OSTM1 regulates beta-catenin/Lef1 interaction and is required for Wnt/beta-catenin signaling

Feigin, M. E., Malbon, C. C. (2008) OSTM1 regulates beta-catenin/Lef1 interaction and is required for Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. Cell Signal, 20 (5). 949-957 .

URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18296023
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2008.01.009

Abstract

The Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway controls key aspects of embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis, including the formation and maintenance of bone. Recently, mutations in the OSTM1 gene were found to be the cause of severe autosomal recessive osteopetrosis in both the mouse and humans. This disorder is characterized by increased bone mass resulting from a defect in osteoclast maturation. The possible role of OSTM1 in signaling of the Wnt/beta-catenin "canonical" pathway was investigated in totipotent mouse F9 embryonal teratocarcinoma cells. Overexpression of OSTM1 in F9 cells increased Wnt3a-responsive beta-catenin accumulation and Lef/Tcf-sensitive transcription. Similarly, knockdown of endogenous OSTM1 attenuated the ability of Wnt3a to stimulate the canonical signaling pathway. An OSTM1 mutant (detected in humans with osteopetrosis) was expressed in F9 cells and found to inhibit Wnt-stimulated beta-catenin stabilization, gene transcription, and primitive endoderm formation. Expression of this OSTM1 C-terminal deletion mutant attenuated Lef/Tcf-sensitive gene transcription, even when transcription was activated by expression of a constitutively-active form of beta-catenin. However, expression of this OSTM1 C-terminal deletion mutant was unable to alter Lef/Tcf-sensitive gene transcription when transcription was activated by expression of a beta-catenin/Lef chimeric protein. From the standpoint of protein-protein interactions, expression of wild-type OSTM1 stimulated whereas mutant OSTM1 inhibited, the Wnt-dependent association of beta-catenin and Lef1. On the foundation of these experiments, we propose that the human mutations in OSTM1 such as the C-terminal deletion mutant studied herein provoke dysregulation of the canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway, providing a molecular basis for severe autosomal recessive osteopetrosis.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: β-catenin Osteopetrosis OSTM1 Wnt
Subjects: diseases & disorders > congenital hereditary genetic diseases
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > analysis and processing > DNA RNA Processing
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > DNA expression
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > transcription
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > analysis and processing > NETBAG
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diseases & disorders > bone diseses
organism description > animal > developmental stage > fetal
organism description > animal > mammal > primates > hominids > human
organism description > animal > mammal > rodent > mouse
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > mutations
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein expression
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Communities: CSHL labs > Tuveson lab
Depositing User: Tom Adams
Date: 2008
Date Deposited: 14 Jul 2011 20:38
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2018 15:09
PMCID: PMC4275117
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/7732

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