| Literature DB >> 15371335 |
Felix H Brembeck1, Thomas Schwarz-Romond, Jeroen Bakkers, Sabine Wilhelm, Matthias Hammerschmidt, Walter Birchmeier.
Abstract
beta-Catenin controls both cadherin-mediated cell adhesion and activation of Wnt target genes. We demonstrate here that the beta-catenin-binding protein BCL9-2, a homolog of the human proto-oncogene product BCL9, induces epithelial-mesenchymal transitions of nontransformed cells and increases beta-catenin-dependent transcription. RNA interference of BCL9-2 in carcinoma cells induces an epithelial phenotype and translocates beta-catenin from the nucleus to the cell membrane. The switch between beta-catenin's adhesive and transcriptional functions is modulated by phosphorylation of Tyr 142 of beta-catenin, which favors BCL9-2 binding and precludes interaction with alpha-catenin. During zebrafish embryogenesis, BCL9-2 acts in the Wnt8-signaling pathway and regulates mesoderm patterning.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15371335 PMCID: PMC517514 DOI: 10.1101/gad.317604
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genes Dev ISSN: 0890-9369 Impact factor: 11.361