Mechanisms of autophagy–lysosome dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases

RA Nixon, DC Rubinsztein - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Autophagy is a lysosome-based degradative process used to recycle obsolete cellular
constituents and eliminate damaged organelles and aggregate-prone proteins. Their …

The molecular basis of nutrient sensing and signalling by mTORC1 in metabolism regulation and disease

C Goul, R Peruzzo, R Zoncu - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Ser/Thr kinase mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a central regulator of
cellular metabolism. As part of mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1), mTOR integrates signals such …

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 …

Autophagy promotes immune evasion of pancreatic cancer by degrading MHC-I

K Yamamoto, A Venida, J Yano, DE Biancur… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Immune evasion is a major obstacle for cancer treatment. Common mechanisms of evasion
include impaired antigen presentation caused by mutations or loss of heterozygosity of the …

mTOR at the nexus of nutrition, growth, ageing and disease

GY Liu, DM Sabatini - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
The mTOR pathway integrates a diverse set of environmental cues, such as growth factor
signals and nutritional status, to direct eukaryotic cell growth. Over the past two and a half …

Lysosome biogenesis: Regulation and functions

C Yang, X Wang - Journal of Cell Biology, 2021 - rupress.org
Lysosomes are degradation centers and signaling hubs in cells and play important roles in
cellular homeostasis, development, and aging. Changes in lysosome function are essential …

Lysosome biology in autophagy

WWY Yim, N Mizushima - Cell discovery, 2020 - nature.com
Autophagy is a major intracellular degradation system that derives its degradative abilities
from the lysosome. The most well-studied form of autophagy is macroautophagy, which …

AMPK and TOR: the yin and yang of cellular nutrient sensing and growth control

A González, MN Hall, SC Lin, DG Hardie - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
The AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) and TOR (target-of-rapamycin) pathways are
interlinked, opposing signaling pathways involved in sensing availability of nutrients and …

Lysosomal dysfunction in Down syndrome and Alzheimer mouse models is caused by v-ATPase inhibition by Tyr682-phosphorylated APP βCTF

E Im, Y Jiang, PH Stavrides, S Darji… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Lysosome dysfunction arises early and propels Alzheimer's disease (AD). Herein, we show
that amyloid precursor protein (APP), linked to early-onset AD in Down syndrome (DS), acts …

Mechanisms and functions of long non-coding RNAs at multiple regulatory levels

X Zhang, W Wang, W Zhu, J Dong, Y Cheng… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Long non-coding (lnc) RNAs are non-coding RNAs longer than 200 nt. lncRNAs primarily
interact with mRNA, DNA, protein, and miRNA and consequently regulate gene expression …