PMID- 19720745 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091113 LR - 20211020 IS - 1098-5549 (Electronic) IS - 0270-7306 (Print) IS - 0270-7306 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 21 DP - 2009 Nov TI - Characterization of Rictor phosphorylation sites reveals direct regulation of mTOR complex 2 by S6K1. PG - 5657-70 LID - 10.1128/MCB.00735-09 [doi] AB - The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) functions within two distinct complexes (mTORC1 and mTORC2) to control cell growth, proliferation, survival, and metabolism. While there has been great progress in our understanding of mTORC1 regulation, the signaling mechanisms that regulate mTORC2 have not been defined. In this study, we use liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analyses to identify 21 phosphorylation sites on the core mTORC2 component Rictor. We find that one site, T1135, undergoes growth factor-responsive phosphorylation that is acutely sensitive to rapamycin and is phosphorylated downstream of mTORC1. We find that Rictor-T1135 is directly phosphorylated by the mTORC1-dependent kinase S6K1. Although this phosphorylation event does not affect mTORC2 integrity or in vitro kinase activity, expression of a phosphorylation site mutant of Rictor (T1135A) in either wild-type or Rictor null cells causes an increase in the mTORC2-dependent phosphorylation of Akt on S473. However, Rictor-T1135 phosphorylation does not appear to regulate mTORC2-mediated effects on SGK1 or PKC alpha. While the precise molecular mechanism affecting Akt is unknown, phosphorylation of T1135 stimulates binding of Rictor to 14-3-3 proteins. We provide evidence that Rictor-T1135 phosphorylation acts in parallel with other mTORC1-dependent feedback mechanisms, such as those affecting IRS-1 signaling to PI3K, to regulate the response of Akt to insulin. FAU - Dibble, Christian C AU - Dibble CC AD - Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave., SPH2-117, Boston, MA 02115, USA. FAU - Asara, John M AU - Asara JM FAU - Manning, Brendan D AU - Manning BD LA - eng GR - R01 CA122617-04/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA120964/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 ES07155/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA122617/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-CA122617/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01-CA120964/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 ES007155/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20090831 PL - United States TA - Mol Cell Biol JT - Molecular and cellular biology JID - 8109087 RN - 0 (14-3-3 Proteins) RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Rapamycin-Insensitive Companion of mTOR Protein) RN - 0 (rictor protein, mouse) RN - 1114-81-4 (Phosphothreonine) RN - 17885-08-4 (Phosphoserine) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Rps6ka1 protein, mouse) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - 14-3-3 Proteins/metabolism MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Amino Acid Substitution/drug effects MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - Carrier Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Chromatography, Liquid MH - Conserved Sequence MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Insulin/pharmacology MH - Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/pharmacology MH - Mass Spectrometry MH - Mice MH - Models, Biological MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Phosphoserine/metabolism MH - Phosphothreonine/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Rapamycin-Insensitive Companion of mTOR Protein MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa/*metabolism MH - Sirolimus/pharmacology MH - Vertebrates/metabolism PMC - PMC2772744 EDAT- 2009/09/02 06:00 MHDA- 2009/11/17 06:00 PMCR- 2010/05/01 CRDT- 2009/09/02 09:00 PHST- 2009/09/02 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/09/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/11/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - MCB.00735-09 [pii] AID - 0735-09 [pii] AID - 10.1128/MCB.00735-09 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biol. 2009 Nov;29(21):5657-70. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00735-09. Epub 2009 Aug 31.