
Rapamycin’s Anti-Alzheimer’s Promise: An Autophagy Story
Physionic
Nov 18, 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Address stuck autophagy to understand Alzheimer's progression
A unique perspective is that Alzheimer's can manifest by stimulating an incomplete form of autophagy where cleanup vesicles get 'stuck' and cannot mature.
Utilize rapamycin to enhance autophagy and cellular cleanup
Rapamycin's benefit may come from helping these 'stuck' autophagosomes mature into their fully functional versions, thus restoring proper cellular cleanup.
Inhibit mTOR with rapamycin to enhance cellular cleanup
Rapamycin works by inhibiting mTOR, which in turn allows the cellular cleanup process known as autophagy to function and clear out toxic proteins.
Utilize rapamycin to enhance cognition in Alzheimer's models
In mouse models of Alzheimer's, treatment with rapamycin improved cognitive function in maze and recognition tests to levels similar to healthy mice.
Target mTOR to combat Alzheimer's protein overproduction
The protein mTOR is responsible for the overproduction of beta amyloid and tau, two key proteins implicated in Alzheimer's disease.
Utilize rapamycin to potentially reverse early Alzheimer's signs
Initial research suggests rapamycin could not only protect against Alzheimer's but might even be able to reverse its early signs.
Advocate for human trials of rapamycin in Alzheimer's research
Some researchers are frustrated by the lack of human trials for rapamycin in Alzheimer's, given its compelling preclinical data and effectiveness in other areas.
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