Rapalogs and mTOR inhibitors as anti-aging therapeutics.
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...Subsequent work by other groups confirmed the positive effect of rapamycin on lifespan in mice with different genetic backgrounds and other model organisms (Lamming et al., 2013)....
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...Genetic or pharmacological inhibition of mTOR signaling has been found to extend lifespan of invertebrates including yeast, nematodes, and fruit flies (Lamming et al., 2013)....
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...Lastly, a selective mTORC1 pathway inhibitor may have better clinical benefits than rapamycin, which in long-term use inhibits both mTORC1 and mTORC2 (37)....
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...Cell Met aging healthy and prevent expensive age-associated health problems, efforts to develop effective, affordable, anti-aging interventions have recently been intensified, leading to some promising compounds, such as metformin, rapamycin, and SIRT1 activators (Barzilai et al., 2016; Hubbard and Sinclair, 2014; Lamming et al., 2013)....
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...…age-associated health problems, efforts to develop effective, affordable, anti-aging interventions have recently been intensified, leading to some promising compounds, such as metformin, rapamycin, and SIRT1 activators (Barzilai et al., 2016; Hubbard and Sinclair, 2014; Lamming et al., 2013)....
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...the autophagy-initiating kinase ULK1 (46)....
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...Under conditions of nutrient sufficiency, mTOR phosphorylates and inhibits the autophagy-initiating kinase ULK1 (46)....
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...We might therefore expect other compounds that activate AMPK to specifically inhibit mTORC1 activity....
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...The exact mechanism by which metformin acts is uncertain, but much attention has been focused on its ability to activate AMPK (101)....
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...Aspirin may act in part by inhibiting the phosphorylation of TSC1 by IKKβ (90), but it was recently demonstrated that aspirin can also activate AMPK (91)....
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...In fact, this is the case: activation of AMPK by 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1β-d-ribonucleoside (AICAR) results in decreased mTORC1 activity (94)....
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...Kalender A, et al. Metformin, independent of AMPK, inhibits mTORC1 in a rag GTPase-dependent manner....
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...phorylation of TSC2 and the inhibitory phosphorylation of raptor, an essential component of mTORC1 (92, 93)....
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