Component
Mouse colonocyte autophagy during microbial metabolite depletion
Context-specific entity; species, compartment and exposure are stated on each claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
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What acts on it
Butyrate addition prevented energy-stress-associated autophagy in germ-free mouse colonocytes, with fuel use rather than HDAC inhibition explaining the rescue.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Mouse colonocyte substrate-rescue experiments.
- limitations
- Autophagy is a context-dependent response, not universally harmful.
- nutrient_topic
- Butyrate collection; molecular form, preparation, species, exposure and manipulation remain explicit. · Butyrate
- plain_language
- Supplying energy reduced the need for the cell’s recycling response.
- primary_references
- The microbiome and butyrate regulate energy metabolism and autophagy in the mammalian colon. · 2011 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21531334/ · DOI 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.02.018
- trigger_kind
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
Butyrate: microbial production, fuel use, signaling and nutrient interactions (2026-09-19) · lines 174–180
AI-assisted research curation; primary-abstract references and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Mouse colonocyte substrate-rescue experiments. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## butyrate-autophagy-rescue Supplying energy reduced the need for the cell’s recycling response. Butyrate addition prevented energy-stress-associated autophagy in germ-free mouse colonocytes, with fuel use rather than HDAC inhibition explaining the rescue. Model: Mouse colonocyte substrate-rescue experiments. Limitations: Autophagy is a context-dependent response, not universally harmful. Evidence access: Primary abstract The microbiome and butyrate regulate energy metabolism and autophagy in the mammalian colon. · 2011 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21531334/ · DOI 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.02.018
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Situations it appears in
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