Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

MCOLN1 is a ROS sensor in lysosomes that regulates autophagy

  • Xiaoli Zhang,
  • Xiping Cheng,
  • Lu Yu,
  • Junsheng Yang,
  • Raul Calvo,
  • Samarjit Patnaik,
  • Xin Hu,
  • Qiong Gao,
  • Meimei Yang,
  • Maria Lawas,
  • Markus Delling,
  • Juan Marugan,
  • Marc Ferrer,
  • Haoxing Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12109
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) damage cell components, necessitating their clearance through autophagy. Here, the authors show that ROS can induce autophagy by triggering TRPML1 to release Ca2+from the lysosomal lumen, in turn activating the autophagy and lysosomal biogenesis regulator TFEB.