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Masui ; 61(2): 155-8, 2012 Feb.
Artigo em Japonês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22413437

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: We evaluated the effect of repeated transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks on postoperative analgesia over the first 48 postoperative hours in the patients undergoing lower abdominal gynecological surgery. METHODS: Four patients undergoing ovarian cystectomy via a transverse lower abdominal wall incision were selected. All patients received general anesthesia. After the operation, bilateral TAP blocks were performed by ultrasound-guided access using 0.375% ropivacaine 15 ml, and a catheter was placed on the plane. Repeated TAP blocks were performed every 12 hours using 0.375% ropivacaine 15 ml until the second postoperative day. Each patient was assessed for the analgesic effect and complications at 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, and 48 hours postoperatively. RESULTS: The postoperative visual analogue scale pain scores at rest and on movement were approximately under 20. The median frequency of additional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs until the second postoperative day was 0.5. We did not observe any complications such as nausea, vomiting and shivering in the postoperative period. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that bilateral repeated TAP blocks via a placed catheter provide good analgesia without any complications in patients undergoing ovarian cystectomy.


Assuntos
Músculos Abdominais/inervação , Analgesia/métodos , Catéteres , Bloqueio Nervoso/métodos , Cistos Ovarianos/cirurgia , Dor Pós-Operatória/terapia , Adulto , Anestesia Geral , Feminino , Humanos , Ovariectomia , Medição da Dor
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Masui ; 61(1): 68-73, 2012 Jan.
Artigo em Japonês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22338863

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: We investigated whether the perioperative amino acid infusion with glucose is effective for preventing perioperative hypothermia and postoperative infection in patients undregoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS: Forty patients undergoing TKA under general anesthesia were enrolled in this study. The patients were randomly allocated to two groups: AA group (n = 22), to which amino acid was infused, and AAGlu group (n = 18), to which amino acid and glucose were infused. The infusions were started before the anesthetic induction. Remifentanil was administered during the surgery, and the dose of remifentanil was adjusted to keep stable hemodynamics. The levels of blood glucose and body temperature were evaluated. We also recorded the frequency of additional use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, the days required until the wound closure, and complications in the post-operative period. RESULTS: The levels of blood glucose in AAGlu group were significantly higher than those of AA group (P < 0.05). However, no significant differences were found in perioperative body temperature, postoperative days required until the wound closure and the frequency of additional use of analgesics between the groups. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that in patients undergoing TKA receiveing amino acid infusion perioperatively, thermogenic effect and prevention of postoperative infection are similar whether exogenous glucose is infused or not.


Assuntos
Aminoácidos/administração & dosagem , Anestesia Geral , Artroplastia do Joelho , Glucose/administração & dosagem , Hipotermia/prevenção & controle , Complicações Intraoperatórias/prevenção & controle , Assistência Perioperatória , Infecção da Ferida Cirúrgica/prevenção & controle , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino
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Masui ; 60(10): 1153-8, 2011 Oct.
Artigo em Japonês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22111354

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: We investigated whether the early postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) was affected by different perioperative analgesia methods using intravenous remifentanil or epidural ropivacaine in the elderly undergoing major upper abdominal surgery. METHODS: Twenty elderly patients (aged over 60 years) undergoing elective surgery for distal or pylorus-preserving gastrectomy under general anesthesia were enrolled in this study. The patients were randomly allocated to two groups : Group LV (n = 10) of intravenous remifentanil, and Group EPI (n = 10) of epidural ropivacaine. The dose of both analgesic agents was controlled to keep stable hemodynamics. We recorded postoperative outcome and complications, and assessed cognitive status at the preoperative period and on the 7th postoperative day using 6 cognitive assessment tests. RESULTS: POCD occurred in one case (10%) in group IV and two cases (20%) in group EPI (P = 0.50). VAS score, the days of hospital stay and the frequency of additional analgesics were similar between the groups. CONCLUSIONS: Perioperative analgesia using intravenous remifentanil and epidural ropivacaine showed no significant difference in the incidence of early POCD after upper abdominal surgery in elderly patients.


