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A novel rapamycin analog is highly selective for mTORC1 in vivo
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Rapamycin, an inhibitor of mechanistic Target Of Rapamycin Complex 1 (mTORC1), extends lifespan and shows strong potential for the treatment of age-related diseases. However, rapamycin exerts metabolic and immunological side effects mediated by off-target inhibition of a second mTOR-containing complex, mTOR complex 2. Here, we report the identification of DL001, a FKBP12-dependent rapamycin analog 40x more selective for mTORC1 than rapamycin. DL001 inhibits mTORC1 in cell culture lines and in vivo in C57BL/6J mice, in which DL001 inhibits mTORC1 signaling without impairing glucose homeostasis and with substantially reduced or no side effects on lipid metabolism and the immune system. In cells, DL001 efficiently represses elevated mTORC1 activity and restores normal gene expression to cells lacking a functional tuberous sclerosis complex. Our results demonstrate that highly selective pharmacological inhibition of mTORC1 can be achieved in vivo, and that selective inhibition of mTORC1 significantly reduces the side effects associated with conventional rapalogs.
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“Specific inhibition of mTORC1 in mice using a mTORC1-speicific inhibitor did not result in hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance, hyperlipidemia or hypercholesterolemia, again demonstrating that these negative effects are mediated at least in part by inhibition of mTORC2 120.”
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- Schreiber, K. H., Arriola Apelo, S. I., Yu, D., Brinkman, J. A., Velarde, M. C., Syed, F. A., Liao, C.-Y., Baar, E. L., Carbajal, K. A., Sherman, D. S., Ortiz, D., Brunauer, R., Yang, S. E., Tzannis, S. T., Kennedy, B. K., & Lamming, D. W.
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- Nature Communications
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- 2019-07-19
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- 10
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- 1
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- 2041-1723
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- PMC6642166
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- American Diabetes Association (1-16-PMF-001)
- American Heart Association (17PRE33410983)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (P30CA014520)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR002373)
- UW | School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (R01AG056771, R01AG062328)
- Aeonian Pharmaceuticals
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