Journal
AUTOPHAGY
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages 1216-1229Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2015.1017180
Keywords
E3 ligase; mitophagy; MUL1; selenite; ULK1
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- 973 program from MOST [2011CB910903, 2010CB91220]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [31471300, 81130045, 31271529]
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Mitochondria serve as membrane sources and signaling platforms for regulating autophagy. Accumulating evidence has also shown that damaged mitochondria are removed through both selective mitophagy and general autophagy in response to mitochondrial and oxidative stresses. Protein ubiquitination through mitochondrial E3 ligases plays an integrative role in mitochondrial outer membrane protein degradation, mitochondrial dynamics, and mitophagy. Here we showed that MUL1, a mitochondria-localized E3 ligase, regulates selenite-induced mitophagy in an ATG5 and ULK1-dependent manner. ULK1 partially translocated to mitochondria after selenite treatment and interacted with MUL1. We also demonstrated that ULK1 is a novel substrate of MUL1. These results suggest the association of mitochondria with autophagy regulation and provide a new mechanism for the beneficial effects of selenium as a chemopreventive agent.
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