2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Functional analysis of Aag4 in alternative autophagy
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17K15448
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Biological pharmacy
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Medical and Dental University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | オートファジー / ゴルジ体 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Alternative autophagy is an Atg5/Atg7-independent type of autophagy that contributes to various physiological events. We here identify Aag4 as a molecule essential for alternative autophagy, but little conventional autophagy. Aag4 affects to the Golgi membranes and is required for the generation of isolation membranes. The generation of neuron-specific Aag4-deficient mice showed behavioral defects, which was mainly a result of cerebellar neuronal loss. These results indicate that Aag4-mediated alternative autophagy functions to maintain neural cells via different mechanisms from conventional autophagy.
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| Free Research Field |
細胞生物学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
出芽酵母および哺乳動物細胞における新規オートファジーを制御する分子として、新規にAag4を同定することができた。このことから、新規オートファジーの分子機構の一端を理解することができた。また、新規オートファジーが神経細胞において生理的機能を有することを明らかにすることができた。神経変性疾患の病態生理解明や疾患治療に波及効果をもたらすと期待される。
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