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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 290, 期 32, 页码 19387-19401出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.656587
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- National Institutes of Health [R01CA168700]
- Department of Veterans Affairs
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) and Hippo signaling pathways are two major signaling cascades that coordinately regulate cell growth and proliferation. Dysregulation of these pathways plays a critical role in gliomagenesis. Recent reports have provided evidence of cross-talk between the mTOR and Hippo pathways; however, a complete description of the signaling relationships between these pathways remains to be elucidated. Utilizing a gene-trapping strategy in a mouse glioma model, we report the identification of AMOTL2 as a candidate substrate for mTORC2. AMOTL2 is phosphorylated at serine 760 by mTORC2. Mutation of AMOTL2 mimicking constitutive Ser(760) phosphorylation blocks its ability to bind and repress YAP leading to increased relative expression of known YAP gene targets. Moreover, overexpression of AMOTL2 or a non-phosphorylatable AMOTL2-S760A mutant inhibited YAP-induced transcription, foci formation, growth, and metastatic properties, whereas overexpression of a phosphomimetic AMOTL2-S760E mutant negated these repressive effects of AMOTL2 in glioblastoma (GBM) cells in vitro. Similar effects on xenograft growth were observed in GBM cells expressing these AMOTL2 Ser(760) mutants. YAP was also shown to be required for Rictor-mediated GBM growth and survival. Finally, an analysis of mTORC2/AMOTL2/YAP activities in primary GBM samples supported the clinical relevance of this signaling cascade, and we propose that pharmacological agents cotargeting these regulatory circuits may hold therapeutic potential.
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