MCDuncanLab

An exciting article out in @biorxivpreprint shows that AMPK inhibits autophagy during glucose starvation in U2OS cells.

biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20

Whether glucose starvation induces or inhibits autophagy is a controversial topic, something my lab discovered when we struggled for almost two years to publish our findings that in yeast glucose starvation actually actively suppresses autophagy ten years ago.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/247532

#autophagy #AMPK #mTORC1 #CellBiology

AMPK Regulates Phagophore-to-Autophagosome Maturation

Autophagy is an important metabolic pathway that can…

www.biorxiv.org
DaveFinlayTCD

Interesting 🤔. A common mechanism, located at the lysosome, linking amino acid and energy stress to organelle biosynthesis.

A few of my favourites in this one: #FNIP1 #AMPK #TFEB #mitochondria #mTORc1

doi.org/10.1126/science.abj555