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FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.814955
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ageing; autophagy; cancer; neurodegeneration; nucleophagy
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- European Research Council [ERC-GA695190-MANNA]
- General Secretariat for Research and Innovation of the Greek Ministry of Development and Investments
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Nucleophagy is a subtype of autophagy that specifically degrades nuclear material. It plays a critical role in cellular differentiation, development, and response to nuclear insults and cell cycle perturbations in various organisms. The dependence on the core autophagic machinery is a common feature of nucleophagy processes. Recent studies have focused on the autophagic processing of nuclear components and its implications in pathology, including neurodegeneration, cancer, DNA damage, and aging.
Nucleophagy is an organelle-selective subtype of autophagy that targets nuclear material for degradation. The macroautophagic delivery of micronuclei to the vacuole, together with the nucleus-vacuole junction-dependent microautophagic degradation of nuclear material, were first observed in yeast. Nuclear pore complexes and ribosomal DNA are typically excluded during conventional macronucleophagy and micronucleophagy, indicating that degradation of nuclear cargo is tightly regulated. In mammals, similarly to other autophagy subtypes, nucleophagy is crucial for cellular differentiation and development, in addition to enabling cells to respond to various nuclear insults and cell cycle perturbations. A common denominator of all nucleophagic processes characterized in diverse organisms is the dependence on the core autophagic machinery. Here, we survey recent studies investigating the autophagic processing of nuclear components. We discuss nucleophagic events in the context of pathology, such as neurodegeneration, cancer, DNA damage, and ageing.
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