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ArticleNature communications2024

Stress granules sequester autophagy proteins to facilitate plant recovery from heat stress.

Xibao Li, Jun Liao, Ka Kit Chung, Lei Feng, Yanglan Liao, Zhixin Yang, Chuanliang Liu, Jun Zhou, Wenjin Shen, Hongbo Li and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Xibao Li *Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6978-7660
Jun Liao *Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Ka Kit Chung *Centre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0009-0005-8589-4676
Lei Feng *Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3981-7646
Yanglan LiaoGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhixin YangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Chuanliang LiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Jun ZhouGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9655-6588
Wenjin ShenGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Hongbo LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Chengwei YangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaohong ZhuangCentre for Cell & Developmental Biology and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Caiji GaoGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China. gaocaiji@m.scnu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-3958-4499

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2022M721220China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2023M741234National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32000365National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32061160467National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32270291National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32370329
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The autophagy pathway regulates the degradation of misfolded proteins caused by heat stress (HS) in the cytoplasm, thereby maintaining cellular homeostasis. Although previous studies have established that autophagy (ATG) genes are transcriptionally upregulated in response to HS, the precise regulation of ATG proteins at the subcellular level remains poorly understood. In this study, we provide compelling evidence for the translocation of key autophagy components, including the ATG1/ATG13 kinase complex (ATG1a, ATG13a), PI3K complex (ATG6, VPS34), and ATG8-PE system (ATG5), to HS-induced stress granules (SGs) in Arabidopsis thaliana. As HS subsides, SGs disassemble, leading to the re-translocation of ATG proteins back to the cytoplasm, thereby facilitating the rapid activation of autophagy to degrade HS-induced ubiquitinated aggregates. Notably, autophagy activation is delayed in the SG-deficient (ubp1abc) mutants during the HS recovery phase, resulting in an insufficient clearance of ubiquitinated insoluble proteins that arise due to HS. Collectively, this study uncovers a previously unknown function of SGs in regulating autophagy as a temporary repository for ATG proteins under HS and provides valuable insights into the cellular mechanisms that maintain protein homeostasis during stress.

Indexed as

ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsAutophagyHeat-Shock ResponseAutophagy-Related ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, PlantStress GranulesArabidopsis ProteinsAutophagy-Related Proteins

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PMID39738069
PMCPMC11685989

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