Karow, Malte and Fischer, Sarah and Meßling, Susanne and Konertz, Roman and Riehl, Jana and Xiong, Qiuhong and Rijal, Ramesh and Wagle, Prerana and Clemen, Christoph S. and Eichinger, Ludwig (2020) Functional Characterisation of the Autophagy ATG12~5/16 Complex in Dictyostelium discoideum. Cells, 9 (5), p. 1179. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). doi: 10.3390/cells9051179. ISSN 2073-4409.
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Abstract
Macroautophagy, a highly conserved and complex intracellular degradative pathway, involves more than 20 core autophagy (ATG) proteins, among them the hexameric ATG12~5/16 complex, which is part of the essential ubiquitin-like conjugation systems in autophagy. Dictyostelium discoideum atg5 single, atg5/12 double, and atg5/12/16 triple gene knock-out mutant strains displayed similar defects in the conjugation of ATG8 to phosphatidylethanolamine, development, and cell viability upon nitrogen starvation. This implies that ATG5, 12 and 16 act as a functional unit in canonical autophagy. Macropinocytosis of TRITC dextran and phagocytosis of yeast were significantly decreased in ATG5¯ and ATG5¯/12¯ and even further in ATG5¯/12¯/16¯ cells. In contrast, plaque growth on Klebsiella aerogenes was about twice as fast for ATG5¯ and ATG5¯/12¯/16¯ cells in comparison to AX2, but strongly decreased for ATG5¯/12¯ cells. Along this line, phagocytic uptake of Escherichia coli was significantly reduced in ATG5¯/12¯ cells, while no difference in uptake, but a strong increase in membrane association of E. coli, was seen for ATG5¯ and ATG5¯/12¯/16¯ cells. Proteasomal activity was also disturbed in a complex fashion, consistent with an inhibitory activity of ATG16 in the absence of ATG5 and/or ATG12. Our results confirm the essential function of the ATG12~5/16 complex in canonical autophagy, and furthermore are consistent with autophagy-independent functions of the complex and its individual components. They also strongly support the placement of autophagy upstream of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), as a fully functional UPS depends on autophagy.
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Title: | Functional Characterisation of the Autophagy ATG12~5/16 Complex in Dictyostelium discoideum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 9 May 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Cells | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/cells9051179 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | p. 1179 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2073-4409 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | ATG12~5/16 complex; autophagy; Dictyostelium; ubiquitin-like protein; phagocytosis; pinocytosis; proteasome; UPS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | Research under Space Conditions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Raumfahrt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | R FR - Research under Space Conditions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | R - Vorhaben Systemphysiologie (old) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Köln-Porz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Aerospace Medicine > Muscle and Bone Metabolism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Arndt, Carina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 03 Sep 2020 15:14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2020 04:35 |
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