title: Presenilin-dependent "gamma-secretase" processing of deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC).
abstract: The presenilin-gamma-secretase complex plays a critical role in mediating intramembranous proteolysis of several type I membrane proteins, including beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) and Notch. We now show that deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC) is subject to proteolysis within the ectodomain segment both in cultured cells and in vivo and that the residual membrane-tethered DCC "stub" is subsequently processed by gamma-secretase to generate a derivative termed DCC-intracellular domain (ICD). The production of DCC-ICD is inhibited by selective gamma-secretase inhibitors, and by the expression of the dominant negative PS1 D385A variant. Moreover, the membrane-tethered DCC "stubs" accumulate to high levels in PS1-deficient embryos. We also demonstrate that expression of a DCC-Gal4 chimera is capable of activating transcription in a luciferase-based reporter assay and this activity is dependent on gamma-secretase activity. Our findings offer the proposal that DCC performs dual roles both as a cell surface receptor that modulates intracellular signaling pathways and as a transcriptional coactivator that relies on gamma-secretase-dependent production and nuclear translocation of the cytoplasmic domain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Physiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Yoshihito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Seong-Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sangram S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sisodia
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D000818:Animals; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D015153:Blotting, Western; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D000075389:DCC Receptor; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D053764:Presenilin-1; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000502:physiology; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D000075389:DCC Receptor; C501909:DCC protein, human; C501910:Dcc protein, mouse; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C508853:PSEN1 protein, human; D053764:Presenilin-1; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D010450:Endopeptidases; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; C509280:BACE1 protein, human; C509282:Bace1 protein, mouse