophagy-dependent lipid metabolism in rice postmeiotic anther development. Autophagy 2014; 10:878-88. [PMID: 24674921 PMCID: PMC5119067 DOI: 10.4161/auto.28279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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In flowering plants, the tapetum, the innermost layer of the anther, provides both nutrient and lipid components to developing microspores, pollen grains, and the pollen coat. Though the programmed cell death of the tapetum is one of the most critical and sensitive steps for fertility and is affected by various environmental stresses, its regulatory mechanisms remain mostly unknown. Here we show that autophagy is required for the metabolic regulation and nutrient supply in anthers and that autophagic degradation within tapetum cells is essential for postmeiotic anther development in rice. Autophagosome-like structures and several vacuole-enclosed lipid bodies were observed in postmeiotic tapetum cells specifically at the uninucleate stage during pollen development, which were completely abolished in a retrotransposon-insertional OsATG7 (autophagy-related 7)-knockout mutant defective in autophagy, suggesting that autophagy is induced in tapetum cells. Surprisingly, the mutant showed complete sporophytic male sterility, failed to accumulate lipidic and starch components in pollen grains at the flowering stage, showed reduced pollen germination activity, and had limited anther dehiscence. Lipidomic analyses suggested impairment of editing of phosphatidylcholines and lipid desaturation in the mutant during pollen maturation. These results indicate a critical involvement of autophagy in a reproductive developmental process of rice, and shed light on the novel autophagy-mediated regulation of lipid metabolism in eukaryotic cells.
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- Takamitsu Kurusu
- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba Japan; Research Institute for Science and Technology; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba Japan; School of Bioscience and Biotechnology; Tokyo University of Technology; Hachioji, Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory; National Institute of Genetics; Mishima, Shizuoka Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba Japan
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- Department of Chemical Biological Science; Faculty of Science; Japan Women's University; Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba Japan
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- Faculty of Bioscience; Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology; Shiga, Japan
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- Metabolomic Function Research Group; RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science; Yokohama, Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba Japan
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- Environmental Stress Research Unit; Division of Plant Sciences; National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences; Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
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- Department of Applied Plant Science; Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences; Tohoku University; Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Agrogenomics Research Center; National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences; Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
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- Agrogenomics Research Center; National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences; Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
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- Research Institute for Science and Technology; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba Japan; Department of Biological Science and Technology; Tokyo University of Science; Katsushika, Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Applied Plant Science; Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences; Tohoku University; Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Metabolomic Function Research Group; RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science; Yokohama, Kanagawa Japan; Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Chiba University; Chiba, Chiba Japan
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- Department of Applied Plant Science; Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences; Tohoku University; Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Faculty of Bioscience; Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology; Shiga, Japan
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- Plant Genetics Laboratory; National Institute of Genetics; Mishima, Shizuoka Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Science; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba Japan; Research Institute for Science and Technology; Tokyo University of Science; Noda, Chiba Japan
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Hoffman S, Martin D, Meléndez A, Bargonetti J. C. elegans CEP-1/p53 and BEC-1 are involved in DNA repair. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88828. [PMID: 24586407 PMCID: PMC3930633 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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p53 is a transcription factor that regulates the response to cellular stress. Mammalian p53 functions as a tumor suppressor. The C. elegans p53, cep-1, regulates DNA-damage induced germline cell death by activating the transcription of egl-1 and ced-13. We used the C. elegans model to investigate how, in the whole animal, different forms of DNA damage can induce p53-dependent versus p53-independent cell death and DNA repair. DNA damage was induced by ultraviolet type C (UVC) radiation, or 10-decarbamoyl mitomycin C (DMC, an agent known to induce mammalian p53-independent cell death). Wild-type or cep-1 loss-of-function mutant animals were assayed for germline cell death and DNA lesions. Wild-type animals displayed greater removal of UVC-lesions over time, whereas cep-1 mutant animals displayed increased UVC-lesion retention. The cep-1 mutation increased UVC-lesion retention directly correlated with a reduction of progeny viability. Consistent with DMC inducing p53-independent cell death in mammalian cells DMC induced a C. elegans p53-independent germline cell death pathway. To examine the influence of wild-type CEP-1 and DNA damage on C. elegans tumors we used glp-1(ar202gf)/Notch germline tumor mutants. UVC treatment of glp-1 mutant animals activated the CEP-1 target gene egl-1 and reduced tumor size. In cep-1(gk138);glp-1(ar202gf) animals, UVC treatment resulted in increased susceptibility to lesions and larger tumorous germlines. Interestingly, the partial knockdown of bec-1 in adults resulted in a CEP-1-dependent increase in germline cell death and an increase in DNA damage. These results strongly support cross-talk between BEC-1 and CEP-1 to protect the C. elegans genome.
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- Sandy Hoffman
- Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York City, New York, United States of America
- The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences Queens College, City University of New York, Queens, New York, United States of America
- The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York City, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York City, New York, United States of America
- The Graduate Center Departments of Biology and Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York City, New York, United States of America
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