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ArticleCell metabolism2018

The TORC1-Regulated CPA Complex Rewires an RNA Processing Network to Drive Autophagy and Metabolic Reprogramming.

Hong-Wen Tang, Yanhui Hu, Chiao-Lin Chen, Baolong Xia, Jonathan Zirin, Min Yuan, John M Asara, Leonard Rabinow, Norbert Perrimon

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Article in Cell metabolism, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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Hong-Wen TangDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: hwtang@genetics.med.harvard.edu.
Yanhui HuDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Chiao-Lin ChenDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Baolong XiaDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jonathan ZirinDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Min YuanDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
John M AsaraDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Leonard RabinowDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Norbert PerrimonDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: perrimon@receptor.med.harvard.edu.

Funding

Harvard Clinical and Translational Science CenterUL1TR001102 · NCATS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2013 to 2017
$106.2M
Tuberous Sclerosis-Pathway and PathogenesisP01CA120964 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI David J. Kwiatkowski · 2007 to 2026
$35.9M
Characterization of the Insulin to Autophagy Pathway in MusclesR01AR057352 · NIAMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NORBERT PERRIMON · 2010 to 2026
$8.2M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001102NCI NIH HHS P01 CA120964NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR057352
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nutrient deprivation induces autophagy through inhibiting TORC1 activity. We describe a novel mechanism in Drosophila by which TORC1 regulates RNA processing of Atg transcripts and alters ATG protein levels and activities via the cleavage and polyadenylation (CPA) complex. We show that TORC1 signaling inhibits CDK8 and DOA kinases, which directly phosphorylate CPSF6, a component of the CPA complex. These phosphorylation events regulate CPSF6 localization, RNA binding, and starvation-induced alternative RNA processing of transcripts involved in autophagy, nutrient, and energy metabolism, thereby controlling autophagosome formation and metabolism. Similarly, we find that mammalian CDK8 and CLK2, a DOA ortholog, phosphorylate CPSF6 to regulate autophagy and metabolic changes upon starvation, revealing an evolutionarily conserved mechanism linking TORC1 signaling with RNA processing, autophagy, and metabolism.

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AnimalsAutophagyAutophagy-Related Protein-1 HomologAutophagy-Related Protein 8 FamilyCyclin-Dependent Kinase 8Drosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEnergy MetabolismGene Expression RegulationHEK293 CellsHumansMCF-7 CellsmRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation FactorsPhosphorylationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesAtg1 protein, DrosophilaAutophagy-Related Protein-1 HomologAutophagy-Related Protein 8 FamilyCdk8 protein, DrosophilaCDK8 protein, humanClk dual-specificity kinasesCpsf6 protein, DrosophilaCyclin-Dependent Kinase 8Doa protein, DrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsmRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation FactorsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesRNARNA-Binding ProteinsTORC1 protein complex, DrosophilaTranscription FactorsautophagyCPA complexCPSF6metabolismRNA processingTORC1

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PMID29606597
PMCPMC6100782

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