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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2010

DNAJB6 induces degradation of beta-catenin and causes partial reversal of mesenchymal phenotype.

Aparna Mitra, Mitchell E Menezes, Lalita A Shevde, Rajeev S Samant

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aparna MitraDepartment of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36604, USA.
Mitchell E Menezes
Lalita A Shevde
Rajeev S Samant
University of South Alabama · US

Funding

Role of Nmi in retarding breast tumor growth.R01CA140472 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI SAMANT, RAJEEV S · 2010 to 2014
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS 1R01CA140472-01A1NCI NIH HHS R01 CA140472
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We showed that expression of MRJ (DNAJB6) protein is lost in invasive ductal carcinoma, and restoration of MRJ(L) restricts malignant behavior of breast cancer and melanoma cells. However, the signaling pathways influenced by MRJ(L) are largely unknown. Our observations revealed that MRJ(L) expression causes changes in cell morphology concomitant with down-regulation of several mesenchymal markers, viz. vimentin, N-cadherin, Twist, and Slug, and up-regulation of epithelial marker keratin 18. Importantly, MRJ(L) expression led to reduced levels of beta-catenin, an epithelial mesenchymal transition marker, and a critical player in the Wnt pathway. We found that MRJ(L) up-regulates expression of DKK1, a well known Wnt/beta-catenin signaling inhibitor, that causes degradation of beta-catenin. Re-expression of DNAJB6 alters the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in cancer cells, leading to partial reversal of the mesenchymal phenotype. Thus, MRJ(L) may play a role in maintaining an epithelial phenotype, and inhibition of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway may be one of the potential mechanisms contributing to the restriction of malignant behavior by MRJ(L).

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplasticbeta CateninCell MovementHSP40 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMesodermModels, BiologicalMolecular ChaperonesNeoplasm MetastasisNerve Tissue ProteinsPhenotypeProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexWnt ProteinsWound Healingbeta CateninDKK1 protein, humanDNAJB6 protein, humanHSP40 Heat-Shock ProteinsIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMolecular ChaperonesNerve Tissue ProteinsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexWnt Proteins

Identifiers

PMID20522561
PMCPMC2915705
OpenAlexW1996067562

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