title: Autophagosomes in GFP-LC3 Transgenic Mice.
abstract: Recent studies of the molecular mechanism of autophagy have made available several marker proteins for autophagosomes. These marker proteins allow us to identify autophagic structures easily and accurately by fluorescent microscopy. The most widely used marker for autophagosome is LC3, a mammalian homolog of Atg8. To analyze autophagy in whole animals, we generated GFP-LC3 transgenic mice and describe here how we determine the occurrence of autophagy in vivo using this mouse model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mizushima
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010588:Phagosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C480860:Map1lc3b protein, mouse; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins