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Lipid sensing by mTOR complexes via de novo synthesis of phosphatidic acid.


ABSTRACT: mTOR, the mammalian target of rapamycin, integrates growth factor and nutrient signals to promote a transformation from catabolic to anabolic metabolism, cell growth, and cell cycle progression. Phosphatidic acid (PA) interacts with the FK506-binding protein-12-rapamycin-binding (FRB) domain of mTOR, which stabilizes both mTOR complexes: mTORC1 and mTORC2. We report here that mTORC1 and mTORC2 are activated in response to exogenously supplied fatty acids via the de novo synthesis of PA, a central metabolite for membrane phospholipid biosynthesis. We examined the impact of exogenously supplied fatty acids on mTOR in KRas-driven cancer cells, which are programmed to utilize exogenous lipids. The induction of mTOR by oleic acid was dependent upon the enzymes responsible for de novo synthesis of PA. Suppression of the de novo synthesis of PA resulted in G1 cell cycle arrest. Although it has long been appreciated that mTOR is a sensor of amino acids and glucose, this study reveals that mTOR also senses the presence of lipids via production of PA.

SUBMITTER: Menon D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5391759 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lipid sensing by mTOR complexes via <i>de novo</i> synthesis of phosphatidic acid.

Menon Deepak D   Salloum Darin D   Bernfeld Elyssa E   Gorodetsky Elizabeth E   Akselrod Alla A   Frias Maria A MA   Sudderth Jessica J   Chen Pei-Hsuan PH   DeBerardinis Ralph R   Foster David A DA  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20170221 15


mTOR, the mammalian target of rapamycin, integrates growth factor and nutrient signals to promote a transformation from catabolic to anabolic metabolism, cell growth, and cell cycle progression. Phosphatidic acid (PA) interacts with the FK506-binding protein-12-rapamycin-binding (FRB) domain of mTOR, which stabilizes both mTOR complexes: mTORC1 and mTORC2. We report here that mTORC1 and mTORC2 are activated in response to exogenously supplied fatty acids via the <i>de novo</i> synthesis of PA, a  ...[more]

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