Autophagy reportsPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-02-19DOI: 10.1080/27694127.2025.2467454
Nimna V Wijewantha, Taras Y Nazarko
{"title":"Glycogen is a neutral cargo of bulk autophagy in <i>Komagataella phaffii</i>.","authors":"Nimna V Wijewantha, Taras Y Nazarko","doi":"10.1080/27694127.2025.2467454","DOIUrl":"10.1080/27694127.2025.2467454","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Glycogen is a primary cellular energy store in numerous eukaryotes. Its biosynthesis is a main strategy to cope with forthcoming starvation. During starvation, glycogen is processed in the cytosol or delivered for degradation to animal lysosomes or yeast vacuoles by macroautophagy (hereafter autophagy). However, the mechanism of glycogen autophagy is poorly understood, especially in the heart and skeletal muscles that suffer from the lysosomal glycogen accumulation in Pompe disease. We recently developed the <i>Komagataella phaffii</i> yeast as a simple model to study glycogen autophagy and found that this pathway proceeds non-selectively. However, studies in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> proposed glycogen as a non-preferred cargo of bulk autophagy. In our latest study with new fluorescent reporters for glycogen, we clarified cargo properties of <i>K. phaffii</i> glycogen. Both homologous and heterologous markers of glycogen are delivered to the vacuole and degraded with efficiencies that are independent of glycogen, suggesting that glycogen is a neutral cargo of bulk autophagy. This work provides insights into the evolutionary diversity of glycogen autophagy in yeasts with implications for understanding this process in complex eukaryotes.</p>","PeriodicalId":72341,"journal":{"name":"Autophagy reports","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11864558/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143588427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Autophagy reportsPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-04-03DOI: 10.1080/27694127.2025.2473765
Daniel J Pfau, Ruslana Bryk
{"title":"High throughput screening assay for the identification of ATF4 and TFEB activating compounds.","authors":"Daniel J Pfau, Ruslana Bryk","doi":"10.1080/27694127.2025.2473765","DOIUrl":"10.1080/27694127.2025.2473765","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Macrophages act to defend against infection, but can fail to completely prevent bacterial replication and dissemination in an immunocompetent host. Recent studies have shown that activation of a host transcription factor, TFEB, a regulator of lysosomal biogenesis, could restrict intramacrophage replication of the human pathogen <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> and synergize with suboptimal levels of the antibiotic rifampin to reduce bacterial loads. Currently available small molecule TFEB activators lack selectivity and potency, but could be potentially useful in a variety of pathological conditions with suboptimal lysosomal activity. TFEB nuclear translocation and activation depend on its phosphorylation status which is controlled by multiple cellular pathways. We devised a whole cell, high throughput screening assay to identify small molecules that activate TFEB by establishing a stably transfected HEK293T reporter cell line for ATF4, a basic leucine zipper transcription factor induced by stress response and activated in parallel to TFEB. We optimized its use <i>in vitro</i> using compounds that target endoplasmic reticulum stress and intracellular calcium signaling. We report results from screening the commercially available LOPAC library and the Selleck Chemicals library modified to include only FDA-approved drugs and clinical research compounds. We identified twenty-one compounds across six clinical use categories that activate ATF4, and confirmed that two proteasome inhibitors promote TFEB activation. The results of this study provide an assay that could be used to screen for small molecules that activate ATF4 and TFEB and a potential list of compounds identified as activators of the ATF4 transcription factor in response to cellular stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":72341,"journal":{"name":"Autophagy reports","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11980509/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144050966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Autophagy reportsPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-03-10DOI: 10.1080/27694127.2025.2464376
Charleen T Chu
