TY - JOUR
T1 - Leucyl-tRNA Synthetase Activates Vps34 in Amino Acid-Sensing mTORC1 Signaling
AU - Yoon, Mee Sup
AU - Son, Kook
AU - Arauz, Edwin
AU - Han, Jung Min
AU - Kim, Sunghoon
AU - Chen, Jie
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper is dedicated to the occasion of Professor Stuart L. Schreiber’s 60 th birthday. We are most grateful to Professor Schreiber for his scientific vision and mentoring. We also thank Christina L. Rosenberger for critical reading and editing of the manuscript. This work was supported by grants from the NIH (R01 AR048914 and GM089771 to J.C.), the Keck Foundation (to J.C.), the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2015R1D1A1A01058313 to M.-S.Y.), and the Gachon University Gil Medical Center (2015-15 to M.-S.Y.).
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© 2016 The Author(s)
PY - 2016/8/9
Y1 - 2016/8/9
N2 - Amino acid availability activates signaling by the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1, mTORC1, a master regulator of cell growth. The class III PI-3-kinase Vps34 mediates amino acid signaling to mTORC1 by regulating lysosomal translocation and activation of the phospholipase PLD1. Here, we identify leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LRS) as a leucine sensor for the activation of Vps34-PLD1 upstream of mTORC1. LRS is necessary for amino acid-induced Vps34 activation, cellular PI(3)P level increase, PLD1 activation, and PLD1 lysosomal translocation. Leucine binding, but not tRNA charging activity of LRS, is required for this regulation. Moreover, LRS physically interacts with Vps34 in amino acid-stimulatable non-autophagic complexes. Finally, purified LRS protein activates Vps34 kinase in vitro in a leucine-dependent manner. Collectively, our findings provide compelling evidence for a direct role of LRS in amino acid activation of Vps34 via a non-canonical mechanism and fill a gap in the amino acid-sensing mTORC1 signaling network.
AB - Amino acid availability activates signaling by the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1, mTORC1, a master regulator of cell growth. The class III PI-3-kinase Vps34 mediates amino acid signaling to mTORC1 by regulating lysosomal translocation and activation of the phospholipase PLD1. Here, we identify leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LRS) as a leucine sensor for the activation of Vps34-PLD1 upstream of mTORC1. LRS is necessary for amino acid-induced Vps34 activation, cellular PI(3)P level increase, PLD1 activation, and PLD1 lysosomal translocation. Leucine binding, but not tRNA charging activity of LRS, is required for this regulation. Moreover, LRS physically interacts with Vps34 in amino acid-stimulatable non-autophagic complexes. Finally, purified LRS protein activates Vps34 kinase in vitro in a leucine-dependent manner. Collectively, our findings provide compelling evidence for a direct role of LRS in amino acid activation of Vps34 via a non-canonical mechanism and fill a gap in the amino acid-sensing mTORC1 signaling network.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.07.008
DO - 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.07.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 27477288
AN - SCOPUS:84979783281
SN - 2211-1247
VL - 16
SP - 1510
EP - 1517
JO - Cell Reports
JF - Cell Reports
IS - 6
ER -