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. 2021 May 31;18(2):254–282. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2021.1926656

Table 1.

Role of starvation-induced MTOR inhibition in various cell types of the nervous system

cell type Starvation MTOR inhibition common factors cell type-specific factors
Neurons Insensitive or mild
activation [385]
Insensitive [370] AMPK
TFEB
ULK1
PIK3C3/VPS34
BECN1
ATG5
ATG7
LC3
ATG12
ATG14
SQSTM1
VCP
LAMP2 OPTN
PINK1, PRKN (axonal mitophagy) [24]
KIF1A (synaptic autophagy) [22,25]
HAP1, MAPK8IP1 (axonal transport) [23,26]
SPHK1 (benzoxazine treatment) [11]
Glia Astrocytes Activates [404] Activates [404] SPHK1 (starvation induction) [11]
Oligodendrocytes Activates [450] Activates [530] MIR101 [12]
Schwann cells Activates [465] Activates [467,468] FIG4 [13] MIR195 [14,15]
Skeletal muscle Activates [475] Activates [482] RUNX1 [474]
MTM1 [17]
MTMR14 [20]
PPARGC1A [19]
AKT, FOXO3 [16,18]