Anais Franco-Romero, Jean Philippe Leduc-Gaudet, Sabah Na Hussain, Gilles Gouspillou, Marco Sandri
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Abstract
Skeletal muscles play key roles in movement, posture, thermogenesis, and whole-body metabolism. Autophagy plays essential roles in the regulation of muscle mass, function and integrity. However, the molecular machinery that regulates autophagy is still incompletely understood. In our recent study, we identified and characterized a novel Forkhead Box O (FoxO)-dependent gene, PHAF1/MYTHO (phagophore assembly factor 1/macro-autophagy and youth optimizer), as a novel autophagy regulator that controls muscle integrity. MYTHO/PHAF1 is upregulated in multiple conditions leading to muscle atrophy, and downregulation of its expression spares muscle atrophy triggered by fasting, denervation, cachexia and sepsis. Overexpression of PHAF1/MYTHO is sufficient to induce muscle atrophy. Prolonged downregulation of PHAF1/MYTHO causes a severe myopathic phenotype, which is characterized by impaired autophagy, muscle weakness, myofiber degeneration, mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) hyperactivation and extensive ultrastructural defects, such as accumulation of proteinaceous and membranous structures and tubular aggregates. This myopathic phenotype is attenuated upon administration of the mTORC1 inhibitor rapamycin. These findings position PHAF1/MYTHO as a novel regulator of skeletal muscle autophagy and tissue integrity.
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Autophagy is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on autophagic processes, including the lysosome/vacuole dependent degradation of intracellular material. It aims to be the premier journal in the field and covers various connections between autophagy and human health and disease, such as cancer, neurodegeneration, aging, diabetes, myopathies, and heart disease. Autophagy is interested in all experimental systems, from yeast to human. Suggestions for specialized topics are welcome.
The journal accepts the following types of articles: Original research, Reviews, Technical papers, Brief Reports, Addenda, Letters to the Editor, Commentaries and Views, and Articles on science and art.
Autophagy is abstracted/indexed in Adis International Ltd (Reactions Weekly), EBSCOhost (Biological Abstracts), Elsevier BV (EMBASE and Scopus), PubMed, Biological Abstracts, Science Citation Index Expanded, Web of Science, and MEDLINE.