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Seo 2017 Elife

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Seo AY, Lau PW, Feliciano D, Sengupta P, Gros MAL, Cinquin B, Larabell CA, Lippincott-Schwartz J (2017) AMPK and vacuole-associated Atg14p orchestrate μ-lipophagy for energy production and long-term survival under glucose starvation. Elife 6. pii: e21690.

» PMID: 28394250 Open Access

Seo AY, Lau PW, Feliciano D, Sengupta P, Gros MAL, Cinquin B, Larabell CA, Lippincott-Schwartz J (2017) Elife

Abstract: Dietary restriction increases the longevity of many organisms, but the cell signaling and organellar mechanisms underlying this capability are unclear. We demonstrate that to permit long-term survival in response to sudden glucose depletion, yeast cells activate lipid-droplet (LD) consumption through micro-lipophagy (µ-lipophagy), in which fat is metabolized as an alternative energy source. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation triggered this pathway, which required Atg14p. More gradual glucose starvation, amino acid deprivation or rapamycin did not trigger µ-lipophagy and failed to provide the needed substitute energy source for long-term survival. During acute glucose restriction, activated AMPK was stabilized from degradation and interacted with Atg14p. This prompted Atg14p redistribution from ER exit sites onto liquid-ordered vacuole membrane domains, initiating µ-lipophagy. Our findings that activated AMPK and Atg14p are required to orchestrate µ-lipophagy for energy production in starved cells is relevant for studies on aging and evolutionary survival strategies of different organisms. Keywords: AMPK, ATG14, S. cerevisiae, Cell biology, Lipid-droplets, Microautophagy, Starvation-induced lifespan extension, Vacuole-membrane domains Bioblast editor: Kandolf G


Labels: MiParea: Respiration, Exercise physiology;nutrition;life style, Pharmacology;toxicology  Pathology: Other 

Organism: Saccharomyces cerevisiae 



Coupling state: ROUTINE 

HRR: Oxygraph-2k 

2017-07, Rapamycin