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The mechanistic Target of Rapamycin: The grand conducTOR of metabolism and aging

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The molecular basis for the negative metabolic side effects associated withRapamycin treatment, which may serve as barriers to the adoption of rapamycin or similar compounds for the treatment of diseases of aging and metabolism, are discussed.
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This article is published in Cell Metabolism.The article was published on 2016-06-14 and is currently open access. It has received 406 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mechanistic target of rapamycin & RPTOR.

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Autophagy as a promoter of longevity: insights from model organisms

TL;DR: Recent studies in model organisms uncovered prominent links between autophagy and ageing, suggesting that by removing superfluous or damaged cellular content through lysosomal degradation, Autophagy supports tissue and organismal fitness and promotes longevity.

mTORC1 Phosphorylation Sites Encode Their Sensitivity to Starvation and Rapamycin

TL;DR: The hypothesis is that differences in substrate quality are one mechanism for allowing downstream effectors of mTORC1 to respond differentially to temporal and intensity changes in the levels of nutrients and growth factors as well as pharmacological inhibitors such as rapamycin.
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Metabolic Flexibility as an Adaptation to Energy Resources and Requirements in Health and Disease.

TL;DR: The breadth and depth of metabolic flexibility and its impact on health and disease are discussed and important advances in metabolic flexibility research are outlined and medical horizons and translational aspects are outlined.

A Diverse Array of Cancer-Associated MTOR Mutations Are Hyperactivating and Can Predict Rapamycin Sensitivity

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive catalog of mTOR pathway mutations in cancer was generated using publicly available tumor genome sequencing data, identifying 33 mutations in the C-terminal half of the mTOR kinase.
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Phosphorylation and regulation of Akt/PKB by the rictor-mTOR complex

TL;DR: In this paper, the rictor-mTOR complex was used to identify compounds which modulate Akt activity mediated by the Rictor mTOR complex and methods for treating or preventing a disorder that is associated with aberrant Akt activation.
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TSC2 is phosphorylated and inhibited by Akt and suppresses mTOR signalling

TL;DR: It is shown that TSC1–TSC2 inhibits the p70 ribosomal protein S6 kinase 1 and activates the eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 (4E-BP1, an inhibitor of translational initiation) and these functions are mediated by inhibition of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR).
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Rictor, a novel binding partner of mTOR, defines a rapamycin-insensitive and raptor-independent pathway that regulates the cytoskeleton.

TL;DR: It is found that the rictor-mTOR complex modulates the phosphorylation of Protein Kinase C alpha (PKCalpha) and the actin cytoskeleton, suggesting that this aspect of TOR signaling is conserved between yeast and mammals.
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The Rag GTPases Bind Raptor and Mediate Amino Acid Signaling to mTORC1

TL;DR: It is found that the Rag proteins—a family of four related small guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases)—interact with mTORC1 in an amino acid–sensitive manner and are necessary for the activation of the m TORC1 pathway by amino acids.
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