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SUBMITTER: Chakraborty K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5526669 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chakraborty Kasturi K Leung KaHo K Krishnan Yamuna Y
eLife 20170725
Lysosomes are organelles responsible for the breakdown and recycling of cellular machinery. Dysfunctional lysosomes give rise to lysosomal storage disorders as well as common neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we use a DNA-based, fluorescent chloride reporter to measure lysosomal chloride in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> as well as murine and human cell culture models of lysosomal diseases. We find that the lysosome is highly enriched in chloride, and that chloride reduction correlates directly w ...[more]