| 2016 |
SIDT2 is a transmembrane lysosomal integral membrane protein that mediates direct RNA translocation across the lysosomal membrane during RNautophagy; gain- and loss-of-function studies with isolated lysosomes showed SIDT2 knockdown inhibited ~50% of total cellular RNA degradation independently of macroautophagy. |
Gain- and loss-of-function studies with isolated lysosomes; subcellular fractionation; immunofluorescence with lysosomal markers |
Autophagy |
High |
27046251
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| 2010 |
SIDT2 is a highly glycosylated lysosomal integral membrane protein; its lysosomal localization was determined by immunofluorescence with lysosomal markers and subcellular fractionation, and its apparent molecular weight (~120–130 kDa) decreases to ~95 kDa after PNGase F digestion, confirming extensive N-glycosylation. |
Immunofluorescence, subcellular fractionation, PNGase F digestion, Western blot |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
High |
20965152
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| 2016 |
SIDT2 also mediates DNA translocation during DNautophagy, the direct uptake of DNA by lysosomes in an ATP-dependent manner. |
Gain- and loss-of-function studies with isolated lysosomes |
Autophagy |
Medium |
27846365
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| 2017 |
SIDT2 is required for transport of internalized extracellular dsRNA from endocytic compartments into the cytoplasm for innate immune activation; Sidt2-deficient mice show impaired antiviral cytokine production and reduced survival upon EMCV and HSV-1 infection. |
Sidt2 knockout mouse model; virus challenge (EMCV, HSV-1); cytokine production assays; extracellular dsRNA treatment |
Immunity |
High |
28916264
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| 2017 |
Three cytosolic YxxΦ motifs in SIDT2 are required for its lysosomal localization; SIDT2 interacts with adaptor protein complexes AP-1 and AP-2, and this lysosomal targeting is necessary for its function in RNautophagy. Overexpression of SIDT2 substantially increases endogenous RNA degradation at the cellular level. |
Mutagenesis of YxxΦ motifs; co-immunoprecipitation with AP-1 and AP-2; live-cell imaging; RNA degradation assays |
Journal of cell science |
High |
28724756
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| 2017 |
SIDT2 mediates gymnosis — the uptake of naked single-stranded oligonucleotides (ssOligos) into living cells; SIDT2 knockdown significantly reduced ssOligo uptake, overexpression enhanced it, and a single amino acid mutation in SIDT2 abolished the enhancing effect. |
siRNA knockdown; overexpression; single amino acid mutagenesis; fluorescent ssOligo uptake assay |
RNA biology |
Medium |
28277980
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| 2020 |
SIDT2 directly binds RNA and DNA through an arginine-rich motif (ARM) in its main cytosolic domain; disruption of this ARM dramatically impairs SIDT2-mediated RNautophagic activity. SIDT2 ARM also mediates interaction with the CAG repeat-containing HTT exon 1 transcript, and overexpression of SIDT2 promoted HTT mRNA degradation and reduced polyQ-expanded HTT aggregates. SIDT2 and LAMP2C ARM motifs act synergistically in RNautophagy. |
In vitro binding assays (GST pulldown); ARM mutagenesis; cellular RNautophagy activity assays; Western blot for HTT aggregates; co-expression/synergy experiments |
Autophagy |
High |
31944164
|
| 2017 |
SIDT2 overexpressed in HEK293 cells reaches the plasma membrane and functions as a spontaneous, non-inactivating monovalent cation channel, causing cell depolarization upon sodium addition; strong overexpression leads to significant reduction/loss of detectable lysosomes. |
Heterologous overexpression in HEK293 cells; whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology; lysosome detection assays |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
27987306
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| 2013 |
