Quality control mechanisms that protect nuclear envelope identity and function

PJ Mannino, CP Lusk - Journal of Cell Biology, 2022 - rupress.org
The nuclear envelope (NE) is a specialization of the endoplasmic reticulum with distinct
biochemistry that defines inner and outer membranes connected at a pore membrane that …

Autophagy as a caretaker of nuclear integrity

E Boyle, F Wilfling - FEBS letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their essential functions, dysregulation of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) is strongly
associated with numerous human diseases, including neurodegeneration and cancer. On a …

ESCRT mediates micronucleophagy and macronucleophagy in yeast

MN Tasnin, Y Takahashi, T Takuma… - … and Biophysical Research …, 2025 - Elsevier
Endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) is required for maintenance of
nuclear functions and prevention of neurodegenerative diseases. The budding yeast …

The yeast VAPs Scs2 and Scs22 are required for NVJ integrity and micronucleophagy

MIN Manik, MN Tasnin, T Takuma… - … and Biophysical Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microautophagy degrades cargos in the vacuole by direct engulfment of the vacuolar
membrane. Micronucleophagy selectively degrades a portion of the nucleus in budding …

Nuclear ESCRT is involved in intranuclear protein quality control by micronucleophagy

MN Tasnin, Y Takahashi, T Takuma… - … and Biophysical Research …, 2025 - Elsevier
Intranuclear protein quality control (PQC) is critical for protein homeostasis (or proteostasis)
in non-dividing cells including brain nerve cells, but its molecular mechanism remains …

Vacuole membrane contact sites regulate liquid‐ordered domain formation during glucose starvation

K Sakuragi, P Schlarmann, A Ikeda, K Funato - FEBS letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid‐ordered (Lo) membrane domains have been proposed to play important roles in a
wide variety of biological processes, such as protein sorting and cell signaling. However, the …

Vacuolar fragmentation promotes fluxes of microautophagy and micronucleophagy but not of macroautophagy

T Takuma, T Ushimaru - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Vacuoles and lysosomes are organelles involved in the degradation of cytoplasmic proteins
and organelles. Vacuolar morphology is dynamically regulated by fission and fusion in …

Sorting nexin Mdm1/SNX14 regulates nucleolar dynamics at the NVJ after TORC1 inactivation

T Sharmin, T Takuma, S Morshed… - … and Biophysical Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
The degradation of nucleolar proteins–nucleophagy–is elicited by nutrient starvation or the
inactivation of target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) protein kinase in budding yeast. Prior …

A Mechanism for the Autophagic Degradation of Nuclear Components

PJ Mannino - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Maintenance of organelle homeostasis is crucial for cellular function and viability and the
inability of cells to maintain organelle homeostasis is a major driver of age-related diseases …