title: Expression and interaction of different catenins in colorectal carcinoma cells.
abstract: Aberrant signalling activities of beta-catenin, originally identified as a component of cell-adhesion complexes, are now considered to be an important factor in colorectal carcinogenesis. However, recently it was shown that also gamma- as well as p120 catenins have a dual role either in cell adhesion or in affecting some gene activation. Therefore, the levels and interactions of these three catenins in human colorectal carcinoma cell lines were analysed. A great heterogeneity in the expression of all catenins tested was found in colorectal carcinoma cell lines HT29 and LS174T. Detailed analysis of beta-catenin interactions was done. GST-APC fragment-fused proteins were used to absorb beta-catenin and its complexes from cell lysates. Similarly, the E-cadherin binding capacity of the residual pool of beta-catenin was analysed using the GST-ECT construct. It was found that the level of beta-catenin does not necessarily depend either on the APC or beta-catenin gene mutations and that co-precipitation of beta-, gamma-, and p120 catenins is not limited to cells that express E-cadherin.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 166 37 Praha 6, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kucerová
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sloncová
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tuhácková
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vojtechová
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sovová
mesh_terms: D001667:Binding, Competitive; D015153:Blotting, Western; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism; D051177:Catenins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051180:Desmoplakins; D019073:HT29 Cells; D006801:Humans; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D051176:beta Catenin; D000095002:Delta Catenin
chemical_list: C495270:CTNNB1 protein, human; D015820:Cadherins; D051177:Catenins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D051180:Desmoplakins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D051176:beta Catenin; D000095002:Delta Catenin