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Author Spotlight: Imaging ATG9A, a Multi-Spanning Membrane Protein
Published on: June 16, 2023
Dynamin-2 promotes Atg9A retrieval from phagophores during autophagy
Andrew Caliri1, Alejandro Martorell Riera1, Akash Saha1
1Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
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Autophagy involves the rapid growth of phagophores through membrane addition. This growth is triggered by vesicles containing the Atg9A protein. However, Atg9A is not incorporated into mature autophagosomes. We now demonstrate that Dynamin-2 (Dnm2) colocalizes with the BAR domain protein Endophilin-B1 (EndoB1/Bif-1/SH3GLB1) and other autophagy proteins when autophagy is induced. Our data suggest that Atg9A is retrieved from phagophores via fission, with Dnm2 acting as the membrane scission protein. Blocking Atg9A recycling, either by mutating Dnm2, using RNA interference, or applying chemical inhibitors, results in Atg9A remaining in autophagosomes and being degraded during autophagy. Overall, these findings provide new insights into the roles of membrane-scission proteins in autophagy.
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