PMID- 25294810 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150713 LR - 20211203 IS - 1949-2553 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2553 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 20 DP - 2014 Oct 30 TI - The nuclear import of ribosomal proteins is regulated by mTOR. PG - 9577-93 AB - Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a central component of the essential signaling pathway that regulates cell growth and proliferation by controlling anabolic processes in cells. mTOR exists in two distinct mTOR complexes known as mTORC1 and mTORC2 that reside mostly in cytoplasm. In our study, the biochemical characterization of mTOR led to discovery of its novel localization on nuclear envelope where it associates with a critical regulator of nuclear import Ran Binding Protein 2 (RanBP2). We show that association of mTOR with RanBP2 is dependent on the mTOR kinase activity that regulates the nuclear import of ribosomal proteins. The mTOR kinase inhibitors within thirty minutes caused a substantial decrease of ribosomal proteins in the nuclear but not cytoplasmic fraction. Detection of a nuclear accumulation of the GFP-tagged ribosomal protein rpL7a also indicated its dependence on the mTOR kinase activity. The nuclear abundance of ribosomal proteins was not affected by inhibition of mTOR Complex 1 (mTORC1) by rapamycin or deficiency of mTORC2, suggesting a distinctive role of the nuclear envelope mTOR complex in the nuclear import. Thus, we identified that mTOR in association with RanBP2 mediates the active nuclear import of ribosomal proteins. FAU - Kazyken, Dubek AU - Kazyken D AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Department of Natural Sciences, The L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, 010008, Kazakhstan. FAU - Kaz, Yelimbek AU - Kaz Y AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Department of Natural Sciences, The L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, 010008, Kazakhstan. FAU - Kiyan, Vladimir AU - Kiyan V AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Department of Natural Sciences, The L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, 010008, Kazakhstan. FAU - Zhylkibayev, Assylbek A AU - Zhylkibayev AA AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Department of Natural Sciences, The L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, 010008, Kazakhstan. FAU - Chen, Chien-Hung AU - Chen CH AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. FAU - Agarwal, Nitin K AU - Agarwal NK AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. FAU - Sarbassov, Dos D AU - Sarbassov dos D AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, TX 77030, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 CA133522/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA 133522/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Oncotarget JT - Oncotarget JID - 101532965 RN - 0 (Molecular Chaperones) RN - 0 (Multiprotein Complexes) RN - 0 (Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins) RN - 0 (Ribosomal Proteins) RN - 0 (ran-binding protein 2) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) 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) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Active Transport, Cell Nucleus MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Nucleus/*metabolism MH - HEK293 Cells MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2 MH - Molecular Chaperones/metabolism MH - Multiprotein Complexes/antagonists & inhibitors/deficiency/metabolism MH - Neoplasms/enzymology/*metabolism MH - Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins/metabolism MH - Ribosomal Proteins/*metabolism MH - Sirolimus/pharmacology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/deficiency/*metabolism PMC - PMC4259421 COIS- Conflict of interest All authors declare no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2014/10/09 06:00 MHDA- 2015/07/15 06:00 PMCR- 2014/10/01 CRDT- 2014/10/09 06:00 PHST- 2014/10/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/10/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/07/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2473 [pii] AID - 10.18632/oncotarget.2473 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncotarget. 2014 Oct 30;5(20):9577-93. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.2473.