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BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS
Volume 39, Issue -, Pages 443-445Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BST0390443
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amino acid nutrient; arginine; mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1); PR61 epsilon; protein kinase; protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A)
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- Cancer Research UK Funding Source: Medline
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It is clear that mTORC1 (mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1) is regulated by the presence of ambient amino acid nutrients. However, the mechanism by which amino acids regulate mTORC1 is still open to question, despite extensive efforts. Our recent work has revealed that PR61 epsilon, a B56 family regulatory subunit of PP2A (protein phosphatase 2A), associates with and regulates the activity of MAP4K3 (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 3), a protein kinase regulated by amino acid sufficiency that acts upstream of mTORC1. In searching for a physiological process regulated by amino acids, we have demonstrated recently that arginine plays a role in the activation of IPS (lipopolysaccharide)-induced MEK [MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase)/ERK (extracellular-signal-regulated kinase) kinase]/ERK signalling in macrophages. PP2A similarly associates with the upstream regulator of MEK in this signalling pathway, TPL-2 (tumour progression locus-2), in response to arginine availability. Thus PP2A is a negative regulator of both MAP4K3 and TPL-2 in both mTORC1 and MEK/ERK signalling pathways.
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