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Autophagy machinery mediates macroendocytic processing and entotic cell death by targeting single membranes

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Florey, Oliver, Kim, Sung Eun, Sandoval, Cynthia P., Haynes, Cole M., Overholtzer, Michael·2011·Nature Cell Biology

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Autophagy normally involves the formation of double-membrane autophagosomes that mediate bulk cytoplasmic and organelle degradation. Here we report the modification of single-membrane vacuoles in cells by autophagy proteins. LC3 (Light chain 3) a component of autophagosomes, is recruited to single-membrane entotic vacuoles, macropinosomes and phagosomes harbouring apoptotic cells, in a manner dependent on the lipidation machinery including ATG5 and ATG7, and the class III phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase VPS34. These downstream components of the autophagy machinery, but not the upstream mammalian Tor (mTor)-regulated ULK-ATG13-FIP200 complex, facilitate lysosome fusion to single membranes and the degradation of internalized cargo. For entosis, a live-cell-engulfment program, the autophagy-protein-dependent fusion of lysosomes to vacuolar membranes leads to the death of internalized cells. As pathogen-containing phagosomes can be targeted in a similar manner, the death of epithelial cells by this mechanism mimics pathogen destruction. These data demonstrate that proteins of the autophagy pathway can target single-membrane vacuoles in cells in the absence of pathogenic organisms.

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  • The internalised cell in a phagosome is decorated by LC3 and itself undergoes programmed cell death.

    “The internalised cell in a phagosome is shown to be decorated by LC3 and itself undergoes programmed cell death [12].”

    From LC3-Associated Phagocytosis (LAP): Connections with Host Autophagy (2012) · cites this paper as [12]

    The Introduction says LC3 is recruited to the entotic vacuole membrane surrounding an internalized cell, and that the cell is subsequently killed by its host. The Results section on apoptotic cell phagosomes likewise places LC3 on the phagosome membrane, not on the internalized cell itself. Thus the claim captures LC3 recruitment and cell death but misidentifies what LC3 decorates. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Micropinosomes and endocytic vesicles filled with extracellular fluid also recruited LC3.

    “The same report also demonstrated that micropinosomes, and endocytic vesicles filled with extracellular fluid, also recruited LC3 [12].”

    From LC3-Associated Phagocytosis (LAP): Connections with Host Autophagy (2012) · cites this paper as [12]

    The Results section, “Macropinosomes recruit LC3” (page unavailable), reports GFP-LC3 recruitment to about 50% of macropinosomes. The cited paper says macropinosomes, not micropinosomes; its macropinosome assays used vesicles labeled with dextran added to the culture medium. (LLM, conf=0.89)

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  • LC3 can be recruited to single-membrane phagosomes in a process termed LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP).

    “Recently, it has been demonstrated that LC3 can be recruited to other membranes including single-membrane phagosomes, in a process termed LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP).”
  • In LAP, LC3 is recruited directly to the single-membrane phagosome, distinct from conventional autophagy where LC3 is incorporated into the double-membrane autophagosome.

    “In LAP, distinct from the conventional autophagic pathway where LC3 is incorporated into the double-membrane autophagosome, LC3 is recruited directly to the single-membrane phagosome [12,16,18].”
  • Some components of the macroautophagy apparatus, including LC3, ATG5, ATG7, and VPS34, are recruited to the cytosolic side of entotic cell-containing vesicles and promote their fusion with lysosomes in the absence of bona fide autophagosome formation.

    “some (but not all) components of the macroautophagy apparatus, including microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3 beta (MAP1LC3B; best known as LC3), autophagy related 5 (ATG5), ATG7, and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit type 3 (PIK3C3; best known as VPS34) are recruited to the cytosolic side of entotic cell-containing vesicles and promote their fusion with lysosomes (in the”

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Authors
Florey, O., Kim, S. E., Sandoval, C. P., Haynes, C. M., & Overholtzer, M.
Affiliations
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
  • University of Arizona (US)
Corresponding author
Overholtzer, Michael
Venue
Nature Cell Biology
Published
2011-10-16
Volume
13
Issue
11
Pages
1335-1343
ISSN
  • 1465-7392 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4679
OpenAlex
W2018418660
Cited by
459
References
65
Citations by year
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FWCI
22.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (R01CA154649, CA154649)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular transport and secretion
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
Keywords
autophagy, entosis, macropinosomes, phagosome, LC3, ATG5, ATG7, Vps34, class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, lysosome fusion, apoptotic cell engulfment, epithelial cell death, autophagosome formation
MeSH terms
Autophagy-Related Protein 5, Autophagy-Related Protein 7, Autophagy, Endocytosis, Humans, Intracellular Membranes, Lysosomes, Membrane Fusion, Microtubule-Associated Proteins, Time Factors, Transfection, Vacuoles, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, RNA Interference, Ubiquitin-Activating Enzymes, Cell Line, Tumor, Papillomavirus E7 Proteins, Class III Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases

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