PMID- 23668926 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140417 LR - 20211203 IS - 1000-467X (Print) IS - 1944-446X (Electronic) IS - 1944-446X (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 8 DP - 2013 Aug TI - Dysregulation of mTOR activity through LKB1 inactivation. PG - 427-33 LID - 10.5732/cjc.013.10086 [doi] AB - Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is aberrantly activated in many cancer types, and two rapamycin derivatives are currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States for treating renal cell carcinoma. Mechanistically, mTOR is hyperactivated in human cancers either due to the genetic activation of its upstream activating signaling pathways or the genetic inactivation of its negative regulators. The tumor suppressor liver kinase B1 (LKB1), also known as serine/threonine kinase 11 (STK11), is involved in cell polarity, cell detachment and adhesion, tumor metastasis, and energetic stress response. A key role of LKB1 is to negatively regulate the activity of mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1). This review summarizes the molecular basis of this negative interaction and recent research progress in this area. FAU - Zhou, Wei AU - Zhou W AD - The Winship Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. wzhou2@emory.edu. FAU - Marcus, Adam I AU - Marcus AI FAU - Vertino, Paula M AU - Vertino PM LA - eng GR - P01 CA116676/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA140571/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01-CA116676/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-CA140571/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Review DEP - 20130514 PL - England TA - Chin J Cancer JT - Chinese journal of cancer JID - 101498232 RN - 0 (Antibiotics, Antineoplastic) RN - 0 (Multiprotein Complexes) RN - 0 (Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 Protein) RN - 0 (Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (STK11 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.3 (AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.31 (AMP-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases MH - AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Adenocarcinoma/drug therapy/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/therapeutic use MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Endometrial Neoplasms/drug therapy/metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 MH - Multiprotein Complexes/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction MH - Sirolimus/therapeutic use MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 Protein MH - Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein MH - Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism PMC - PMC3845579 EDAT- 2013/05/15 06:00 MHDA- 2014/04/18 06:00 PMCR- 2013/08/01 CRDT- 2013/05/15 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/04/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cjc.013.10086 [pii] AID - cjc-32-08-427 [pii] AID - 10.5732/cjc.013.10086 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chin J Cancer. 2013 Aug;32(8):427-33. doi: 10.5732/cjc.013.10086. Epub 2013 May 14.