PUBLICATION

The role of MTMR14 in autophagy and in muscle disease

Authors
Gibbs, E.M., Feldman, E.L., and Dowling, J.J.
ID
ZDB-PUB-100719-3
Date
2010
Source
Autophagy   6(6): 819-820 (Review)
Registered Authors
Dowling, Jim
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Autophagy*
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/enzymology
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/pathology
  • Gene Knockdown Techniques
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological
  • Muscular Diseases/congenital
  • Muscular Diseases/enzymology*
  • Muscular Diseases/pathology*
  • Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/metabolism
PubMed
20595810 Full text @ Autophagy
Abstract
Phosphoinositides (PIs) are a group of low-abundance phospholipids that play a critical role in the control of organelle and membrane traffic. There is strong evidence that specific PIs are also important for the regulation of autophagy. PIs are modified by a complex network of lipid kinases and phosphatases. A recent study from our laboratory focused on two PI phosphatases from the myotubularin related protein (MTMR) family, myotubularin (MTM1) and MTMR14. Using zebrafish as a model system, we found that dual knockdown of MTM1 and MTMR14 leads to an unexpectedly severe developmental motor phenotype. We found that this severe phenotype was mediated, at least in part, by dysregulation of autophagy, as demonstrated by the accumulation of autophagic vacuoles and increased levels of LC3-II. Our study provides the first in vivo evidence for a role of myotubularins, and in particular MTMR14, in the regulation of autophagy.
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