Regulation of β-catenin trafficking to the membrane in living cells
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- 作者：Michael Johnson ; Manisha Sharma ; Cara Jamieson ; Jasmine M. Henderson ; Myth T.S. Mok ; Linda Bendall ; Beric R. Henderson
- 关键词：β ; -catenin ; Membrane ruffle ; FRAP ; IQGAP1
- 刊名：Cellular Signalling
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：February 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：21
- 期：2
- 页码：339-348
- 全文大小：1523 K
文摘
β-catenin is a key mediator of the Wnt signaling process and accumulates in the nucleus and at the membrane in response to Wnt-mediated inhibition of GSK-3β. In this study we used live cell photobleaching experiments to determine the dynamics and rate of recruitment of β-catenin at membrane adherens junctions (cell adhesion) and membrane ruffles (cell migration). First, we confirmed the nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling of GFP-tagged β-catenin, and found that a small mobile pool of β-catenin can move from the nucleus to membrane ruffles in NIH 3T3 fibroblasts with a t0.5 of ~ 30 s. Thus, β-catenin can shuttle between the nucleus and plasma membrane. The localized recruitment of β-catenin-GFP to membrane ruffles was more rapid, and the strong recovery observed after bleaching (mobile fraction 53 % , t0.5 ~5 s) is indicative of high turnover and transient association. In contrast, β-catenin-GFP displayed poor recovery at adherens junctions in MDCK epithelial cells (mobile fraction 10 % , t0.5 ~8 s), indicating stable retention at these membrane structures. We previously identified IQGAP1 as an upstream regulator of β-catenin at the membrane, and this is supported by photobleaching assays which now reveal IQGAP1 to be more stably anchored at membrane ruffles than β-catenin. Further analysis showed that LiCl-mediated inactivation of the kinase GSK-3β increased β-catenin membrane ruffle staining; this correlated with a faster rate of recruitment and not increased membrane retention of β-catenin. In summary, β-catenin displays a high turnover rate at membrane ruffles consistent with its dynamic internalization and recycling at these sites by macropinocytosis.