Growing thin — How bulk lipid transport drives expansion of the autophagosome membrane but not of its lumen
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Omrane M, Ben M'Barek K, Santinho A, Nguyen N, Nag S, Melia T, Thiam A. LC3B is lipidated to large lipid droplets during prolonged starvation for noncanonical autophagy. Developmental Cell 2023, 58: 1266-1281.e7. PMID: 37315562, PMCID: PMC10686041, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein 1 light chain 3BLarge lipid dropletsLight chain 3BStarvation triggersLipidation reactionNoncanonical autophagyLysosomal pathwayAutophagic processStore lipidsAutophagy mechanismLipid dropletsATG3Large LDsProlonged starvationHuman liver cellsLC3BTimes of scarcityStarvationLiver cellsMacrolipophagyAutophagicClose proximityAutophagyATG5Microtubules