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Regulation of TFEB and V-ATPases by mTORC1
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Regulation of TFEB and V-ATPases by mTORC1

Samuel Peña-Llopis, Silvia Vega-Rubin-de-Celis, Jacob C Schwartz, Nicholas C Wolff, Tram Anh T Tran, Lihua Zou, Xian-Jin Xie, David R Corey and James Brugarolas
The EMBO journal, Vol.30(16), pp.3242-3258
07/29/2011
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.257
PMCID: PMC3160667
PMID: 21804531
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https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc3160667View
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Abstract

Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1 (mTORC1) is an important, highly conserved, regulator of cell growth. Ancient among the signals that regulate mTORC1 are nutrients. Amino acids direct mTORC1 to the surface of the late endosome/lysosome, where mTORC1 becomes receptive to other inputs. However, the interplay between endosomes and mTORC1 is poorly understood. Here, we report the discovery of a network that links mTORC1 to a critical component of the late endosome/lysosome, the V-ATPase. In an unbiased screen, we found that mTORC1 regulated the expression of, among other lysosomal genes, the V-ATPases. mTORC1 regulates V-ATPase expression both in cells and in mice. V-ATPase regulation by mTORC1 involves a transcription factor translocated in renal cancer, TFEB. TFEB is required for the expression of a large subset of mTORC1 responsive genes. mTORC1 coordinately regulates TFEB phosphorylation and nuclear localization and in a manner dependent on both TFEB and V-ATPases, mTORC1 promotes endocytosis. These data uncover a regulatory network linking an oncogenic transcription factor that is a master regulator of lysosomal biogenesis, TFEB, to mTORC1 and endocytosis.
Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases - genetics Phosphorylation Multiprotein Complexes Lysosomes - enzymology Protein Transport - physiology Protein Transport - drug effects Cell Line, Transformed - drug effects Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors - physiology Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases - biosynthesis Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases - physiology Enzyme Induction - drug effects Fibroblasts - metabolism Proteins - physiology Endocytosis - drug effects Gene Expression Regulation Sirolimus - pharmacology Amino Acid Motifs Endocytosis - physiology Tumor Suppressor Proteins - physiology Animals MAP Kinase Signaling System - drug effects Fibroblasts - drug effects Cell Line, Transformed - metabolism Signal Transduction - physiology Mice Protein Kinase Inhibitors - pharmacology Protein Processing, Post-Translational TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases Dactinomycin - pharmacology

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