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Dual-function of beta-catenin in human tumor hepatocytes

ABSTRACT: ß-catenin is part of the cell-cell adhesion complex, where it plays a structural role but is also the key effector of the Wnt pathway, where it is endowed with a transcriptional regulatory activity. Oncogenic mutations of ß-catenin are present in about one third of hepatocellular carcinoma. In most tumors, ß-catenin mutations are heterozygous meaning that mutated and wild-type proteins co-exist in tumor cells. We address here the interplay between wild-type and mutated ß-catenins in liver tumor cells. We have designed a RNA interference strategy in HepG2 cells that allows uncoupling of the two functions of ß-catenin in the same cellular background: nuclear/transcriptional activity, a function almost exclusively mediated by the mutated ß-catenin, and membrane/structural activity, which is mediated by the degradable WT ß-catenin.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE144107 | GEO | 2021/01/22

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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