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Endocytosis and Autophagy: Exploitation or Cooperation?

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Tooze, S. A., Abada, A., Elazar, Z.·2014·Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

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Autophagy is a lysosome-mediated degradative system that is a highly conserved pathway present in all eukaryotes. In all cells, double-membrane autophagosomes form and engulf cytoplasmic components, delivering them to the lysosome for degradation. Autophagy is essential for cell health and can be activated to function as a recycling pathway in the absence of nutrients or as a quality-control pathway to eliminate damaged organelles or even to eliminate invading pathogens. Autophagy was first identified as a pathway in mammalian cells using morphological techniques, but the Atg (autophagy-related) genes required for autophagy were identified in yeast genetic screens. Despite tremendous advances in elucidating the function of individual Atg proteins, our knowledge of how autophagosomes form and subsequently interact with the endosomal pathway has lagged behind. Recent progress toward understanding where and how both the endocytotic and autophagic pathways overlap is reviewed here.

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  • The mutations in the gene analyzed here are likely more disruptive of Clec16a function than alleles associated with human disease risk.

    “Importantly, the mutations in the gene analyzed here are likely more disruptive of Clec16a function than alleles associated with human disease risk12163342.”

    From Clec16a is Critical for Autolysosome Function and Purkinje Cell Survival (2016) · cites this paper as [12]

    The passages on autophagy machinery and the References section (pages not provided) do not address Clec16a mutations or human disease-risk alleles. Searches for “Clec16a” and “Clec16a mutations human disease risk” found no passage comparing their effects on Clec16a function. (LLM, conf=0.75)

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  • SNPs in CLEC16A associated with autoimmunity may correlate with either increased or decreased CLEC16A protein expression in humans.

    “single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CLEC16A that are associated with autoimmunity may correlate with either increased or decreased CLEC16A protein expression in humans”

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    Our copy discusses autophagy and membrane trafficking, including the tethering factors section, but does not address CLEC16A variants or their association with autoimmunity. Searches for CLEC16A and for autoimmunity-associated SNPs affecting CLEC16A protein expression found no relevant passage; page numbers were unavailable. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Tooze, S. A., Abada, A., & Elazar, Z.
Affiliations
  • Cancer Research UK (GB)
  • Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
Venue
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
Published
2014-05-01
Volume
6
Issue
5
Pages
a018358-a018358
ISSN
1943-0264 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2110645858
Cited by
202
References
109
Citations by year
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Type
posted content
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Cancer Research UK (15153)
  • Minerva Foundation
  • Israel Science Foundation
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 › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Physiology › Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
Keywords
autophagy, endocytosis, autophagosome formation, autophagy-related proteins, endocytic pathway, nutrient cycling, pathogen removal, autophagy-related genes
MeSH terms
Animals, Autophagy, Endocytosis, Humans, Lysosomes, Phagosomes, Endosomes, SNARE Proteins

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