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ArticleNature communications2023

Rab41-mediated ESCRT machinery repairs membrane rupture by a bacterial toxin in xenophagy.

Takashi Nozawa, Hirotaka Toh, Junpei Iibushi, Kohei Kogai, Atsuko Minowa-Nozawa, Junko Satoh, Shinji Ito, Kazunori Murase, Ichiro Nakagawa

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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 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Restricted MHC-II trafficking inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  5. ESCRT-III function in membrane fission and repair.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Takashi NozawaDepartment of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1822-5553
Hirotaka TohDepartment of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
Junpei IibushiDepartment of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
Kohei KogaiDepartment of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
Atsuko Minowa-NozawaDepartment of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
Junko SatohMedical Research Support Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
Shinji ItoMedical Research Support Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
Kazunori MuraseDepartment of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
Ichiro NakagawaDepartment of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan. nakagawa.ichiro.7w@kyoto-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6552-1702
Kyoto University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Xenophagy, a type of selective autophagy, is a bactericidal membrane trafficking that targets cytosolic bacterial pathogens, but the membrane homeostatic system to cope with bacterial infection in xenophagy is not known. Here, we show that the endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT) machinery is needed to maintain homeostasis of xenophagolysosomes damaged by a bacterial toxin, which is regulated through the TOM1L2-Rab41 pathway that recruits AAA-ATPase VPS4. We screened Rab GTPases and identified Rab41 as critical for maintaining the acidification of xenophagolysosomes. Confocal microscopy revealed that ESCRT components were recruited to the entire xenophagolysosome, and this recruitment was inhibited by intrabody expression against bacterial cytolysin, indicating that ESCRT targets xenophagolysosomes in response to a bacterial toxin. Rab41 translocates to damaged autophagic membranes via adaptor protein TOM1L2 and recruits VPS4 to complete ESCRT-mediated membrane repair in a unique GTPase-independent manner. Finally, we demonstrate that the TOM1L2-Rab41 pathway-mediated ESCRT is critical for the efficient clearance of bacteria through xenophagy.

Indexed as

Bacterial ToxinsEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular ActivitiesAutophagyHeLa CellsHumansMacroautophagyrab GTP-Binding ProteinsATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular ActivitiesBacterial ToxinsEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportRAB41 protein, humanrab GTP-Binding Proteins

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PMID37802980
PMCPMC10558455
OpenAlexW4387406967

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