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ArticleEMBO reports2016

Ral GTPase and the exocyst regulate autophagy in a tissue-specific manner.

Kirsten Tracy, Panagiotis D Velentzas, Eric H Baehrecke

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Article in EMBO reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kirsten TracyDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Panagiotis D VelentzasDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Eric H BaehreckeDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA eric.baehrecke@umassmed.edu.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Genetic Regulation of Autophagic Cell DeathR01GM079431 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI BAEHRECKE, ERIC H · 2007 to 2019
$4.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM079431NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079431
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy traffics cellular components to the lysosome for degradation. Ral GTPase and the exocyst have been implicated in the regulation of stress-induced autophagy, but it is unclear whether they are global regulators of this process. Here, we investigate Ral function in different cellular contexts in Drosophila and find that it is required for autophagy during developmentally regulated cell death in salivary glands, but does not affect starvation-induced autophagy in the fat body. Furthermore, knockdown of exocyst subunits has a similar effect, preventing autophagy in dying cells but not in cells of starved animals. Notch activity is elevated in dying salivary glands, this change in Notch signaling is influenced by Ral, and decreased Notch function influences autophagy. These data indicate that Ral and the exocyst regulate autophagy in a context-dependent manner, and that in dying salivary glands, Ral mediates autophagy, at least in part, by regulation of Notch.

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AutophagyAnimalsCell DeathDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsFat BodyGene Expression Regulationral GTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, NotchSalivary GlandsStarvationStress, PhysiologicalDrosophila ProteinsN protein, Drosophilaral GTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, Notchautophagycell deathDrosophilaexocystNotchRal GTPase

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PMID26598552
PMCPMC4718410
OpenAlexW2172881016

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