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ArticleNature communications2025

An unconventional autophagic pathway that inhibits ATP secretion during apoptotic cell death.

Elena Terraza-Silvestre, Raquel Villamuera, Julia Bandera-Linero, Michal Letek, Daniel Oña-Sánchez, Cristina Ramón-Barros, Clara Moyano-Jimeno, Felipe X Pimentel-Muiños

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Structural and molecular principles of DAMP biology.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  4. Regulation of Innate Immune Signaling by Autophagy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. CanPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Elena Terraza-SilvestreCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-9394-7827
Raquel VillamueraCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-2869-9016
Julia Bandera-LineroCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-5888-9428
Michal LetekCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9509-5174
Daniel Oña-SánchezCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-7661-2715
Cristina Ramón-BarrosCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Clara Moyano-JimenoCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-7900-8412
Felipe X Pimentel-MuiñosCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain. fxp@cbm.csic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0258-2855

Funding

Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Spain) SAF2017-88390-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mobilisation of Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs) determines the immunogenic properties of apoptosis, but the mechanisms that control DAMP exposure are still unclear. Here we describe an unconventional autophagic pathway that inhibits the release of ATP, a critical DAMP in immunogenic apoptosis, from dying cells. Mitochondrial BAK activated by BH3-only molecules interacts with prohibitins and stomatin-1 through its latch domain, indicating the existence of an interactome specifically assembled by unfolded BAK. This complex engages the WD40 domain of the autophagic effector ATG16L1 to induce unconventional autophagy, and the resulting LC3-positive vesicles contain ATP. Functional interference with the pathway increases ATP release during cell death, reduces ATP levels remaining in the apoptotic bodies, and improves phagocyte activation. These results reveal that an unconventional component of the autophagic burst that often accompanies apoptosis sequesters intracellular ATP to prevent its release, thus favouring the immunosilent nature of apoptotic cell death.

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Adenosine TriphosphateApoptosisAutophagyAnimalsAutophagy-Related Proteinsbcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer ProteinHumansMembrane ProteinsMiceMitochondriaAdenosine TriphosphateAutophagy-Related ProteinsBAK1 protein, humanbcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer ProteinMembrane Proteins

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PMID40210636
PMCPMC11986000

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