PMID- 24481632 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141116 LR - 20211203 IS - 1674-8018 (Electronic) IS - 1674-800X (Print) IS - 1674-800X (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 3 DP - 2014 Mar TI - Dual phosphorylation of Sin1 at T86 and T398 negatively regulates mTORC2 complex integrity and activity. PG - 171-7 LID - 10.1007/s13238-014-0021-8 [doi] AB - Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) plays essential roles in cell proliferation, survival and metabolism by forming at least two functional distinct multi-protein complexes, mTORC1 and mTORC2. External growth signals can be received and interpreted by mTORC2 and further transduced to mTORC1. On the other hand, mTORC1 can sense inner-cellular physiological cues such as amino acids and energy states and can indirectly suppress mTORC2 activity in part through phosphorylation of its upstream adaptors, IRS-1 or Grb10, under insulin or IGF-1 stimulation conditions. To date, upstream signaling pathways governing mTORC1 activation have been studied extensively, while the mechanisms modulating mTORC2 activity remain largely elusive. We recently reported that Sin1, an essential mTORC2 subunit, was phosphorylated by either Akt or S6K in a cellular context-dependent manner. More importantly, phosphorylation of Sin1 at T86 and T398 led to a dissociation of Sin1 from the functional mTORC2 holo-enzyme, resulting in reduced Akt activity and sensitizing cells to various apoptotic challenges. Notably, an ovarian cancer patient-derived Sin1-R81T mutation abolished Sin1-T86 phosphorylation by disrupting the canonical S6K-phoshorylation motif, thereby bypassing Sin1-phosphorylation-mediated suppression of mTORC2 and leading to sustained Akt signaling to promote tumorigenesis. Our work therefore provided physiological and pathological evidence to reveal the biological significance of Sin1 phosphorylation-mediated suppression of the mTOR/Akt oncogenic signaling, and further suggested that misregulation of this process might contribute to Akt hyper-activation that is frequently observed in human cancers. FAU - Liu, Pengda AU - Liu P AD - Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. FAU - Guo, Jianping AU - Guo J FAU - Gan, Wenjian AU - Gan W FAU - Wei, Wenyi AU - Wei W LA - eng GR - R01 GM094777/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM089763/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 HL007893/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM089763/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - 5T32HL007893/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - GM094777/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - CA177910/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA177910/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PL - Germany TA - Protein Cell JT - Protein & cell JID - 101532368 RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (Multiprotein Complexes) RN - 1114-81-4 (Phosphothreonine) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2 MH - Models, Biological MH - Multiprotein Complexes/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Phosphothreonine/*metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism PMC - PMC3967077 EDAT- 2014/02/01 06:00 MHDA- 2014/11/17 06:00 PMCR- 2014/01/31 CRDT- 2014/02/01 06:00 PHST- 2014/02/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/02/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/11/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/01/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 21 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s13238-014-0021-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Protein Cell. 2014 Mar;5(3):171-7. doi: 10.1007/s13238-014-0021-8.