Selective MAP1LC3C (LC3C) autophagy requires noncanonical regulators and the C-terminal peptide

Autor: Michael J Newbold, Anurag Paul, Jun-Lin Guan, Megan E Bischoff, Jarek Meller, Nicholas J Talbot, Adam D Price, Yuanwei Zang, Maria F. Czyzyk-Krzeska, Birgit Ehmer, Johnson Chu, David R. Plas
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Journal of Cell Biology
ISSN: 1540-8140
0021-9525
Popis: The work identifies a noncanonical autophagic program mediated by the hominid-specific LC3C paralog functioning downstream from the von Hippel–Lindau tumor suppressor. The program targets for lysosomal degradation postdivision midbodies in a mechanism requiring FIP200/ATG13/ULK3 and UVRAG/RUBCN/PIK3C2A/BECN1 complexes as well as the C-terminal peptide of LC3C.
LC3s are canonical proteins necessary for the formation of autophagosomes. We have previously established that two paralogs, LC3B and LC3C, have opposite activities in renal cancer, with LC3B playing an oncogenic role and LC3C a tumor-suppressing role. LC3C is an evolutionary late gene present only in higher primates and humans. Its most distinct feature is a C-terminal 20-amino acid peptide cleaved in the process of glycine 126 lipidation. Here, we investigated mechanisms of LC3C-selective autophagy. LC3C autophagy requires noncanonical upstream regulatory complexes that include ULK3, UVRAG, RUBCN, PIK3C2A, and a member of ESCRT, TSG101. We established that postdivision midbody rings (PDMBs) implicated in cancer stem-cell regulation are direct targets of LC3C autophagy. LC3C C-terminal peptide is necessary and sufficient to mediate LC3C-dependent selective degradation of PDMBs. This work establishes a new noncanonical human-specific selective autophagic program relevant to cancer stem cells.
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