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mTOR Signaling at the Crossroad between Metazoan Regeneration and Human Diseases

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A major challenge in medical research resides in controlling the molecular processes of tissue regeneration, as organ and structure damage are central to several human diseases. A survey of the literature reveals that mTOR (mechanistic/mammalian target of rapamycin) is involved in a wide range of regeneration mechanisms in the animal kingdom. More particularly, cellular processes such as growth, proliferation, and differentiation are controlled by mTOR. In addition, autophagy, stem cell maintenance or the newly described intermediate quiescence state, G alert , imply upstream monitoring by the mTOR pathway. In this review, we report the role of mTOR signaling in reparative regenerations in different tissues and body parts (e.g., axon, skeletal muscle, liver, epithelia, appendages, kidney, and whole-body), and highlight how the mTOR kinase can be viewed as a therapeutic target to boost organ repair. Studies in this area have focused on modulating the mTOR pathway in various animal models to elucidate its contribution to regeneration. The diversity of metazoan species used to identify the implication of this pathway might then serve applied medicine (in better understanding what is required for efficient treatments in human diseases) but also evolutionary biology. Indeed, species-specific differences in mTOR modulation can contain the keys to appreciate why certain regeneration processes have been lost or conserved in the animal kingdom.
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hal-02634128 , version 1 (09-12-2020)

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Yasmine Lund-Ricard, Patrick Cormier, Julia Morales, Agnès Boutet. mTOR Signaling at the Crossroad between Metazoan Regeneration and Human Diseases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020, 21 (8), pp.2718. ⟨10.3390/ijms21082718⟩. ⟨hal-02634128⟩
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