{"title":"The Role of Autophagy in Excitotoxicity, Synaptic Mitochondrial Stress and Neurodegeneration.","authors":"Charleen T Chu","doi":"10.1080/27694127.2025.2464376","DOIUrl":"10.1080/27694127.2025.2464376","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Brain and nervous system functions depend upon maintaining the integrity of synaptic structures over the lifetime. Autophagy, a key homeostatic quality control system, plays a central role not only in neuronal development and survival/cell death, but also in regulating synaptic activity and plasticity. Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter that activates downstream targets, with a key role in learning and memory. However, an excess of glutamatergic stimulation is pathological in stroke, epilepsy and neurodegeneration, triggering excitotoxic cell death or a sublethal process of excitatory mitochondrial calcium toxicity (EMT) that triggers dendritic retraction. Markers of autophagy and mitophagy are often elevated following excitatory neuronal injuries, with the potential to influence cell death or neurodegenerative outcomes of these injuries. Interestingly, leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) and PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1), two kinases linked to autophagy, mitophagy and Parkinson disease, play important roles in regulating mitochondrial calcium handling, synaptic density and function, and maturation of dendritic spines. Mutations in LRRK2, PINK1, or proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease perturb mitochondrial calcium handling to sensitize neurons to excitatory injury. While autophagy and mitophagy can play both protective and harmful roles, studies in various excitotoxicity and stroke models often implicate autophagy in a pathogenic role. Understanding the role of autophagic degradation in regulating synaptic loss and cell death following excitatory neuronal injuries has important therapeutic implications for both acute and chronic neurological disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":72341,"journal":{"name":"Autophagy reports","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11921967/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143797196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Autophagy reportsPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-04-08DOI: 10.1080/27694127.2025.2484835
Nitin Sai Beesabathuni, Neil Alvin B Adia, Eshan Thilakaratne, Ritika Gangaraju, Priya S Shah
{"title":"Image-based temporal profiling of autophagy-related phenotypes.","authors":"Nitin Sai Beesabathuni, Neil Alvin B Adia, Eshan Thilakaratne, Ritika Gangaraju, Priya S Shah","doi":"10.1080/27694127.2025.2484835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/27694127.2025.2484835","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Autophagy is a dynamic process critical in maintaining cellular homoeostasis. Dysregulation of autophagy is linked to many diseases and is emerging as a promising therapeutic target. High-throughput methods to characterise autophagy are essential for accelerating drug discovery and characterising mechanisms of action. In this study, we developed a scalable image-based temporal profiling approach to characterise ~900 morphological features at a single cell level with high temporal resolution. We differentiated drug treatments based on morphological profiles using a random forest classifier with ~90% accuracy and identified the key features that govern classification. Additionally, temporal morphological profiles accurately predicted biologically relevant changes in autophagy after perturbation, such as total cargo degraded. Therefore, this study acts as proof-of-principle for using image-based temporal profiling to differentiate autophagy perturbations in a high-throughput manner and has the potential identify biologically relevant autophagy phenotypes. Ultimately, approaches like image-based temporal profiling can accelerate drug discovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":72341,"journal":{"name":"Autophagy reports","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11988254/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144059110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Autophagy reportsPub Date : 2024-12-19eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1080/27694127.2024.2438563
Sang-Won Park, Jin-A Lee, Deok-Jin Jang
{"title":"Positional specialization of LIR motifs in RavZ and the autophagy-related protein ATG4B.","authors":"Sang-Won Park, Jin-A Lee, Deok-Jin Jang","doi":"10.1080/27694127.2024.2438563","DOIUrl":"10.1080/27694127.2024.2438563","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>LC3-interacting region (LIR) motifs are essential for recruiting proteins onto autophagosomes, the hallmark of autophagy. We recently explored the relevance of the specific position of the LIRs in RavZ and ATG4B (autophagy-related 4B). RavZ's N-terminal LIRs drive substrate recognition and enzymatic activity, while its C-terminal LIR aids membrane localization. In contrast, ATG4B's C-terminal LIR is indispensable for LC3B (microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3B)-phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) delipidation on autophagosomes