期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
卷 48, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2021.5028
关键词
cyclin G-associated kinase; autophagy; autophagosome-lysosome fusion; autophagic lysosome reformation; Rho-associated protein kinase; actomyosin
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI [18K06901]
- MEXT-Supported Program of the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [S1411011, 2014-2018]
- Tokyo Medical University
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18K06901] Funding Source: KAKEN
The study revealed that GAK plays a crucial role in controlling lysosomal dynamics through actomyosin regulation, thereby promoting a steady progression of autophagy. Genetic disruption or chemical inhibition of GAK resulted in impaired autophagosome-lysosome fusion and affected the maintenance of lysosomal homeostasis during autophagy. The findings highlight the importance of GAK in regulating lysosomal dynamics in the autophagy-lysosome system.
The autophagy-lysosome system allows cells to adapt to environmental changes by regulating the degradation and recycling of cellular components, and to maintain homeostasis by removing aggregated proteins and defective organelles. Cyclin G-associated kinase (GAK) is involved in the regulation of clathrin-dependent endocytosis and cell cycle progression. In addition, a single nucleotide polymorphism at the GAK locus has been reported as a risk factor for Parkinson's disease. However, the roles of GAK in the autophagy-lysosome system are not completely understood, thus the present study aimed to clarify this. In the present study, under genetic disruption or chemical inhibition of GAK, analyzing autophagic flux and observing morphological changes of autophagosomes and autolysosomes revealed that GAK controlled lysosomal dynamics via actomyosin regulation, resulting in a steady progression of autophagy. GAK knockout (KO) in A549 cells impaired autophagosome-lysosome fusion and autophagic lysosome reformation, which resulted in the accumulation of enlarged autophagosomes and autolysosomes during prolonged starvation. The stagnation of autophagic flux accompanied by these phenomena was also observed with the addition of a GAK inhibitor. Furthermore, the addition of Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitor or ROCK1 knockdown mitigated GAK KO-mediated effects. The results suggested a vital role of GAK in controlling lysosomal dynamics via maintaining lysosomal homeostasis during autophagy.
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