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ArticleMolecular cell2020

Loss of TAX1BP1-Directed Autophagy Results in Protein Aggregate Accumulation in the Brain.

Shireen A Sarraf, Hetal V Shah, Gil Kanfer, Alicia M Pickrell, Lynne A Holtzclaw, Michael E Ward, Richard J Youle

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Article in Molecular cell, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 90 papers.

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90citing papers in PubMed
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

90 citing papers in PubMed, 145 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shireen A SarrafBiochemistry Section, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: shireen.sarraf@nih.gov.
Hetal V ShahBiochemistry Section, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Gil KanferBiochemistry Section, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Alicia M PickrellSchool of Neuroscience, College of Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
Lynne A HoltzclawMicroscopy and Imaging Core, Office of the Scientific Director, Intramural Research Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Michael E WardBiochemistry Section, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Richard J YouleBiochemistry Section, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. Electronic address: youler@ninds.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · USVirginia Tech · US

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

Protein aggregates disrupt cellular homeostasis, causing toxicity linked to neurodegeneration. Selective autophagic elimination of aggregates is critical to protein quality control, but how aggregates are selectively targeted for degradation is unclear. We compared the requirements for autophagy receptor proteins: OPTN, NBR1, p62, NDP52, and TAX1BP1 in clearance of proteotoxic aggregates. Endogenous TAX1BP1 is recruited to and required for the clearance of stress-induced aggregates, whereas ectopic expression of TAX1BP1 increases clearance through autophagy, promoting viability of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons. In contrast, TAX1BP1 depletion sensitizes cells to several forms of aggregate-induced proteotoxicity. Furthermore, TAX1BP1 is more specifically expressed in the brain compared to other autophagy receptor proteins. In vivo, loss of TAX1BP1 results in accumulation of high molecular weight ubiquitin conjugates and premature lipofuscin accumulation in brains of young TAX1BP1 knockout mice. TAX1BP1 mediates clearance of a broad range of cytotoxic proteins indicating therapeutic potential in neurodegenerative diseases.

Indexed as

AutophagyAnimalsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBrainFemaleHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLipofuscinMaleMiceMice, KnockoutNeoplasm ProteinsNeurodegenerative DiseasesProtein Aggregation, PathologicalApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLipofuscinNeoplasm ProteinsTax1-binding protein 1, ratTAX1BP1 protein, humanTAX1BP1 protein, mouseUbiquitinaggregateaggrephagyautophagy receptorHuntington’s diseaseOPTNp62proteostasisproteotoxic stressselective autophagyubiquitin

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PMID33207181
PMCPMC7771836
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