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TFEB Links Autophagy to Lysosomal Biogenesis

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Settembre, Carmine, Di Malta, Chiara, Polito, Vinicia Assunta, Arencibia, Moises Garcia, Vetrini, Francesco, Erdin, Serkan, Erdin, Serpil Uckac, Huynh, Tuong +5 more·2011·Science

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Starvation activates a transcriptional program controlling autophagosome formation, lysosome fusion, and substrate degradation.

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  • TFE3 and TFEB are two major members of the MiT/TFE subfamily and are well characterized as master regulators of lysosome biogenesis and autophagy.

    “Transcription factor E3 (TFE3) and transcription factor EB (TFEB) are two major members of the microphthalmia-transcription factor E (MiT/TFE) subfamily and well characterized as master regulators of lysosome biogenesis and autophagy1–4.”

    From PDCD4 triggers α-synuclein accumulation and motor deficits via co-suppressing TFE3 and TFEB translation in a model of Parkinson’s disease (2024) · cites this paper as [1]

    The Abstract (page not available in our copy) calls TFEB a master gene for lysosomal biogenesis and says it drives expression of autophagy and lysosomal genes. The paper does not establish the corresponding claim about TFE3 or identify TFE3 and TFEB as two major MiT/TFE subfamily members. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • A gene regulatory network named CLEAR (coordinated lysosomal enhancement and regulation) that controls both lysosome and autophagosome biogenesis was identified using a systems-biology approach.

    “A gene regulatory network, named CLEAR (coordinated lysosomal enhancement and regulation) that controls both lysosome and autophagosome biogenesis was identified using a systemsbiology approach.[463][464][465]”

    From Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (2012) · cites this paper as [463]

    The passage discussing CLEAR (section labeled Abstract; page unavailable) calls it the “Coordinated Lysosomal Expression and Regulation” network, not “enhancement and regulation.” The paper reports that TFEB co-regulates lysosome and autophagosome biogenesis, but it treats CLEAR as an existing network and does not say it identified the network using a systems-biology approach. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The authors identified 20 targets related to autophagy activation and validated them by qPCR: ATG10, ATG14, ATG16L1, ATG3, ATG4, ATG7, ATG9A, BCL2, GABARAP, GABARAPL1, MAP1LC3B, NBR1, OPTN, PINK1, SQSTM1, ULK1, ULK2, UVRAG, WDR45, WIPI1.

    “In a first case, starting from experimental data available in the literature, we identified 20 targets related to autophagy activation and validated them by qPCR: ATG10, ATG14, ATG16L1, ATG3, ATG4, ATG7, ATG9A, BCL2, GABARAP, GABARAPL1, MAP1LC3B, NBR1, OPTN, PINK1, SQSTM1, ULK1, ULK2, UVRAG, WDR45, WIPI1 (Fig. 2) [18–27].”

    From A gene toolbox for monitoring autophagy transcription (2021) · cites this paper as [18]

    The passage on autophagy-gene expression (section labelled Abstract; page unavailable) identifies UVRAG, WIPI, MAPLC3B and SQSTM1 as genes involved in autophagy, supporting part of the cited background for the target selection. It does not identify the citing authors’ full set of 20 targets. The sentence presents the qPCR validation as the citing authors’ own work, not as a result of this source. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • TFEB pathway is unaltered in response to hα-Syn in microglia, as shown by lack of change in nuclear TFEB intensity.

    “NRF2 or TFEB pathways were unaltered as shown by the lack of change in the level of NQO-1 and HO-1, two major targets of NRF2, or the intensity of nuclear TFEB in response to hα-Syn46,47 (Supplementary Fig. 4i, j).”
  • TFEB activity is regulated by starvation, and can thus serve as a new tool for monitoring transcriptional regulation connected with autophagy.

    “TFEB activity is regulated by starvation, 463 and can thus serve as a new tool for monitoring transcriptional regulation connected with autophagy.”

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Authors
Settembre, C., Di Malta, C., Polito, V. A., Arencibia, M. G., Vetrini, F., Erdin, S., Erdin, S. U., Huynh, T., Medina, D., Colella, P., Sardiello, M., Rubinsztein, D. C., & Ballabio, A.
Affiliations
  • Baylor College of Medicine (US)
  • Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy.
  • Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Council Building, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK.
  • Telethon Institute Of Genetics And Medicine (IT)
  • Addenbrooke's Hospital (GB)
Corresponding author
Ballabio, Andrea
Venue
Science
Published
2011-06-17
Volume
332
Issue
6036
Pages
1429-1433
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W1975200363
Cited by
3,365
References
33
Citations by year
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FWCI
73.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Acceda (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS078072)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P30HD024064)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Physiology › Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular transport and secretion
Keywords
TFEB, autophagy, lysosomal biogenesis, starvation, autophagosome-lysosome fusion, autophagosome formation, substrate degradation, serine phosphorylation, ERK2, mitogen-activated protein kinase, nutrient sensing, transcriptional regulation, nuclear localization
MeSH terms
Animals, Autophagy, Cell Nucleus, Cells, Cultured, Chlorocebus aethiops, Cytoplasm, Gene Expression Regulation, HeLa Cells, Humans, Liver, Lysosomes, Mice, Transgenic, Microtubule-Associated Proteins, Phagosomes, Phosphorylation, Transcription, Genetic, Up-Regulation, COS Cells, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1, MAP Kinase Signaling System, Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, RNA Interference, Mice, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors

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