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mTORC1は,ミトコンドリアのテトラヒドロフォラートサイクルを制御することによって,ピューリン合成を誘導する
Issam Ben-Sahra1, Gerta Hoxhaj1, Stéphane J H Ricoult1
1Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
まとめ
ラパミシン複合体1 (mTORC1) のメカニスティックターゲットは,ピュリン合成を増加させることで細胞成長を促進します. この経路は核酸の産生を促し,MTHFD2酵素の発現は正常細胞とがん細胞のmTORC1信号伝達と密接に関連しています.
科学分野:
- 細胞生物学
- 生物化学
- メタボリズム
背景:
- ラパミシン複合体1 (mTORC1) のメカニスティックターゲットは,細胞成長とアナボリックプロセスの重要なレギュラーです.
- 細胞の成長には,核酸の合成のために十分な核酸の供給が必要です.
研究 の 目的:
- mTORC1が新たな purin合成を調節する役割を調査する.
- purin 生合成における mTORC1 シグナル伝達によって影響を受ける特定の酵素と経路を特定する.
主な方法:
- マウスとヒトの細胞系における新しい purin 合成経路による代謝流の分析.
- ミトコンドリアのテトラヒドロフォラート (mTHF) サイクルに関与する酵素の遺伝子発現の評価.
- mTORC1効果を媒介するトランスクリプション因子4 (ATF4) の役割の調査.
主要な成果:
- mTORC1の活性化により,新たな purin合成経路を通じた代謝の流れが増加する.
- mTORC1は,特にMTHFD2のプリン合成における複数の酵素の発現に影響を与える.
- MTHFD2の発現と purinの合成は,eIF2αのリン酸化とは無関係にmTORC1によって活性化されるATF4によって促進される.
結論:
- mTORC1のシグナル伝達は,細胞の成長を支援するために,de novo purin合成経路を刺激する.
- ミトコンドリアのmTHFサイクル,特にMTHFD2は,mTORC1主導のピュリン生成の重要な構成要素である.
- これは,mTORC1が核酸合成のための核酸の可用性を確保する新しいメカニズムを強調しています.
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