PMID- 26017155 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160412 LR - 20211203 IS - 1551-4005 (Electronic) IS - 1538-4101 (Print) IS - 1551-4005 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 13 DP - 2015 TI - mTORC1 signaling activates NRF1 to increase cellular proteasome levels. PG - 2011-7 LID - 10.1080/15384101.2015.1044188 [doi] AB - Defects in the maintenance of protein homeostasis, or proteostasis, has emerged as an underlying feature of a variety of human pathologies, including aging-related diseases. Proteostasis is achieved through the coordinated action of cellular systems overseeing amino acid availability, mRNA translation, protein folding, secretion, and degradation. The regulation of these distinct systems must be integrated at various points to attain a proper balance. In a recent study, we found that the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1 (mTORC1) pathway, well known to enhance the protein synthesis capacity of cells while concordantly inhibiting autophagy, promotes the production of more proteasomes. Activation of mTORC1 genetically, through loss of the tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) tumor suppressors, or physiologically, through growth factors or feeding, stimulates a transcriptional program involving the sterol-regulatory element binding protein 1 (SREBP1) and nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2-related factor 1 (NRF1; also known as NFE2L1) transcription factors leading to an increase in cellular proteasome content. As discussed here, our findings suggest that this increase in proteasome levels facilitates both the maintenance of proteostasis and the recovery of amino acids in the face of an increased protein load consequent to mTORC1 activation. We also consider the physiological and pathological implications of this unexpected new downstream branch of mTORC1 signaling. FAU - Zhang, Yinan AU - Zhang Y AD - a Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ; Boston , MA , USA. FAU - Manning, Brendan D AU - Manning BD LA - eng GR - P01-CA120964/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-CA122617/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Review DEP - 20150527 PL - United States TA - Cell Cycle JT - Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) JID - 101137841 RN - 0 (Multiprotein Complexes) RN - 0 (NRF1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Nuclear Respiratory Factor 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 MH - Multiprotein Complexes/*metabolism MH - Nuclear Respiratory Factor 1/*metabolism MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*physiology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism PMC - PMC4613906 OTO - NOTNLM OT - NFE2L1 OT - NRF2 OT - aging OT - cancer OT - muscle OT - neurodegeneration OT - proteasome OT - synaptic plasticity EDAT- 2015/05/29 06:00 MHDA- 2016/04/14 06:00 PMCR- 2016/05/27 CRDT- 2015/05/29 06:00 PHST- 2015/05/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/05/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/04/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/05/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1044188 [pii] AID - 10.1080/15384101.2015.1044188 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Cycle. 2015;14(13):2011-7. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1044188. Epub 2015 May 27.