Title : Insulin inhibition of apolipoprotein B mRNA translation is mediated via the PI-3 kinase/mTOR signaling cascade but does not involve internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) initiation.

Pub. Date : 2007 Sep 15

PMID : 17698027






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1 Experiments using chimeric apoB UTR-luciferase constructs transfected into HepG2 cells followed by treatment with wortmannin, a PI-3K inhibitor, and rapamycin, an mTOR inhibitor, showed that signaling via PI-3K and mTOR pathways is necessary for insulin-mediated inhibition of chimeric 5" UTR-luciferase expression. Sirolimus insulin Homo sapiens