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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5861
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-18
pubmed:abstractText
The evolutionarily conserved Wnt/Wingless signal transduction pathway directs cell proliferation, cell fate, and cell death during development in metazoans and is inappropriately activated in several types of cancer. The majority of colorectal carcinomas contain truncating mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor, a negative regulator of Wnt/Wingless signaling. Here, we demonstrate that Drosophila Apc homologs also have an activating role in both physiological and ectopic Wingless signaling. The Apc amino terminus is important for its activating function, whereas the beta-catenin binding sites are dispensable. Apc likely promotes Wingless transduction through down-regulation of Axin, a negative regulator of Wingless signaling. Given the evolutionary conservation of APC in Wnt signal transduction, an activating role may also be present in vertebrates with relevance to development and cancer.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/APC protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/APC2 protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Armadillo Domain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Axin Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytoskeletal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Wnt1 Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/armadillo protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/axin protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/wg protein, Drosophila
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
319
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
333-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Armadillo Domain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Axin Protein, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Tumor Suppressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Wing, pubmed-meshheading:18202290-Wnt1 Protein
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Dual positive and negative regulation of wingless signaling by adenomatous polyposis coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural