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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2020

STING induces LC3B lipidation onto single-membrane vesicles via the V-ATPase and ATG16L1-WD40 domain.

Tara D Fischer, Chunxin Wang, Benjamin S Padman, Michael Lazarou, Richard J Youle

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers.

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139citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

139 citing papers in PubMed, 191 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tara D FischerBiochemistry Section, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Chunxin WangBiochemistry Section, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Benjamin S PadmanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Michael LazarouDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Richard J YouleBiochemistry Section, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
National Institutes of Health · USAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute · AU

Funding

Mechanisms of AutophagyZIANS003127 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI YOULE, RICHARD JAMES · 2011 to 2025
$16.7M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA NS003127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Following the detection of cytosolic double-stranded DNA from viral or bacterial infection in mammalian cells, cyclic dinucleotide activation of STING induces interferon β expression to initiate innate immune defenses. STING activation also induces LC3B lipidation, a classical but equivocal marker of autophagy, that promotes a cell-autonomous antiviral response that arose before evolution of the interferon pathway. We report that STING activation induces LC3B lipidation onto single-membrane perinuclear vesicles mediated by ATG16L1 via its WD40 domain, bypassing the requirement of canonical upstream autophagy machinery. This process is blocked by bafilomycin A1 that binds and inhibits the vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase) and by SopF, a bacterial effector that catalytically modifies the V-ATPase to inhibit LC3B lipidation via ATG16L1. These results indicate that activation of the cGAS-STING pathway induces V-ATPase-dependent LC3B lipidation that may mediate cell-autonomous host defense, an unanticipated mechanism that is distinct from LC3B lipidation onto double-membrane autophagosomes.

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LipoylationAnimalsAutophagyAutophagy-Related ProteinsCell-Derived MicroparticlesCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseHeLa CellsHumansMembrane ProteinsMiceMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesProtein DomainsSignal TransductionSTING ProteinVacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPasesATG16L1 protein, humanAtg16l1 protein, mouseAutophagy-Related ProteinscGAS protein, humancGAS protein, mouseCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseMAP1LC3B protein, humanMap1lc3b protein, mouseMembrane ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesSTING1 protein, humanSting1 protein, mouseSTING ProteinVacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases

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PMID33201170
PMCPMC7716379
OpenAlexW3105265817

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