
The mutated in colorectal cancer (MCC) is a multifunctional gene showing loss of expression in colorectal and liver cancers. MCC mutations can drive colon carcinogenesis in the mouse and in vitro experiments suggest that loss of MCC function promotes cancer through several important cellular pathways. In particular, the MCC protein is known to regulate beta-catenin (β-cat) signaling, but the mechanism is poorly understood. Here we show that the β-cat repressor function of MCC is strongly impaired by the presence of a disease-associated mutation. We also identify deleted in breast cancer 1 (DBC1) as a new MCC interacting partner and regulator of β-cat signaling. RNA interference experiments show that DBC1 promotes β-cat transcriptional activity and that the presence of DBC1 is required for MCC-mediated β-cat repression. In contrast to all other DBC1 interacting partners, MCC does not interact through the DBC1 Leucine Zipper domain but with a glutamic-acid rich region located between the Nudix and EF-hand domains. Furthermore, MCC overexpression relocalizes DBC1 from the nucleus to the cytoplasm and reduces β-cat K49 acetylation. Treatment of cells with the SIRT1 inhibitor Nicotinamide reverses MCC-induced deacetylation of β-cat K49. These data suggest that the cytoplasmic MCC-DBC1 interaction sequesters DBC1 away from the nucleus, thereby removing a brake on DBC1 nuclear targets, such as SIRT1. This study provides new mechanistic insights into the DBC1-MCC axis as a new APC independent β-cat inhibitory pathway.
Cell Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Binding Sites, Transcription, Genetic, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, Mutation, Missense, Acetylation, HCT116 Cells, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Amino Acid Sequence, Gene Silencing, Colorectal Neoplasms, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Conserved Sequence, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Protein Binding
Cell Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Binding Sites, Transcription, Genetic, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, Mutation, Missense, Acetylation, HCT116 Cells, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Amino Acid Sequence, Gene Silencing, Colorectal Neoplasms, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Conserved Sequence, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Protein Binding
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