but not required for cytosolic LC3B priming, which is mediated solely by its catalytic domain (CAD). These findings underscore the structural adaptation of LIRs for context-specific functions. This novel nuanced understanding provides a framework for developing therapeutic tools to modulate autophagy by precisely targeting LIRs or their associated processes, offering potential treatment for diseases like neurodegenerative disorders and infections characterized by autophagy dysregulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":72341,"journal":{"name":"Autophagy reports","volume":"4 1","pages":"2438563"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11864561/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144112522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Autophagy reportsPub Date : 2024-12-05eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1080/27694127.2024.2432848
Jing Zhang, Lifeng Pan
{"title":"Mechanistic insights into the interaction between optineurin with RAB8A.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Lifeng Pan","doi":"10.1080/27694127.2024.2432848","DOIUrl":"10.1080/27694127.2024.2432848","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>OPTN (optineurin), an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-associated modifier, plays vital roles in autophagy and cellular vesicular transport in mammals. OPTN can associate with RAB8A and the GTPase-activating protein TBC1D17, and facilitate the negative regulation of RAB8A by TBC1D17 (TBC domain family member 17). Recently, we reported the biochemical and structural characterizations of the interactions between OPTN, RAB8A and TBC1D17. We determined the crystal structure of the leucine-zipper domain (LZD) of OPTN with the GTP-bound active RAB8A and uncovered the molecular mechanism underpinning the specific interaction of OPTN with RAB8A. Moreover, we revealed that OPTN LZD and the TBC (Tre-2/Bub2/Cdc16) domain of TBC1D17 competitively bind to active RAB8A, while the central coiled-coil domain of OPTN and the active RAB8A can simultaneously interact with TBC1D17 TBC. In summary, our study provided mechanistic insights into the interaction of OPTN with RAB8A, and revealed the interaction relationship among OPTN, RAB8A and TBC1D17.</p>","PeriodicalId":72341,"journal":{"name":"Autophagy reports","volume":"3 1","pages":"2432848"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11864684/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144112948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Autophagy reportsPub Date : 2024-12-02eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1080/27694127.2024.2422729
Mingming Xiao, Xianjun Yu, Si Shi
{"title":"NLRP4 drives olaparib resistance in pancreatic cancer.","authors":"Mingming Xiao, Xianjun Yu, Si Shi","doi":"10.1080/27694127.2024.2422729","DOIUrl":"10.1080/27694127.2024.2422729","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Olaparib has been approved as a treatment for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in patients with BRCA1 (BRCA1 DNA repair associated) or BRCA2 mutations. However, a large portion of pancreatic cancer patients either exhibit inherent resistance or develop resistance over time. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that drive this resistance is crucial to develop more effective targeted therapies. In this study, we found that NLRP4 (NLR family pyrin domain containing 4) upregulation is associated with increased resistance to olaparib in pancreatic cancer. In addition, NLRP4 plays a role in both the DNA damage response (DDR) and autophagy. Specifically, NLRP4 enhances DNA repair capacity and leads to increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and autophagy upon olaparib treatment. Notably, NLRP4-generated mitochondrial ROS promote autophagy without directly impacting DNA damage. Inhibition of either mitochondrial ROS production with MitoQ or autophagy with chloroquine (CQ) could sensitize pancreatic cancer cells to olaparib. These findings emphasize NLRP4's role in promoting both autophagy and DNA repair in response to olaparib, suggesting that patients with low NLRP4 expression might respond more favorably to olaparib treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":72341,"journal":{"name":"Autophagy reports","volume":"3 1","pages":"2422729"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11864694/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144113021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Autophagy reportsPub Date : 2024-12-01eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1080/27694127.2024.2426437
Yuanrong Kang, Judit Pogany, Peter D Nagy
