title: Regulation of beta -catenin transformation by the p300 transcriptional coactivator.
abstract: The beta-catenin protein plays a critical role in embryonic development and mature tissue homeostasis through its effects on E-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion and Wnt-dependent signal transduction. In colon and other cancers, mutations of beta-catenin or the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor appear to stabilize beta-catenin and enhance its interaction with T cell factor (TCF) or lymphoid enhancer factor (Lef) transcription factors. At present, a complete picture of the means by which beta-catenin's interactions with TCF/Lef proteins contribute to neoplastic transformation is lacking. We report that the transcriptional coactivator p300 interacts with beta-catenin in vitro and in vivo and is critical for beta-catenin-mediated neoplastic transformation. p300 synergistically activates beta-catenin/TCF transcription, and their biochemical association requires the CH1 domain of p300 and a region of beta-catenin that includes its NH(2)-terminal transactivation domain and the first two armadillo repeats. Lowering of cellular p300 levels by using a ribozyme directed against p300 reduced TCF transcriptional activity and inhibited the neoplastic growth properties of a beta-catenin-transformed rat epithelial cell line and a human colon carcinoma line with a beta-catenin mutation. These findings demonstrate a critical role for p300 in beta-catenin/TCF transcription and in cancers arising from defects in beta-catenin regulation.
authors.affiliation: Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health, 40 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-3005, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Kolligs
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Hottiger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mosavin
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Fearon
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Nabel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D050881:E1A-Associated p300 Protein; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D051821:Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1; D051379:Mice; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D051176:beta Catenin
chemical_list: C495270:CTNNB1 protein, human; C495267:CTNNB1 protein, mouse; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051821:Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051176:beta Catenin; D050881:E1A-Associated p300 Protein; C494361:Ep300 protein, mouse