Amino acid transporters and nutrient-sensing mechanisms: new targets for treating insulin-linked disorders?
The IIS (insulin/IGF (insulin-like growth factor) signalling) cascade has an important role in regulating normal development and physiology, as evidenced by its effects in a host of major human diseases including cancer, Type 2 diabetes and neurodegeneration. Recently, it has become clear that multi...
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| author | Reynolds, B Laynes, R Ogmundsdóttir, M Boyd, C Goberdhan, D |
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| description | The IIS (insulin/IGF (insulin-like growth factor) signalling) cascade has an important role in regulating normal development and physiology, as evidenced by its effects in a host of major human diseases including cancer, Type 2 diabetes and neurodegeneration. Recently, it has become clear that multiple types of local nutrient-sensing mechanisms have an impact on cellular insulin-sensitivity through the downstream kinase TOR (target of rapamycin). In vivo analysis in flies has surprisingly highlighted PATs (proton-assisted amino acid transporters) as having a uniquely potent role in regulating IIS/TOR activity and growth, potentially via a novel signalling mechanism. Other molecules such as the heterodimeric amino acid transporter, CD98, which provides the principal route for cellular uptake of leucine, an amino acid implicated in regulating TOR, also appear to have important effects. As our understanding of how nutrient sensing has an impact on IIS/TOR increases, novel targets to modulate aberrant IIS in disease are likely to emerge, which could complement current strategies designed to block kinases in this pathway. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:03b212cb-98bd-4c2b-8c10-7a2a970efd8c2022-03-26T08:47:40ZAmino acid transporters and nutrient-sensing mechanisms: new targets for treating insulin-linked disorders?Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:03b212cb-98bd-4c2b-8c10-7a2a970efd8cEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Reynolds, BLaynes, ROgmundsdóttir, MBoyd, CGoberdhan, DThe IIS (insulin/IGF (insulin-like growth factor) signalling) cascade has an important role in regulating normal development and physiology, as evidenced by its effects in a host of major human diseases including cancer, Type 2 diabetes and neurodegeneration. Recently, it has become clear that multiple types of local nutrient-sensing mechanisms have an impact on cellular insulin-sensitivity through the downstream kinase TOR (target of rapamycin). In vivo analysis in flies has surprisingly highlighted PATs (proton-assisted amino acid transporters) as having a uniquely potent role in regulating IIS/TOR activity and growth, potentially via a novel signalling mechanism. Other molecules such as the heterodimeric amino acid transporter, CD98, which provides the principal route for cellular uptake of leucine, an amino acid implicated in regulating TOR, also appear to have important effects. As our understanding of how nutrient sensing has an impact on IIS/TOR increases, novel targets to modulate aberrant IIS in disease are likely to emerge, which could complement current strategies designed to block kinases in this pathway. |
| spellingShingle | Reynolds, B Laynes, R Ogmundsdóttir, M Boyd, C Goberdhan, D Amino acid transporters and nutrient-sensing mechanisms: new targets for treating insulin-linked disorders? |
| title | Amino acid transporters and nutrient-sensing mechanisms: new targets for treating insulin-linked disorders? |
| title_full | Amino acid transporters and nutrient-sensing mechanisms: new targets for treating insulin-linked disorders? |
| title_fullStr | Amino acid transporters and nutrient-sensing mechanisms: new targets for treating insulin-linked disorders? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Amino acid transporters and nutrient-sensing mechanisms: new targets for treating insulin-linked disorders? |
| title_short | Amino acid transporters and nutrient-sensing mechanisms: new targets for treating insulin-linked disorders? |
| title_sort | amino acid transporters and nutrient sensing mechanisms new targets for treating insulin linked disorders |
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