Activated α2-macroglobulin binding to cell surface GRP78 induces T-loop phosphorylation of Akt1 by PDK1 in association with Raptor.
PDK1 phosphorylates multiple substrates including Akt by PIP3-dependent mechanisms. In this report we provide evidence that in prostate cancer cells stimulated with activated α2-macroglobulin (α2M*) PDK1 phosphorylates Akt in the T-loop at Thr(308) by using Raptor in the mTORC1 complex as a scaffold protein. First we demonstrate that PDK1, Raptor, and mTOR co-immunoprecipitate. Silencing the expression, not only of PDK1, but also Raptor by RNAi nearly abolished Akt phosphorylation at Akt(Thr308) in Raptor-immunoprecipitates of α2M*-stimulated prostate cancer cells. Immunodepleting Raptor or PDK from cell lysates of cells treated with α2M* drastically reduced Akt phosphorylation at Thr(308), which was recovered by adding the supernatant of Raptor- or PDK1-depleted cell lysates, respectively. Studies of insulin binding to its receptor on prostate cancer cells yielded similar results. We thus demonstrate that phosphorylating the T-loop Akt residue Thr(308) by PDK1 requires Raptor of the mTORC1 complex as a platform or scaffold protein.
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- alpha-Macroglobulins
- Transfection
- Regulatory-Associated Protein of mTOR
- RNA, Double-Stranded
- Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring Kinase
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
- Protein Binding
- Phosphothreonine
- Phosphorylation
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Published In
DOI
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Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
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Related Subject Headings
- alpha-Macroglobulins
- Transfection
- Regulatory-Associated Protein of mTOR
- RNA, Double-Stranded
- Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring Kinase
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
- Protein Binding
- Phosphothreonine
- Phosphorylation