Sidt2-deficient (knockout) mice exhibit glucose intolerance, decreased serum insulin, hypertrophic islets with accumulation of insulin secretory granules, and impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion; isolated Sidt2−/− islets produce less insulin upon glucose or KCl stimulation, indicating a role for Sidt2 in insulin secretory granule exocytosis. |
Global Sidt2 knockout mouse; glucose tolerance tests; isolated islet insulin secretion assays; electron microscopy; Western blot; immunofluorescence |
PloS one |
High |
23776622
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| 2016 |
SIDT2 is involved in NAADP-mediated calcium release from intracellular acidic compartments (insulin secretory granules) in pancreatic β-cells; Sidt2−/− β-cells show reduced glucose-induced [Ca2+]i peak, which is normalized by exogenous NAADP application, while bafilomycin A1 treatment equalized [Ca2+]i responses between Sidt2−/− and WT cells. |
Primary β-cell culture from Sidt2−/− mice; calcium imaging; pharmacological inhibitors (ryanodine, 2-APB, bafilomycin A1, NAADP); patch clamp for KATP and KV currents |
Journal of molecular endocrinology |
Medium |
26744456
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| 2018 |
Hepatocyte-specific effects of Sidt2 deficiency include lipid droplet accumulation and impaired hepatic β-oxidation with decreased autophagic flux; Sidt2−/− mice show block of autophagosome maturation as evidenced by elevated p62 and LC3-II and accumulation of autophagolysosomes by electron microscopy. |
Global Sidt2 knockout mouse; serum β-hydroxybutyrate measurement; Western blot for p62 and LC3-II; electron microscopy; primary hepatocyte autophagic flux assays |
Journal of lipid research |
Medium |
29363559
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| 2018 |
Skeletal muscle-specific Sidt2 knockout mice develop a muscular dystrophy-like phenotype with accumulation of autophagolysosomes, increased LC3-II, p62, ubiquitinated aggregates, and LAMP2-positive vacuoles, while proteasome and lysosomal soluble enzyme activities were unimpaired, indicating a specific role for Sidt2 in the late stage of autophagy in muscle. |
Muscle-specific Sidt2 knockout mouse (Cre/LoxP); morphologic and functional studies; Western blot; immunostaining; genechip RNA expression analysis; proteasome activity assay; lysosomal enzyme activity assay |
Metabolism: clinical and experimental |
Medium |
29752955
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| 2021 |
Sidt2 deletion in kidney (Sidt2−/− mice) impairs lysosomal function (decreased acidic lysosomes, reduced acid hydrolase activity, elevated lysosomal pH), blocks autophagosome–lysosome fusion and autolysosome degradation, and leads to structural and functional kidney damage (basement membrane thickening, podocyte foot process fusion, proteinuria). |
Sidt2 knockout mouse; LysoTracker staining; lysosomal enzyme activity assays; LC3-II/p62 Western blot; immunofluorescence for autophagosome-lysosome fusion; Ad-mcherry-GFP-LC3B; chloroquine experiments; electron microscopy |
Cell death & disease |
Medium |
34923568
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| 2021 |
Sidt2 deletion in skeletal muscle reduces expression of mitochondrial fusion protein Mfn2, fission protein Drp1, and PGC1-α, blocks autophagosome–lysosome fusion, impairs clearance of damaged mitochondria, and causes accumulation of structurally abnormal mitochondria with reduced muscle tolerance. |
Skeletal muscle-selective Sidt2 knockout mice; Western blot for Mfn2, Drp1, PGC1-α; autophagy flux assays; electron microscopy; functional muscle tests |
FASEB journal |
Medium |
33715196
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| 2019 |
SIDT2 promotes tumor development; Sidt2−/− mice with KrasG12D activation develop significantly fewer lung tumors, and loss of SIDT2 delays intestinal tumor development in Apcmin/+ mice; in the intestine, SIDT2 loss leads to dsRNA accumulation associated with increased eIF2α and JNK phosphorylation and elevated apoptosis. |
Sidt2 knockout in KrasG12D lung adenocarcinoma model and Apcmin/+ intestinal cancer model; tumor counting; phospho-eIF2α and phospho-JNK Western blot; apoptosis assays |
iScience |
Medium |
31546103