Assuntos
Amidas/administração & dosagem , Analgesia Epidural , Analgesia/métodos , Anestesia Geral , Transtornos Cognitivos/epidemiologia , Gastrectomia , Assistência Perioperatória/métodos , Piperidinas/administração & dosagem , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/epidemiologia , Idoso , Amidas/efeitos adversos , Analgesia/efeitos adversos , Analgesia Epidural/efeitos adversos , Transtornos Cognitivos/etiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Infusões Intravenosas , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Piperidinas/efeitos adversos , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/etiologia , Piloro/cirurgia , Remifentanil , Ropivacaina
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J Biochem ; 139(1): 129-35, 2006 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16428328

RESUMO

Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) was co-immunoprecipitated with raptor, the binding partner of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) from HEK293 cells. Hsp90 was detected in the anti-raptor antibody immunoprecipitates prepared from the cell extract by immunoblot analysis using the anti-Hsp90 antibody, and the association of these two proteins was confirmed by immunoprecipitation from the cells co-expressing Hsp90 and raptor as epitope-tagged molecules. Geldanamycin, a potent inhibitor of Hsp90, disrupted the in vivo binding of Hsp90 to raptor without affecting the association of raptor and mTOR, and suppressed the phosphorylation by mTOR of the downstream translational regulators p70 S6 kinase (S6K) and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1). The protein kinase activity of S6K as well as the phosphorylation of the substrate, 40S ribosomal protein S6, were lowered in the geldanamycin-treated cells. These results indicate that Hsp90 is involved in the regulation of protein translation by facilitating the phosphorylation reaction of 4E-BP1 and S6K catalyzed by the mTOR/raptor complex through the association with raptor, and that the mTOR signaling pathway is a novel target of geldanamycin.


Assuntos
Benzoquinonas/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP90/antagonistas & inibidores , Lactamas Macrocíclicas/farmacologia , Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Linhagem Celular , Humanos , Imunoprecipitação , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Fosforilação , Proteína Regulatória Associada a mTOR , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR
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Arerugi ; 53(5): 515-21, 2004 May.
Artigo em Japonês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15247532

RESUMO

Malassezia furfur has been described as an aggravating factor in facial lesions of atopic dermatitis, and oral antifungal agents have been reported to be effective against these lesions. We used terbinafine hydrochloride to treat 15 patients with adult-type atopic dermatitis and evaluated its efficacy by measuring the improvement in facial skin manifestations, serum IgE values, and serum anti-Malassezia IgE antibody titers. A histamine release test (HRT) for Malassezia. was also performed in 6 of the 15 patients. The facial skin manifestations improved in 8 (53.3%) of the 15 patients, and there were significant simultaneous decreases in their serum IgE values. The serum anti-Malassezia IgE antibody titer decreased significantly in all 15 patients. However, no significant correlation was observed between the HRT and the facial skin manifestations. We concluded that oral terbinafine hydrochloride is effective against the facial lesions of atopic dermatitis patients and this is possibly caused by decrease of Malassezia antigen in the facial lesions.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Antifúngicos/sangue , Antifúngicos/uso terapêutico , Dermatite Atópica/tratamento farmacológico , Dermatoses Faciais/tratamento farmacológico , Imunoglobulina E/sangue , Malassezia/imunologia , Naftalenos/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Dermatoses Faciais/imunologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Terbinafina
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Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan ; 52(3): 101-6, 2014 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25085017

