LAPTM4b recruits the LAT1-4F2hc Leu transporter to lysosomes and promotes mTORC1 activation

Ruth Milkereit, Avinash Persaud, Liviu Vanoaica, Adriano Guetg, Francois Verrey and Daniela Rotin ()
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Ruth Milkereit: Program in Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
Avinash Persaud: Program in Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
Liviu Vanoaica: Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP) and NCCR Kidney, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich
Adriano Guetg: Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP) and NCCR Kidney, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich
Francois Verrey: Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP) and NCCR Kidney, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich
Daniela Rotin: Program in Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Mammalian target of rapamycin 1 (mTORC1), a master regulator of cellular growth, is activated downstream of growth factors, energy signalling and intracellular essential amino acids (EAAs) such as Leu. mTORC1 activation occurs at the lysosomal membrane, and involves V-ATPase stimulation by intra-lysosomal EAA (inside-out activation), leading to activation of the Ragulator, RagA/B-GTP and mTORC1 via Rheb-GTP. How Leu enters the lysosomes is unknown. Here we identified the lysosomal protein LAPTM4b as a binding partner for the Leu transporter, LAT1-4F2hc (SLC7A5-SLAC3A2). We show that LAPTM4b recruits LAT1-4F2hc to lysosomes, leading to uptake of Leu into lysosomes, and is required for mTORC1 activation via V-ATPase following EAA or Leu stimulation. These results demonstrate a functional Leu transporter at the lysosome, and help explain the inside-out lysosomal activation of mTORC1 by Leu/EAA.

Date: 2015
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