The invasion of host cells by Toxoplasma gondii is accompanied by a reorganization of host cell structure, in which the host centrosome and Golgi apparatus are localized to the vacuole, and mitochondria, microtubules, and endolysosomes are recruited to the vacuole perimeter. The mechanism and functional significance of this process have not been well defined. Here, we report that the centrosome-vacuole association was abolished in mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 (mTORC2)-deficient cells, which also displayed a disordered distribution of perivacuolar host mitochondria and lysosomes. Infection of fibroblasts led to stable, mTORC2-dependent activation of Akt, and Akt inhibition mimicked the effect of mTORC2 ablation on centrosome, mitochondria, and lysosome localization. Mobilization of the centrosome by Akt inhibition was abrogated by inhibitors of glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3), implying that the centrosome is constrained to the vacuole through an mTORC2-Akt-GSK3 pathway. Infected cells were incapable of migration in a wounded monolayer model, and this effect was associated with the inability of centrosomes to reorient in the direction of migration. Both migration and centrosome reorientation were fully restored upon ablation of mTORC2. These findings provide the first linkage of host signals to parasite-mediated host cell reorganization and demonstrate migratory suppression as a novel functional consequence of this process that is associated with mTORC2-mediated centrosome constraint.Toxoplasma gondii, the agent of toxoplasmosis and a major cause of AIDS-associated encephalitis, is a ubiquitous protozoan parasite that serves as a model organism for the study of host cell-parasite interaction (1-4). T. gondii readily invades most mammalian cell types and proliferates within a parasitophorous vacuole (PV), 2 whose membrane combines host plasma membrane-and parasite-derived components (5). The PV provides an interface for interaction with the host and serves as a focal point for a remarkable reorganization of host cell architecture. The host centrosome and Golgi become closely associated with the PV, which is tightly wrapped by host microtubules, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum. In addition, host endolysosomes and autophagosomes localize near the vacuole perimeter (6 -9). Mitochondria-PV association is dependent on a parasite secretory product, ROP2, and knockdown of ROP2 results in profound defects in Toxoplasma growth and virulence (10). Apart from ROP2, no host or parasite signal involved in the reorganization process has been identified. Furthermore, apart from mitochondria-PV association, the functional significance of the reorganized host cell architecture remains unknown.The orientation of the centrosome and Golgi is susceptible to regulation in mammalian cells, for example during directional responses to migratory stimuli (11-13). A potential mechanism, then, of parasite-mediated reorganization is the mimicry of host signals that govern the polarization response, resulting in a stable, in...