Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17786020›Full record

ArticleAutophagy

Tipping the delicate balance: defining how proteasome maturation affects the degradation of a substrate for autophagy and endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation (ERAD).

Jeffrey L Brodsky, Craig M Scott

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Autophagy. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Proteostasis: a new therapeutic paradigm for pulmonary disease.Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society · 2011
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jeffrey L BrodskyDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
Craig M Scott
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

ER Associated Degradation of Membrane Proteins in YeastR01GM075061 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BRODSKY, JEFFREY L. · 2006 to 2019
$3.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM75061NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM075061
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An increasing body of data links endoplasmic reticulum (ER) function to autophagy. Not surprisingly, then, some aberrant proteins in the ER can be destroyed either via ER associated degradation (ERAD), which is proteasome-mediated, or via autophagy. One such substrate is the "Z" variant of the alpha-1 protease inhibitor (A1Pi), variably known as A1Pi-Z or AT-Z ("anti-trypsin, Z variant"). The wild type protein is primarily synthesized in the liver and is secreted. In contrast, AT-Z, like other ERAD substrates, is retro-translocated from the ER and delivered to the proteasome. However, AT-Z can form high molecular weight polymers that are degraded via autophagy, and cells that accumulate AT-Z polymers ultimately succumb, which leads to liver disease. Therefore, identifying genes that have an impact AT-Z turnover represents an active area of research. To this end, a yeast expression system for AT-Z has proven valuable. For example, a recent study using this system indicates that the activity of a proteasome assembly chaperone (PAC) is critical for maximal AT-Z turnover, which suggests a new role for PACs. Because PACs are conserved, it will be critical to analyze whether these dedicated chaperones are implicated in other diseases associated with ERAD and autophagy.

Indexed as

alpha 1-AntitrypsinAnimalsAutophagyEndoplasmic ReticulumHumansModels, BiologicalMolecular ChaperonesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein SubunitsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSubstrate Specificityalpha 1-AntitrypsinMolecular ChaperonesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein Subunits

Identifiers

PMID17786020
PMCPMC2654318
OpenAlexW2004685417

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.