HMB stimulates protein synthesis in muscle by multiple mechanisms, including the mTOR / p70S6k pathway, which
stimulates translation initiation of protein synthesis.
Not exact matches
The
translation initiation factor, eIF4E, is an indirect target of mTOR because it is released by phosphorylation of its repressor 4E - BP1 by mTOR - raptor complex, thereby
stimulating cap - dependent
translation (7, 11, 12).
Leucine supplementation of a low - protein meal increases skeletal muscle and visceral tissue protein synthesis in neonatal pigs by
stimulating mTOR - dependent
translation initiation