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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2024

Excessive STAU1 condensate drives mTOR translation and autophagy dysfunction in neurodegeneration.

Ruiqian Zhao, Shijing Huang, Jingyu Li, Aihong Gu, Minjie Fu, Wei Hua, Ying Mao, Qun-Ying Lei, Boxun Lu, Wenyu Wen

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. A CHKA-PML autophagy checkpoint enables tumors to evade glutamine starvation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  9. Autophagy and porcine circovirus infection: a mini review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ruiqian ZhaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2040-8997
Shijing HuangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0687-7535
Jingyu LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0518-7586
Aihong GuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1536-6369
Minjie FuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4145-5450
Wei HuaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6409-5078
Ying MaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8055-115X
Qun-Ying LeiFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8547-8518
Boxun LuState Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1675-9340
Wenyu WenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0798-4730

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of China 2019YFA0508401National Natural Science Foundation of China 32370733
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The double-stranded RNA-binding protein Staufen1 (STAU1) regulates a variety of physiological and pathological events via mediating RNA metabolism. STAU1 overabundance was observed in tissues from mouse models and fibroblasts from patients with neurodegenerative diseases, accompanied by enhanced mTOR signaling and impaired autophagic flux, while the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Here, we find that endogenous STAU1 forms dynamic cytoplasmic condensate in normal and tumor cell lines, as well as in mouse Huntington's disease knockin striatal cells. STAU1 condensate recruits target mRNA MTOR at its 5'UTR and promotes its translation both in vitro and in vivo, and thus enhanced formation of STAU1 condensate leads to mTOR hyperactivation and autophagy-lysosome dysfunction. Interference of STAU1 condensate normalizes mTOR levels, ameliorates autophagy-lysosome function, and reduces aggregation of pathological proteins in cellular models of neurodegenerative diseases. These findings highlight the importance of balanced phase separation in physiological processes, suggesting that modulating STAU1 condensate may be a strategy to mitigate the progression of neurodegenerative diseases with STAU1 overabundance.

Indexed as

AutophagyProtein BiosynthesisRNA-Binding ProteinsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesAnimalsCytoskeletal ProteinsHumansHuntington DiseaseLysosomesMiceNeurodegenerative DiseasesSignal TransductionCytoskeletal ProteinsMTOR protein, humanmTOR protein, mouseRNA-Binding ProteinsSTAU1 protein, humanStau1 protein, mouseTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

Identifiers

PMID38913026
PMCPMC11194678

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