Frudd, K;
Burgoyne, T;
Burgoyne, JR;
(2018)
Oxidation of Atg3 and Atg7 mediates inhibition of autophagy.
Nature Communications
, 9
, Article 95. 10.1038/s41467-017-02352-z.
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Abstract
Macroautophagy (autophagy) is a crucial cellular stress response for degrading defective macromolecules and organelles, as well as providing bioenergetic intermediates during hypoxia and nutrient deprivation. Here we report a thiol-dependent process that may account for impaired autophagy during aging. This is through direct oxidation of key autophagy-related (Atg) proteins Atg3 and Atg7. When inactive Atg3 and Atg7 are protected from oxidation due to stable covalent interaction with their substrate LC3. This interaction becomes transient upon activation of Atg3 and Atg7 due to transfer of LC3 to phosphatidylethanolamine (lipidation), a process crucial for functional autophagy. However, loss in covalent-bound LC3 also sensitizes the catalytic thiols of Atg3 and Atg7 to inhibitory oxidation that prevents LC3 lipidation, observed in vitro and in mouse aorta. Here findings provide a thiol-dependent process for negatively regulating autophagy that may contribute to the process of aging, as well as therapeutic targets to regulate autophagosome maturation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Oxidation of Atg3 and Atg7 mediates inhibition of autophagy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-017-02352-z |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02352-z |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Oxidant-Induced Activation, Conjugation System, Hydrogen-Peroxide, Cell-Death, Stress, Lipidation, Starvation, Apoptosis, Membrane, Biology |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10050812 |
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