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CELL CYCLE
Volume 8, Issue 4, Pages 567-572Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cc.8.4.7659
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rapamycin; rapamycin-resistance; mTOR; 4E-BP1; S6 kinase; cancer; raptor
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The mTORC1 signaling pathway is a critical regulator of cell growth and is hyper activated in many different cancers. Rapamycin, an allosteric inhibitor of mTORC1, has been approved for treatment against renal cell carcinomas and is being evaluated for other cancers. Mechanistically, mTORC1 controls cell growth in part through its two well-characterized substrates S6K1 and 4E-BP1. In this review, we discuss the implications of a recent finding that showed differential inhibition of S6K1 and 4E-BP1 by rapamycin, leading to cell-type-specific repression of cap-dependent translation. We discuss potential mechanisms for this effect, and propose that mTOR-specific kinase inhibitors, instead of rapamycin, should be considered for mTOR-targeted cancer therapy.
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