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ArticleAutophagy2021

EIF4A3: a gatekeeper of autophagy.

Despoina Sakellariou, Lisa B Frankel

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Article in Autophagy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 32 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Despoina SakellariouDanish Cancer Society Research Center, RNA and Autophagy Group, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lisa B FrankelDanish Cancer Society Research Center, RNA and Autophagy Group, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7249-3607
Danish Cancer Society · DKUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

EIF4A3 (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A3) is an RNA helicase and core component of the exon junction complex. While this RNA-binding protein (RBP) is well-characterized for its crucial roles in splicing, RNA trafficking and nonsense-mediated decay, its role in the regulation of metabolic signaling pathways remains elusive. In a recent study, we describe a new role for EIF4A3 as a negative regulator of macroautophagy/autophagy. Mechanistically, we report that EIF4A3, through its ability to safeguard splicing, can maintain low basal levels of autophagy through the cytosolic retention of the key autophagy transcription factor TFEB. Upon EIF4A3 depletion, the shuttling of TFEB to the nucleus results in an integrated transcriptional response, which induces both early and late steps of the autophagy pathway and enhances autophagic flux. We further report the upregulation of EIF4A3 across multiple cancer types and highlight the relevance of this newly identified EIF4A3-TFEB signaling axis in human tumors.

Indexed as

DEAD-box RNA HelicasesEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4AAutophagyBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsHumansRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA SplicingBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsDEAD-box RNA HelicasesEIF4A3 protein, humanEukaryotic Initiation Factor-4ARNA-Binding ProteinsAutophagy regulationcancerEIF4A3exon skippingGSK3BRNA-binding proteinsTFEB

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PMID34643458
PMCPMC8726629
OpenAlexW3207086014

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