title: The Tsc1-Tsc2 complex influences neuronal polarity by modulating TORC1 activity and SAD levels.
abstract: Neuronal function depends on the specification of neuronal processes as axons or dendrites. In this issue of Genes & Development Choi and colleagues (2485-2495) show that without Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 (Tsc1) or Tsc2, molecules linked to the autosomal dominant disease tuberous sclerosis, an increase in the activity of the translational regulator Target of Rapamycin 1 (TORC1) causes neurons to have multiple axons and the translation of SAD kinase increases as well. Thus, in addition to the kinase LKB1, the Tsc1-Tsc2 complex, acting through TORC1, also modulates SAD to regulate axon formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wildonger
authors.forename: Lily Yeh
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.forename: Yuh Nung
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Jan
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000076222:Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077004:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 Protein; D000077005:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D011506:Proteins; C000624650:TSC1 protein, human; C000624653:TSC2 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000077004:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 Protein; D000077005:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C523084:BRSK1 protein, human; D000076222:Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
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