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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2025

The autophagy protein ATG-9 regulates lysosome function and integrity.

Kangfu Peng, Guoxiu Zhao, Hongyu Zhao, Nobuo N Noda, Hong Zhang

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Emerging mechanisms of ATG8-independent non-canonical autophagy.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2026
    Review
  2. Lysosomal homeostasis at the crossroads of neurodegeneration.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
    Review
  3. ER membrane receptors engage core autophagy machinery to initiate ER-phagy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  6. Atg9 is a conserved regulator of lysosome repair.The Journal of cell biology · 2025
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  7. Lysosomal Repair in Health and Disease.Journal of cellular physiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kangfu PengNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-9002-5225
Guoxiu ZhaoNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.ORCID 0009-0004-6932-094X
Hongyu ZhaoNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.ORCID 0009-0003-7675-7800
Nobuo N NodaInstitute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University , Sapporo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6940-8069
Hong ZhangNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-3342-5377

Funding

CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency JPMJCR20E3National Natural Science Foundation of China 82188101New Cornerstone Science Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transmembrane autophagy protein ATG9 has multiple functions essential for autophagosome formation. Here, we uncovered a novel function of ATG-9 in regulating lysosome biogenesis and integrity in Caenorhabditis elegans. Through a genetic screen, we identified that mutations attenuating the lipid scrambling activity of ATG-9 suppress the autophagy defect in epg-5 mutants, in which non-degradative autolysosomes accumulate. The scramblase-attenuated ATG-9 mutants promote lysosome biogenesis and delivery of lysosome-localized hydrolases and also facilitate the maintenance of lysosome integrity. Through manipulation of phospholipid levels, we found that a reduction in phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) also suppresses the autophagy defects and lysosome damage associated with impaired lysosomal degradation. Our results reveal that modulation of phospholipid composition and distribution, e.g., by attenuating the scramblase activity of ATG-9 or reducing the PE level, regulates lysosome function and integrity.

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AutophagyAutophagy-Related ProteinsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsLysosomesAnimalsAutophagosomesMutationPhosphatidylethanolaminesAutophagy-Related ProteinsCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsphosphatidylethanolaminePhosphatidylethanolamines

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PMID40202485
PMCPMC11980680

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