PMID- 36189894 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221205 LR - 20230117 IS - 1613-4133 (Electronic) IS - 1613-4125 (Linking) VI - 66 IP - 23 DP - 2022 Dec TI - Cystine Induced-mTORC2 Activation through Promoting Sin1 Phosphorylation to Suppress Cancer Cell Ferroptosis. PG - e2200186 LID - 10.1002/mnfr.202200186 [doi] AB - SCOPE: Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) serves as a central signaling node in the coordination of cell growth and metabolism, and it functions via two distinct complexes, namely, mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) and mTORC2. mTORC1 plays a crucial role in sensing amino acids, whereas mTORC2 involves in sensing growth factors. However, it remains largely unclear whether mTORC2 can sense amino acids and the mechanism by which amino acids regulate mTORC2 has not been studied. METHODS AND RESULTS: After treating cells with indicated concentration of amino acids for different time, it is found that the mTORC2 activation is significantly increased in response to amino acids stimulation, especially cystine. Particularly, knockdown solute carrier family 7 member 11 (SLC7A11) by siRNA shows that SLC7A11-mediated cystine uptake is responsible for activating mTORC2. Mechanistically, the study finds that p38 is activated in response to cystine stimulation, and co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) experiments suggest that p38 regulates the assembly of components within mTORC2 by mediating the phosphorylation of the mTORC2 subunit mitogen-activated protein kinase-interacting protein 1 (Sin1) in a cystine-dependent manner. Finally, combined with inducers and inhibitors of ferroptosis and cell viability assay, the study observes that cystine-mediated regulation of the p38-Sin1-mTOR-AKT pathway induces resistance to ferroptosis. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that cystine-induced activation of the p38-Sin1-mTORC2-AKT pathway suppresses ferroptosis. CI - (c) 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH. FAU - Wang, GuoYan AU - Wang G AD - College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China. FAU - Chen, Lei AU - Chen L AD - Division of Laboratory Safety and Services, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China. FAU - Qin, SenLin AU - Qin S AD - College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China. FAU - Zheng, YiNing AU - Zheng Y AD - College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China. FAU - Xia, Chao AU - Xia C AD - College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China. FAU - Yao, JunHu AU - Yao J AD - College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China. FAU - Wang, Ping AU - Wang P AD - Tongji University Cancer Center, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital of Tongji University, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China. FAU - Deng, Lu AU - Deng L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3744-4102 AD - College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20221019 PL - Germany TA - Mol Nutr Food Res JT - Molecular nutrition & food research JID - 101231818 RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2) RN - 48TCX9A1VT (Cystine) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - 0 (Multiprotein Complexes) RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1) SB - IM MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Cystine/pharmacology/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Multiprotein Complexes/chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - *Ferroptosis MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1/metabolism MH - *Neoplasms OTO - NOTNLM OT - Sin1 OT - cystine OT - ferroptosis OT - mTORC2 OT - p38 EDAT- 2022/10/04 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/06 06:00 CRDT- 2022/10/03 06:33 PHST- 2022/09/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/03/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/10/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/10/03 06:33 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/mnfr.202200186 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Nutr Food Res. 2022 Dec;66(23):e2200186. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.202200186. Epub 2022 Oct 19.