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Cooperative nutrient accumulation sustains growth of mammalian cells.

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Son, S; Stevens, MM; Chao, HX; Thoreen, C; Hosios, AM; Schweitzer, LD; Weng, Y; Wood, K; Sabatini, D; Vander Heiden, MG; Manalis, S
Published in: Sci Rep
December 1, 2015

The coordination of metabolic processes to allow increased nutrient uptake and utilization for macromolecular synthesis is central for cell growth. Although studies of bulk cell populations have revealed important metabolic and signaling requirements that impact cell growth on long time scales, whether the same regulation influences short-term cell growth remains an open question. Here we investigate cell growth by monitoring mass accumulation of mammalian cells while rapidly depleting particular nutrients. Within minutes following the depletion of glucose or glutamine, we observe a growth reduction that is larger than the mass accumulation rate of the nutrient. This indicates that if one particular nutrient is depleted, the cell rapidly adjusts the amount that other nutrients are accumulated, which is consistent with cooperative nutrient accumulation. Population measurements of nutrient sensing pathways involving mTOR, AKT, ERK, PKA, MST1, or AMPK, or pro-survival pathways involving autophagy suggest that they do not mediate this growth reduction. Furthermore, the protein synthesis rate does not change proportionally to the mass accumulation rate over these time scales, suggesting that intracellular metabolic pools buffer the growth response. Our findings demonstrate that cell growth can be regulated over much shorter time scales than previously appreciated.

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2045-2322

Publication Date

December 1, 2015

Volume

5

Start / End Page

17401

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Signal Transduction
  • Humans
  • Culture Media
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Culture Techniques
 

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Son, S., Stevens, M. M., Chao, H. X., Thoreen, C., Hosios, A. M., Schweitzer, L. D., … Manalis, S. (2015). Cooperative nutrient accumulation sustains growth of mammalian cells. Sci Rep, 5, 17401. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17401
Son, Sungmin, Mark M. Stevens, Hui Xiao Chao, Carson Thoreen, Aaron M. Hosios, Lawrence D. Schweitzer, Yaochung Weng, et al. “Cooperative nutrient accumulation sustains growth of mammalian cells.Sci Rep 5 (December 1, 2015): 17401. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17401.
Son S, Stevens MM, Chao HX, Thoreen C, Hosios AM, Schweitzer LD, et al. Cooperative nutrient accumulation sustains growth of mammalian cells. Sci Rep. 2015 Dec 1;5:17401.
Son, Sungmin, et al. “Cooperative nutrient accumulation sustains growth of mammalian cells.Sci Rep, vol. 5, Dec. 2015, p. 17401. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/srep17401.
Son S, Stevens MM, Chao HX, Thoreen C, Hosios AM, Schweitzer LD, Weng Y, Wood K, Sabatini D, Vander Heiden MG, Manalis S. Cooperative nutrient accumulation sustains growth of mammalian cells. Sci Rep. 2015 Dec 1;5:17401.

Published In

Sci Rep

DOI

EISSN

2045-2322

Publication Date

December 1, 2015

Volume

5

Start / End Page

17401

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Signal Transduction
  • Humans
  • Culture Media
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Culture Techniques