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Pathway link DEPTOR-MTOR

DEPTOR mTOR

DEPTOR inhibits mTOR.

DEPTOR sits on mTOR and dampens both complexes; some cancer cells (myeloma) make extra DEPTOR and come to depend on that damping.

DEPTOR sits on mTOR and damps both complexes; myeloma cells overexpress it and depend on that damping.

The conditions it holds under

One study in human cancer cell lines (PET2009), centred on myeloma. Not replicated in this corpus and not shown in other cell types, in animals or in patients.

Time it takes
always on
Step
direct (one molecule acts on the other)
Measured in
human cells
Where in the cell
cytosol
Reaches people?
plausible in people, not shown directly
How settled
settled in the literature

Studies behind it

YearEvidenceStudy
2009 M DEPTOR is an mTOR inhibitor frequently overexpressed in multiple myeloma cells and required for their survivalPET2009 Identified DEPTOR as a built-in brake on BOTH mTOR complexes. The twist: in some multiple myelomas DEPTOR is overexpressed, which by relieving a feedback loop actually keeps pro-survival Akt signaling ON - a neat example of how an 'inhibitor' can be co-opted by cancer.

Points the other way

No study in the Atlas contradicts this link. That means none in this curated set, not none in the literature.

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Curated by
Oliver Barton, with AI help for drafting; see how links are checked.

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