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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
Inactivation of the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) tumor suppressor triggers the development of most colorectal carcinomas. APC is required for targeted degradation of beta-catenin, the central transcriptional activator in the Wnt/Wingless (Wg) signal transduction pathway; however, the precise biochemical functions of APC remain uncertain. The two Drosophila homologs of APC (Apc1 and Apc2) appear to have predominantly different tissue distributions, different subcellular localizations and mutually exclusive phenotypes upon inactivation. Unexpectedly, we have found that despite these differences, simultaneous reduction in both Drosophila Apc proteins results in the global nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin and the constitutive activation of Wg transduction throughout development. This redundancy extends even to functions previously thought to be specific to the individual Apc homologs. Together, these results reveal that the combined activity of Apc1 and Apc2 allows a tight regulation of transcriptional activation by beta-catenin and suggest that APC proteins are required for the regulation of Wnt transduction in all cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0950-1991
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
129
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1751-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Genes, APC, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Retina, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-Wnt1 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11923210-beta Catenin
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Drosophila Apc1 and Apc2 regulate Wingless transduction throughout development.
pubmed:affiliation
HHMI/Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't