VPS37A directs ESCRT recruitment for phagophore closure

Yoshinori Takahashi, Xinwen Liang, Tatsuya Hattori, Zhenyuan Tang, Haiyan He, Han Chen, Xiaoming Liu, Thomas Abraham, Yuka Imamura-Kawasawa, Nicholas J. Buchkovich, Megan M. Young, Hong Gang Wang

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Abstract

The process of phagophore closure requires the endosomal sorting complex required for transport III (ESCRT-III) subunit CHMP2A and the AAA ATPase VPS4, but their regulatory mechanisms remain unknown. Here, we establish a FACS-based HaloTag-LC3 autophagosome completion assay to screen a genome-wide CRISPR library and identify the ESCRT-I subunit VPS37A as a critical component for phagophore closure. VPS37A localizes on the phagophore through the N-terminal putative ubiquitin E2 variant domain, which is found to be required for autophagosome completion but dispensable for ESCRT-I complex formation and the degradation of epidermal growth factor receptor in the multivesicular body pathway. Notably, loss of VPS37A abrogates the phagophore recruitment of the ESCRT-I subunit VPS28 and CHMP2A, whereas inhibition of membrane closure by CHMP2A depletion or VPS4 inhibition accumulates VPS37A on the phagophore. These observations suggest that VPS37A coordinates the recruitment of a unique set of ESCRT machinery components for phagophore closure in mammalian cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3336-3354
Number of pages19
JournalThe Journal of cell biology
Volume218
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 7 2019

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Cell Biology

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