PMID- 27578176 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170905 LR - 20220410 IS - 1477-9129 (Electronic) IS - 0950-1991 (Linking) VI - 143 IP - 17 DP - 2016 Sep 1 TI - Proliferation, survival and metabolism: the role of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling in pluripotency and cell fate determination. PG - 3050-60 LID - 10.1242/dev.137075 [doi] AB - Phosphatidylinositide 3 kinases (PI3Ks) and their downstream mediators AKT and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) constitute the core components of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling cascade, regulating cell proliferation, survival and metabolism. Although these functions are well-defined in the context of tumorigenesis, recent studies - in particular those using pluripotent stem cells - have highlighted the importance of this pathway to development and cellular differentiation. Here, we review the recent in vitro and in vivo evidence for the role PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling plays in the control of pluripotency and differentiation, with a particular focus on the molecular mechanisms underlying these functions. CI - (c) 2016. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. FAU - Yu, Jason S L AU - Yu JS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5203-3603 AD - Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK. FAU - Cui, Wei AU - Cui W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2019-380X AD - Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK wei.cui@imperial.ac.uk. LA - eng GR - Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - England TA - Development JT - Development (Cambridge, England) JID - 8701744 RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Proliferation/genetics/*physiology MH - Cell Survival/genetics/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/genetics/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/genetics/physiology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - AKT OT - Metabolism OT - PI3K OT - Pluripotency OT - Proliferation and differentiation OT - mTOR EDAT- 2016/09/01 06:00 MHDA- 2017/09/07 06:00 CRDT- 2016/09/01 06:00 PHST- 2016/09/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/09/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/09/07 06:00 [medline] AID - 143/17/3050 [pii] AID - 10.1242/dev.137075 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Development. 2016 Sep 1;143(17):3050-60. doi: 10.1242/dev.137075.