The cohesin SMC3 is a target the for beta-catenin/TCF4 transactivation pathway.

Abstract

The structural maintenance of chromosome protein SMC3 is a component of the cohesin complex that mediates sister chromatid cohesion and segregation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is also present extracellularly in the form of a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan known as bamacan. We have found previously that SMC3 expression is elevated in a large fraction of human colon carcinomas. The additional finding that the protein is significantly increased in the intestinal polyps of ApcMin/+ mice has led us to hypothesize that SMC3 expression is linked to activation of the APC/beta-catenin/TCF4 pathway. The immunohistochemical analysis of colon adenocarcinomas from clinical specimens revealed that beta-catenin and SMC3 antigens co-localize with maximal stain intensity within the transformed areas. Cloning and sequencing of 1578 bp of the human SMC3 promoter unveiled the presence of seven putative consensus sequences for beta-catenin/TCF4 binding, two of which are conserved in the mouse Smc3 promoter. Transient transfection experiments in HCT116 and SW480 human colon carcinoma cells using deletion and mutated promoter constructs in luciferase reporter vectors confirmed that the putative sites, the first located at -48 bp and the second located at -701 bp, are susceptible to beta-catenin/TCF4 transactivation. Co-transfection with a beta-catenin expression vector enhanced the promoter activity whereas E-cadherin had the opposite effect. Binding of beta-catenin/TCF4 complexes from SW480 nuclear extracts to these sequences was confirmed by electrophoretic shift and supershift mobility assays. Altogether these results are consistent with the idea that the beta-catenin/TCF4 transactivation pathway contributes to SMC3 overexpression in intestinal tumorigenesis.

• Authors: Giancarlo Ghiselli, Nefeteria Coffee, Christine E Munnery, Revati Koratkar, Linda D Siracusa
• Journal: The Journal of biological chemistry (J Biol Chem) Vol. 278 Issue 22 Pg. 20259-67 (May 30 2003) ISSN: 0021-9258 [Print] United States
• PMID: 12651860 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)

Chemical References

• CTNNB1 protein, human
• CTNNB1 protein, mouse
• Cell Cycle Proteins
• Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans
• Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
• Cspg6 protein, mouse
• Cytoskeletal Proteins
• SMC3 protein, human
• TCF Transcription Factors
• TCF7L2 protein, human
• Tcf7l2 protein, mouse
• Trans-Activators
• Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 Protein
• Transcription Factors
• beta Catenin
• DNA

Topics

• Animals
• Base Sequence
• Cell Cycle Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Cells, Cultured
• Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans
• Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone (genetics, metabolism)
• Colonic Polyps (metabolism)
• Cytoskeletal Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• DNA
• Humans
• Immunohistochemistry
• Mice
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Promoter Regions, Genetic
• TCF Transcription Factors
• Trans-Activators (genetics, metabolism)
• Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 Protein
• Transcription Factors (metabolism)
• Transcriptional Activation
• beta Catenin