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. 1997 Aug;17(8):4501-8.
doi: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4501.

Expression of wild-type alpha-catenin protein in cells with a mutant alpha-catenin gene restores both growth regulation and tumor suppressor activities

L C Bullions  1 , D A Notterman, L S Chung, A J Levine
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Expression of wild-type alpha-catenin protein in cells with a mutant alpha-catenin gene restores both growth regulation and tumor suppressor activities

L C Bullions et al. Mol Cell Biol. 1997 Aug.

Abstract

Recent studies indicate that disruption of the E-cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion system is frequently associated with human cancers of epithelial origin. Reduced levels of both E-cadherin and the associated protein, alpha-catenin, have been reported in human tumors. This report describes the characterization of a human ovarian carcinoma-derived cell line (Ov2008) which expresses a novel mutant form of the alpha-catenin protein lacking the extreme N terminus of the wild-type protein. The altered form of alpha-catenin expressed in Ov2008 cells fails to bind efficiently to beta-catenin and is localized in the cytoplasm. Deletion mapping has localized the beta-catenin binding site on alpha-catenin between amino acids 46 and 149, which encompasses the same region of the protein that is deleted in the Ov2008 variant. Restoration of inducible expression of the wild-type alpha-catenin protein in these cells caused them to assume the morphology typical of an epithelial sheet and retarded their growth in vitro. Additionally, the induction of alpha-catenin expression in Ov2008 cells injected into nude mice attenuated the ability of these cells to form tumors. These observations support the classification of alpha-catenin as a growth-regulatory and candidate tumor suppressor gene.

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