Regulation and metabolic functions of mTORC1 and mTORC2

A Szwed, E Kim, E Jacinto - Physiological reviews, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Cells metabolize nutrients for biosynthetic and bioenergetic needs to fuel growth and
proliferation. The uptake of nutrients from the environment and their intracellular metabolism …

Attacking the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway for targeted therapeutic treatment in human cancer

L Yu, J Wei, P Liu - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is the second leading cause of human death globally. PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling is
one of the most frequently dysregulated signaling pathways observed in cancer patients that …

Regulation of mTORC2 signaling

W Fu, MN Hall - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a serine/threonine protein kinase and a master
regulator of cell growth and metabolism, forms two structurally and functionally distinct …

Dissecting the contribution of host genetics and the microbiome in complex behaviors

SA Buffington, SW Dooling, M Sgritta, C Noecker… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The core symptoms of many neurological disorders have traditionally been thought to be
caused by genetic variants affecting brain development and function. However, the gut …

Targeted suppression of mTORC2 reduces seizures across models of epilepsy

J Okoh, J Mays, A Bacq, JA Oses-Prieto… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that poses a major threat to public health.
Hyperactivation of mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) is believed to lead to abnormal network …

Elevated protein synthesis in microglia causes autism-like synaptic and behavioral aberrations

ZX Xu, GH Kim, JW Tan, AE Riso, Y Sun, EY Xu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Mutations that inactivate negative translation regulators cause autism spectrum disorders
(ASD), which predominantly affect males and exhibit social interaction and communication …

Microbiota and microglia interactions in ASD

M Davoli-Ferreira, CA Thomson, KD McCoy - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are serious, highly variable neurodevelopmental
disorders, commonly characterized by the manifestation of specific behavioral abnormalities …

[HTML][HTML] Current approaches and future directions for the treatment of mTORopathies

V Karalis, HS Bateup - Developmental neuroscience, 2021 - karger.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a kinase at the center of an evolutionarily
conserved signaling pathway that orchestrates cell growth and metabolism. mTOR responds …

Disruption of mTORC1 rescues neuronal overgrowth and synapse function dysregulated by Pten loss

K Tariq, E Cullen, SA Getz, AKS Conching, AR Goyette… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) is a negative
regulator of AKT/mTOR signaling pathway. Mutations in PTEN are found in patients with …

The mTOR pathway genes mTOR, Rheb, Depdc5, Pten, and Tsc1 have convergent and divergent impacts on cortical neuron development and function

LH Nguyen, Y Xu, M Nair, A Bordey - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Brain somatic mutations in various components of the mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) pathway
have emerged as major causes of focal malformations of cortical development and …