Figure 4. Consistent with cerebral mTOR inhibition, phosphorylation of S6 (S6P) was significantly reduced following rapamycin administration (A, 5MT group, n = 4/4).

Compatible with an induced autophagy pathway, LC3II levels were increased upon rapamycin treatment (B, 6WT group, n = 6/6). High levels of the autophagy associated proteins p62 and LC3 were measured in aged vehicle treated P301S transgenic mice (C; 5MT Vehicle, n = 4). This accumulation of p62 and LC3 was prevented by long-term rapamycin administration, pointing towards a restored autophagic flux (C; 5MT Rapa, n = 4). Forebrain tissue was used and data was analyzed by ANOVA. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, and ***p<0.001.