mTORC1 as the main gateway to autophagy

Y Rabanal-Ruiz, EG Otten… - Essays in biochemistry, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Cells and organisms must coordinate their metabolic activity with changes in their
environment to ensure their growth only when conditions are favourable. In order to maintain …

Research progress of mTOR inhibitors

Y Chen, X Zhou - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a highly conserved Serine/Threonine (Ser/Thr)
protein kinase, which belongs to phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-related kinase (PIKK) protein …

Twenty-five years of mTOR: Uncovering the link from nutrients to growth

DM Sabatini - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
In my PNAS Inaugural Article, I describe the development of the mTOR field, starting with
efforts to understand the mechanism of action of the drug rapamycin, which∼ 25 y ago led to …

Regulation of mTORC1 by PI3K signaling

CC Dibble, LC Cantley - Trends in cell biology, 2015 - cell.com
The class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)–mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR)
complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling network directs cellular metabolism and growth. Activation …

Nutrient-sensing mechanisms and pathways

A Efeyan, WC Comb, DM Sabatini - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The ability to sense and respond to fluctuations in environmental nutrient levels is a requisite
for life. Nutrient scarcity is a selective pressure that has shaped the evolution of most cellular …

Molecular logic of mTORC1 signalling as a metabolic rheostat

AJ Valvezan, BD Manning - Nature metabolism, 2019 - nature.com
The protein kinase complex mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) serves
as a key conduit between growth signals and the metabolic processes underlying cell …

[HTML][HTML] The mTOR–autophagy axis and the control of metabolism

N Deleyto-Seldas, A Efeyan - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR), master regulator of cellular metabolism, exists
in two distinct complexes: mTOR complex 1 and mTOR complex 2 (mTORC1 and 2) …

[HTML][HTML] Insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus in Alzheimer's disease

J Burillo, P Marqués, B Jiménez, C González-Blanco… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a progressive disease that is characterized by the appearance of
insulin resistance. The term insulin resistance is very wide and could affect different proteins …

Regulation of mTORC1 by amino acids

L Bar-Peled, DM Sabatini - Trends in cell biology, 2014 - cell.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex I (mTORC1) is a central regulator of cellular
and organismal growth, and hyperactivation of this pathway is implicated in the …

mTOR kinase structure, mechanism and regulation

H Yang, DG Rudge, JD Koos, B Vaidialingam, HJ Yang… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a phosphoinositide 3-kinase-related protein
kinase, controls cell growth in response to nutrients and growth factors and is frequently …