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Abstract

Valosin containing protein (VCP) has emerged as a central protein in the regulation of the protein quality control (PQC) system. VCP mutations are causative of multisystem proteinopathies, which include neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), and share various signs of altered proteostasis, mainly associated with autophagy malfunctioning. Autophagy is a complex multistep degradative system essential for the maintenance of cell viability, especially in post-mitotic cells as neurons and differentiated skeletal muscle cells. Interestingly, many studies concerning NDs have focused on autophagy impairment as a pathological mechanism or autophagy activity boosting to rescue the pathological phenotype. The role of VCP in autophagy has been widely debated, but recent findings have defined new mechanisms associated with VCP activity in the regulation of autophagy, showing that VCP is involved in different steps of this pathway. Here we will discuss the multiple activity of VCP in the autophagic pathway underlying its leading role either in physiological or pathological conditions. A better understanding of VCP complexes and mechanisms in regulating autophagy could define the altered mechanisms by which VCP directly or indirectly causes or modulates different human diseases and revealing possible new therapeutic approaches for NDs.

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Title
Valosin Containing Protein (VCP): A Multistep Regulator of Autophagy
Author
Ferrari, Veronica 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cristofani, Riccardo 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Tedesco, Barbara 2 ; Crippa, Valeria 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Chierichetti, Marta 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Casarotto, Elena 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cozzi, Marta 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Mina, Francesco 1 ; Piccolella, Margherita 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Galbiati, Mariarita 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rusmini, Paola 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Poletti, Angelo 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milan, Italy; [email protected] (V.F.); [email protected] (R.C.); [email protected] (V.C.); [email protected] (M.C.); [email protected] (E.C.); [email protected] (M.C.); [email protected] (F.M.); [email protected] (M.P.); [email protected] (M.G.); [email protected] (P.R.) 
 Unit of Medical Genetics and Neurogenetics, Fondazione IRCCS—Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy; [email protected] 
First page
1939
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
16616596
e-ISSN
14220067
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2632756718
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.