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CELL
Volume 165, Issue 4, Pages 867-881Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.04.006
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- NIH [K08AI099150, CA155294, U19 AI109725, RO1 CA109618]
- CPRIT grant [RP120718]
- UTSW PRC Award
- Burroughs Wellcome CAMS
- Ministerio de Educacion of Spain
- Lilly Foundation Physician/Scientist initiative
- Walther Oncology Foundation
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Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway genes are important tumor suppressors whose best-characterized function is repair of damaged nuclear DNA. Here, we describe an essential role for FA genes in two forms of selective autophagy. Genetic deletion of Fancc blocks the autophagic clearance of viruses (virophagy) and increases susceptibility to lethal viral encephalitis. Fanconi anemia complementation group C (FANCC) protein interacts with Parkin, is required in vitro and in vivo for clearance of damaged mitochondria, and decreases mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and inflammasome activation. The mitophagy function of FANCC is genetically distinct from its role in genomic DNA damage repair. Moreover, additional genes in the FA pathway, including FANCA, FANCF, FANCL, FANCD2, BRCA1, and BRCA2, are required for mitophagy. Thus, members of the FA pathway represent a previously undescribed class of selective autophagy genes that function in immunity and organellar homeostasis. These findings have implications for understanding the pathogenesis of FA and cancers associated with mutations in FA genes.
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