Abstract：
:The TOR pathway is a kinase signaling pathway that regulates cellular growth and proliferation in response to nutrients and growth factors. TOR signaling is also important in lifespan regulation - when this pathway is inhibited, either naturally, by genetic mutation, or by pharmacological means, lifespan is extended. MAP4K3 is a Ser/Thr kinase that has recently been found to be involved in TOR activation. Unexpectedly, the effect of this protein is not mediated via Rheb, the more widely known TOR activation pathway. Given the role of TOR in growth and lifespan control, we looked at how inhibiting MAP4K3 in Caenorhabditis elegans affects lifespan. We used both feeding RNAi and genetic mutants to look at the effect of MAP4K3 deficiency. Our results show a small but significant increase in mean lifespan in MAP4K3 deficient worms. MAP4K3 thus represents a new target in the TOR pathway that can be targeted for pharmacological intervention to control lifespan.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Khan MH,Hart MJ,Rea SLdoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.07.113subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-08-24 00:00:00pages
413-8issue
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0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(12)01420-9journal_volume
425pub_type
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