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"Our study demonstrates that IFNbeta dependent activation of STATs and p38 MAPK is not sufficient to fully inhibit proliferation of cells with TSC2 dysfunction and that TSC2 dependent inhibition of mTOR and S6K1 cooperates with IFNbeta in inhibiting human LAM and TSC2-null ELT3 cell proliferation."
"Tuberin interferes with insulin-like growth factor-1-induced BAD Ser136 phosphorylation and cell survival. Our work proposes a model in which tuberin-mediated inhibition of p70S6K activates BAD to heterodimerize with BCL-2 and BCL-XL to promote apoptosis. A mutation of TSC2--as it occurs in TSC patients--attenuates this proapoptotic potential, underscoring the relevance of our findings for human pathophysiology."
"TSC2 S1798A mutant.Thi s mutant was used to prove that RSK-dependent phosphorylation of tuberin on Ser1798 inhibits its potential to turn off Rheb and to downregulate the activities of mTOR and p70S6K.Mu tation of Ser1798 inhibited most of tuberin phosphorylation and inactivation by RSK (Roux et al., 2004).Invest igating PARP cleavage, caspase 3 cleavage, the percentage of HOPI-positive cells and the percentage of subG1 cells demonstrated that the cell survival effects of activated Ras over tuberin-induced apoptosis are significantly diminished by this mutation in TSC2 (Figures 5a–c)."