Translating the effects of mTOR on secretory senescence

Nat Cell Biol. 2015 Oct;17(10):1230-2. doi: 10.1038/ncb3244.

Abstract

Cellular senescence is often accompanied by the production of secreted proteins that mediate the diverse effects of senescence on the tissue microenvironment. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a master regulator of protein synthesis, is now shown to control the senescence-associated secretory phenotype by modulating gene transcription and mRNA translation and stabilization.

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cellular Senescence / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-1alpha / genetics
  • Interleukin-1alpha / metabolism
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / genetics
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism
  • Models, Genetic
  • Protein Biosynthesis*
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / genetics
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism
  • RNA Stability
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Signal Transduction / genetics
  • Sirolimus / pharmacology
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism*
  • Transcription, Genetic*

Substances

  • Interleukin-1alpha
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • MAP-kinase-activated kinase 2
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Sirolimus