Divergent roles of BECN1 in LC3 lipidation and autophagosomal function.
Divergent roles of BECN1 in LC3 lipidation and autophagosomal function.
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BECN1 在 LC3 脂化和自噬体功能中的不同作用。
DOI:
10.1080/15548627.2015.1034404
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发表时间:
2015
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影响因子:
13.3
通讯作者:
Wei W
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作者:
He R;Peng J;Yuan P;Xu F;Wei W
BECN1/Beclin 1 is regarded as a critical component in the class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PtdIns3K) complex to trigger autophagy in mammalian cells. Despite its significant role in a number of cellular and physiological processes, the exact function of BECN1 in autophagy remains controversial. Here we created a BECN1 knockout human cell line using the TALEN technique. Surprisingly, the complete loss of BECN1 had little effect on LC3 (MAP1LC3B/LC3B) lipidation, and LC3B puncta resembling autophagosomes by fluorescence microscopy were still evident albeit significantly smaller than those in the wild-type cells. Electron microscopy (EM) analysis revealed that BECN1 deficiency led to malformed autophagosome-like structures containing multiple layers of membranes under amino acid starvation. We further confirmed that the PtdIns3K complex activity and autophagy flux were disrupted in BECN1−/− cells. Our results demonstrate the essential role of BECN1 in the functional formation of autophagosomes, but not in LC3B lipidation.