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: Amino acid administration helps to prevent intraoperative hypothermia but may enhance thermogenesis when combined with glucose infusion. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of intraoperative amino acid administration, with or without glucose infusion, on temperature regulation during laparoscopic colectomy. METHODS: Twenty-one patients whose physical status was classified I or II by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and who were undergoing elective laparoscopic colectomy were enrolled. The exclusion criteria were a history of diabetes and/or obesity, preoperative high levels of C-reactive protein, high blood glucose and/or body temperature after anesthesia induction, and surgical time >500 minutes. Each patient received an acetate ringer solution and was randomly assigned to one of three groups. Group A patients were given only amino acids. Group AG patients were given amino acids and glucose. Group C patients were given neither amino acids nor glucose. Tympanic membrane temperatures and blood glucose and insulin levels were measured intraoperatively. RESULTS: Intraoperative amino acid infusion significantly increased body temperature during surgery as compared with either Group AG or C. The blood glucose levels in Group AG were significantly higher than those in Groups A and C. However, there were no significant differences between Groups A and C. Two hours after anesthesia induction, serum insulin levels in Groups A and AG significantly increased compared with Group C. No significant differences in the postoperative complications or patient hospitalization lengths were detected between the groups. CONCLUSION: Intraoperative amino acid infusion without glucose administration maintains body temperature more effectively than combined amino acid and glucose infusion in patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy, despite unaltered intraoperative insulin levels.


Assuntos
Aminoácidos/administração & dosagem , Glicemia/análise , Temperatura Corporal , Colectomia , Glucose/administração & dosagem , Insulina/sangue , Laparoscopia , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade
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Genes Cells ; 11(7): 757-66, 2006 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16824195

RESUMO

The translational regulator protein 4E-BP1, that binds to eukaryotic initiation factor-4E (eIF4E) to prevent the formation of the active translation complex, dissociates from eIF4E by phosphorylation through the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in the cells stimulated by amino acids. 4E-BP1 has been shown to associate with the scaffold protein raptor through its TOS and RAIP motifs to be recognized by mTOR. We revealed that the TOS motif mutant was phosphorylated by mTOR only at the priming sites of Thr37/46 but the RAIP motif mutant was phosphorylated not only at the priming sites but also at the subsequent site of Thr70 in vitro and in response to amino acid treatment in HEK293 cells. Analysis using the phosphorylation site mutants indicated that phosphorylation of the priming and subsequent sites of 4E-BP1 was required for dissociation from raptor as well as for the release of eIF4E. The expression of the 4E-BP1 mutants replacing the TOS motif and phosphorylation sites, that are poor substrates for mTOR and have no or little dissociation ability from raptor and eIF4E, respectively, significantly reduced the size of K562 cells. These results indicate that the the TOS motif has an essential function whereas the RAIP motif has an accessory role in the association with raptor and mTOR-mediated phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 to dissociate it from raptor and release eIF4E in response to amino acid stimulation leading to the control of cell size.


Assuntos
Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal/metabolismo , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal/genética , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular , Tamanho Celular , Fator de Iniciação 4E em Eucariotos/genética , Fator de Iniciação 4E em Eucariotos/metabolismo , Humanos , Células K562 , Mutagênese Sítio-Dirigida , Fosfoproteínas/genética , Fosforilação , Proteína Regulatória Associada a mTOR , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR
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J Biol Chem ; 280(24): 22937-44, 2005 Jun 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15833741

RESUMO

The intracellular localization of a RING-IBR protein, RBCK1, possessing DNA binding and transcriptional activities, has been investigated. The endogenous RBCK1 was found in both the cytoplasm and nucleus. Particularly in the nucleus, it was localized in the granular structures, most likely nuclear bodies. In contrast, the over-expressed RBCK1 was detected exclusively in the cytoplasm. When the cells were treated with leptomycin B, the over-expressed RBCK1 accumulated in the nuclear bodies. These results suggest that RBCK1 possesses the signal sequences responsible for the nuclearcytoplasmic translocation. Mutational analysis of RBCK1 has indicated that an N-terminal region containing Leu-142 and Leu-145 and a C-terminal one containing the RING-IBR domain serve as the nuclear export and localization signals, respectively. Thus, RBCK1 is a transcription factor dynamically shuttling between cytoplasm and nucleus. Furthermore, RBCK1 was found to interact with nuclear body proteins, CREB-binding protein (CBP), and promyelocytic leukemia protein (PML). Coexpression of RBCK1 with CBP significantly enhanced the transcriptional activity of RBCK1. Although PML per se showed no effect on the transcriptional activity of RBCK1, the CBP-enhanced activity was repressed by coexpression with PML, presumably through the interaction of PML and CBP. Taken together, our data demonstrate that RBCK1 is involved in transcriptional machinery in the nuclear bodies, and its transcriptional activity is regulated by nucleocytoplasmic shuttling.


