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Multifarious roles of mTOR signaling in cognitive aging and cerebrovascular dysfunction of Alzheimer’s disease

Publication Type : Journal Article

Publisher : IUBMB Life

Source : IUBMB Life, Volume 72, Issue 9, p.1843-1855 (2020)

Url : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32472959/#:~:text=The%20mTOR%20contributes%20to%20brain,the%20BBB%20integrity%20in%20AD.

Campus : Kochi

School : School of Pharmacy

Department : Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Analysis

Year : 2020

Abstract : Age-related cognitive failure is a main devastating incident affecting even healthy people. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the utmost common form of dementia among the geriatric community. In the pathogenesis of AD, cerebrovascular dysfunction is revealed before the beginning of the cognitive decline. Mounting proof shows a precarious impact of cerebrovascular dysregulation in the development of AD pathology. Recent studies document that the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) acts as a crucial effector of cerebrovascular dysregulation in AD. The mTOR contributes to brain vascular dysfunction and subsequence cerebral blood flow deficits as well as cognitive impairment. Furthermore, mTOR causes the blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown in AD models. Inhibition of mTOR hyperactivity protects the BBB integrity in AD. Furthermore, mTOR drives cognitive defect and cerebrovascular dysfunction, which are greatly prevalent in AD, but the central molecular mechanisms underlying these alterations are obscure. This review represents the crucial and current research findings regarding the role of mTOR signaling in cognitive aging and cerebrovascular dysfunction in the pathogenesis of AD.

Cite this Research Publication : M. Sahab Uddin, Rahman, M. Ataur, Kabir, M. Tanvir, Behl, T., Bijo Mathew, Perveen, A., Barreto, G. E., Bin-Jumah, M. N., Abdel-Daim, M. M., and Ashraf, G. Md, “Multifarious roles of mTOR signaling in cognitive aging and cerebrovascular dysfunction of Alzheimer's disease.”, IUBMB Life, vol. 72, no. 9, pp. 1843-1855, 2020.

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