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Soluble adenylyl cyclase is essential for proper lysosomal acidification.

ABSTRACT: Lysosomes, the degradative organelles of the endocytic and autophagic pathways, function at an acidic pH. Lysosomes are acidified by the proton-pumping vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase), but the molecular processes that set the organelle's pH are not completely understood. In particular, pH-sensitive signaling enzymes that can regulate lysosomal acidification in steady-state physiological conditions have yet to be identified. Soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) is a widely expressed source of cAMP that serves as a physiological pH sensor in cells. For example, in proton-secreting epithelial cells, sAC is responsible for pH-dependent translocation of V-ATPase to the luminal surface. Here we show genetically and pharmacologically that sAC is also essential for lysosomal acidification. In the absence of sAC, V-ATPase does not properly localize to lysosomes, lysosomes fail to fully acidify, lysosomal degradative capacity is diminished, and autophagolysosomes accumulate.

SUBMITTER: Rahman N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5037342 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Soluble adenylyl cyclase is essential for proper lysosomal acidification.

Rahman Nawreen N Ramos-Espiritu Lavoisier L Milner Teresa A TA Buck Jochen J Levin Lonny R LR

The Journal of general physiology 20161001 4

Lysosomes, the degradative organelles of the endocytic and autophagic pathways, function at an acidic pH. Lysosomes are acidified by the proton-pumping vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase), but the molecular processes that set the organelle's pH are not completely understood. In particular, pH-sensitive signaling enzymes that can regulate lysosomal acidification in steady-state physiological conditions have yet to be identified. Soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) is a widely expressed source of cAMP that serv ...[more]

PMID: 27670898

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Soluble adenylyl cyclase is essential for proper lysosomal acidification.

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