RRC ID 72409
著者 Velikkakath AK, Nishimura T, Oita E, Ishihara N, Mizushima N.
タイトル Mammalian Atg2 proteins are essential for autophagosome formation and important for regulation of size and distribution of lipid droplets.
ジャーナル Mol Biol Cell
Abstract Macroautophagy is an intracellular degradation system by which cytoplasmic materials are enclosed by the autophagosome and delivered to the lysosome. Autophagosome formation is considered to take place on the endoplasmic reticulum and involves functions of autophagy-related (Atg) proteins. Here, we report the identification and characterization of mammalian Atg2 homologues Atg2A and Atg2B. Simultaneous silencing of Atg2A and Atg2B causes a block in autophagic flux and accumulation of unclosed autophagic structures containing most Atg proteins. Atg2A localizes on the autophagic membrane, as well as on the surface of lipid droplets. The Atg2A region containing amino acids 1723-1829, which shows relatively high conservation among species, is required for localization to both the autophagic membrane and lipid droplet and is also essential for autophagy. Depletion of both Atg2A and Atg2B causes clustering of enlarged lipid droplets in an autophagy-independent manner. These data suggest that mammalian Atg2 proteins function both in autophagosome formation and regulation of lipid droplet morphology and dispersion.
巻・号 23(5)
ページ 896-909
公開日 2012-3-1
DOI 10.1091/mbc.E11-09-0785
PII mbc.E11-09-0785
PMID 22219374
PMC PMC3290647
MeSH Amino Acid Sequence Autophagy / genetics Autophagy / physiology* Autophagy-Related Proteins Carrier Proteins / genetics Carrier Proteins / metabolism* HeLa Cells Humans Lipids / chemistry Membrane Proteins / genetics Membrane Proteins / metabolism* Molecular Sequence Data Phagosomes / genetics Phagosomes / metabolism* Vesicular Transport Proteins
IF 3.791
リソース情報
遺伝子材料 pEGFP-C1-hATG2A (RDB19631)