The Claim

Resistance exercise causes a transient reduction in 4E-BP1 phosphorylation at Thr37/46 while mTOR phosphorylation at Ser2448 remains unchanged, indicating that mTOR’s regulation of 4E-BP1 is not dependent on its canonical Ser2448 phosphorylation site and may involve alternative regulatory mechanisms.

Source: Resistance exercise increases AMPK activity and reduces 4E‐BP1 phosphorylation and protein synthesis in human skeletal muscle

What the research says

Supports is higher

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Supports
37score
Challenges
0score

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How it works
1 study reviewed
In plain English

When you lift weights, a specific protein in your muscles (4E-BP1) temporarily stops being activated in one way, even though another related protein (mTOR) stays just as active as before—this suggests that mTOR might be controlling 4E-BP1 through a different, hidden method.

See the scientific wording

Resistance exercise induces a transient reduction in 4E-BP1 phosphorylation at Thr37/46 despite unchanged mTOR Ser2448 phosphorylation during exercise, suggesting that mTOR’s regulation of 4E-BP1 is dissociated from its canonical phosphorylation site and may involve alternative mechanisms.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Resistance exercise increases AMPK activity and reduces 4E‐BP1 phosphorylation and protein synthesis in human skeletal muscle

    When people lift weights, their muscles temporarily slow down protein building, and this study shows it’s not because the main growth signal (mTOR) is turned off — it’s because another signal (AMPK) is blocking a different part of the process, which matches the claim.

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