PMID- 15775987 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050607 LR - 20211203 IS - 0261-4189 (Print) IS - 1460-2075 (Electronic) IS - 0261-4189 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 6 DP - 2005 Mar 23 TI - Adenoviral proteins mimic nutrient/growth signals to activate the mTOR pathway for viral replication. PG - 1211-21 AB - Like tumor cells, DNA viruses have had to evolve mechanisms that uncouple cellular replication from the many intra- and extracellular factors that normally control it. Here we show that adenovirus encodes two proteins that activate the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) for viral replication, even under nutrient/growth factor-limiting conditions. E4-ORF1 mimics growth factor signaling by activating PI3-kinase, resulting in increased Rheb.GTP loading and mTOR activation. E4-ORF4 is redundant with glucose in stimulating mTOR, does not affect Rheb.GTP levels and is the major mechanism whereby adenovirus activates mTOR in quiescent primary cells. We demonstrate that mTOR is activated through a mechanism that is dependent on the E4-ORF4 protein phosphatase 2A-binding domain. We also show that mTOR activation is required for efficient S-phase entry, independently of E2F activation, in adenovirus-infected quiescent primary cells. These data reveal that adenovirus has evolved proteins that activate the mTOR pathway, irrespective of the cellular microenvironment, and which play a requisite role in viral replication. FAU - O'Shea, Clodagh AU - O'Shea C AD - Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. oshea@cc.ucsf.edu FAU - Klupsch, Kristina AU - Klupsch K FAU - Choi, Serah AU - Choi S FAU - Bagus, Bridget AU - Bagus B FAU - Soria, Conrado AU - Soria C FAU - Shen, Jerry AU - Shen J FAU - McCormick, Frank AU - McCormick F FAU - Stokoe, David AU - Stokoe D LA - eng GR - R01CA79548/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. DEP - 20050303 PL - England TA - EMBO J JT - The EMBO journal JID - 8208664 RN - 0 (Adenovirus E4 Proteins) RN - 0 (Neuropeptides) RN - 0 (PPP2R1B protein, human) RN - 0 (Ppp2r1b protein, mouse) RN - 0 (RHEB protein, human) RN - 0 (Ras Homolog Enriched in Brain Protein) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Phosphoprotein Phosphatases) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Protein Phosphatase 2) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins) SB - IM MH - Adenoviridae/*physiology MH - Adenovirus E4 Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - DNA Replication/physiology MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Humans MH - Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism MH - Mutation/genetics MH - Neuropeptides/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/analysis/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Biosynthesis MH - Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Protein Phosphatase 2 MH - Ras Homolog Enriched in Brain Protein MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/metabolism MH - S Phase/physiology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - Virus Replication/*physiology PMC - PMC556401 EDAT- 2005/03/19 09:00 MHDA- 2005/06/09 09:00 PMCR- 2005/03/23 CRDT- 2005/03/19 09:00 PHST- 2004/12/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/02/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/03/19 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/06/09 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/03/19 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2005/03/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 7600597 [pii] AID - 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600597 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO J. 2005 Mar 23;24(6):1211-21. doi: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600597. Epub 2005 Mar 3.