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DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
Volume 56, Issue 6, Pages 811-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.02.022
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31501155, 31530042, 31371484, 81571195]
- Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science-Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions [2021SHIBS0002]
- Shenzhen Innovation Committee of Science and Technology Grants
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Rheb regulates mitochondrial energy production through PDH activation, maintaining neuronal activity balance. Cell-specific Rheb genetic models highlight the importance of the Rheb-PDH axis in modulating PDH phosphorylation/activity, acetyl-CoA, and ATP levels.
Neuronal activity increases energy consumption and requires balanced production to maintain neuronal function. How activity is coupled to energy production remains incompletely understood. Here, we report that Rheb regulates mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid cycle flux of acetyl-CoA by activating pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) to increase ATP production. Rheb is induced by synaptic activity and lactate and dynamically trafficked to the mitochondrial matrix through its interaction with Tom20. Mitochondria-localized Rheb protein is required for activity-induced PDH activation and ATP production. Cell-type-specific gain- and loss-offunction genetic models for Rheb reveal reciprocal changes in PDH phosphorylation/activity, acetyl-CoA, and ATP that are not evident with genetic or pharmacological manipulations of mTORC1. Mechanistically, Rheb physically associates with PDH phosphatase (PDP), enhancing its activity and association with the catalytic E1 alpha-subunit of PDH to reduce PDH phosphorylation and increase its activity. Findings identify Rheb as a nodal point that balances neuronal activity and neuroenergetics via Rheb-PDH axis.
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