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ArticleNature communications2023

A mechanism that ensures non-selective cytoplasm degradation by autophagy.

Tetsuya Kotani, Yuji Sakai, Hiromi Kirisako, Chika Kakuta, Soichiro Kakuta, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Hitoshi Nakatogawa

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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, 27 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 2 countries.

Tetsuya KotaniCell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan.
Yuji SakaiDepartment of Biosystems Science, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2184-4304
Hiromi KirisakoCell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan.
Chika KakutaCell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan.
Soichiro KakutaLaboratory of Morphology and Image Analysis, Biomedical Research Core Facilities, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9434-4944
Yoshinori OhsumiCell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-2166
Hitoshi NakatogawaCell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan. hnakatogawa@bio.titech.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5828-0741
Tokyo Institute of Technology · JPJuntendo University · JPKyoto University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In autophagy, a membrane cisterna called the isolation membrane expands, bends, becomes spherical, and closes to sequester cytoplasmic constituents into the resulting double-membrane vesicle autophagosome for lysosomal/vacuolar degradation. Here, we discover a mechanism that allows the isolation membrane to expand with a large opening to ensure non-selective cytoplasm sequestration within the autophagosome. A sorting nexin complex that localizes to the opening edge of the isolation membrane plays a critical role in this process. Without the complex, the isolation membrane expands with a small opening that prevents the entry of particles larger than about 25 nm, including ribosomes and proteasomes, although autophagosomes of nearly normal size eventually form. This study sheds light on membrane morphogenesis during autophagosome formation and selectivity in autophagic degradation.

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AutophagosomesAutophagyCytosolMacroautophagyRibosomes

Identifiers

PMID37726301
PMCPMC10509180
OpenAlexW4386863589

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