title: Overview of macroautophagy regulation in mammalian cells.
abstract: Macroautophagy is a multistep, vacuolar, degradation pathway terminating in the lysosomal compartment, and it is of fundamental importance in tissue homeostasis. In this review, we consider macroautophagy in the light of recent advances in our understanding of the formation of autophagosomes, which are double-membrane-bound vacuoles that sequester cytoplasmic cargos and deliver them to lysosomes. In most cases, this final step is preceded by a maturation step during which autophagosomes interact with the endocytic pathway. The discovery of AuTophaGy-related genes has greatly increased our knowledge about the mechanism responsible for autophagosome formation, and there has also been progress in the understanding of molecular aspects of autophagosome maturation. Finally, the regulation of autophagy is now better understood because of the discovery that the activity of Atg complexes is targeted by protein kinases, and owing to the importance of nuclear regulation via transcription factors in regulating the expression of autophagy genes.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U, Université Paris-Sud, Châtenay-Malabry, France.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mehrpour
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Esclatine
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Beau
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Codogno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D001343:Autophagy / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000071186:Beclin-1; D050687:E2F1 Transcription Factor / Q000502:physiology; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D056827:Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport / Q000378:metabolism; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 / Q000502:physiology; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors / Q000502:physiology; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D052066:N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D010588:Phagosomes / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000502:physiology; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D058571:Vacuolar Sorting Protein VPS15
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D000071186:Beclin-1; D050687:E2F1 Transcription Factor; D056827:Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D052066:N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D058571:Vacuolar Sorting Protein VPS15; C491997:BECN1 protein, human; C512859:UVRAG protein, mouse; C546842:MTOR protein, human; C546843:mTOR protein, mouse; C546851:PIK3R4 protein, human; C546852:Pik3r4 protein, mouse