UBE3A-mediated p18/LAMTOR1 ubiquitination and degradation regulate mTORC1 activity and synaptic plasticity
- Western University of Health Sciences, United States
- University of California, Irvine, United States
Abstract
Accumulating evidence indicates that the lysosomal Ragulator complex is essential for full activation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). Abnormal mTORC1 activation has been implicated in several developmental neurological disorders, including Angelman syndrome (AS), which is caused by maternal deficiency of the ubiquitin E3 ligase UBE3A. Here we report that Ube3a regulates mTORC1 signaling by targeting p18, a subunit of the Ragulator. Ube3a ubiquinates p18, resulting in its proteasomal degradation, and Ube3a deficiency in the hippocampus of AS mice induces increased lysosomal localization of p18 and other members of the Ragulator-Rag complex, and increased mTORC1 activity. P18 knockdown in hippocampal CA1 neurons of AS mice reduces elevated mTORC1 activity and improves dendritic spine maturation, long-term potentiation (LTP), as well as learning performance. Our results indicate that Ube3a-mediated regulation of p18 and subsequent mTORC1 signaling is critical for typical synaptic plasticity, dendritic spine development, and learning and memory.
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS057128)
- Michel Baudry
National Institute of Mental Health (R15MH101703)
- Xiaoning Bi
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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- Nahum Sonenberg, McGill University, Canada
Ethics
Animal experimentation: Animal studies were performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health and were according to protocols(#R17-022, #R18-007) approved by institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) of Western University of Health Sciences.
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- Received: April 30, 2018
- Accepted: July 17, 2018
- Accepted Manuscript published: July 18, 2018 (version 1)
- Version of Record published: July 27, 2018 (version 2)
- Version of Record updated: August 9, 2018 (version 3)
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© 2018, Sun et al.
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UBE3A-mediated p18/LAMTOR1 ubiquitination and degradation regulate mTORC1 activity and synaptic plasticity
eLife 7:e37993.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37993
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