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ArticleBiochemistry and biophysics reports2017

A novel dual luciferase based high throughput assay to monitor autophagy in real time in yeast

Piyush Mishra, Shashank Rai, Ravi Manjithaya

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Article in Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Piyush MishraAutophagy Lab, Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India.
Shashank RaiAutophagy Lab, Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India.
Ravi ManjithayaAutophagy Lab, Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India.
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research · IN

Funding

DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance 500159-Z-09-Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMacroautophagy is a cellular response to starvation wherein superfluous and damaged cytoplasmic constituents are degraded to provide energy for survival and to maintain cellular homeostasis. Dysfunctional autophagy is attributed to disease progression in several pathological conditions and therefore, autophagy has appeared as a potential pharmacological target for such conditions.

objectiveIn search of potential drugs that modulate autophagy, identifying small molecule effectors of autophagy is the primary step. The conventional autophagy assays have a limitation that they cannot be scaled down to a high throughput format, therefore, novel sensitive assays are needed to discover new candidate molecules. Keeping this rationale in mind, a dual luciferase based assay was developed in the yeast

methodsFirefly and RESULTS AND

conclusionThe assay was more sensitive than conventional assays and could be scaled down to a 384 well format using an automated system. A good Z-factor score indicated that the assay is highly suitable for High Throughput Screening (HTS) of small molecule libraries. Screening of a small molecule library with our assay identified several known and novel modulators of autophagy.

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AutophagyHigh throughput screeningLuciferasePeroxisomePexophagySmall molecules

Identifiers

PMID28955778
PMCPMC5614714
OpenAlexW2738699176

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