PMID- 16585521 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060609 LR - 20231213 IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 103 IP - 15 DP - 2006 Apr 11 TI - Consequences of the selective blockage of chaperone-mediated autophagy. PG - 5805-10 AB - Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) is a selective pathway for the degradation of cytosolic proteins in lysosomes. CMA declines with age because of a decrease in the levels of lysosome-associated membrane protein (LAMP) type 2A, a lysosomal receptor for this pathway. We have selectively blocked the expression of LAMP-2A in mouse fibroblasts in culture and analyzed the cellular consequences of reduced CMA activity. CMA-defective cells maintain normal rates of long-lived protein degradation by up-regulating macroautophagy, the major form of autophagy. Constitutive up-regulation of macroautophagy is unable, however, to compensate for all CMA functions. Thus, CMA-defective cells are more sensitive to stressors, suggesting that, although protein turnover is maintained, the selectivity of CMA is necessary as part of the cellular response to stress. Our results also denote the existence of cross-talk among different forms of autophagy. FAU - Massey, Ashish C AU - Massey AC AD - Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Ullmann Building, Room 611, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. FAU - Kaushik, Susmita AU - Kaushik S FAU - Sovak, Guy AU - Sovak G FAU - Kiffin, Roberta AU - Kiffin R FAU - Cuervo, Ana Maria AU - Cuervo AM LA - eng GR - R01 AG021904/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AG023475/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 AG021904/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - T32AG023475/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - AG021904/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20060403 PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Lysosomal Membrane Proteins) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (Chaperonins) SB - IM MH - 3T3 Cells MH - Animals MH - Autophagy MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chaperonins/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology MH - Fibroblasts/cytology/physiology MH - Kinetics MH - Lysosomal Membrane Proteins/physiology MH - Lysosomes/*physiology/ultrastructure MH - Mice MH - RNA Interference PMC - PMC1458654 COIS- Conflict of interest statement: No conflicts declared. EDAT- 2006/04/06 09:00 MHDA- 2006/06/10 09:00 PMCR- 2006/10/11 CRDT- 2006/04/06 09:00 PHST- 2006/04/06 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/06/10 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/04/06 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2006/10/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 0507436103 [pii] AID - 1805 [pii] AID - 10.1073/pnas.0507436103 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Apr 11;103(15):5805-10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0507436103. Epub 2006 Apr 3.