PMID- 28782520 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170925 LR - 20171129 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 492 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Oct 7 TI - Direct interaction of menin leads to ubiquitin-proteasomal degradation of beta-catenin. PG - 128-134 LID - S0006-291X(17)31547-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.08.011 [doi] AB - Menin, encoded by the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) gene, is a tumor suppressor and transcription regulator. Menin interacts with various proteins as a scaffold protein and is proposed to play important roles in multiple physiological and pathological processes by controlling gene expression, proliferation, and apoptosis. The mechanisms underlying menin's suppression of tumorigenesis are largely elusive. In this study, we showed that menin was essential for the regulation of canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in cultured cells. The C-terminal domain of menin was able to directly interact with and promote ubiquitin-mediated degradation of beta-catenin. We further revealed that overexpression of menin down-regulated the transcriptional activity of beta-catenin and target gene expression. Moreover, menin efficiently inhibited beta-catenin protein levels, transcriptional activity, and proliferation of human renal carcinoma cells with an activated beta-catenin pathway. Taken together, our results provide novel molecular insights into the tumor suppressor activity of menin, which is partly mediated by proteasomal degradation of beta-catenin and inhibition of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Kim, Byungho AU - Kim B AD - School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea; C&C Research Laboratories, Discovery Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea. FAU - Song, Tae-Yang AU - Song TY AD - School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea. FAU - Jung, Kwan Young AU - Jung KY AD - School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea. FAU - Kim, Seul Gi AU - Kim SG AD - School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea. FAU - Cho, Eun-Jung AU - Cho EJ AD - School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea. Electronic address: echo@skku.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170804 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (CTNNB1 protein, human) RN - 0 (MEN1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Ubiquitin) RN - 0 (beta Catenin) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) SB - IM MH - Cells, Cultured MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - *Proteolysis MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitin/*metabolism MH - beta Catenin/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Menin OT - Tumor suppressor OT - Ubiquitination OT - beta-catenin EDAT- 2017/08/08 06:00 MHDA- 2017/09/26 06:00 CRDT- 2017/08/08 06:00 PHST- 2017/07/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/08/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/08/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/09/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/08/08 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(17)31547-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.08.011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2017 Oct 7;492(1):128-134. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.08.011. Epub 2017 Aug 4.