Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Mapping autophagosome contents identifies interleukin-7 receptor-α as a key cargo modulating CD4+ T cell proliferation

  • Dingxi Zhou,
  • Mariana Borsa,
  • Daniel J. Puleston,
  • Susanne Zellner,
  • Jesusa Capera,
  • Sharon Sanderson,
  • Martina Schifferer,
  • Svenja S. Hester,
  • Xin Ge,
  • Roman Fischer,
  • Luke Jostins,
  • Christian Behrends,
  • Ghada Alsaleh,
  • Anna Katharina Simon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32718-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Autophagy is known to impact CD4+ T cell proliferation but the identity of autophagosomal components remain unclear. Here the authors leverage a transgenic mouse model to assess the autophagosomal compartment and identify interleukin-7 receptor-α as a key cargo in proliferating CD4+ T cells.