PMID- 23035115 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130219 LR - 20230815 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 287 IP - 47 DP - 2012 Nov 16 TI - Regulation of autophagy and its associated cell death by "sphingolipid rheostat": reciprocal role of ceramide and sphingosine 1-phosphate in the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway. PG - 39898-910 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M112.416552 [doi] AB - The role of "sphingolipid rheostat" by ceramide and sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) in the regulation of autophagy remains unclear. In human leukemia HL-60 cells, amino acid deprivation (AA(-)) caused autophagy with an increase in acid sphingomyleinase (SMase) activity and ceramide, which serves as an autophagy inducing lipid. Knockdown of acid SMase significantly suppressed the autophagy induction. S1P treatment counteracted autophagy induction by AA(-) or C(2)-ceramide. AA(-) treatment promoted mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) dephosphorylation/inactivation, inducing autophagy. S1P treatment suppressed mTOR inactivation and autophagy induction by AA(-). S1P exerts biological actions via cell surface receptors, and S1P(3) among five S1P receptors was predominantly expressed in HL-60 cells. We evaluated the involvement of S1P(3) in suppressing autophagy induction. S1P treatment of CHO cells had no effects on mTOR inactivation and autophagy induction by AA(-) or C(2)-ceramide. Whereas S1P treatment of S1P(3) overexpressing CHO cells resulted in activation of the mTOR pathway, preventing cells from undergoing autophagy induced by AA(-) or C(2)-ceramide. These results indicate that S1P-S1P(3) plays a role in counteracting ceramide signals that mediate mTOR-controlled autophagy. In addition, we evaluated the involvement of ceramide-activated protein phosphatases (CAPPs) in ceramide-dependent inactivation of the mTOR pathway. Inhibition of CAPP by okadaic acid in AA(-)- or C(2)-ceramide-treated cells suppressed dephosphorylation/inactivation of mTOR, autophagy induction, and autophagy-associated cell death, indicating a novel role of ceramide-CAPPs in autophagy induction. Moreover, S1P(3) engagement by S1P counteracted cell death. Taken together, these results indicated that sphingolipid rheostat in ceramide-CAPPs and S1P-S1P(3) signaling modulates autophagy and its associated cell death through regulation of the mTOR pathway. FAU - Taniguchi, Makoto AU - Taniguchi M AD - Division of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 86 Nishi-Machi, Yonago 683-8503, Japan. FAU - Kitatani, Kazuyuki AU - Kitatani K FAU - Kondo, Tadakazu AU - Kondo T FAU - Hashimoto-Nishimura, Mayumi AU - Hashimoto-Nishimura M FAU - Asano, Satoshi AU - Asano S FAU - Hayashi, Akira AU - Hayashi A FAU - Mitsutake, Susumu AU - Mitsutake S FAU - Igarashi, Yasuyuki AU - Igarashi Y FAU - Umehara, Hisanori AU - Umehara H FAU - Takeya, Hiroyuki AU - Takeya H FAU - Kigawa, Junzo AU - Kigawa J FAU - Okazaki, Toshiro AU - Okazaki T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121003 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Ceramides) RN - 0 (Lysophospholipids) RN - 0 (N-acetylsphingosine) RN - 0 (Receptors, Lysosphingolipid) RN - 0 (ceramide 1-phosphate) RN - 26993-30-6 (sphingosine 1-phosphate) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Phosphoprotein Phosphatases) RN - EC 3.1.4.12 (Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase) RN - NGZ37HRE42 (Sphingosine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Autophagy/*physiology MH - CHO Cells MH - Ceramides/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cricetinae MH - Cricetulus MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - HL-60 Cells MH - Humans MH - Lysophospholipids/genetics/*metabolism MH - Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/genetics/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation/physiology MH - Receptors, Lysosphingolipid/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*physiology MH - Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase/genetics/metabolism MH - Sphingosine/*analogs & derivatives/genetics/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC3501064 EDAT- 2012/10/05 06:00 MHDA- 2013/02/21 06:00 PMCR- 2013/11/16 CRDT- 2012/10/05 06:00 PHST- 2012/10/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/10/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/02/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/11/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)62284-0 [pii] AID - M112.416552 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M112.416552 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2012 Nov 16;287(47):39898-910. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.416552. Epub 2012 Oct 3.