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Low energy levels and stress: The AMP-dependent protein kinase AMPK phosphorylates and thereby activates TSC1-TSC2 by phosphorylating at least 2 residues of TSC2. [7] Hypoxia: The Hypoxia-inducible factor α HIFα induces REDD1 at low oxygen levels. REDD1 has been shown to activate TSC1-TSC2 by neutralisation of AKT dependent inhibition. [8]
Pharmacological inhibition of ERK1/2 restores GSK3β activity and protein synthesis levels in a model of tuberous sclerosis. [8]The defective degradation of glycogen by the autophagy-lysosome pathway is, at least in part, independent of impaired regulation of mTORC1 and is restored by the combined use of PKB/Akt and mTORC1 pharmacological inhibitors.
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare multisystem autosomal dominant genetic disease that causes non-cancerous tumours to grow in the brain and on other vital organs such as the kidneys, heart, liver, eyes, lungs and skin.
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The cluster of infantile spasms in TSC was discovered to be preceded by a focal EEG discharge. [51] 1985 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI, invented 1980) was first used in TSC to identify affected regions in the brain of a girl with tuberous sclerosis. [52] 1987 MR was judged superior to CT imaging for both sensitivity and specificity.
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Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) tumor suppressors form the TSC1-TSC2 molecular complex. Under poor growth conditions the TSC1-TSC2 complex limits cell growth. [1] A key promoter of cell growth, mTORC1, is inhibited by the tuberous sclerosis complex. [1] Insulin activates mTORC1 and causes dissociation of TSC from the surface of lysosomes. [2]