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ArticleAutophagy2013

Multilevel regulation of autophagosome content by ethanol oxidation in HepG2 cells.

Paul G Thomes, Rebecca A Ehlers, Casey S Trambly, Dahn L Clemens, Howard S Fox, Dean J Tuma, Terrence M Donohue

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Article in Autophagy, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Paul G ThomesLiver Study Unit, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System (NWIHCS), Omaha, NE, USA. pthomes@unmc.edu
Rebecca A Ehlers
Casey S Trambly
Dahn L Clemens
Howard S Fox
Dean J Tuma
Terrence M Donohue
University of Nebraska at Omaha · USUnité de Nutrition Humaine · FRVA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System · US

Funding

Molecular Aspects of CNS Dysfunction Due to SIV/HIVR01MH073490 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI FOX, HOWARD S · 2005 to 2014
$3.9M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH073490
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute and chronic ethanol administration increase autophagic vacuole (i.e., autophagosome; AV) content in liver cells. This enhancement depends on ethanol oxidation. Here, we used parental (nonmetabolizing) and recombinant (ethanol-metabolizing) Hep G2 cells to identify the ethanol metabolite that causes AV enhancement by quantifying AVs or their marker protein, microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3-II (LC3-II). The ethanol-elicited rise in LC3-II was dependent on ethanol dose, was seen only in cells that expressed alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and was augmented in cells that coexpressed cytochrome CYP2E1 (P450 2E1). Furthermore, the rise in LC3-II was inversely related to a decline in proteasome activity. AV flux measurements and colocalization of AVs with lysosomes or their marker protein Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1 (LAMP1) in ethanol-metabolizing VL-17A cells (ADH (+) /CYP2E1 (+) ) revealed that ethanol exposure not only enhanced LC3-II synthesis but also decreased its degradation. Ethanol-induced accumulation of LC3-II in these cells was similar to that induced by the microtubule inhibitor, nocodazole. After we treated cells with either 4-methylpyrazole to block ethanol oxidation or GSH-EE to scavenge reactive species, there was no enhancement of LC3-II by ethanol. Furthermore, regardless of their ethanol-metabolizing capacity, direct exposure of cells to acetaldehyde enhanced LC3-II content. We conclude that both ADH-generated acetaldehyde and CYP2E1-generated primary and secondary oxidants caused LC3-II accumulation, which rose not only from enhanced AV biogenesis, but also from decreased LC3 degradation by the proteasome and by lysosomes.

Indexed as

AcetaldehydeAutophagyEthanolFomepizoleGlutathioneHepatocytesHep G2 CellsHumansLysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1Lysosomal Membrane ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsModels, BiologicalOxidation-ReductionPhagosomesPyrazolesRNA, MessengerAcetaldehydeEthanolFomepizoleGlutathioneLAMP1 protein, humanLysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1Lysosomal Membrane ProteinsMAP1LC3A protein, humanMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsPyrazolesRNA, MessengerS-ethyl glutathione

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PMID23090141
PMCPMC3542219
OpenAlexW2017379742

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