The PtdIns3-phosphatase MTMR3 interacts with mTORC1 and suppresses its activity

FEBS Lett. 2016 Jan;590(1):161-73. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.12048. Epub 2015 Dec 31.

Abstract

Macroautophagy is a major intracellular degradation system. We previously reported that overexpression of phosphatase-deficient MTMR3, a member of the myotubularin phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-phosphatase family, leads to induction of autophagy. In this study, we found that MTMR3 interacted with mTORC1, an evolutionarily conserved serine/threonine kinase complex, which regulates cell growth and autophagy in response to environmental stimuli. Furthermore, overexpression of MTMR3 inhibited mTORC1 activity. The N-terminal half of MTMR3, including the PH-G and phosphatase domains, was necessary and sufficient for these effects. Phosphatase-deficient MTMR3 provided more robust suppression of mTORC1 activity than wild-type MTMR3. Furthermore, phosphatase-deficient full length MTMR3 and the phosphatase domain alone were localized to the Golgi. These results suggest a new regulatory mechanism of mTORC1 in association with PI3P.

Keywords: MTMR3; PI3P; Ptdlns3P phosphatase; autophagy; mTOR; mTOR complex1.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / chemistry
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / genetics
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / metabolism
  • Amino Acid Substitution
  • Animals
  • Autophagy / drug effects
  • Catalytic Domain
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Embryo, Mammalian / cytology
  • Enzyme Activation / drug effects
  • Gene Deletion
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1
  • Mice
  • Multiprotein Complexes / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Multiprotein Complexes / chemistry
  • Multiprotein Complexes / genetics
  • Multiprotein Complexes / metabolism
  • Mutation
  • Peptide Fragments / chemistry
  • Peptide Fragments / genetics
  • Peptide Fragments / metabolism
  • Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Protein Transport / drug effects
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor / chemistry
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor / genetics
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor / metabolism*
  • RNA Interference
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
  • Regulatory-Associated Protein of mTOR
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / chemistry
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / genetics
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism
  • mTOR Associated Protein, LST8 Homolog

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • MLST8 protein, human
  • Multiprotein Complexes
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • RPTOR protein, human
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Regulatory-Associated Protein of mTOR
  • mTOR Associated Protein, LST8 Homolog
  • MTOR protein, human
  • Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • MTMR3 protein, human
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor