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mTOR: Role in cancer, metastasis and drug resistance

Murugan, Avaniyapuram Kannan·2019·Seminars in Cancer Biology

Abstract

Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine/threonine kinase that gets inputs from the amino acids, nutrients, growth factor, and environmental cues to regulate varieties of fundamental cellular processes which include protein synthesis, growth, metabolism, aging, regeneration, autophagy, etc. The mTOR is frequently deregulated in human cancer and activating somatic mutations of mTOR were recently identified in several types of human cancer and hence mTOR is therapeutically targeted. mTOR inhibitors were commonly used as immunosuppressors and currently, it is approved for the treatment of human malignancies. This review briefly focuses on the structure and biological functions of mTOR. It extensively discusses the genetic deregulation of mTOR including amplifications and somatic mutations, mTOR-mediated cell growth promoting signaling, therapeutic targeting of mTOR and the mechanisms of resistance, the role of mTOR in precision medicine and other recent advances in further understanding the role of mTOR in cancer.

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Authors
Murugan, A. K.
Affiliations
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (SA)
Corresponding author
Murugan, Avaniyapuram Kannan
Venue
Seminars in Cancer Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-12
Volume
59
Pages
92-111
ISSN
1044-579X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2969086321
Cited by
483
References
234
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 57 · 2024: 84 · 2023: 84 · 2022: 120 · 2021: 74 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 7 · 2013: 1
FWCI
5.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Seminars in Cancer Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
Keywords
mTOR, cancer, metastasis, drug resistance, mTOR inhibitors, somatic mutations, gene amplification, cell growth signaling, autophagy, precision medicine, immunosuppressants
MeSH terms
Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1, Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2, Animals, Disease Susceptibility, Enzyme Activation, Humans, Mutation, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasm Staging, Neoplasms, Biomarkers, Tumor, Signal Transduction, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases, Molecular Targeted Therapy, Mutation Rate

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