E Markiewicz
The inner nuclear membrane protein Emerin regulates beta-catenin activity by restricting its accumulation in the nucleus
Markiewicz, E; Tilgner, K; Barker, N; van de Wetering, M; Clevers, H; Dorobek, M; Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, I; Ramaekers, FCS; Broers, JLV; Blankesteijn, WM; Salpingidou, G; Wilson, RG; Ellis, JA; Hutchison, CJ
Authors
K Tilgner
N Barker
M van de Wetering
H Clevers
M Dorobek
I Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz
FCS Ramaekers
JLV Broers
WM Blankesteijn
G Salpingidou
RG Wilson
JA Ellis
CJ Hutchison
Abstract
Emerin is a type II inner nuclear membrane (INM) protein of unknown function. Emerin function is likely to be important because, when it is mutated, emerin promotes both skeletal muscle and heart defects. Here we show that one function of Emerin is to regulate the flux of -catenin, an important transcription coactivator, into the nucleus. Emerin interacts with -catenin through a conserved adenomatous polyposis coli (APC)-like domain. When GFP-emerin is expressed in HEK293 cells, -catenin is restricted to the cytoplasm and -catenin activity is inhibited. In contrast, expression of an emerin mutant, lacking its APC-like domain (GFP-emerin), dominantly stimulates -catenin activity and increases nuclear accumulation of -catenin. Human fibroblasts that are null for emerin have an autostimulatory growth phenotype. This unusual growth phenotype arises through enhanced nuclear accumulation and activity of -catenin and can be replicated in wild-type fibroblasts by transfection with constitutively active -catenin. Our results support recent findings that suggest that INM proteins can influence signalling pathways by restricting access of transcription coactivators to the nucleus.
Citation
Markiewicz, E., Tilgner, K., Barker, N., van de Wetering, M., Clevers, H., Dorobek, M., …Hutchison, C. (2006). The inner nuclear membrane protein Emerin regulates beta-catenin activity by restricting its accumulation in the nucleus. The EMBO Journal, 25(14), 3275-3285. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7601230
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jul 1, 2006 |
Deposit Date | May 15, 2007 |
Journal | EMBO Journal |
Print ISSN | 0261-4189 |
Electronic ISSN | 1460-2075 |
Publisher | EMBO Press |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 14 |
Pages | 3275-3285 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7601230 |
Keywords | Beta-catenin, Emerin, Laminopathies, Nuclear envelope, Nuclear lamina. |
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