TY - JOUR
T1 - Regulation of S33/S37 phosphorylated β-catenin in normal and transformed cells
AU - Sadot, Einat
AU - Conacci-Sorrell, Maralice
AU - Zhurinsky, Jacob
AU - Zhnizer, Dalia
AU - Lando, Zeev
AU - Zharhary, Dorit
AU - Kam, Zvi
AU - Ben-Ze'ev, Avri
AU - Geiger, Benjamin
PY - 2002/7/1
Y1 - 2002/7/1
N2 - A novel phosphorylation-specific antibody (αpβ-catenin) was generated against a peptide corresponding to amino acids 33-45 of human β-catenin, which contained phosphorylated serines at positions 33 and 37. This antibody is specific to phosphorylated β-catenin and reacts neither with the non-phosphorylated protein nor with phosphorylated or non-phosphorylated plakoglobin. It weakly interacts with S33Y β-catenin but not with the S37A mutant. pβ-catenin is hardly detectable in normal cultured cells and accumulates (up to 55% of total β-catenin) upon overexpression of the protein or after blocking its degradation by the proteasome. Inhibition of both GSK-3β and the proteasome resulted in a rapid (t1/2=10 minutes) and reversible reduction in pβ-catenin levels, suggesting that the protein can undergo dephosphorylation in live cells, at a rate comparable to its phosphorylation by GSK-3β. pβ-catenin interacts with LEF-1, but fails to form a ternary complex with DNA, suggesting that it is transcriptionally inactive. Immunofluorescence microscopy indicated that pβ-catenin accumulates in the nuclei of MDCK and BCAP cells when overexpressed and is transiently associated with adherens junctions shortly after their formation. pβ-catenin only weakly interacts with co-transfected N-cadherin, although it forms a complex with the ubiquitin ligase component β-TrCP. SW480 colon cancer cells that express a truncated APC, at position 1338, contain high levels of pβ-catenin, whereas HT29 cells, expressing APC truncated at position 1555, accumulate non-phosphorylated β-catenin, suggesting that the 1338-1555 amino acid region of APC is involved in the differential regulation of the dephosphorylation and degradation of pβ-catenin.
AB - A novel phosphorylation-specific antibody (αpβ-catenin) was generated against a peptide corresponding to amino acids 33-45 of human β-catenin, which contained phosphorylated serines at positions 33 and 37. This antibody is specific to phosphorylated β-catenin and reacts neither with the non-phosphorylated protein nor with phosphorylated or non-phosphorylated plakoglobin. It weakly interacts with S33Y β-catenin but not with the S37A mutant. pβ-catenin is hardly detectable in normal cultured cells and accumulates (up to 55% of total β-catenin) upon overexpression of the protein or after blocking its degradation by the proteasome. Inhibition of both GSK-3β and the proteasome resulted in a rapid (t1/2=10 minutes) and reversible reduction in pβ-catenin levels, suggesting that the protein can undergo dephosphorylation in live cells, at a rate comparable to its phosphorylation by GSK-3β. pβ-catenin interacts with LEF-1, but fails to form a ternary complex with DNA, suggesting that it is transcriptionally inactive. Immunofluorescence microscopy indicated that pβ-catenin accumulates in the nuclei of MDCK and BCAP cells when overexpressed and is transiently associated with adherens junctions shortly after their formation. pβ-catenin only weakly interacts with co-transfected N-cadherin, although it forms a complex with the ubiquitin ligase component β-TrCP. SW480 colon cancer cells that express a truncated APC, at position 1338, contain high levels of pβ-catenin, whereas HT29 cells, expressing APC truncated at position 1555, accumulate non-phosphorylated β-catenin, suggesting that the 1338-1555 amino acid region of APC is involved in the differential regulation of the dephosphorylation and degradation of pβ-catenin.
KW - APC
KW - GSK-3β
KW - β-catenin
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M3 - Article
C2 - 12077367
AN - SCOPUS:0036629348
SN - 0021-9533
VL - 115
SP - 2771
EP - 2780
JO - Journal of cell science
JF - Journal of cell science
IS - 13
ER -