Targeting of early endosomes by autophagy facilitates EGFR recycling and signalling
Open Access
- 26 August 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in EMBO Reports
- Vol. 20 (10), e47734
- https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.201947734
Abstract
Despite recently uncovered connections between autophagy and the endocytic pathway, the role of autophagy in regulating endosomal function remains incompletely understood. Here, we find that the ablation of autophagy‐essential players disrupts EGF‐induced endocytic trafficking of EGFR. Cells lacking ATG7 or ATG16L1 exhibit increased levels of phosphatidylinositol‐3‐phosphate (PI(3)P), a key determinant of early endosome maturation. Increased PI(3)P levels are associated with an accumulation of EEA1‐positive endosomes where EGFR trafficking is stalled. Aberrant early endosomes are recognised by the autophagy machinery in a TBK1‐ and Gal8‐dependent manner and are delivered to LAMP2‐positive lysosomes. Preventing this homeostatic regulation of early endosomes by autophagy reduces EGFR recycling to the plasma membrane and compromises downstream signalling and cell survival. Our findings uncover a novel role for the autophagy machinery in maintaining early endosome function and growth factor sensing.Keywords
Funding Information
- Cancer Research UK (C52370/A21586)
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