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ArticleDevelopmental cell2021

Rheb mediates neuronal-activity-induced mitochondrial energetics through mTORC1-independent PDH activation.

Wanchun Yang, Dejiang Pang, Mina Chen, Chongyangzi Du, Lanlan Jia, Luoling Wang, Yunling He, Wanxiang Jiang, Liping Luo, Zongyan Yu and 11 more

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Article in Developmental cell, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wanchun YangNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China; Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Dejiang PangNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Mina ChenNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Chongyangzi DuNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Lanlan JiaNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Luoling WangDepartment of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Brain Research Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Systems Biology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
Yunling HeDepartment of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Brain Research Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Systems Biology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
Wanxiang JiangNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Liping LuoNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Zongyan YuDepartment of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Brain Research Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Systems Biology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
Mengqian MaoNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Qiuyun YuanNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Ping TangNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoqiang XiaNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Yiyuan CuiNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Bo JingDepartment of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Brain Research Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Systems Biology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
Alexander PlateroThe Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Yanhui LiuNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China; Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Yuquan WeiNeuroscience & Metabolism Research, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China.
Paul F WorleyThe Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: pworley@jhmi.edu.
Bo XiaoDepartment of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Brain Research Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Systems Biology, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: xiaob@sustech.edu.cn.
Sichuan University · CNSouthern University of Science and Technology · CNJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG066507 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Corinne Pettigrew · 2020 to 2026
$29.3M
Thorase Regulation of the Actions of CocaineP50DA044123 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BARABAN, JAY M · 2018 to 2022
$9.0M
Research Training in Age-Related Cognitive DisordersT32AG027668 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MARILYN S. ALBERT · 2007 to 2026
$6.3M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG066507NIA NIH HHS T32 AG027668NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA044123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuronal activity increases energy consumption and requires balanced production to maintain neuronal function. How activity is coupled to energy production remains incompletely understood. Here, we report that Rheb regulates mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid cycle flux of acetyl-CoA by activating pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) to increase ATP production. Rheb is induced by synaptic activity and lactate and dynamically trafficked to the mitochondrial matrix through its interaction with Tom20. Mitochondria-localized Rheb protein is required for activity-induced PDH activation and ATP production. Cell-type-specific gain- and loss-of-function genetic models for Rheb reveal reciprocal changes in PDH phosphorylation/activity, acetyl-CoA, and ATP that are not evident with genetic or pharmacological manipulations of mTORC1. Mechanistically, Rheb physically associates with PDH phosphatase (PDP), enhancing its activity and association with the catalytic E1α-subunit of PDH to reduce PDH phosphorylation and increase its activity. Findings identify Rheb as a nodal point that balances neuronal activity and neuroenergetics via Rheb-PDH axis.

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Energy MetabolismAnimalsMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MiceMitochondriaNeuronsPhosphorylationPyruvate Dehydrogenase ComplexRas Homolog Enriched in Brain ProteinMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1pyruvate dehydrogenase activatorPyruvate Dehydrogenase ComplexRas Homolog Enriched in Brain ProteinRheb protein, mousemitochondriamTORC1neuroenergeticsneuronal activitypyruvate dehydrogenaseRheb

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PMID33725483
PMCPMC9096910
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