Assuntos
Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/biossíntese , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/fisiologia , Transporte Ativo do Núcleo Celular , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Células COS , Linhagem Celular , Análise Mutacional de DNA , Regulação para Baixo , Genes Reporter , Glutationa Transferase/metabolismo , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Leucina/química , Luciferases/metabolismo , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Oligopeptídeos/química , Plasmídeos/metabolismo , Proteína da Leucemia Promielocítica , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Transporte Proteico , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Transcrição Gênica , Transfecção , Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor , Regulação para Cima
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 313(2): 437-41, 2004 Jan 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14684181

RESUMO

The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) controls cell growth in response to amino acids and growth factors, in part by regulating p70 S6 kinase alpha (p70 alpha) and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 (4EBP1). Raptor (regulatory associated protein of mTOR) is a 150 kDa mTOR binding protein that is essential for TOR signaling in vivo and also binds 4EBP1 and p70alpha through their respective TOS (TOR signaling) motifs, a short conserved segment previously shown to be required for amino acid- and mTOR-dependent regulation of these substrates in vivo. Raptor appears to serve as an mTOR scaffold protein, the binding of which to the TOS motif of mTOR substrates is necessary for effective mTOR-catalyzed phosphorylation. Further understanding of regulation of the mTOR-raptor complex in response to the nutritional environment would require identification of the interplay between the mTOR-raptor complex and its upstream effectors such as the protein products of tumor suppressor gene tuberous sclerosis complexes 1 and 2, and the Ras-related small G protein Rheb.


Assuntos
Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal , Motivos de Aminoácidos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular , Sequência Conservada , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Fosforilação , Proteínas/química , Proteínas/genética , Proteína Regulatória Associada a mTOR , Alinhamento de Sequência , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 313(2): 443-6, 2004 Jan 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14684182

RESUMO

The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) exists as a heterotrimetric complex comprising a catalytic alpha subunit and non-catalytic beta and gamma subunits. Under conditions of hypoxia, exercise, ischemia, heat shock, and low glucose, AMPK is activated allosterically by rising cellular AMP and by phosphorylation of the catalytic alpha subunit. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) controls cellular functions in response to amino acids and growth factors. Recent reports including our study have demonstrated the possible interplay between mTOR and AMPK signaling pathways, supporting a model in which mitochondrial dysfunction caused by the mitochondrial inhibitors or ATP depletion inhibits activation of p70 S6 kinase alpha (p70alpha), a downstream effector of mTOR, by activating AMPK. Leucine may stimulate p70alpha phosphorylation via mTOR pathway, in part, by serving both as a mitochondrial fuel through oxidative carboxylation and an allosteric activation of glutamate dehydrogenase. This hypothesis may support an idea in which leucine modulates mTOR function, in part by regulating mitochondrial function and AMPK. Further understanding of the role of mTOR in coordinating amino acid- and energy-sensing pathways would provide new insights into relationship between nutrients and cellular functions.


Assuntos
Aminoácidos/metabolismo , Metabolismo Energético/fisiologia , Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por AMP , Animais , Glucose/metabolismo , Humanos , Leucina/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Complexos Multienzimáticos/química , Complexos Multienzimáticos/metabolismo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/química , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 301(2): 417-23, 2003 Feb 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12565877

RESUMO

We have previously demonstrated that N-acetylleucine amide, a derivative of L-leucine, inhibits leucine-induced p70(S6k) activation in a rat hepatoma cell line. In the present study, we investigated whether N-acetylleucine amide is capable of inhibiting amino acid-mTOR signaling. N-Acetylleucine amide caused cell cycle arrest at G1 stage in Jurkat cells, a human leukemia T cell line, concomitant with the inhibition of serum-induced p70(S6k) activation and p27 degradation. Treatment of Jurkat cells with this compound also exhibited dephosphorylation of retinoblastoma protein. These effects are similar to the inhibitory effects of rapamycin on amino acid-mTOR signaling pathway and suggest that N-acetylleucine amide acts as a rapamycin-like reagent to inhibit cell cycle progression in Jurkat cells.


