Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Two parallel pathways connect glutamine metabolism and mTORC1 activity to regulate glutamoptosis

  • Clément Bodineau,
  • Mercedes Tomé,
  • Sarah Courtois,
  • Ana S. H. Costa,
  • Marco Sciacovelli,
  • Benoit Rousseau,
  • Elodie Richard,
  • Pierre Vacher,
  • Carlos Parejo-Pérez,
  • Emilie Bessede,
  • Christine Varon,
  • Pierre Soubeyran,
  • Christian Frezza,
  • Piedad del Socorro Murdoch,
  • Victor H. Villar,
  • Raúl V. Durán

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25079-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The metabolism of amino acids and the cellular energy sensor AMPK are both connected to mTORC1, but the pathway details have not been well defined. Here, the authors show that glutamine metabolism and mTORC1 have two regulatory connections with relevance to cancer therapeutics design.