Kroemer Guido, Levine Beth
Institut Gustave Roussy, F-94805 Villejuif, France.
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2008 Dec;9(12):1004-10. doi: 10.1038/nrm2529. Epub 2008 Oct 30.
Dying cells often display a large-scale accumulation of autophagosomes and hence adopt a morphology called autophagic cell death. In many cases, it is agreed that this autophagic cell death is cell death with autophagy rather than cell death by autophagy. Here, we evaluate the accumulating body of literature that argues that cell death occurs by autophagy. We also list the caveats that must be considered when deciding whether or not autophagy is an important effector mechanism of cell death.
濒死细胞常常会出现自噬体的大规模积累,从而呈现出一种被称为自噬性细胞死亡的形态。在许多情况下,人们一致认为这种自噬性细胞死亡是伴有自噬的细胞死亡,而非由自噬导致的细胞死亡。在此,我们评估了大量主张细胞死亡是由自噬引起的文献。我们还列出了在判定自噬是否为细胞死亡的重要效应机制时必须考虑的注意事项。