title: ATM engages the TSC2/mTORC1 signaling node to regulate autophagy.
abstract: The link between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and induction of autophagy has been well documented, but the molecular mechanisms regulating this phenomenon are only beginning to be elucidated. Autophagy is now being appreciated as an integral part of the cellular response to many diverse types of cellular stresses including nutrient deprivation, hypoxia, oxidative stress, and DNA damage, and likely the mechanism(s) for each type of stress vary considerably. The cellular outcome of inducing autophagy in response to stress is also quite complex, and depends on many factors including cellular context, type and magnitude of stress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Carcinogenesis, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX USA.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Jinhee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Cheryl L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D001343:Autophagy; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D061986:MCF-7 Cells; D000076222:Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077005:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; C000624653:TSC2 protein, human; D000077005:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C576324:ATM protein, human; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D000076222:Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases