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Direct interaction between NHERF1 and Frizzled regulates ?-catenin signaling.


ABSTRACT: Although Wnt-Frizzled (Fzd) signaling is critical in the pathophysiology of carcinomas, its role in human breast cancer has been difficult to establish. We show here that the adaptor protein Na(+)/H(+) exchange regulatory factor1 (NHERF1), a protein abundantly expressed in normal mammary epithelium, regulates Wnt signaling, maintaining low levels of ?-catenin activation. NHERF1's effects are mediated by direct interactions between one of its PSD-95/drosophila discs large/ZO-1 (PDZ) domains and the C-terminus of a subset of Fzd receptors. Loss of NHERF1 in breast cancer cell lines enhances canonical Wnt signaling and Wnt-dependent cell proliferation. Furthermore, the mammary glands of NHERF1-knockout mice exhibit increased mammary duct density accompanied by increased proliferation and ?-catenin activity. Finally, we demonstrate a negative correlation between NHERF1 expression and nuclear ?-catenin in human breast carcinomas. Taken together, these results provide a novel insight into the regulation of Wnt signaling in normal and neoplastic breast tissues, and identify NHERF1 as an important regulator of the pathogenesis of breast tumors.

SUBMITTER: Wheeler DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2995822 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Direct interaction between NHERF1 and Frizzled regulates β-catenin signaling.

Wheeler D S DS   Barrick S R SR   Grubisha M J MJ   Brufsky A M AM   Friedman P A PA   Romero G G  

Oncogene 20100830 1


Although Wnt-Frizzled (Fzd) signaling is critical in the pathophysiology of carcinomas, its role in human breast cancer has been difficult to establish. We show here that the adaptor protein Na(+)/H(+) exchange regulatory factor1 (NHERF1), a protein abundantly expressed in normal mammary epithelium, regulates Wnt signaling, maintaining low levels of β-catenin activation. NHERF1's effects are mediated by direct interactions between one of its PSD-95/drosophila discs large/ZO-1 (PDZ) domains and t  ...[more]

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