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ArticleAutophagy2025

Impaired degradation of PLCG1 by chaperone-mediated autophagy promotes cellular senescence and intervertebral disc degeneration.

Zhangrong Cheng, Weikang Gan, Qian Xiang, Kangcheng Zhao, Haiyang Gao, Yuhang Chen, Pengzhi Shi, Anran Zhang, Gaocai Li, Yu Song and 3 more

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Article in Autophagy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Advances in the study of macrophage polarization in intervertebral disc degeneration.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Zhangrong ChengDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0155-7420
Weikang GanDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Qian XiangDepartment of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Kangcheng ZhaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Haiyang GaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Yuhang ChenDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Pengzhi ShiDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Anran ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Gaocai LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Yu SongDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Xiaobo FengDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Cao YangDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Yukun ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4487-9988

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defects in chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) are associated with cellular senescence, but the mechanism remains poorly understood. Here, we found that CMA inhibition induced cellular senescence in a calcium-dependent manner and identified its role in TNF-induced senescence of nucleus pulposus cells (NPC) and intervertebral disc degeneration. Based on structural and functional proteomic screens, PLCG1 (phospholipase C gamma 1) was predicted as a potential substrate for CMA deficiency to affect calcium homeostasis. We further confirmed that PLCG1 was a key mediator of CMA in the regulation of intracellular calcium flux. Aberrant accumulation of PLCG1 caused by CMA blockage resulted in calcium overload, thereby inducing NPC senescence. Immunoassays on human specimens showed that reduced LAMP2A, the rate-limiting protein of CMA, or increased PLCG1 was associated with disc senescence, and the TNF-induced disc degeneration in rats was inhibited by overexpression of

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AutophagyCellular SenescenceChaperone-Mediated AutophagyIntervertebral Disc DegenerationPhospholipase C gammaProteolysisAnimalsCalciumHumansLysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 2Nucleus PulposusRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCalciumLysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 2Phospholipase C gammaTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCalcium overloadchaperone-mediated autophagyintervertebral disc degenerationnucleus pulposussenescence

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PMCPMC11759519

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