Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Opposite physiological and pathological mTORC1-mediated roles of the CB1 receptor in regulating renal tubular function

  • Liad Hinden,
  • Majdoleen Ahmad,
  • Sharleen Hamad,
  • Alina Nemirovski,
  • Gergő Szanda,
  • Sandra Glasmacher,
  • Aviram Kogot-Levin,
  • Rinat Abramovitch,
  • Bernard Thorens,
  • Jürg Gertsch,
  • Gil Leibowitz,
  • Joseph Tam

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29124-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Renal proximal tubules modulate whole-body homeostasis by sensing various nutrients. Here the authors describe the existence and importance of a unique CB1/mTORC1/GLUT2 signaling axis in regulating nutrient homeostasis in healthy and diseased kidney.