PMID- 30250482 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210410 IS - 1664-8021 (Print) IS - 1664-8021 (Electronic) IS - 1664-8021 (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2018 TI - mTOR Signaling, Translational Control, and the Circadian Clock. PG - 367 LID - 10.3389/fgene.2018.00367 [doi] LID - 367 AB - Almost all cellular processes are regulated by the approximately 24 h rhythms that are endogenously driven by the circadian clock. mRNA translation, as the most energy consuming step in gene expression, is temporally controlled by circadian rhythms. Recent research has uncovered key mechanisms of translational control that are orchestrated by circadian rhythmicity and in turn feed back to the clock machinery to maintain robustness and accuracy of circadian timekeeping. Here I review recent progress in our understanding of translation control mechanisms in the circadian clock, focusing on a role for the mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway in modulating entrainment, synchronization and autonomous oscillation of circadian clocks. I also discuss the relevance of circadian mTOR functions in disease. FAU - Cao, Ruifeng AU - Cao R AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN, United States. AD - Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20180910 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Genet JT - Frontiers in genetics JID - 101560621 PMC - PMC6139299 OTO - NOTNLM OT - SCN OT - circadian clock OT - entrainment OT - mRNA OT - mTOR OT - oscillation OT - synchronization OT - translational control EDAT- 2018/09/27 06:00 MHDA- 2018/09/27 06:01 PMCR- 2018/09/10 CRDT- 2018/09/26 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/08/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/09/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/09/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/09/27 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/09/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fgene.2018.00367 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Genet. 2018 Sep 10;9:367. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00367. eCollection 2018.