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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
The DF3/MUC1 transmembrane oncoprotein is aberrantly overexpressed in most human breast carcinomas and interacts with the Wnt effector gamma-catenin. Here, we demonstrate that MUC1 associates constitutively with ErbB2 in human breast cancer cells and that treatment with heregulin/neuregulin-1 (HRG) increases the formation of MUC1-ErbB2 complexes. The importance of the MUC1-ErbB2 interaction is supported by the demonstration that HRG induces binding of MUC1 and gamma-catenin and targeting of the MUC1-gamma-catenin complex to the nucleolus. Significantly, nucleolar localization of gamma-catenin in response to HRG is dependent on MUC1 expression. Moreover, mutation of a RRK motif in the MUC1 cytoplasmic domain abrogates HRG-induced nucleolar localization of MUC1 and gamma-catenin. In concert with these results, we show nucleolar localization of MUC1 and gamma-catenin in human breast carcinomas but not in normal mammary ductal epithelium. These findings demonstrate that MUC1 functions in cross talk between ErbB2 and Wnt pathways by acting as a shuttle for HRG-induced nucleolar targeting of gamma-catenin.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1541-7786
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
765-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Cell Nucleolus, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Desmoplakins, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Mucin-1, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Neuregulin-1, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-Receptor, erbB-2, pubmed-meshheading:12939402-gamma Catenin
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Heregulin targets gamma-catenin to the nucleolus by a mechanism dependent on the DF3/MUC1 oncoprotein.
pubmed:affiliation
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.