TRIM Proteins Regulate Autophagy and Can Target Autophagic Substrates by Direct Recognition

Michael A. Mandell, Ashish Jain, John Arko-Mensah, Santosh Chauhan, Tomonori Kimura, Christina Dinkins, Guido Silvestri, Jan Münch, Frank Kirchhoff, Anne Simonsen, Yongjie Wei, Beth Levine, Terje Johansen, Vojo Deretic

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Abstract

Autophagy, a homeostatic process whereby eukaryotic cells target cytoplasmic cargo for degradation, plays a broad role in health and disease states. Here we screened the TRIM family for roles in autophagy and found that half of TRIMs modulated autophagy. In mechanistic studies, we show that TRIMs associate with autophagy factors and act asplatforms assembling ULK1 and Beclin 1 in their activated states. Furthermore, TRIM5α acts as a selective autophagy receptor. Based on direct sequence-specific recognition, TRIM5α delivered its cognate cytosolic target, a viral capsid protein, for autophagic degradation. Thus, our study establishes that TRIMs can function both as regulators of autophagy and as autophagic cargo receptors, and reveals a basis for selective autophagy in mammalian cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)394-409
Number of pages16
JournalDevelopmental Cell
Volume30
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Aug 2014
Externally publishedYes

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