期刊
APOPTOSIS
卷 26, 期 5-6, 页码 338-347出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-021-01676-y
关键词
Rictor; TRAIL; EGFR-TKIs; Apoptosis
资金
- Emory Winship Cancer Institute lung cancer research pilot funds
- NIH/NCI [R01 CA223220, R01 CA245386]
The study found that rictor is a substrate of caspase-3 and undergoes cleavage during apoptosis. These results provide new information for understanding the role of rictor in regulating cell survival and growth.
Caspase-mediated cleavage of proteins ensures the irreversible commitment of cells to undergo apoptosis, and is thus a hallmark of apoptosis. Rapamycin-insensitive companion of mTOR (rictor) functions primarily as a core and essential component of mTOR complex 2 (mTORC2) to critically regulate cellular homeostasis. However, its role in the regulation of apoptosis is largely unknown. In the current study, we found that rictor was cleaved to generate two small fragments at similar to 50 kD and similar to 130 kD in cells undergoing apoptosis upon treatment with different stimuli such as the death ligand, TRAIL, and the small molecule, AZD9291. This cleavage was abolished when caspases were inhibited and could be reproduced when directly incubating rictor protein and caspase-3 in vitro. Furthermore, the cleavage site of caspase-3 on rictor was mapped at D1244 (VGVD). These findings together robustly demonstrate that rictor is a substrate of caspase-3 and undergoes cleavage during apoptosis. These results add new information for understanding the biology of rictor in the regulation of cell survival and growth.
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