https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/145041
Title: | Aberrant nuclear localization of EBP50 promotes colorectal carcinogenesis in xenotransplanted mice by modulating TCF-1 and beta-catenin interactions | Authors: | Lin, Yu-Yu Hsu, Yung-Ho Huang, Hsin-Yi Shann, Yih-Jyh Huang, Chi-Ying F. Wei, Shu-Chen Chen, Chi-Ling Jou, Tzuu-Shuh |
Issue Date: | 2012 | Journal Volume: | 122 | Journal Issue: | 5 | Start page/Pages: | 1881-1894 | Source: | J. Clin. Invest. | Abstract: | Dysregulation of canonical Wnt signaling is thought to play a role in colon carcinogenesis. beta-Catenin, a key mediator of the pathway, is stabilized upon Wnt activation and accumulates in the nucleus, where it can interact with the transcription factor T cell factor (TCF) to transactivate gene expression. Normal colonic epithelia express a truncated TCF-1 form, called dnTCF-1, that lacks the critical beta-catenin-binding domain and behaves as a transcriptional suppressor. How the cell maintains a balance between the two forms of TCF-1 is unclear. Here, we show that ERNI-binding phosphoprotein 50 (EBP50) modulates the interaction between beta-catenin and TCF-1. We observed EBP50 localization to the nucleus of human colorectal carcinoma cell lines at low cell culture densities and human primary colorectal tumors that manifested a poor clinical outcome. In contrast, EBP50 was primarily membranous in confluent cell lines. Aberrantly located EBP50 stabilized conventional beta-catenin/TCF-1 complexes and connected beta-catenin to dnTCF-1 to form a ternary molecular complex that enhanced Wnt/beta-catenin signaling events, including the transcription of downstream oncogenes such as c-Myc and cyclin D1. Genome-wide analysis of the EBP50 occupancy pattern revealed consensus binding motifs bearing similarity to Wnt-responsive element. Conventional chromatin immunoprecipitation assays confirmed that EBP50 bound to genomic regions highly enriched with TCF/LEF binding motifs. Knockdown of EBP50 in human colorectal carcinoma cell lines compromised cell cycle progression, anchorage-independent growth, and tumorigenesis in nude mice. We therefore suggest that nuclear EBP50 facilitates colon tumorigenesis by modulating the interaction between beta-catenin and TCF-1. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/258804 |
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