Lysosomes as coordinators of cellular catabolism, metabolic signalling and organ physiology

C Settembre, RM Perera - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Every cell must satisfy basic requirements for nutrient sensing, utilization and recycling
through macromolecular breakdown to coordinate programmes for growth, repair and stress …

Induced protein degradation for therapeutics: past, present, and future

H Yoon, JC Rutter, YD Li… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The concept of induced protein degradation by small molecules has emerged as a
promising therapeutic strategy that is particularly effective in targeting proteins previously …

The midnolin-proteasome pathway catches proteins for ubiquitination-independent degradation

X Gu, C Nardone, N Kamitaki, A Mao, SJ Elledge… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Cells use ubiquitin to mark proteins for proteasomal degradation. Although the proteasome
also eliminates proteins that are not ubiquitinated, how this occurs mechanistically is …

LRRK2 suppresses lysosome degradative activity in macrophages and microglia through MiT-TFE transcription factor inhibition

N Yadavalli, SM Ferguson - Proceedings of the National …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Cells maintain optimal levels of lysosome degradative activity to protect against pathogens,
clear waste, and generate nutrients. Here, we show that LRRK2, a protein that is tightly …

Comparative genomics incorporating translocation renal cell carcinoma mouse model reveals molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis

G Prakasam, A Mishra, A Christie… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Translocation renal cell carcinoma (tRCC) most commonly involves an ASPSCR1-TFE3
fusion, but molecular mechanisms remain elusive and animal models are lacking. Here, we …

Emerging roles of the MiT/TFE factors in cancer

R Zoncu, RM Perera - Trends in Cancer, 2023 - cell.com
The microphthalmia/transcription factor E (MiT/TFE) transcription factors (TFs; TFEB, TFE3,
MITF, and TFEC) play a central role in cellular catabolism and quality control and are subject …

PEComa with MITF overexpression: clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of a series of 36 cases

J Hanna, E Russell-Goldman, E Baranov… - The American Journal …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasms (PEComas) are tumors of uncertain cell lineage that
occur across a wide age range, at a variety of anatomic sites, and with a female …

Genetic Encoding of Phosphorylated Amino Acids into Proteins

MC Allen, PA Karplus, RA Mehl, RB Cooley - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Reversible phosphorylation is a fundamental mechanism for controlling protein function.
Despite the critical roles phosphorylated proteins play in physiology and disease, our ability …

Identifying E3 ligase substrates with quantitative degradation proteomics

VN Jordan, A Ordureau, H An - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Controlled protein degradation by the ubiquitin‐proteasome pathway is critical for almost all
cellular processes. E3 ubiquitin ligases are responsible for targeting proteins for …

Lysosomal catabolic activity promotes the exit of murine totipotent 2-cell state by silencing early-embryonic retrotransposons

H Wu, L Cao, X Wen, J Fan, Y Wang, H Hu, S Ji… - Developmental Cell, 2024 - cell.com
During mouse preimplantation development, a subset of retrotransposons/genes are
transiently expressed in the totipotent 2-cell (2C) embryos. These 2C transcripts rapidly shut …