Fedor Angelika, Bryniarski Krzysztof, Nazimek Katarzyna
Department of Immunology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Czysta 18, 31-121 Kraków, Poland.
Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Aug 6;26(15):7598. doi: 10.3390/ijms26157598.
Macrophages are undoubtedly one of the most widely studied cells of the immune system, among other reasons, because they are involved in a wide variety of biological processes. Deregulation of their activity is observed in a number of different disorders, including autoimmune diseases. At the same time, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is attracting increasing research attention because the pathways dependent on this kinase are activated by a variety of signals, including cytokines and proinflammatory mediators, mediate essential processes for cell survival and metabolism, and can be regulated epigenetically via microRNAs. Therefore, our narrative review aimed to summarize and discuss recent advances in the knowledge of the activation of mTOR signaling in macrophages, with a special focus on autoimmune disorders and the possibility of mTOR control by microRNAs. The summarized research observations allowed us to conclude that the effects of activity and/or inhibition of individual mTOR complexes in macrophages are largely context dependent, and therefore, these broad immunological contexts and other specific conditions should always be taken into account when attempting to modulate these pathways for therapeutic purposes.
巨噬细胞无疑是免疫系统中研究最为广泛的细胞之一,原因之一在于它们参与了多种生物学过程。在包括自身免疫性疾病在内的许多不同病症中,都观察到了其活性的失调。与此同时,雷帕霉素的哺乳动物靶点(mTOR)正吸引着越来越多的研究关注,因为依赖该激酶的信号通路会被包括细胞因子和促炎介质在内的多种信号激活,介导细胞存活和代谢的关键过程,并且可以通过微小RNA进行表观遗传调控。因此,我们的叙述性综述旨在总结和讨论巨噬细胞中mTOR信号激活知识的最新进展,特别关注自身免疫性疾病以及微小RNA对mTOR的调控可能性。总结的研究观察结果使我们得出结论,巨噬细胞中单个mTOR复合物的激活和/或抑制作用在很大程度上取决于具体情况,因此,在试图为治疗目的调节这些信号通路时,应始终考虑这些广泛的免疫背景和其他特定条件。
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