Figure 3. Rapamycin-induced dephosphorylation of mSin1 is dependent on mTOR kinase activity.
Rh30 cells, infected with recombinant adenoviruses expressing GFP (Ad-GFP), FLAG-tagged rapamycin-resistant and kinase active mTOR (S2035T, Ad-mTOR-T), and rapamycin-resistant and kinase dead mTOR (S2035T/D2357E, Ad-mTOR-TE) (A) or with lentiviral shRNAs to GFP and mTOR (B) respectively, were serum-starved for 24 h. The cells were then pretreated with or without rapamycin (Rapa, 100 ng/ml) for 2 h, and further stimulated with or without IGF-1 (10 ng/ml) for 10 h, followed by Western blotting with indicated antibodies.