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| 2021 |
SIDT2 forms a complex with apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) requiring the second CRAC motif (CRAC-2) in SIDT2; overexpression of SIDT2 enhances ApoA1 secretion from HepG2 hepatocytes, and this effect is abolished when the CRAC-2 domain is mutated. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; CRAC-2 domain mutagenesis; ApoA1 secretion assay in HepG2 cells |
Cells |
Medium |
37830567
|
| 2021 |
SIDT2/Val636Ile missense variant shows increased uptake of the cholesterol analog dehydroergosterol compared to wild-type in vitro, indicating that this variant alters SIDT2's sterol transport function. |
In vitro site-directed mutagenesis; dehydroergosterol (fluorescent cholesterol analog) uptake assay |
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology |
Medium |
34233476
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| 2022 |
SIDT2 regulates lysosome cellular location, potentially via interaction with microtubule-related proteins; SIDT2 is required for proper co-localization between phosphorothioate antisense oligonucleotides (PS-ASOs) and lysosomes, and SIDT2 loss reduces PS-ASO lysosomal entrapment and increases ASO activity. |
SIDT2 knockdown; PS-ASO co-localization imaging; SIDT2 interactome (MS-based identification of microtubule-related binding partners); lysosome positioning assays |
Nucleic acid therapeutics |
Medium |
36576400
|
| 2021 |
In docetaxel-treated cancer cells, SIDT2 expression is upregulated and mediates lysosomal degradation of miR-25, which in turn increases NOX4 expression; this activates ROS/JNK signaling leading to HuR phosphorylation and TNF-α mRNA stabilization, ultimately causing TNF-α-dependent apoptosis. |
siRNA knockdown of SIDT2; chloroquine (lysosome inhibitor) pretreatment; miR-25 quantification; NOX4/ROS/JNK/HuR Western blot; cell viability and apoptosis assays |
Biochemical pharmacology |
Medium |
34863979
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| 2025 |
Biallelic SIDT2 missense variants (p.Arg529Trp, p.Arg678Trp) in a human patient disrupted SIDT2's ability to interact with RNA; patient fibroblasts showed impaired autophagy with abnormal accumulation of autophagy markers, mimicking Sidt2 knockout mouse brain phenotypes including motor incoordination and seizures. |
Functional RNA-binding studies of patient variants; patient fibroblast autophagy marker analysis; Sidt2 knockout mouse neurological phenotyping; brain expression analysis |
Journal of medical genetics |
Medium |
40541391
|
| 2025 |
SIDT2 overexpression via AAV vectors in the lateral hypothalamus of R6/2 HD mice reduced mutant huntingtin (mHTT) inclusions; in a neuronal cell model, SIDT2 overexpression reduced soluble and insoluble mHTT exon 1 protein levels, consistent with its known ARM-mediated binding to the expanded CAG repeat in mHTT transcript. |
AAV-mediated SIDT2 overexpression in R6/2 mouse hypothalamus; mHTT inclusion quantification by immunohistochemistry; neuronal cell model overexpression with Western blot for mHTT |
Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) |
Medium |
41736445
|
| 2015 |
Sidt2 deficiency in islets correlates with significantly decreased expression of SNARE proteins synaptopodin 1 (synap1) and synaptopodin 3 (synap3), suggesting that Sidt2 regulates insulin secretory granule exocytosis via SNARE-dependent mechanisms. |
Sidt2 knockout mouse; gene expression analysis (13-gene panel); in vivo and in vitro insulin secretion assays |
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology |
Low |
26884831
|
| 2025 |
SIDT2 (expressed in human cell lines) enhances knockdown activity of gapmer ASOs and promotes their endosomal escape into the cytosol; a specific region in SIDT2 (identified by chimeric SIDT2/SIDT1 protein analysis) is critical for this activity and distinguishes SIDT2 from SIDT1. |
Overexpression of SIDT1 and SIDT2 in human cell lines; gapmer ASO knockdown activity assays; chimeric protein domain-swap analysis |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
39747556
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