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ArticleMethods in enzymology2017

The Use of DQ-BSA to Monitor the Turnover of Autophagy-Associated Cargo.

L S Frost, A Dhingra, J Reyes-Reveles, K Boesze-Battaglia

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Article in Methods in enzymology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L S FrostSDM, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
A DhingraSDM, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
J Reyes-RevelesSDM, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
K Boesze-BattagliaSDM, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States. Electronic address: battagli@upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Scientific TransparencyP30EY001583 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Qi N Cui · 1985 to 2026
$19.5M
Vision Research Core at UCLAP30EY000331 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Gregory Darin Field, DAVID S WILLIAMS · 1985 to 2026
$16.8M
MEMBRANE FUSION IN RETINAL ROD OUTER SEGMENTSR01EY010420 · NEI · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-SCH OSTEOPATHIC MED · PI BOESZE-BATTAGLIA, KATHLEEN · 1999 to 2016
$4.7M
Recycling of Metabolites from Ingested Outer Segments Supports Visual FunctionR01EY026525 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BOESZE-BATTAGLIA, KATHLEEN, PHILP, NANCY JEAN · 2016 to 2023
$3.4M
Lysosomal maturation during periodontal infectionsR01DE022465 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BOESZE-BATTAGLIA, KATHLEEN · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
MEMBRANE FUSION IN RETINAL ROD OUTER SEGMENTSR29EY010420 · NEI · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-SCH OSTEOPATHIC MED · PI BOESZE-BATTAGLIA, KATHLEEN B · 1994 to 1998
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is increasing evidence documenting the critical role played by autophagic and autophagy-associated processes in maintaining cell homeostasis and overall systemic health. Autophagy is considered a degradative as well as a recycling pathway that relies on encapsulated intracellular components trafficking to and fusing with degradative compartments, including lysosomes. In this chapter, we describe the use of DQ™-BSA to study autophagosome-lysosome fusion as well as a means by which to analyze hybrid autophagic pathways. Such noncanonical pathways include LC3-associated phagocytosis, better known as LAP. Both autophagosomes and LAPosomes (LC3-associated phagosomes) deliver cargo for degradation. The use of fluorescent DQ™-BSA in conjugation with autophagic makers and biomarkers of hybrid autophagy offers a reliable technique to monitor the formation of autolysosomes and LAPo-lysosomes in both fixed- and live-cell studies. This technique relies on cleavage of the self-quenched DQ™ Green- or DQ™ Red BSA protease substrates in an acidic compartment to generate a highly fluorescent product.

Indexed as

AutophagyAutophagosomesBoron CompoundsCell LineEpithelial CellsFluorescent DyesHumansLysosomesMicroscopy, ConfocalMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMolecular BiologySerum Albumin, Bovine4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indaceneBoron CompoundsFluorescent DyesMAP1LC3A protein, humanMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsSerum Albumin, BovineAutolysosomeCargo degradationDQ™-BSAEndolysosomeLC3-associated phagocytosisLysosome

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PMID28253971
PMCPMC5338641
OpenAlexW2554675960

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