Assuntos
Fase G1/fisiologia , Leucina/análogos & derivados , Leucina/química , Leucina/farmacologia , Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Alanina/química , Alanina/metabolismo , Animais , Antibióticos Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Divisão Celular/fisiologia , Inibidor de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina p27 , Fase G1/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Células Jurkat , Leucina/metabolismo , Metionina/química , Metionina/metabolismo , Fosforilação , Proteína do Retinoblastoma/metabolismo , Proteínas Quinases S6 Ribossômicas 70-kDa/metabolismo , Sirolimo/farmacologia , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR , Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor/metabolismo
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Genes Cells ; 9(4): 359-66, 2004 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15066126

RESUMO

The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a Ser/Thr protein kinase that plays a crucial role in a nutrient-sensitive signalling pathway that regulates cell growth. TOR signalling is potently inhibited by rapamycin, through the direct binding of a FK506-binding protein 12 (FKBP12)/rapamycin complex to the TOR FRB domain, a segment amino terminal to the kinase catalytic domain. The molecular basis for the inhibitory action of FKBP12/rapamycin remains uncertain. Raptor (regulatory associated protein of mTOR) is a recently identified mTOR binding partner that is essential for mTOR signalling in vivo, and whose binding to mTOR is critical for mTOR-catalysed substrate phosphorylation in vitro. Here we investigated the stability of endogenous mTOR/raptor complex in response to rapamycin in vivo, and to the direct addition of a FKBP12/rapamycin complex in vitro. Rapamycin diminished the recovery of endogenous raptor with endogenous or recombinant mTOR in vivo; this inhibition required the ability of mTOR to bind the FKBP12/rapamycin complex, but was independent of mTOR kinase activity. Rapamycin, in the presence of FKBP12, inhibited the association of raptor with mTOR directly in vitro, and concomitantly reduced the mTOR-catalysed phosphorylation of raptor-dependent, but not raptor-independent substrates; mTOR autophosphorylation was unaltered. These observations indicate that rapamycin inhibits mTOR function, at least in part, by inhibiting the interaction of raptor with mTOR; this action uncouples mTOR from its substrates, and inhibits mTOR signalling without altering mTOR's intrinsic catalytic activity.


Assuntos
Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas/metabolismo , Sirolimo/metabolismo , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Humanos , Fosforilação , Proteína Regulatória Associada a mTOR , Proteínas Quinases S6 Ribossômicas 70-kDa/metabolismo , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR , Proteína 1A de Ligação a Tacrolimo/antagonistas & inibidores
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Cell ; 110(2): 177-89, 2002 Jul 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12150926

RESUMO

mTOR controls cell growth, in part by regulating p70 S6 kinase alpha (p70alpha) and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 (4EBP1). Raptor is a 150 kDa mTOR binding protein that also binds 4EBP1 and p70alpha. The binding of raptor to mTOR is necessary for the mTOR-catalyzed phosphorylation of 4EBP1 in vitro, and it strongly enhances the mTOR kinase activity toward p70alpha. Rapamycin or amino acid withdrawal increases, whereas insulin strongly inhibits, the recovery of 4EBP1 and raptor on 7-methyl-GTP Sepharose. Partial inhibition of raptor expression by RNA interference (RNAi) reduces mTOR-catalyzed 4EBP1 phosphorylation in vitro. RNAi of C. elegans raptor yields an array of phenotypes that closely resemble those produced by inactivation of Ce-TOR. Thus, raptor is an essential scaffold for the mTOR-catalyzed phosphorylation of 4EBP1 and mediates TOR action in vivo.


