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1Institut Necker-Enfants Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Abstract:
Macroautophagy, a major lysosomal degradative pathway for cytoplasmic components, is a process that can be stimulated in response to many stressful situations including cancer treatment. The central autophagic organelle is the autophagosome, a double-membrane-bound vacuole that sequesters cytoplasmic material. The ultimate destiny of the autophagosome is fusion with the lysosomal compartment, where cargo, including proteins, is degraded. Here, we report a method to measure the lysosomal degradation of long-lived proteins along the autophagic pathway.
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