The general consensus is that the vacuolar-type H⁺-translocating ATPase (V-ATPase) is critical for macroautophagy/autophagy. However, there is a fundamental conundrum because follicular lymphoma-associated mutations in the V-ATPase result in lysosomal/vacuolar deacidification but elevated autophagy activity under nutrient-replete conditions and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, working in yeast, we show that V-ATPase dysfunction activates a selective autophagy flux termed "V-ATPase-dependent autophagy ". By combining transcriptomic and proteomic profiling, along with genome-wide suppressor screening approaches, we found that V-ATPase-dependent autophagy is regulated through a unique mechanism distinct from classical nitrogen starvation-induced autophagy. Tryptophan metabolism negatively regulates V-ATPase-dependent autophagy via two parallel effectors. On the one hand, it activates ribosome biogenesis, thus repressing the translation of the transcription factor Gcn4/ATF4. On the other hand, tryptophan fuels NAD⁺ de novo biosynthesis to inhibit autophagy. These results provide an explanation for the mutational activation of autophagy seen in follicular lymphoma patients.

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Huang Y, Dialynaki D, Lei Y, Zhang Z, Evans CR, Klionsky DJ

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