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Left‐right asymmetry in the light of TOR: An update on what we know so far
Authors:Teresa Casar Tena  Martin D Burkhalter  Melanie Philipp
Institution:1. Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany;2. Leibniz Institute for Age Research Fritz Lippmann Institute, Jena, Germany
Abstract:The internal left‐right (LR) asymmetry is a characteristic that exists throughout the animal kingdom from roundworms over flies and fish to mammals. Cilia, which are antenna‐like structures protruding into the extracellular space, are involved in establishing LR asymmetry during early development. Humans who suffer from dysfunctional cilia often develop conditions such as heterotaxy, where internal organs appear to be placed randomly. As a consequence to this failure in asymmetry development, serious complications such as congenital heart defects (CHD) occur. The mammalian (or mechanistic) target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway has recently emerged as an important regulator regarding symmetry breaking. The mTOR pathway governs fundamental processes such as protein translation or metabolism. Its activity can be transduced by two complexes, which are called TORC1 and TORC2, respectively. So far, only TORC1 has been implicated with asymmetry development and appears to require very precise regulation. A number of recent papers provided evidence that dysregulated TORC1 results in alterations of motile cilia and asymmetry defects. In here, we give an update on what we know so far of mTORC1 in LR asymmetry development.
Keywords:Cilia  Heterotaxy  Left‐right asymmetry  TORC1  Zebrafish
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