Wipi3 is essential for alternative autophagy and its loss causes neurodegeneration

Hirofumi Yamaguchi, Shinya Honda, Satoru Torii, Kimiko Shimizu, Kaoru Katoh, Koichi Miyake, Noriko Miyake, Nobuhiro Fujikake, Hajime Tajima Sakurai, Satoko Arakawa*, Shigeomi Shimizu*

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研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Alternative autophagy is an Atg5/Atg7-independent type of autophagy that contributes to various physiological events. We here identify Wipi3 as a molecule essential for alternative autophagy, but which plays minor roles in canonical autophagy. Wipi3 binds to Golgi membranes and is required for the generation of isolation membranes. We establish neuron-specific Wipi3-deficient mice, which show behavioral defects, mainly as a result of cerebellar neuronal loss. The accumulation of iron and ceruloplasmin is also found in the neuronal cells. These abnormalities are suppressed by the expression of Dram1, which is another crucial molecule for alternative autophagy. Although Atg7-deficient mice show similar phenotypes to Wipi3-deficient mice, electron microscopic analysis shows that they have completely different subcellular morphologies, including the morphology of organelles. Furthermore, most Atg7/Wipi3 double-deficient mice are embryonic lethal, indicating that Wipi3 functions to maintain neuronal cells via mechanisms different from those of canonical autophagy.

本文言語英語
論文番号5311
ジャーナルNature Communications
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DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2020/12/01

ASJC Scopus 主題領域

  • 化学一般
  • 生化学、遺伝学、分子生物学一般
  • 物理学および天文学一般

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