Park Sungwoo, Choi Jayoung, Biering Scott B, Dominici Erin, Williams Lelia E, Hwang Seungmin
a Department of Pathology , University of Chicago , Chicago , IL , USA.
b Committee on Microbiology, University of Chicago , Chicago , IL , USA.
Autophagy. 2016 Jul 2;12(7):1153-67. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2016.1178447. Epub 2016 May 12.
LC3 has been used as a marker to locate autophagosomes. However, it is also well established that LC3 can localize on various membranous structures other than autophagosomes. We recently demonstrated that the LC3 conjugation system (ATG7, ATG3, and ATG12-ATG5-ATG16L1) is required to target LC3 and IFNG (interferon, gamma)-inducible GTPases to the parasitophorus vacuole membrane (PVM) of a protist parasite Toxoplasma gondii and consequently for IFNG to control T. gondii infection. Here we show that not only LC3, but also its homologs (GABARAP, GABARAPL1, and GABARAPL2) localize on the PVM of T. gondii in a conjugation-dependent manner. Knockout/knockdown of all LC3 homologs led to a significant reduction in targeting of the IFNG-inducible GTPases to the PVM of T. gondii and the IFNG-mediated control of T. gondii infection. Furthermore, when we relocated the ATG12-ATG5-ATG16L1 complex, which specifies the conjugation site of LC3 homologs, to alternative target membranes, the IFNG-inducible GTPases were targeted to the new target membranes rather than the PVM of T. gondii. These data suggest that the localization of LC3 homologs onto a membrane by the LC3 conjugation system is necessary and sufficient for targeting of the IFNG-inducible GTPases to the membrane, implying Targeting by AutophaGy proteins (TAG). Our data further suggest that the conjugation of ubiquitin-like LC3 homologs to the phospholipids of membranes may change the destiny of the membranes beyond degradation through lysosomal fusion, as the conjugation of ubiquitin to proteins changes the destiny of the proteins beyond proteasomal degradation.
LC3已被用作定位自噬体的标志物。然而,LC3也能定位于自噬体以外的各种膜结构,这一点也已得到充分证实。我们最近证明,LC3缀合系统(ATG7、ATG3和ATG12-ATG5-ATG16L1)是将LC3和IFNG(干扰素γ)诱导的GTP酶靶向原生动物寄生虫刚地弓形虫的寄生泡膜(PVM)所必需的,因此也是IFNG控制弓形虫感染所必需的。在此我们表明,不仅LC3,而且其同源物(GABARAP、GABARAPL1和GABARAPL2)也以缀合依赖的方式定位于弓形虫的PVM上。所有LC3同源物的敲除/敲低导致IFNG诱导的GTP酶靶向弓形虫PVM以及IFNG介导的弓形虫感染控制显著减少。此外,当我们将指定LC3同源物缀合位点的ATG12-ATG5-ATG16L1复合物重新定位到其他靶膜时,IFNG诱导的GTP酶被靶向新的靶膜而不是弓形虫的PVM。这些数据表明,通过LC3缀合系统将LC3同源物定位到膜上对于将IFNG诱导的GTP酶靶向膜是必要且充分的,这意味着自噬蛋白靶向作用(TAG)。我们的数据进一步表明,泛素样LC3同源物与膜磷脂的缀合可能会改变膜的命运,使其不仅仅通过溶酶体融合进行降解,就像泛素与蛋白质的缀合会改变蛋白质的命运,使其不仅仅通过蛋白酶体降解一样。
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