We describe the role of reactive oxygen species as signaling molecules in starvation-induced autophagy
2007
Key concepts
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- Autophagy is a major pathway for delivery of proteins and organelles to lysosomes/the vacuole, where they are degraded and recycled
- To rule out the possibility that the oxidative signal associated with starvation is leading to programmed cell death, we tested the viability of cells grown under nutrient starvation conditions
- Taken together with the finding that the oxidative signal appears minutes after induction of starvation, these results suggest that H2O2 serves as a signaling molecule in the autophagic pathway, and not as part of an oxidative stress leading to PCD
- Many of the proteins involved in this process have been identified, the signal transduction pathway leading to activation of autophagy is not fully solved
- We show that starvation triggers accumulation of reactive oxygen species, most probably H2O2, which is necessary for autophagosome formation and the resulting pathway of degradation
- We found nearly 40% less of the lipidated form of GATE-16 in cells transfected with HsAtg4AC81S as compared with cells transfected with HsAtg4AWT
- We identify a direct target for oxidation by H2O2—the protease Atg4
- Redox regulation of Atg4 can provide rapid activation and inactivation of this protease, as part of the signaling pathway, leading to induction of the autophagic process
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