title: SLC38A9: A lysosomal amino acid transporter at the core of the amino acid-sensing machinery that controls MTORC1.
abstract: The mechanistic target of rapamycin (serine/threonine kinase) complex 1 (MTORC1) acts as a crucial regulator of cellular metabolism by integrating growth factor presence, energy and nutrient availability to coordinate anabolic and catabolic processes, and controls cell growth and proliferation. Amino acids are critical for MTORC1 activation, but the molecular mechanisms involved in sensing their presence are just beginning to be understood. We recently reported that the previously uncharacterized amino acid transporter SLC38A9 is a member of the lysosomal sensing machinery that signals amino acid availability to MTORC1. SLC38A9 is the first component of this complex shown to physically engage amino acids, suggesting a role at the core of the amino acid-sensing mechanism.
authors.affiliation: a CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna , Austria.
authors.forename: Manuele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rebsamen
authors.affiliation: a CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna , Austria.|b Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna , Vienna , Austria.
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Superti-Furga
mesh_terms: D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems / Q000378:metabolism*; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000076222:Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1; D008954:Models, Biological; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems; D000596:Amino Acids; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D000076222:Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
keywords: MTOR; amino acid transport; cancer; metabolism; nutrient sensing; solute carrier proteins