Analysis on the autophagic membrane biogenesis using imaging tools

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25840075
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cell biology
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: HAMASAKI Maho 大阪大学, 生命機能研究科, 准教授 (30455216)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: オートファジー / 分解 / 膜輸送 / 小胞体

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Autophagy is an one of the major degradation system in the cell, triggered under starved condition to survive and also involved in many different type of diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative disease, life style disease and so on. When autophagy is induced, membrane structure called autopahgosomes are formed and their formation takes place at ER-mitochondria contact sites. Many autophagy related genes are identified, however, still detail mechanism on how the membrane formation takes place is unknown. By using up-to-date imaging tools including light and electron microscopy, further characterization was performed.

Free Research Field

細胞生物