Abstract
Autophagy-lysosome proteolysis is involved in protein quality control and classified into macroautophagy (MA), microautophagy (mA) and chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA), by the routes of substrate delivery to lysosomes. Both autophagy-lysosome proteolysis and exosome release are strongly associated with membrane trafficking. In the present study, we investigated how chemical and small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated activation and inhibition of these autophagic pathways affect exosome release in AD293 cells. Activation of MA and mA by rapamycin and activation of CMA by mycophenolic acid significantly decreased exosome release. Although lysosomal inhibitors, NH4Cl and bafilomycin A1, significantly increased exosome release, a MA inhibitor, 3-methyladenine, did not affect. Exosome release was significantly increased by the siRNA-mediated knockdown of LAMP2A, which is crucial for CMA. Inversely, activity of CMA/mA was significantly increased by the prevention of exosome release, which was induced by siRNA-mediated knockdown of Rab27a. These findings indicate that CMA/mA and exosome release are reciprocally regulated. This regulation would be the molecular basis of extracellular release and propagation of misfolded proteins in various neurodegenerative diseases.
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