Identification of novel lipid droplet factors that regulate lipophagy and cholesterol efflux in macrophage foam cells

S Robichaud, G Fairman, V Vijithakumar, E Mak… - Autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Macrophage autophagy is a highly anti-atherogenic process that promotes the catabolism of
cytosolic lipid droplets (LDs) to maintain cellular lipid homeostasis. Selective autophagy …

More than just an immunosuppressant: the emerging role of FTY720 as a novel inducer of ROS and apoptosis

T Takasaki, K Hagihara, R Satoh… - Oxidative medicine and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fingolimod hydrochloride (FTY720) is a first‐in‐class of sphingosine‐1‐phosphate (S1P)
receptor modulator approved to treat multiple sclerosis by its phosphorylated form (FTY720 …

Novel links between TORC1 and traditional non-coding RNA, tRNA

Y Otsubo, Y Kamada, A Yamashita - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Target of rapamycin (TOR) is a serine/threonine kinase that modulates cell growth and
metabolism in response to environmental changes. Transfer RNA (tRNA) is an abundant …

Reciprocal regulation of TORC signaling and tRNA modifications by Elongator enforces nutrient-dependent cell fate

J Candiracci, V Migeot, YH Chionh, F Bauer… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Nutrient availability has a profound impact on cell fate. Upon nitrogen starvation, wild-type
fission yeast cells uncouple cell growth from cell division to generate small, round-shaped …

The Greatwall-Endosulfine-PP2A/B55 pathway regulates entry into quiescence by enhancing translation of Elongator-tunable transcripts

J Encinar del Dedo, MB Suárez, LS Segundo… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Quiescent cells require a continuous supply of proteins to maintain protein homeostasis. In
fission yeast, entry into quiescence is triggered by nitrogen stress, leading to the inactivation …

The contribution of non-essential Schizosaccharomyces pombe genes to fitness in response to altered nutrient supply and target of rapamycin activity

S Lie, P Banks, C Lawless, D Lydall… - Open …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Nutrient fluctuations in the cellular environment promote changes in cell metabolism and
growth to adapt cell proliferation accordingly. The target of rapamycin (TOR) signalling …

Cdc13 (cyclin B) is degraded by autophagy under sulfur depletion in fission yeast

H Ohtsuka, Y Hatta, K Hayashi, T Shimasaki… - Autophagy …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Cyclins are degraded by the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C)-mediated
proteasome in normal mitosis. We showed that Cdc13 (cyclin B) is also degraded by …

The multistress‐induced Translocator protein (TSPO) differentially modulates storage lipids metabolism in seeds and seedlings

P Jurkiewicz, S Melser, M Maucourt, H Ayeb… - The Plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Translocator proteins (TSPO) are conserved membrane proteins extensively studied in
mammals, but their function is still unclear. Angiosperm TSPO are transiently induced by …

A plant-specific N-terminal extension reveals evolutionary functional divergence within translocator proteins

P Jurkiewicz, L Senicourt, H Ayeb, O Lequin… - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
Conserved translocator proteins (TSPOs) mediate cell stress responses possibly in a cell-
type-specific manner. This work reports on the molecular function of plant TSPO and their …

The S. pombe CDK5 ortholog Pef1 regulates sexual differentiation through control of the TORC1 pathway and autophagy

S Matsuda, U Kikkawa, H Uda… - Journal of cell …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a general strategy for survival in response to
environmental changes is sexual differentiation, which is triggered by TORC1 inactivation …