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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 318, Issue 1, Pages 103-112Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.04.005
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CrkL; adaptor protein at embryo implantation; converging signaling pathways; embryo adhesion; epithelial mesenchymal transition; LXXLL motif
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Crk family adaptors are widely expressed and mediate the timely formation of signal transduction protein complexes upon a variety of extracellular stimuli, including various growth and differentiation factors. The window of implantation is the favorable time period when the uterus develops a receptive approach to the invading embryo. Various signaling cascades are likely to become active at the window of implantation both in the uterus and the embryo. This helps create maternal embryo dialogue leading to successful embryo implantation. In this study we report for the first time the presence and nuclear translocation of the adaptor molecule CrkL both in the uterine and embryonic partners at the window of implantation. We also report that estrogen, which initiates and guides crucial changes in the uterus and the embryo at the window of receptivity, causes a massive surge in the expression and subsequent nuclear translocation of CrkL. We have also identified the existence of one LXXLL motif in the CrkL amino acid sequence and a single LXD is sufficient for activation by the estrogen receptor. This is suggestive that CrkL can bind to estrogen receptors and act as a coactivator. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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