ReviewPlacenta2012
The emerging role of mTORC1 signaling in placental nutrient-sensing.
Review in Placenta, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.
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78 citing papers in PubMed, 161 citations in OpenAlex.
- Maternal Diet Quality Is Associated with Placental Proteins in the Placental Insulin/Growth Factor, Environmental Stress, Inflammation, and mTOR Signaling Pathways: The Healthy Start ECHO Cohort.The Journal of nutrition · 2022Trial
- Maternal fuels and metabolic measures during pregnancy and neonatal body composition: the healthy start study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2015Trial
- The Role of Branched-Chain Amino Acids in Nutrient Allocation of the Porcine Placenta: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Proteomic profiling of xenobiotic and nutrient transporters in human placenta of different gestational ages.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Targeting the GSK-3β/mTOR axis: a novel pharmacological strategy for preeclampsia prevention and treatment.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Review
- Maternal fish oil supplementation enhances nutrient transport in the placenta and milk biosynthesis in the mammary gland via the GPR120 signaling pathway.Journal of advanced research · 2025Article
- Maternal Lecithin Supplementation in Sows Regulates the Hepatic Glycolipid Metabolism of Offspring.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Metformin use in gestational diabetes is not associated with an increased risk of preterm labor and small for gestational age infants compared to diet control alone.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Mechanistic target of rapamycin signaling activity in the human placenta across gestation and in maternal obesity†.Biology of reproduction · 2025Article
- Impact of near continuous low dose rate neutron irradiation on pregnancy outcomes in mice.NPJ microgravity · 2024Article
- TFEB controls syncytiotrophoblast formation and hormone production in placenta.Cell death and differentiation · 2024Article
- Whole transcriptome profiling of placental pathobiology in SARS-CoV-2 pregnancies identifies placental dysfunction signatures.Clinical & translational immunology · 2024Article
- Exploring the Role of Mediterranean and Westernized Diets and Their Main Nutrients in the Modulation of Oxidative Stress in the Placenta: A Narrative Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Role of Adiponectin during Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Research progress in the role and mechanism of Leucine in regulating animal growth and development.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
- Targeting mTOR as a Cancer Therapy: Recent Advances in Natural Bioactive Compounds and Immunotherapy.Cancers · 2022Review
- Muscle Nutritive Metabolism Changes after Dietary Fishmeal Replaced by Cottonseed Meal in Golden Pompano (Metabolites · 2022Article
- Metabolic Consequences of Glucocorticoid Exposure before Birth.Nutrients · 2022Review
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- Mechanisms linking hypoxia to phosphorylation of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 in baboon fetuses with intrauterine growth restriction and in cell culture.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Nutrient-sensing signaling pathways regulate cell metabolism and growth in response to altered nutrient levels and growth factor signaling. Because trophoblast cell metabolism and associated signaling influence fetal nutrient availability, trophoblast nutrient sensors may have a unique role in regulating fetal growth. We review data in support of a role for mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) in placental nutrient-sensing. Placental insulin/IGF-I signaling and fetal levels of oxygen, glucose and amino acids (AAs) are altered in pregnancy complications such as intrauterine growth restriction, and all these factors are well-established upstream regulators of mTORC1. Furthermore, mTORC1 is a positive regulator of placental AA transporters, suggesting that trophoblast mTORC1 modulates AA transfer across the placenta. In addition, placental mTORC1 signaling is also known to be modulated in pregnancy complications associated with altered fetal growth and in animal models in which maternal nutrient availability has been altered experimentally. Recently, significant progress has been made in identifying the molecular mechanisms by which mTORC1 senses AAs, a process requiring shuttling of mTOR to late endosomal and lysosomal compartments (LELs). We recently identified members of the proton-assisted amino acid transporter (PAT/SLC36) family as critical components of the AA-sensing system or 'nutrisome' that regulates mTORC1 on LEL membranes, placing AA transporters and their subcellular regulation both upstream and downstream of mTORC1-driven processes. We propose a model in which placental mTORC1 signaling constitutes a critical link between maternal nutrient availability and fetal growth, thereby influencing the long-term health of the fetus.
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