Emerging roles of ATG7 in human health and disease

JJ Collier, F Suomi, M Oláhová… - EMBO molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
The cardinal stages of macroautophagy are driven by core autophagy‐related (ATG)
proteins, whose ablation largely abolishes intracellular turnover. Disrupting ATG genes is …

Molecular regulation of autophagosome formation

Y Hu, F Reggiori - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Macroautophagy, hereafter autophagy, is a degradative process conserved among
eukaryotes, which is essential to maintain cellular homeostasis. Defects in autophagy lead …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagy-driven regulation of cisplatin response in human cancers: exploring molecular and cell death dynamics

Y Yang, L Liu, Y Tian, M Gu, Y Wang, M Ashrafizadeh… - Cancer letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the challenges posed by drug resistance and side effects, chemotherapy remains a
pivotal strategy in cancer treatment. A key issue in this context is macroautophagy …

ATG16L1 induces the formation of phagophore-like membrane cups

J Mohan, SB Moparthi, C Girard-Blanc… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
The hallmark of non-selective autophagy is the formation of cup-shaped phagophores that
capture bulk cytoplasm. The process is accompanied by the conjugation of LC3B to …

[HTML][HTML] Ubiquitination of phosphatidylethanolamine in organellar membranes

J Sakamaki, KL Ode, Y Kurikawa, HR Ueda… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
The covalent conjugation of ubiquitin family proteins is a widespread post-translational
protein modification. In the ubiquitin family, the ATG8 subfamily is exceptional because it is …

ATG5 provides host protection acting as a switch in the atg8ylation cascade between autophagy and secretion

F Wang, R Peters, J Jia, M Mudd, M Salemi, L Allers… - Developmental cell, 2023 - cell.com
ATG5 is a part of the E3 ligase directing lipidation of ATG8 proteins, a process central to
membrane atg8ylation and canonical autophagy. Loss of Atg5 in myeloid cells causes early …

Autophagy in health and disease: From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic target

G Lu, Y Wang, Y Shi, Z Zhang, C Huang, W He… - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Macroautophagy/autophagy is an evolutionally conserved catabolic process in which
cytosolic contents, such as aggregated proteins, dysfunctional organelle, or invading …

Autophagosome membrane expansion is mediated by the N-terminus and cis-membrane association of human ATG8s

W Zhang, T Nishimura, D Gahlot, C Saito, C Davis… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Autophagy is an essential catabolic pathway which sequesters and engulfs cytosolic
substrates via autophagosomes, unique double-membraned structures. ATG8 proteins are …

Autophagy and cancer: Basic mechanisms and inhibitor development

Y Hama, Y Ogasawara, NN Noda - Cancer Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Autophagy is a lysosomal degradation system of cytoplasmic components that contributes to
cellular homeostasis through the turnover of various biomolecules and organelles, often in a …

Complete set of the Atg8–E1–E2–E3 conjugation machinery forms an interaction web that mediates membrane sha**

JM Alam, T Maruyama, D Noshiro, C Kakuta… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Atg8, a ubiquitin-like protein, is conjugated with phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) via Atg7
(E1), Atg3 (E2) and Atg12–Atg5–Atg16 (E3) enzymatic cascade and mediates autophagy …