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A Tumor Suppressor Complex with GAP Activity for the Rag GTPases That Signal Amino Acid Sufficiency to mTORC1
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Limiting mTORC1: The mTORC1 protein kinase complex has important functions linking metabolism to cell growth and its functions are disrupted in common diseases, including cancer and diabetes. Bar-Peled et al. (p. 1100 ; see the Perspective by Shaw ) discovered regulatory components that help turn down signaling by mTORC1 when cells are deprived of amino acids. Two complexes of proteins, GATOR1 and GATOR2, have opposite effects on activity and cellular localization of mTORC1. Components of the GATOR1 complex negatively regulate mTORC1 and appear to function as tumor supressors. Cancers with loss of GATOR1 function may be particularly amenable to therapeutic strategies that limit activity of mTORC1.
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“These include CG12090, the Drosophila ortholog of mammalian DEPDC5, which was found to be part of the GATOR1 complex that inhibits the Tor pathway during the protracted course of our studies.”
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“WDR59 and WDR24 are both subunits of GATOR2 complex, which functions as a positive regulator of amino‐acid‐mediated mTORC1 activation (Bar‐Peled et al., 2013), and WDR24 modulates mTOR through the previously described changes in lysosome cellular positioning and dynamics (Korolchuk et al., 2011) and thus indirectly modulates autophagic flux (Cai et al., 2016).”
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“Mutants in GATOR1 subunits promote cell growth by increasing Tor activity [54,55].”
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“At the Ragulator, the Rag heterodimer interacts with GATOR (GAP Activity Towards Rags), an octomeric complex that controls the activity of the Rag proteins [22].”
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“One of the best described systems for regulating the nucleotide binding status of the Rag GTPases is the activity of the GATOR complexes. GATOR1 functions as a GAP for RagA and RagB, while GATOR2 acts to inhibit the activity of GATOR1 167,168.”
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“One of the best described systems for regulating the nucleotide binding status of the Rag GTPases is the activity of the GATOR complexes. GATOR1 functions as a GAP for RagA and RagB, while GATOR2 acts to inhibit the activity of GATOR1 167,168.”
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“Upstream regulation of the Rag GTPases is more baroque, featuring at least four large protein complexes including: GATOR1, a GAP for RagA/RagB/Gtr1 (Neklesa and Davis, 2009; Bar-Peled et al., 2013; Panchaud et al., 2013a); FLCN-FNIP (Lst4-Lst7 in yeast), a GAP for RagC/RagD/Gtr2 (Péli-Gulli et al., 2015; Petit et al., 2013; Tsun et al., 2013); GATOR2, an inhibitor of GATOR1 (Bar-Peled et al., 2013”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bar-Peled, L., Chantranupong, L., Cherniack, A. D., Chen, W. W., Ottina, K. A., Grabiner, B. C., Spear, E. D., Carter, S. L., Meyerson, M., & Sabatini, D. M.
- Affiliations
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (US)
- Broad Institute (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chantranupong, Lynne
- Sabatini, David M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2013-05-31
- Volume
- 340
- Issue
- 6136
- Pages
- 1100-1106
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- PMC
- PMC3728654
- OpenAlex
- W1519230612
- Cited by
- 1,080
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 40 · 2025: 79 · 2024: 88 · 2023: 89 · 2022: 97 · 2021: 85 · 2020: 91 · 2019: 77 · 2018: 88 · 2017: 83 · 2016: 84 · 2015: 87 · 2014: 69 · 2013: 21
- FWCI
- 38.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PMC
- Funders
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- National Cancer Institute (CA103866, R01CA103866, R01CA129105, F31CA180271, U24CA143867, P30CA014051)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R37AI047389, AI47389), R01AI047389)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
- Keywords
- GATOR1, GATOR2, mTORC1, Rag GTPases, GTPase-activating protein, amino acid signaling, lysosomal translocation, DEPDC5, NPRL2, NPRL3, MIO, Sec13, rapamycin sensitivity, amino acid starvation, cancer
- MeSH terms
- Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1, Amino Acids, Carrier Proteins, Humans, Lysosomes, Mutation, Neoplasms, Nuclear Proteins, Proteins, Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins, GTPase-Activating Proteins, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, RNA, Small Interfering, Cell Line, Tumor, Multiprotein Complexes, HEK293 Cells, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
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