移码突变
磷酸化
泛素
Wnt信号通路
蛋白酶体
信号转导
连环素
发病机制
细胞生物学
突变
连环蛋白
生物
化学
遗传学
基因
免疫学
作者
Yining Liu,Yang Mu,Fan Liu,Yanli He,Erfu Dai,Min Liu,Lei Jiang,Zhenglin Yang,Shujin Li
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128570
摘要
The β-catenin has two intrinsically disordered regions in both C- and N-terminal domains that trigger the formation of phase-separated condensates. Variants in its C-terminus are associated with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR), yet the pathogenesis and the role of these variants in inducing abnormal condensates, are unclear. In this study, we identified a novel heterozygous frameshift variant, c.2104-2105insCC (p.Gln703ProfsTer33), in CTNNB1 from a FEVR-affected family. This variant encodes an unstable truncated protein that was unable to activate Wnt signal transduction, which could be rescued by the inhibition of proteasome or phosphorylation. Further functional experiments revealed the propensity of the Gln703ProfsTer33 variant to form cytoplasmic condensates, exhibiting a lower turnover rate after fluorescent bleaching due to enhanced interaction with AXIN1. LiCl, which specifically blocks GSK3β-mediated phosphorylation, restored signal transduction, cell proliferation, and junctional integrity in primary human retinal microvascular endothelial cells over-expressed with Gln703ProfsTer33. Finally, experiments on two reported FEVR-associated mutations in the C-terminal domain of β-catenin exhibited several functional defects similar to the Gln703ProfsTer33. Together, our findings unravel that the C-terminal region of β-catenin is pivotal for the regulation of AXIN1/β-catenin interaction, acting as a switch to mediate nucleic and cytosolic condensates formation that is implicated in the pathogenesis of FEVR.
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