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We investigated whether selective mTORC1 activation in SMCs induced by deleting the negative mTORC1 regulator tuberous sclerosis complex 1 gene (TSC1) was sufficient to produce PH in mice. Mice expressing Cre recombinase under SM22 promoter control were crossed with TSC1LoxP\/LoxP mice to generate SM22-TSC1\u2212\/\u2212 mice. At 8 weeks of age, SM22-TSC1\u2212\/\u2212 mice exhibited PH with marked increases in distal PA muscularization and Ki67-positive PASMC counts, without systemic hypertension or cardiac dysfunction. Marked activation of the mTORC1 substrates S6 kinase and 4E-BP and the mTORC2 substrates p-AktSer473 and glycogen synthase kinase 3 was found in the lungs and pulmonary vessels of SM22-TSC1\u2212\/\u2212 mice when compared with control mice. Treatment with 5 mg\/kg rapamycin for 3 weeks to inhibit mTORC1 and mTORC2 fully reversed PH in SM22-TSC1\u2212\/\u2212 mice. In chronically hypoxic mice and SM22-5HTT+ mice exhibiting PH associated with mTORC1 and mTORC2 activation, PH was maximally attenuated by low-dose rapamycin associated with selective mTORC1 inhibition. Cultured PASMCs from SM22-TSC1\u2212\/\u2212, SM22-5HTT+, and chronically hypoxic mice exhibited similar sustained growth-rate enhancement and constitutive mTORC1 and mTORC2 activation; both effects were abolished by rapamycin. Deletion of the downstream mTORC1 effectors S6 kinase 1\/2 in mice also activated mTOR signaling and induced PH. 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