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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 287, 期 36, 页码 30701-30710出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.353524
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- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research [NWO 918.66.066]
- Centre for Biomedical Genetics
FAS-associated factor 1 (FAF1) antagonizes Wnt signaling by stimulating beta-catenin degradation. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this effect is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the E3 ubiquitin ligase beta-transducin repeat-containing protein (beta-TrCP) is required for FAF1 to suppress Wnt signaling and that FAF1 specifically associates with the SCF (Skp1-Cul1-F-box protein)-beta-TrCP complex. Depletion of beta-TrCP reduced FAF1-mediated beta-catenin polyubiquitination and impaired FAF1 in antagonizing Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. FAF1 was shown to act as a scaffold for beta-catenin and beta-TrCP and thereby to potentiate beta-TrCP-mediated beta-catenin ubiquitination and degradation. Data mining revealed that FAF1 expression is statistically down-regulated in human breast carcinoma compared with normal breast tissue. Consistent with this, FAF1 expression is higher in epithelial-like MCF7 than mesenchymal-like MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells. Depletion of FAF1 in MCF7 cells resulted in increased beta-catenin accumulation and signaling. Importantly, FAF1 knockdown promoted a decrease in epithelial E-cadherin and an increase in mesenchymal vimentin expression, indicative for an epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Moreover, ectopic FAF1 expression reduces breast cancer cell migration in vitro and invasion/metastasis in vivo. Thus, our studies strengthen a tumor-suppressive function for FAF1.
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