Mammalian target of rapamycin in the human placenta regulates leucine transport and is down‐regulated in restricted fetal growth
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Pathological fetal growth is associated with perinatal morbidity and the development of diabetes and cardiovascular disease later in life. Placental nutrient transport is a primary determinant of fetal growth. In human intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) the activity of key placental amino acid transporters, such as systems A and L, is decreased. However the mechanisms regulating placental nutrient transporters are poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signalling pathway regulates amino acid transport in the human placenta and that the activity of the placental mTOR pathway is reduced in IUGR. Using immunohistochemistry and culture of trophoblast cells, we show for the first time that the mTOR protein is expressed in the transporting epithelium of the human placenta. We further demonstrate that placental mTOR regulates activity of the l‐amino acid transporter, but not system A or taurine transporters, by determining the mediated uptake of isotope‐labelled leucine, methylaminoisobutyric acid and taurine in primary villous fragments after inhibition of mTOR using rapamycin. The protein expression of placental phospho‐S6K1 (Thr‐389), a measure of the activity of the mTOR signalling pathway, was markedly reduced in placentas obtained from pregnancies complicated by IUGR. These data identify mTOR as an important regulator of placental amino acid transport, and provide a mechanism for the changes in placental leucine transport in IUGR previously demonstrated in humans. We propose that mTOR functions as a placental nutrient sensor, matching fetal growth with maternal nutrient availability by regulating placental nutrient transport.
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Reduced p-S6K1, but no change in p-4E-BP1, was observed in placentas with growth restriction of unknown origin.
“Reduced p-S6K1, but no change in p-4E-BP1, was observed in placentas with growth restriction of unknown origin (468).”
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- Authors
- Roos, S., Jansson, N., Palmberg, I., Säljö, K., Powell, T. L., & Jansson, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- Venue
- The Journal of Physiology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-06-25
- Volume
- 582
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 449-459
- ISSN
- 0022-3751 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7793
- PMC
- PMC2075295
- OpenAlex
- W2160209138
- Cited by
- 283
- References
- 54
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- FWCI
- 10.95
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- The Journal of Physiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Stiftelserna Wilhelm och Martina Lundgrens
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
- Keywords
- mTOR signaling, human placenta, fetal growth restriction, leucine transport, amino acid transport, placental nutrient transport, S6K1 phosphorylation, rapamycin, trophoblast, taurine transport
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Birth Weight, Cells, Cultured, Chorionic Villi, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Epithelial Cells, Female, Fetal Growth Retardation, Gestational Age, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Infant, Newborn, Leucine, Phosphoproteins, Placenta, Pregnancy, Protein Kinases, Trophoblasts, Signal Transduction, Down-Regulation, Cell Cycle Proteins, Sirolimus, Amino Acid Transport System L, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
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