Assuntos
Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Caenorhabditis elegans , Proteínas de Transporte/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular , Linhagem Celular , Clonagem Molecular , DNA Complementar , Ativação Enzimática , Expressão Gênica , Inativação Gênica , Células HeLa , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Fenótipo , Fosfoproteínas/isolamento & purificação , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Fosforilação , Ligação Proteica , Proteínas Quinases/genética , Proteínas/genética , Proteínas/isolamento & purificação , Análogos de Capuz de RNA , RNA Interferente Pequeno , RNA não Traduzido , Proteína Regulatória Associada a mTOR , Proteínas Quinases S6 Ribossômicas/metabolismo , Sefarose , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR
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J Biol Chem ; 278(18): 15461-4, 2003 May 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12604610

RESUMO

The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) controls multiple cellular functions in response to amino acids and growth factors, in part by regulating the phosphorylation of p70 S6 kinase (p70S6k) and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1). Raptor (regulatory associated protein of mTOR) is a recently identified mTOR binding partner that also binds p70S6k and 4E-BP1 and is essential for TOR signaling in vivo. Herein we demonstrate that raptor binds to p70S6k and 4E-BP1 through their respective TOS (conserved TOR signaling) motifs to be required for amino acid- and mTOR-dependent regulation of these mTOR substrates in vivo. A point mutation of the TOS motif also eliminates all in vitro mTOR-catalyzed 4E-BP1 phosphorylation and abolishes the raptor-dependent component of mTOR-catalyzed p70S6k phosphorylation in vitro. Raptor appears to serve as an mTOR scaffold protein, the binding of which to the TOS motif of mTOR substrates is necessary for effective mTOR-catalyzed phosphorylation in vivo and perhaps for conferring their sensitivity to rapamycin and amino acid sufficiency.


Assuntos
Proteínas Quinases/metabolismo , Proteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas Quinases S6 Ribossômicas 70-kDa/metabolismo , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal , Motivos de Aminoácidos , Proteínas de Transporte/química , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular , Células Cultivadas , Humanos , Fosfoproteínas/química , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Fosforilação , Proteína Regulatória Associada a mTOR , Proteínas Quinases S6 Ribossômicas 70-kDa/química , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR
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Genes Cells ; 8(1): 65-79, 2003 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12558800

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) regulates multiple cellular functions including translation in response to nutrients, especially amino acids. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) modulates metabolism in response to energy demand by responding to changes in AMP. RESULTS: The treatment of SV40-immortalized human corneal epithelial cells (HCE-T cells) with 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleoside (AICAR), widely used as an AMPK activator, inhibits p70 S6k activities. Altered glucose availability, which regulates AMPK activity, also modulates the activity of p70 S6k. AICAR treatment also inhibits phosphorylation of Thr-412 in the p70 S6 kinase (p70 S6k), which is indispensable for the activity. Furthermore, over-expression of mutant AMPK subunits by stable expression in rabbit pulmonary fibroblast cell lines (PS120 cells) also modulates p70 S6k activity. The insensitivity of the rapamycin-resistant p70 S6k variant to AICAR treatment suggests that the inhibition of p70 S6k is mediated through a common effector, supporting a model whereby mTOR and its downstream effector are controlled by AMPK. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that the AMPK and mTOR signalling pathways are possibly linked. In addition to the mTOR signal acting as a priming switch that modulates p70 S6k activation, AMPK appears to provide an overriding switch linking p70 S6k regulation to cellular energy metabolism.


Assuntos
Aminoimidazol Carboxamida/análogos & derivados , Complexos Multienzimáticos/fisiologia , Proteínas Quinases/fisiologia , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/fisiologia , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por AMP , Aminoimidazol Carboxamida/farmacologia , Interações Medicamentosas , Humanos , Hipoglicemiantes/farmacologia , Insulina/farmacologia , Fosforilação , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt , Ribonucleotídeos/farmacologia , Proteínas Quinases S6 Ribossômicas 70-kDa/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Quinases S6 Ribossômicas 70-kDa/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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