title: Interaction of the DF3/MUC1 breast carcinoma-associated antigen and beta-catenin in cell adhesion.
abstract: The DF3/MUC1 mucin-like glycoprotein is aberrantly overexpressed in human breast carcinomas. The functional role of DF3 is unknown. The present studies demonstrate that DF3 associates with beta-catenin. Similar findings have been obtained for gamma-catenin but not alpha-catenin. DF3, like E-cadherin and the adenomatous polyposis coli gene product, contains an SXXXXXSSL site that is responsible for direct binding to beta-catenin. The results further demonstrate that interaction of DF3 and beta-catenin is dependent on cell adhesion. These findings and the role of beta-catenin in cell signaling support a role for DF3 in the adhesion of epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Pharmacology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bharti
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kufe
mesh_terms: D025601:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D017491:Genes, APC; D006801:Humans; D018396:Mucin-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015534:Trans-Activators; D051176:beta Catenin
chemical_list: D025601:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C495270:CTNNB1 protein, human; D015820:Cadherins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D018396:Mucin-1; D015534:Trans-Activators; D051176:beta Catenin