PMID- 28174230 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170627 LR - 20211204 IS - 1535-9484 (Electronic) IS - 1535-9476 (Print) IS - 1535-9476 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 4 DP - 2017 Apr TI - Clustered, Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9-coupled Affinity Purification/Mass Spectrometry Analysis Revealed a Novel Role of Neurofibromin in mTOR Signaling. PG - 594-607 LID - 10.1074/mcp.M116.064543 [doi] AB - Neurofibromin (NF1) is a well known tumor suppressor that is commonly mutated in cancer patients. It physically interacts with RAS and negatively regulates RAS GTPase activity. Despite the importance of NF1 in cancer, a high quality endogenous NF1 interactome has yet to be established. In this study, we combined clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9-mediated gene knock-out technology with affinity purification using antibodies against endogenous proteins, followed by mass spectrometry analysis, to sensitively and accurately detect NF1 protein-protein interactions in unaltered in vivo settings. Using this system, we analyzed endogenous NF1-associated protein complexes and identified 49 high-confidence candidate interaction proteins, including RAS and other functionally relevant proteins. Through functional validation, we found that NF1 negatively regulates mechanistic target of rapamycin signaling (mTOR) in a LAMTOR1-dependent manner. In addition, the cell growth and survival of NF1-deficient cells have become dependent on hyperactivation of the mTOR pathway, and the tumorigenic properties of these cells have become dependent on LAMTOR1. Taken together, our findings may provide novel insights into therapeutic approaches targeting NF1-deficient tumors. CI - (c) 2017 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. FAU - Li, Xu AU - Li X AD - From the double daggerDepartment of Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030. FAU - Gao, Min AU - Gao M AD - From the double daggerDepartment of Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030. FAU - Choi, Jong Min AU - Choi JM AD - ||Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030. FAU - Kim, Beom-Jun AU - Kim BJ AD - ||Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030. FAU - Zhou, Mao-Tian AU - Zhou MT AD - From the double daggerDepartment of Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030. FAU - Chen, Zhen AU - Chen Z AD - From the double daggerDepartment of Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030. FAU - Jain, Antrix N AU - Jain AN AD - ||Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030. FAU - Jung, Sung Yun AU - Jung SY AD - ||Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030. FAU - Yuan, Jingsong AU - Yuan J AD - **Department of Radiation Oncology, Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032. FAU - Wang, Wenqi AU - Wang W AD - double daggerdouble daggerDepartment of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697 jchen8@mdanderson.org yiw@bcm.edu wenqiw6@uci.edu. FAU - Wang, Yi AU - Wang Y AD - ||Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; jchen8@mdanderson.org yiw@bcm.edu wenqiw6@uci.edu. FAU - Chen, Junjie AU - Chen J AD - From the double daggerDepartment of Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030; jchen8@mdanderson.org yiw@bcm.edu wenqiw6@uci.edu. LA - eng GR - P30 CA016672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170207 PL - United States TA - Mol Cell Proteomics JT - Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP JID - 101125647 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (LAMTOR1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Neurofibromin 1) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - CRISPR-Cas Systems MH - Carrier Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cell Survival MH - Gene Editing/*methods MH - HEK293 Cells MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins MH - Mass Spectrometry MH - Neoplasms/genetics/*metabolism MH - Neurofibromin 1/genetics/*metabolism MH - Protein Interaction Maps MH - Proteomics/*methods MH - Signal Transduction MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC5383781 COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with the contents of this article EDAT- 2017/02/09 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/28 06:00 PMCR- 2018/04/01 CRDT- 2017/02/09 06:00 PHST- 2016/10/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/01/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/02/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/02/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1535-9476(20)32407-5 [pii] AID - M116.064543 [pii] AID - 10.1074/mcp.M116.064543 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Proteomics. 2017 Apr;16(4):594-607. doi: 10.1074/mcp.M116.064543. Epub 2017 Feb 7.