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CANCER CELL
Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 427-442Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2011.08.016
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- National Cancer Institute [RO1CA157933, RO1CA152309, R21CA152623, P50-CA-127001]
- Multidisciplinary Research Program grant
- National Institutes of Health [RO1GM074241]
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Wnt/beta-catenin signaling is essential for stem cell regulation and tumorigenesis, but its molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, we report that FoxM1 is a downstream component of Wnt signaling and is critical for beta-catenin transcriptional function in tumor cells. Wnt3a increases the level and nuclear translocation of FoxM1, which binds directly to beta-catenin and enhances beta-catenin nuclear localization and transcriptional activity. Genetic deletion of FoxM1 in immortalized neural stem cells abolishes beta-catenin nuclear localization. FoxM1 mutations that disrupt the FoxM1-beta-catenin interaction or FoxM1 nuclear import prevent beta-catenin nuclear accumulation in tumor cells. FoxM1-beta-catenin interaction controls Wnt target gene expression, is required for glioma formation, and represents a mechanism for canonical Wnt signaling during tumorigenesis.
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