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Published on: August 30, 2017
Phosphoinositide kinase signaling controls ER-PM cross-talk
Deike J Omnus1, Andrew G Manford2, Jakob M Bader1
1MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
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Membrane lipid dynamics must be precisely regulated for normal cellular function, and disruptions in lipid homeostasis are linked to the progression of several diseases. However, little is known about the sensory mechanisms for detecting membrane composition and how lipid metabolism is regulated in response to membrane stress. We find that phosphoinositide (PI) kinase signaling controls a conserved PDK-TORC2-Akt signaling cascade as part of a homeostasis network that allows the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to modulate essential responses, including Ca(2+)-regulated lipid biogenesis, upon plasma membrane (PM) stress. Furthermore, loss of ER-PM junctions impairs this protective response, leading to PM integrity defects upon heat stress. Thus PI kinase-mediated ER-PM cross-talk comprises a regulatory system that ensures cellular integrity under membrane stress conditions.
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