PMID- 21336308 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110427 LR - 20211203 IS - 1476-4679 (Electronic) IS - 1465-7392 (Print) IS - 1465-7392 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 3 DP - 2011 Mar TI - Inactivation of Rheb by PRAK-mediated phosphorylation is essential for energy-depletion-induced suppression of mTORC1. PG - 263-72 LID - 10.1038/ncb2168 [doi] AB - Cell growth can be suppressed by stressful environments, but the role of stress pathways in this process is largely unknown. Here we show that a cascade of p38beta mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and p38-regulated/activated kinase (PRAK) plays a role in energy-starvation-induced suppression of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and that energy starvation activates the p38beta-PRAK cascade. Depletion of p38beta or PRAK diminishes the suppression of mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) and reduction of cell size induced by energy starvation. We show that p38beta-PRAK operates independently of the known mTORC1 inactivation pathways--phosphorylation of tuberous sclerosis protein 2 (TSC2) and Raptor by AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)--and surprisingly, that PRAK directly regulates Ras homologue enriched in brain (Rheb), a key component of the mTORC1 pathway, by phosphorylation. Phosphorylation of Rheb at Ser 130 by PRAK impairs the nucleotide-binding ability of Rheb and inhibits Rheb-mediated mTORC1 activation. The direct regulation of Rheb by PRAK integrates a stress pathway with the mTORC1 pathway in response to energy depletion. CI - (c) 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. FAU - Zheng, Min AU - Zheng M AD - The Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Cell Biology and Tumor Cell Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China. FAU - Wang, Yan-Hai AU - Wang YH FAU - Wu, Xiao-Nan AU - Wu XN FAU - Wu, Su-Qin AU - Wu SQ FAU - Lu, Bao-Ju AU - Lu BJ FAU - Dong, Meng-Qiu AU - Dong MQ FAU - Zhang, Hongbing AU - Zhang H FAU - Sun, Peiqing AU - Sun P FAU - Lin, Sheng-Cai AU - Lin SC FAU - Guan, Kun-Liang AU - Guan KL FAU - Han, Jiahuai AU - Han J LA - eng GR - AI68896./AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM062694/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI041637-13/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI41637/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA106768/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI068896/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI068896-04/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI041637/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110220 PL - England TA - Nat Cell Biol JT - Nature cell biology JID - 100890575 RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Multiprotein Complexes) RN - 0 (Neuropeptides) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (RHEB protein, human) RN - 0 (Ras Homolog Enriched in Brain Protein) RN - 0 (Rheb protein, mouse) RN - 6YHG2VE3IX (MAP-kinase-activated kinase 5) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.31 (AMP-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins) SB - IM MH - AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Fibroblasts/cytology MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*metabolism MH - Isoelectric Focusing/methods MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 MH - Mice MH - Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Multiprotein Complexes MH - Neuropeptides/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Proteins/*metabolism MH - RNA Interference MH - Ras Homolog Enriched in Brain Protein MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism PMC - PMC3070924 MID - NIHMS259321 EDAT- 2011/02/22 06:00 MHDA- 2011/04/28 06:00 PMCR- 2011/09/01 CRDT- 2011/02/22 06:00 PHST- 2010/04/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/12/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/02/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/02/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/04/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ncb2168 [pii] AID - 10.1038/ncb2168 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Cell Biol. 2011 Mar;13(3):263-72. doi: 10.1038/ncb2168. Epub 2011 Feb 20.