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MCL-1 is a stress sensor that regulates autophagy in a developmentally regulated manner.


ABSTRACT: Apoptosis has an important role during development to regulate cell number. In differentiated cells, however, activation of autophagy has a critical role by enabling cells to remain functional following stress. In this study, we show that the antiapoptotic BCL-2 homologue MCL-1 has a key role in controlling both processes in a developmentally regulated manner. Specifically, MCL-1 degradation is an early event not only following induction of apoptosis, but also under nutrient deprivation conditions where MCL-1 levels regulate activation of autophagy. Furthermore, deletion of MCL-1 in cortical neurons of transgenic mice activates a robust autophagic response. This autophagic response can, however, be converted to apoptosis by either reducing the levels of the autophagy regulator Beclin-1, or by a concomitant activation of BAX. Our results define a pathway whereby MCL-1 has a key role in determining cell fate, by coordinately regulating apoptosis and autophagy.

SUBMITTER: Germain M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3025469 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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MCL-1 is a stress sensor that regulates autophagy in a developmentally regulated manner.

Germain Marc M   Nguyen Angela P AP   Le Grand J Nicole JN   Arbour Nicole N   Vanderluit Jacqueline L JL   Park David S DS   Opferman Joseph T JT   Slack Ruth S RS  

The EMBO journal 20101207 2


Apoptosis has an important role during development to regulate cell number. In differentiated cells, however, activation of autophagy has a critical role by enabling cells to remain functional following stress. In this study, we show that the antiapoptotic BCL-2 homologue MCL-1 has a key role in controlling both processes in a developmentally regulated manner. Specifically, MCL-1 degradation is an early event not only following induction of apoptosis, but also under nutrient deprivation conditio  ...[more]

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