Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Selective autophagy maintains centrosome integrity and accurate mitosis by turnover of centriolar satellites

  • Søs Grønbæk Holdgaard,
  • Valentina Cianfanelli,
  • Emanuela Pupo,
  • Matteo Lambrughi,
  • Michal Lubas,
  • Julie C. Nielsen,
  • Susana Eibes,
  • Emiliano Maiani,
  • Lea M. Harder,
  • Nicole Wesch,
  • Mads Møller Foged,
  • Kenji Maeda,
  • Francesca Nazio,
  • Laura R. de la Ballina,
  • Volker Dötsch,
  • Andreas Brech,
  • Lisa B. Frankel,
  • Marja Jäättelä,
  • Franco Locatelli,
  • Marin Barisic,
  • Jens S. Andersen,
  • Simon Bekker-Jensen,
  • Anders H. Lund,
  • Vladimir V. Rogov,
  • Elena Papaleo,
  • Letizia Lanzetti,
  • Daniela De Zio,
  • Francesco Cecconi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12094-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Centrosomes drive mitotic spindle formation and chromosome segregation. Here, the authors show that centrosome stability is regulated by selective autophagic degradation of centriolar satellite components in a process they term doryphagy, connecting autophagy and chromosomal integrity.