Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1-mediated phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 requires multiple protein-protein interactions for substrate recognition

Dunlop, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9209-7561, Dodd, Kayleigh M., Seymour, Lyndsey A. and Tee, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5577-4631 2009. Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1-mediated phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 requires multiple protein-protein interactions for substrate recognition. Cellular Signalling 21 (7) , pp. 1073-1084. 10.1016/j.cellsig.2009.02.024

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Abstract

The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is implicated in a number of human diseases, but the pathway details are not fully understood. Here we elucidate the interactions between various proteins involved in mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1). An in vitro mTORC1 kinase assay approach was used to probe the role of the mTORC1 component Raptor and revealed that certain Raptor mutations disrupt binding to eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1) and prevent its subsequent phosphorylation by mTOR. Interestingly, we show that a point mutation in the highly conserved Raptor RNC domain still allows binding to mTOR but prevents Raptor association and mTOR-dependent phosphorylation of 4E-BP1, indicating that this Raptor domain facilitates substrate recognition by mTORC1. This Raptor RNC domain mutant also dominantly inhibits mTORC1 signalling to 4E-BP1, S6K1 and HIF1α in vivo. We further characterise the functions of the mTORC1 signalling (TOS) and RAIP motifs of 4E-BP1, which are involved in substrate recognition by Raptor and phosphorylation by mTORC1. We show that an mTOR mutant, L1460P, responds to insulin even in nutrient-deprived conditions and is resistant to inhibition by inactive RagB–RagC heterodimers that mimic nutrient withdrawal suggesting that this region of mTOR is involved in sensing the permissive amino acid input. We found that FKBP38 inhibits mTOR(L1460P), while the mTOR(E2419K) kinase domain mutant was resistant to FKBP38 inhibition. Finally, we show that activation of mTORC1 by both Rheb and RhebL1 is impaired by FKBP38. Our work demonstrates the value of an in vitro mTORC1 kinase assay to characterise cell signalling components of mTORC1 involved in recognition and phosphotransfer to mTORC1 substrates.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	mTOR, raptor, 4E-BP1, rag, RAIP, FKBP38
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0898-6568
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2022 15:49
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/24152

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