Mammalian autophagy: how does it work?

CF Bento, M Renna, G Ghislat, C Puri… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Autophagy is a conserved intracellular pathway that delivers cytoplasmic contents to
lysosomes for degradation via double-membrane autophagosomes. Autophagy substrates …

The autophagosome: origins unknown, biogenesis complex

CA Lamb, T Yoshimori, SA Tooze - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2013 - nature.com
Healthy cells use autophagy as a general'housekeeping'mechanism and to survive stress,
including stress induced by nutrient deprivation. Autophagy is initiated at the isolation …

Copper is an essential regulator of the autophagic kinases ULK1/2 to drive lung adenocarcinoma

T Tsang, JM Posimo, AA Gudiel, M Cicchini… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Although the transition metal copper (Cu) is an essential nutrient that is conventionally
viewed as a static cofactor within enzyme active sites, a non-traditional role for Cu as a …

WIPI2 links LC3 conjugation with PI3P, autophagosome formation, and pathogen clearance by recruiting Atg12–5-16L1

HC Dooley, M Razi, HEJ Polson, SE Girardin… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Mammalian cell homeostasis during starvation depends on initiation of autophagy by
endoplasmic reticulum-localized phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PtdIns (3) P) synthesis …

Phosphorylation of p62 activates the Keap1-Nrf2 pathway during selective autophagy

Y Ichimura, S Waguri, Y Sou, S Kageyama… - Molecular cell, 2013 - cell.com
Summary The Keap1-Nrf2 system and autophagy are both involved in the oxidative-stress
response, metabolic pathways, and innate immunity, and dysregulation of these processes …

Autophagy regulation by nutrient signaling

RC Russell, HX Yuan, KL Guan - Cell research, 2014 - nature.com
The ability of cells to respond to changes in nutrient availability is essential for the
maintenance of metabolic homeostasis and viability. One of the key cellular responses to …

Starvation induces rapid degradation of selective autophagy receptors by endosomal microautophagy

J Mejlvang, H Olsvik, S Svenning, JA Bruun… - Journal of cell …, 2018 - rupress.org
It is not clear to what extent starvation-induced autophagy affects the proteome on a global
scale and whether it is selective. In this study, we report based on quantitative proteomics …

ULK 1 translocates to mitochondria and phosphorylates FUNDC 1 to regulate mitophagy

W Wu, W Tian, Z Hu, G Chen, L Huang, W Li… - EMBO …, 2014 - embopress.org
Autophagy eliminates dysfunctional mitochondria in an intricate process known as
mitophagy. ULK 1 is critical for the induction of autophagy, but its substrate (s) and …

Unique role for ATG5 in neutrophil-mediated immunopathology during M. tuberculosis infection

JM Kimmey, JP Huynh, LA Weiss, S Park, A Kambal… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a major global health threat, replicates in macrophages in part
by inhibiting phagosome–lysosome fusion, until interferon-γ (IFNγ) activates the …

Digesting the expanding mechanisms of autophagy

NT Ktistakis, SA Tooze - Trends in cell biology, 2016 - cell.com
Autophagy is a catabolic 'self-eating'pathway that is emerging as a crucial integration point
in cell physiology. With its own set of genes, the autophagy pathway communicates with …