Delta-catenin/NPRAP: A new member of the glycogen synthase kinase-3beta signaling complex that promotes beta-catenin turnover in neurons.
Through a multiprotein complex, glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK-3beta) phosphorylates and destabilizes beta-catenin, an important signaling event for neuronal growth and proper synaptic function. delta-Catenin, or NPRAP (CTNND2), is a neural enriched member of the beta-catenin superfamily and is also known to modulate neurite outgrowth and synaptic activity. In this study, ... we investigated the possibility that delta-catenin expression is also affected by GSK-3beta signaling and participates in the molecular complex regulating beta-catenin turnover in neurons. Immunofluorescent light microscopy revealed colocalization of delta-catenin with members of the molecular destruction complex: GSK-3beta, beta-catenin, and adenomatous polyposis coli proteins in rat primary neurons. GSK-3beta formed a complex with delta-catenin, and its inhibition resulted in increased delta-catenin and beta-catenin expression levels. LY294002 and amyloid peptide, known activators of GSK-3beta signaling, reduced delta-catenin expression levels. Furthermore, delta-catenin immunoreactivity increased and protein turnover decreased when neurons were treated with proteasome inhibitors, suggesting that the stability of delta-catenin, like that of beta-catenin, is regulated by proteasome-mediated degradation. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments showed that delta-catenin overexpression promoted GSK-3beta and beta-catenin interactions. Primary cortical neurons and PC12 cells expressing delta-catenin treated with proteasome inhibitors showed increased ubiquitinated beta-catenin forms. Consistent with the hypothesis that delta-catenin promotes the interaction of the destruction complex molecules, cycloheximide treatment of cells overexpressing delta-catenin showed enhanced beta-catenin turnover. These studies identify delta-catenin as a new member of the GSK-3beta signaling pathway and further suggest that delta-catenin is potentially involved in facilitating the interaction, ubiquitination, and subsequent turnover of beta-catenin in neuronal cells.
Mesh Terms:
3T3 Cells, Animals, Blotting, Western, Catenins, Cell Line, Cells, Cultured, Enzyme Inhibitors, Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, Half-Life, Immunoprecipitation, Male, Mice, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Neurons, PC12 Cells, Rats, Signal Transduction, Transfection, Ubiquitination, beta Catenin
3T3 Cells, Animals, Blotting, Western, Catenins, Cell Line, Cells, Cultured, Enzyme Inhibitors, Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, Half-Life, Immunoprecipitation, Male, Mice, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Neurons, PC12 Cells, Rats, Signal Transduction, Transfection, Ubiquitination, beta Catenin
J. Neurosci. Res.
Date: Aug. 15, 2010
PubMed ID: 20623542
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