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Nutrient-sensing mechanisms and pathways

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Efeyan, Alejo, Comb, William C., Sabatini, David M.·2015·Nature

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The ability to sense and respond to fluctuations in environmental nutrient levels is a requisite for life. Nutrient scarcity is a selective pressure that has shaped the evolution of most cellular processes. Different pathways that detect intracellular and extracellular levels of sugars, amino acids, lipids and surrogate metabolites are integrated and coordinated at the organismal level through hormonal signals. During food abundance, nutrient-sensing pathways engage anabolism and storage, whereas scarcity triggers homeostatic mechanisms, such as the mobilization of internal stores through autophagy. Nutrient-sensing pathways are commonly deregulated in human metabolic diseases.

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Authors
Efeyan, A., Comb, W. C., & Sabatini, D. M.
Affiliations
Broad Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Sabatini, David M.
Venue
Nature
Published
2015-01-14
Volume
517
Issue
7534
Pages
302-310
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2147044753
Cited by
1,110
References
114
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PMC
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institute on Aging (R21AG042876)
  • National Cancer Institute (CA103866, R01CA103866, R01CA129105)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R37AI047389, AI047389, R01AI047389)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
Keywords
nutrient sensing, nutrient-sensing pathways, nutrient homeostasis, nutrient scarcity, hormone signaling, autophagy, anabolism, nutrient storage, metabolic disorders, sugar sensing, amino acid sensing, lipid sensing
MeSH terms
Amino Acids, Animals, Autophagy, Glucose, Homeostasis, Humans, Metabolic Diseases, Lipid Metabolism

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