{"title":"Co-opted ATG2 lipid transfer protein delivers phospholipids for biogenesis of viral replication organelles.","authors":"Yuanrong Kang, Judit Pogany, Peter D Nagy","doi":"10.1080/27694127.2024.2426437","DOIUrl":"10.1080/27694127.2024.2426437","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Positive-strand RNA viruses, which are important pathogens of humans, animals and plants, subvert cellular membranes and induce de novo membrane proliferation to generate viral replication organelles (VROs) that support virus replication. Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV), an extensively-studied plant virus replicating in yeast model host and plants, hijacks ATG2 (autophagy-related 2), a lipid transfer protein (LTP) that transports lipids between adjacent organelles at membrane contact sites, for the biogenesis of their membranous VROs. Subversion of ATG2 by TBSV is important to enrich VRO membranes with phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylserine (PS) and the phosphoinositide phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate [PI(3)P], which are all required for viral replication. TBSV replication protein directly interacts with ATG2 leading to recruitment to VRO membranes independently of the autophagy machinery.</p>","PeriodicalId":72341,"journal":{"name":"Autophagy reports","volume":"3 1","pages":"2426437"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11864722/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144112967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PINK1/PARKIN-mediated mitophagy inhibits the interferon response and promotes viral replication during Pseudorabies virus infection.","authors":"Yuan Zhao, Zhenbang Zhu, Wenqiang Wang, Zhendong Zhang, Wei Wen, Xiangdong Li","doi":"10.1080/27694127.2024.2422214","DOIUrl":"10.1080/27694127.2024.2422214","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pseudorabies virus (PRV) poses a significant threat to the global swine industry, characterized by high morbidity and a range of sequelae in infected pigs. Mitochondria serve as a crucial platform for innate immunity, playing a pivotal role in a wide array of antiviral responses. In our recent study, we revealed that PRV infection induces mitochondrial disruption, which in turn triggers PINK1/PARKIN-mediated mitophagy. We also show that this process leads to the degradation of the mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein (MAVS) and the inhibition of antiviral interferon production and signaling, ultimately facilitating viral replication.</p>","PeriodicalId":72341,"journal":{"name":"Autophagy reports","volume":"3 1","pages":"2422214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11864696/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144113027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Autophagy reportsPub Date : 2024-11-01eCollection Date: 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1080/27694127.2024.2403956
Simon Schnebert, Emilio J Vélez, Maxime Goguet, Karine Dias, Vincent Véron, Isabel García-Pérez, Lisa M Radler, Emilie Cardona, Stéphanie Fontagné-Dicharry, Pierre Van Delft, Franziska Dittrich-Domergue, Amélie Bernard, Florian Beaumatin, Amaury Herpin, Beth Cleveland, Iban Seiliez
{"title":"Chaperone-mediated autophagy in fish: A key function amid a changing environment.","authors":"Simon Schnebert, Emilio J Vélez, Maxime Goguet, Karine Dias, Vincent Véron, Isabel García-Pérez, Lisa M Radler, Emilie Cardona, Stéphanie Fontagné-Dicharry, Pierre Van Delft, Franziska Dittrich-Domergue, Amélie Bernard, Florian Beaumatin, Amaury Herpin, Beth Cleveland, Iban Seiliez","doi":"10.1080/27694127.2024.2403956","DOIUrl":"10.1080/27694127.2024.2403956","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy (CMA) is a major pathway of lysosomal proteolysis critical for cellular homoeostasis and metabolism. While extensively studied in mammals, CMA's existence in fish has only been confirmed recently, offering exciting insights into its role in species facing environmental stress. Here, we shed light on the existence of 2 genes encoding the CMA-limiting factor Lamp2A (lysosomal associated membrane protein 2A) in rainbow trout (RT, <i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i>), revealing distinct expression patterns across various tissues. Notably, RT lacking the most expressed Lamp2A exhibit profound hepatic proteome disturbances during acute nutritional stress, underscoring its pivotal role as a guardian of hepatic proteostasis. Building upon these findings, we introduce and validate the CMA activation score as a reliable indicator of CMA status, providing a valuable tool for detecting cellular stress in fish under environmental threats. Overall, our study offers new perspectives into understanding CMA from evolutionary and environmental contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":72341,"journal":{"name":"Autophagy reports","volume":"3 1","pages":"2403956"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11864646/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144112953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}