Aberrant beta-catenin signaling in tuberous sclerosis.
The pathology associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) shows diverse phenotypes that suggest abnormal signaling of multiple pathways. Besides the negative regulatory role of the TSC1/TSC2 proteins on mTOR, we have reported an effect on beta-catenin signaling at the level of the degradation complex in vitro. The TSC1/TSC2 complex associates with GSK3 and Axin and promotes beta-catenin degradation to inhibit Wnt-stimulated TCF/LEF-dependent transcription. Here, we show that beta-catenin and its effectors, cyclin D1 and connexin 43, were up-regulated in TSC-related angiomyolipomas and lymphangioleiomyomatosis. This was supported by the failure of three disease-causing TSC2 missense mutants to inhibit Wnt signaling. Further, the interaction between TSC1/TSC2 and components of the beta-catenin degradation complex was dependent on Wnt stimulation such that binding of tuberin to GSK3 and Axin was reduced in the presence of Wnt whereas the tuberin-Dishevelled interaction was increased. GSK3 activity played a role in regulating the assembly/stability of the degradation complex. Inhibition of GSK3 by lithium chloride reduced its association with TSC1 whereas disruption of GSK3-phosphorylation sites in TSC1 reduced interaction between TSC2 and TSC1. Collectively, our data provide further evidence that beta-catenin signaling plays a role in TSC pathogenesis in vivo and suggest a novel role of GSK3 in modulating the TSC1/TSC2 complex through TSC1 phosphorylation.
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St., Box 356410, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Baldwin C
BC
Mak
Heidi L
HL
Kenerson
Lauri D
LD
Aicher
Elizabeth A
EA
Barnes
Raymond S
RS
Yeung
D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D060466:Axin Protein; D018031:Connexin 43 / Q000378:metabolism; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000378:metabolism; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072261:Dishevelled Proteins; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018192:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000077004:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 Protein; D000077005:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D051176:beta Catenin
D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D060466:Axin Protein; C495270:CTNNB1 protein, human; C495267:CTNNB1 protein, mouse; D018031:Connexin 43; C495268:Ctnnb1 protein, rat; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D000072261:Dishevelled Proteins; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C000624650:TSC1 protein, human; C000624653:TSC2 protein, human; D015534:Trans-Activators; C000624651:Tsc1 protein, mouse; C000624652:Tsc1 protein, rat; C000624654:Tsc2 protein, mouse; C000624655:Tsc2 protein, rat; D000077004:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 Protein; D000077005:Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D051176:beta Catenin; D019938:Cyclin D1; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3